* French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday his outgoing government will remain in place until mid-August while France hosts the Olympic Games, dismissing an effort by a left-wing alliance to name a prime minister.
* Nineteen political parties plan to participate in the Lithuanian Parliament Seimas elections this October, with 18 individuals standing as independent candidates, according to Lithuania's Central Election Commission (VRK).
* Estonia's newly sworn-in government, led by Kristen Michal, has announced plans to combat inflation through increased and temporary taxes and efforts to stabilize the economy.
* Cote d'Ivoire's Independent Electoral Commission announced on Tuesday the installation of local electoral commissions across the country to prepare for the presidential election in 2025.
* The Montenegrin parliament adopted a proposal on Tuesday to restructure the 44th government, led by 35-year-old economic expert Milojko Spajic, leader of the Movement "Europe Now" (PES).
* The Indian government on Tuesday presented its budget for the fiscal year 2024-25, with an estimated expenditure of 48.21 trillion Indian rupees (575.78 billion USD) and a fiscal deficit of 4.9 percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP).
* Indonesia saw carbon transactions worth 36.7 billion rupiah (2.26 million USD), an equivalent of 608,000 tons of carbon dioxide, during the nine months through June, according to the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs on Tuesday.
* Energy cooperation between Russia and China has recently become more intense and productive, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday at the sixth China-Russia Energy Business Forum.
* Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Guangzhou on Wednesday, urging healthy and steady development of bilateral ties.
* U.S. President Joe Biden headed to Washington on Tuesday, two days after ending his re-election bid and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination to take on Republican former President Donald Trump.
* Russia has widened its sanctions list and imposed restrictions on 15 more British citizens, the country's foreign ministry said in a statement Tuesday.
* Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday extended martial law in the country until Nov. 9, said parliament member Yaroslav Zheleznyak.
* There is no alternative route for supplying oil to Hungary than for it to come from Russia through Ukraine due to the infrastructure in neighbouring countries, Hungary's foreign minister told a conference in Bucharest on Wednesday.
* South Korea's population mobility hit the lowest June figure in 50 years due to the aging population and the housing market downturn, statistical office data showed Wednesday.
* New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon expressed regret on Wednesday after a public enquiry found some 200,000 children, young people and vulnerable adults were abused in state and religious care over the last 70 years.
* The Philippines has ordered foreigners working in offshore gambling firms to leave the country in two months' time, its immigration bureau said on Wednesday, following President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s decision to stamp out the operators.
* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday at the White House, Netanyahu's office said in a statement on Tuesday.
* The signing of a declaration on ending division and strengthening unity by 14 Palestinian factions in Beijing is "an additional positive step" toward achieving Palestinian national unity, Hamas said on Tuesday.
* U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned on Tuesday after widespread outrage over the agency's failure to prevent the recent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania earlier this month.
* Kenya's President William Ruto, who has replaced members of his cabinet amid mass youth protests demanding his resignation, is due to make an address to the nation at 1 p.m. local time (1000 GMT), his spokesperson said on Wednesday.
* Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 39,145 Palestinians and wounded 90,257 since Oct. 7, the Palestinian enclave's health ministry said on Wednesday.
* The Yemeni government on Tuesday welcomed a UN-brokered deal to end the banking dispute with the Houthi militia and resume flights from the Houthi-held capital Sanaa.
* Iran's Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani on Tuesday said the country's exports of defense products increased four-fold during the past three years.
* The United States has invited the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for U.S.-mediated ceasefire talks starting on Aug. 14 in Switzerland, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday.
* Following recent evacuation orders, Gazans abandoned shelter in parts of the north and the south, moving so quickly that some left without belongings, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
* At least 600 people have been killed since May 10 in the ongoing clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El Fasher, the capital city of Sudan's North Darfur State, a local official said on Tuesday.
* Some 139,155 Somali refugees have returned home since December 2014, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.
* China reported its largest grain output increase in nine years this summer, driven by a bumper wheat harvest, an official said Wednesday.
* The Monetary Policy Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) announced on Wednesday that it has reduced the Standing Deposit Facility Rate and the Standing Lending Facility Rate by 25 basis points, bringing them to 8.25 percent and 9.25 percent, respectively.
* Monday, July 22 was again the hottest day on record, according to preliminary data from a European Union monitoring agency, inching past Sunday, July 21 which had just taken the title.
* China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Wednesday activated a Level-IV emergency response to flooding in Beijing and Hebei Province.
* The Philippines' stock exchange suspended trading on Wednesday as the Manila capital region faces inclement weather, including heavy rains that resulted in flooding in some areas because of Typhoon Gaemi.
* The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) of Pakistan has issued an alert of torrential rains and floods in parts of the country, an official statement said.
* About 17,500 Albertans were out of their homes from the Jasper and nearby wildfires in western Canada, local media reported Tuesday.
