Europe Iceland With the highest show up ever recorded in Reykjavik, 52,8% of 225.031 of Icelanders voted against the government's proposal to resume talks on joining the EU after 13 years; Around 12.600 votes separated the figure from the 47,2% who voted in favor
Europe Belgium The Brussels-based European Commission has authorized the marketing of house crickets as food in the EU, the third insect approved; it is a major breakthrough given the high amount of quality proteins, low cost and low environmental impact of this food
Oceania Nauru 6 officers of the Nauru Police Force have left the island after being selected for a three-week training in Turkey
Africa Libya Protesters gathered in Tripoli after the country's eastern parliament appointed former interior minister Fathi Bashagha as head of a new interim government, calling for the dissolution of the parliament in the eastern city of Tobruk that appointed him
Oceania Tonga The government expressed regret over the 'misunderstanding' over canned pork, given as part of the delivery of Chinese emergency food aid, stopped by the government on the basis of the Animal Disease Act; no further details or the action taken were given
Africa Gabon Studying a group of chimpanzees in the country, researchers from the Ozouga chimpanzee project documented seventy-six cases in which a chimpanzee caught an insect and applied it to its own or someone else's wound to heal it
America Dominican Republic Delivered in pandemic to ensure distance learning classes, the laptops given to students in the past administration have not worked, according to students in Greater Santo Domingo; the Ministry of Education is conducting a survey to remedy this
Africa Togo Lomé has been chosen to host a high-level conference on political transitions and counter-terrorism in the Sahel and West Africa next April, allowing for a review of recent trends and developments and a reflection on strategies to contain terrorism
Europe North Macedonia President Pendarovski accompanied to school a bullied 11-year-old girl with Down syndrome after learning that she sat in a classroom alone after pupils and parents targeted her
Europe Croatia The Government has decided to establish a commission to evaluate and define proposals for projects of strategic interest to Croats abroad, responding to Croatia's constitutional obligation to take care of this category of citizens
Africa Djibouti Hundreds of trees donated by the Ethiopian government have been planted as part of the Green Legacy Initiative, a planting campaign aimed at curbing the effects of climate change and deforestation
Europe Poland The country will buy another 100 tonnes of gold this year, bringing its national gold reserves to 330 tonnes, the central bank president confirmed, a policy considered the best for the country's development
Europe Czech Republic Almost 30 residents have applied for financial compensation for side effects and health problems after receiving the vaccine; seven of these have already been rejected on various grounds
Asia United Arab Emirates Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced the opening of a new cycle path stretching 16 km along Jumeirah Beach, starting from the Dubai Water Canal and connecting with King Salman Street