Situation Reports

The deputy prime ministers of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan held a meeting in Moscow, Russia, to discuss border and customs procedures between Azerbaijan and Armenia, TASS reported on June 2.

The Argentine Central Bank issued a regulation making the country's 23 local provinces responsible for exchanging currency for 60% of capital repayments of foreign currency debt, Reuters reported on June 1.

The United States asked Japan to supply TNT to use in 155 millimeter artillery shells for Ukraine's upcoming counter-offensive against Russia, The Asahi Shimbun reported on June 2.

The Angolan government announced a reduction in fuel subsidies, nearly doubling gasoline prices across the country, Bloomberg reported on June 2.

Violence broke out in Dakar, Thies and Ziguinchor after a criminal court sentenced Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to two years in prison for "corrupting youth," Jeune Afrique reported June 2.

The proportion of surveyed Chinese cities with debt servicing costs at or above 10% of income rose from a quarter in 2021 to a third in 2022, primarily driven by lower incomes, according to a Rhodium Group report on June 1.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs announced that the state would pause new housing development in the Phoenix metro area that relies on groundwater after a state study found that 4% of the area's groundwater supplies would not be met if housing development continued as planned, The New York Times reported on June 1.

Member states of the East African Community (EAC) voted to renew the mandate of the EAC regional force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo until Sept. 8, Radio Okapi reported on May 31.

Jordan's Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II married Saudi architect Rajwa Alseif, whose family is distantly related to Saudi Arabia's King Salman, DW News reported on June 1.

Sri Lanka's Central Bank cut its standing deposit facility rate from 15.5% to 13% and its standing lending facility rate from 16.5% to 14% in an attempt to encourage economic growth amid a faster-than-expected decrease in inflation, AP reported on June 1.