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
Africa Zambia The country celebrates the bronze medal won by Muzala Samukonga, a 21-year-old sprinter, in the men's 400-metre race at the Paris 2024 Olympics with a time of 43,74 seconds, setting a new national record
Europe Poland UK Export Finance and KUKE, the export credit agencies of the UK and Poland respectively, provided a guarantee for a €249 million loan in a solar project to boost green exports
Asia United Arab Emirates The Dubai authorities have announced the launch of a pilot initiative to reduce the working hours of participating government agencies during the summer that includes the suspension of work on Fridays
America Guatemala Adriana Ruano won Guatemala’s first-ever gold medal in the Olympic Games, winning the trap shooting event at Paris 2024; the historic victory was marked by fireworks and festivities in her home country
Oceania Kiribati A recycling operation for used lead batteries in Kiribati, which removed 7000 tonnes of toxic waste from the island over a 20-year period, could be replicated and used in other Pacific nations to manage hazardous waste
Asia Palestine The Palestinian Foreign Ministry asked the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich for saying it might be "justified and moral" to starve Palestinians in Gaza
Europe Serbia Construction will begin on a museum dedicated to tennis player Novak Djokovic, who, by winning gold at the Paris Olympics, completed the Career Grand Slam: President Vucic said it will be a tribute to Djokovic's achievements and will also attract tourists
Africa Tunisia According to Central Bank of Tunis, as of 6 August, notes and coins in circulation exceeded the 22,5 billion dinar threshold for the first time, an amount increased by 2 billion dinars compared to the level reached on the same date last year
America Honduras Juan Carlos Bonilla Valladares, the former chief of the Honduran National Police, was sentenced to 19 years in a US prison for his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy; Bonilla admitted to protecting cocaine shipments to the US
Africa Equatorial Guinea Talks were held with Trafigura Group on the possibility of a USD 2 billion financing from the commodities trader to support the development of the country's hydrocarbon sector
Europe Norway A wireless charging road for electric vehicles has been unveiled in the city of Trondheim: this innovative stretch of road, equipped with high-tech copper coils, keeps electric vehicles charged with energy and ready to go without stopping
Oceania Papua New Guinea The integration of various cloud services, including the allocation of IP addresses, DNS, websites and e-mail solutions, for more than 140 government agencies has been accelerated by the Department of Information and Communications Technology
Asia Yemen After two months of no contact, CARE International, Oxfam and Save the Children renewed their call for immediate access to staff detained by the authorities in northern Yemen and for their immediate and unconditional release