Oceania Marshall Islands The fish aggregation devices FADs that fishing boats use to make catches easier, lately equipped with satellite communications gear to pinpoint location, are now being built by drug cartels that wrap packs of cocaine and radio transponders to trace troves
Asia Kazakhstan More than 590 vegetable stores in operation do not appear in the statistics, according to the Trade Committee
Asia Kyrgyzstan The Capital Construction Department of the Bishkek mayor's office is building a kindergarten in the Archa-Beshik residential district and said construction is 90% complete
Asia India Speaking at Connect Karo 2023 event in Delhi, G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant stated that India must become the first country in the world to industrialize without carbonizing
Europe Moldova PM held talks with members of Association of Former Political Prisoners and Deportees to discuss problems faced by the more than 6.000 former political prisoners and survivors of Soviet repressions, like improved financial situation
Europe Malta A new licensing regime is in place for builders involved in excavation, demolition and construction, providing for the licensing of construction contractors, thus ensuring for the first time that all operations in the construction sector are regulated
Africa Lesotho Despite the cold weather, multitudes of Basotho, young and old, from all corners of the country, flocked to Setsoto Stadium to attend the 60th birthday celebration of His Majesty King Letsie III
America El Salvador The Supreme Court has ruled that the government's attempt to control prices is unconstitutional, this being a major setback for the government, which had been hoping to use price controls to combat inflation
Asia Japan E-prescriptions have not caught on in Japan: due to cost and time-consuming procedures, only 2% of Japanese medical institutions and pharmacies have introduced prescription sharing with online pharmacies
Oceania Kiribati The Montfort Boys hall in Lami was filled with Kiribati sounds and colors as the Kiribati diaspora in the Eastern Division gathered en masse to commemorate Kiribati's 44th Independence Day
Africa Burundi The vocational training centre for handicrafts in Kamenge successfully hosted 14 training sessions on handicrafts such as rattan weaving, bamboo and woodworking for 600 local people from poor families
Europe Germany The federal government, together with the 16 states, has agreed on key points of hospital 'reforms' proposed by Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, which will lead to unprecedented hospital closures and significantly worsen healthcare provision for workers
America Bahamas Noting the significant increase in rape cases, especially in New Providence, this year, the Bahamas Crisis Centre has appealed to politicians to "do what needs to be done to ensure accountability for sex offenders"
America Haiti In renewing the mandate for its office in Haiti, the UN Security Council included a provision to consider the deployment of a multinational force as an option to combat insecurity