As part of the Monsoon Season Greening Campaign, the Ministry of State Administration Council Chairman's Office (3) held its 2025 Monsoon Season Tree Planting Ceremony at the Tax Appellate Tribunal Office in Nay Pyi Taw in the morning on June 25.

Union Minister for the SAC Chairman's Office (3) U Maung Maung Tint, Deputy Minister U Htin Kyaw Thu, Chairman of the Tax Appellate Tribunal U Myint Oo, members of the Tax Appellate Tribunal, the Director-General, and other officers and staff attended the event.

Colombian recyclers filled Bogota's iconic Plaza de Bolivar with plastic bottles, demanding better work conditions from the national government and city authorities. Bogota, home to 8 million people, lacks a public selective waste collection service, leaving nearly 26,000 recyclers to do the work.

According to the observations at 17:30 hrs MST today, monsoon is strong over the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal, due to the easterly waves and westerly waves, rain or thundershowers are likely to be scattered in Mandalay, Magway, Lower Sagaing Regions and Kayah State, fairly widespread to widespread in Naypyitaw, Yangon, Bago, Upper Sagaing,  Ayeyarwady, Taninthayi Regions and Kachin, Kayin, Chin, Mon, Rakhine, Shan States with likelihood of regionally and isolated heavyfalls during tonight to 30-6-2025.

Mozambique held a grand ceremony on Wednesday at Machava Stadium in Matola, Maputo Province, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the country's independence from Portuguese colonial rule.

Mozambican President Daniel Chapo lit the flame of national unity and delivered a keynote speech at the ceremony. He reviewed the progress Mozambique has made since gaining independence, highlighting remarkable achievements in education, healthcare, infrastructure, and gender equality.

President Donald Trump's Homeland Security chief on Tuesday praised a US agreement with Panama on migrant repatriation flights and said Washington was ready to replicate it with other countries. Under an agreement signed last July by the administration of Trump's predecessor Joe Biden, Washington finances the repatriation of irregular migrants who enter Panama overland from Colombia.

The British Royal Air Force will soon carry nuclear bombs again as the government plans to buy a dozen US-made F-35A fighter jets capable of holding them.

President of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, and the newly elected South Korean President, Lee Jae-myung, spoke over the phone on Monday to exchange pleasantries and discuss bilateral cooperation between the two countries.

US President Donald Trump said the war between Israel and Iran is over and the United States plans to have talks with Iran next week. He was speaking Wednesday at a news conference during the NATO summit in The Hague.

Indicating his administration will talk to Iran next week, Trump said, "they may sign an agreement”.The US and Iran have been negotiating on Tehran's nuclear program since April. But no official talks have been held since Israel launched attacks against Iran on June 13.

A sustainable tourism exhibition showcasing products from the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) countries, including Laos, Cambodia, China, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, opened in northern Laos’ Luang Prabang province, alongside the Mekong Tourism Forum.
The exhibition, running from Tuesday to Friday, aims to promote Lao tourism to target visitors from the GMS countries, which are key markets for Laos.

BARCELONA announced on Wednesday their long-awaited return to the new Camp Nou for a 10 August friendly after years of work to expand and modernise the iconic stadium.
The traditional pre-season Joan Gamper Trophy match will only mark the stadium's partial reopening, with construction work continuing in various areas, the current Spanish champions said in a statement.
This includes the completion of the new third tier, the dual VIP ring, the roof installation, interior spaces and development of the stadium's surrounding area.