Europe United Kingdom A wave of far-right anti-migrant sentiment is sweeping across the UK and a protest in Portsmouth was marked by violent incidents; around 500 hooded people besieged the port, disrupted ferry terminals after learning of the landing of 140 migrants
Europe Poland Poland has the largest gas storage reserves in Europe and the highest gas storage rate, with 95% of its storage facilities full, totalling 3,35 billion cubic metres
Asia Iran Authorities in Tehran have been asked to explain the presence of uranium particles at three undeclared Iranian nuclear sites after a critical report by the UN nuclear watchdog
Asia Azerbaijan At the opening ceremony of Baku Energy Week yesterday, 1 June, a letter by US President Biden read out for the occasion said the country is playing a critical role in helping to stabilise European energy security
America Grenada Dennis Cornwall - the National Democratic Congress' candidate for St Patrick East - has firmly promised to pay back pensions owed to public servants "within the first six months" if he is elected to form Grenada's next government on June 23
Europe Serbia Aleksandar Vučić was sworn in for a second term as president during a special session of Parliament, which was not attended by the opposition on Tuesday as the final election results have not yet been declared
Asia Kyrgyzstan The country intends to move away from carbon-based energy by 2050 and by 2030 they will be reduced by 44% - the announcement was made by the director of the Climate Finance Centre of the Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision
Africa Ghana Ghanaian actor Kwadwo Nkansah, known in the entertainment world as Lilwin, has started the 'One Student, One Pen' project to ensure that every student in the Ashanti region has a pen for their studies
Africa South Africa According to a report released on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, the country will need to spend $250 billion over the next three decades to shut down coal-fired power stations and replace them with green energy
Asia Israel A laser-based air defence system that Israel hopes to deploy from early 2023 to neutralise rockets and drones will cost as little as $2 per intercept, PM Bennett said, calling it a breakthrough because it not only hits, but also bankrupts the enemy army
Europe Croatia DUBoak, a maritime heritage interpretation centre has been opened in Malinska, on the island of Krk; it is part of the Adriatic Ark project which aims at protecting, promote and touristically enhance the Adriatic's maritime heritage
America Antigua and Barbuda 1.396 public and private school students, along with home-schooled pupils, took the first of four examinations for the Grade 6 National Assessment at more than 50 centres yesterday
Asia Iraq Court sentenced a Daesh member to death for planning a 2021 bombing that killed 32 people in a Baghdad market, the city's first major suicide bombing in three years that ended a period of relative calm the jihadist group's declaration of defeat in 2017
Asia Sri Lanka An appeal to farmers to grow more rice as the country faces its worst economic crisis in 70 years comes comes from the Minister of Agriculture who said 'food situation is worsening'