* Indonesia's parliament plans to amend the constitution to allow elections to be delayed in the event of an emergency, a deputy speaker said on Wednesday, but any change would only be discussed after the scheduled 2024 vote.
* The government of Poland will deploy 2,000 troops to the country's border with Belarus to maintain stability, Deputy Interior Minister Maciej Wasik told the Polish Press Agency (PAP) on Wednesday.
* Pakistani President Arif Alvi has approved the country's prime minister's advice to dissolve the National Assembly or the lower house of the parliament, said a statement from the President House Media Wing.
* Germany's cabinet on Wednesday agreed to earmark 57.6 billion euros ($63.2 billion) for green investments next year, up 60.2% from a 2023 target, the Finance Ministry said, as Berlin ramps up subsidies to help the country become net zero by 2045.
* President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Tuesday met with visiting U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan to discuss bilateral, regional, and international issues, reported the official news agency WAM.
* The United Nations on Tuesday welcomed the extension of Syria's authorization for two border crossings through which it can deliver aid to the northwest of the country from Turkey.
* The Philippine economy expanded 4.3 percent in the second quarter year-on-year, bringing the real gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the first semester to 5.3 percent, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Thursday.
* Sweden's gross domestic product (GDP) is forecast to shrink 0.9 percent this year, the National Institute of Economic Research (NIER) said on Wednesday.
* The European Union (EU) will make at least 400 million euros (440 million USD) available to Slovenia after devastating floods there killed six people and affected tens of thousands of households, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday.
* China has earmarked 1 billion yuan (about 139.69 million USD) to offset losses in areas in the Haihe River Basin inundated recently for flood storage purposes, according to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Water Resources on Wednesday.
* Cuba in July recorded its hottest month since 1951, officials said, with the soaring temperatures on land and sea straining the country's decrepit electric grid and pressuring fragile ocean resources.
* Flights were cancelled and trains halted on Wednesday as heavy rain from Typhoon Khanun pounded southern regions of Japan and South Korea, just as another storm approached from the east to threaten Tokyo ahead of Japan's peak summer holiday season.
* Norway evacuated thousands of people as rivers swelled to their highest levels in at least 50 years on Wednesday and homes and businesses were submerged or swept away by landslides.
