Oceania Australia Police in New South Wales rejected arming guards at Jewish events; The Australian Jewish Association told the antisemitism royal commission that private security guards at Jewish events should be armed, authorities fear that would further fracture society
Europe Switzerland Draught is having multi-faced consequences in Switzerland: while in St Gallen in some cases water has to be transported to the Alps by helicopter, high temperatures and lack of rainfall seem to curb ticks and invasive beetles like Takahashia japonica
Africa Angola 21 million dollars will be invested in studies and projects for the West-East highway, a road infrastructure that is expected to boost economic development, strengthen territorial integration and improve mobility between various regions in Angola
Asia Bhutan Bhutan’s education minister has called for a ban on social media use under 16, arguing that excessive online exposure is harming students mental health; It would introduce age-based restrictions to create a safer digital environment for young people.
Europe Andorra Researchers seek to confirm if there is still permafrost in Clots de la Menera: in the frame of the European PERMAPYRENEES project, the second phase will study the thermal behavior of the subsoil in Grau Roig until 2029
Europe Hungary Swiss food manufacturer Nestlé announced its plans to close operations at its Diósgyőr site in December 2026; the factory is specialized in hollow chocolate, like Easter eggs, accounts for 3% of Nestlé Hungária’s turnover and 0,4% of its production volume
Asia Iraq Preliminary designs for its flagship Development Road Project and railway corridor have been completed, marking a major milestone as the government prepares to advance one of its largest infrastructure initiatives into the implementation phase
America Guyana 87-year-old MV Barima capsized in Atlantic waters en route from Georgetown to Port Kaituma, an Indigenous community near Venezuela; over 70 people were killed in Guyana’s worst maritime disaster: government appointed international experts to investigate
Europe Ireland Hundreds of Irish writers will share millions of euro following a €1,31 billion settlement of a copyright infringement case by artificial intelligence giant Anthropic; first case against training of large language models will let authors share millions
America Saint Lucia Recent St Lucia Times article reporting that, according to data from FAO, Saint Lucia ranks 6th in the world for pesticide use intensity, unleashed a wave of comments from the public linking the mews with a number of diseases
Asia Taiwan Daan–Dajia River interconnection pipeline, Taiwan's new backup route for shifting water between two major supply systems, entered service; the 16,38-km pipeline links Shigang Dam in Taichung with Liyutan Reservoir in Miaoli adding 255.000 m3 tons daily
Asia Kazakhstan Dispute with the foreign investors behind the Kashagan oil field has escalated; Kazakhstan warned the consortium’s managing director he could face administrative and criminal liability over its failure to pay an environmental fine of nearly $5 billion
Africa Zimbabwe Mutapa Gold Resources, State-owned, secured a $125 million loan from local banks to finance the development of Sharmva Hill Project, that is expected to increase annual gold production by 264% contributing by 6% to national gold output
Africa Gabon The municipal council of Port-Gentil, the Mayor and the Prefect of Bendjé Department met to adopt resolutions aimed at strengthening local governance, modernizing the municipal administration, and accelerating the development of the economic capital