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
America Dominican Republic The country's electricity sector, that met the highest demand in its history last week, with a total of 3.430,42 MW served
Europe Iceland European Medicines Agency has begun investigating complications of diet drugs known as Ozempic and Saxenda, after Icelandic Medicines Agency stated that these appetite-reducing products could be linked to suicidal thoughts
Europe Monaco The Monaco Oceanographic Museum is offering a special programme for July, August and September, reopening after 11 weeks of closure and applying a 20% discount to all visitors
Africa Algeria The Algerian Ministry of Higher Education is preparing to replace French with English as the language of instruction at university, officially from the start of the 2023-2024 school year
Europe Liechtenstein Mario Büchel, head of security and traffic police, retired after almost 41 years in the state police in front of the police building
Africa Guinea The trial at the High Court in Conakry that is to shed light on the 28 September 2009 massacre has reopened; the last time, on 21 June, the dock was empty due to a prison police strike, which prevented the defendants from attending
Asia Uzbekistan A 15km elevated metro or tram line will be built from Dustlik metro station to New Tashkent city, under construction, in plans unveiled by UzLiDeP presidential candidate Shavkat Mirziyoyev during a rally in Tashkent
Asia South Korea Jungkook of BTS is making his official solo debut next month with the digital single “Seven”; the artist announced on online platform Weverse that he would be dropping the single tomorrow July 14 at 1 p.m. Korea time
Asia Syria Due to Russia's veto, the UN Security Council failed to extend the cross-border mechanism to deliver humanitarian aid to four million people in north-west Syria
Asia China Six people have been killed in an early morning knife attack outside a kindergarten, said Lianjiang city police and Chinese state-run media; other mass stabbings have been reported in recent years, often targeting children in or outside schools
Europe Finland Faced with a decline since 2006 in the results of the country's young people for the Programme for International Student Assessment, the new right-wing government has said it will adopt minuses, including a law banning the use of mobile phones in schools
America Jamaica An anti-vaping campaign to tackle the rampant problem of e-cigarette use among high school students in St Ann has been launched by the National Council on Drug Abuse
America Trinidad and Tobago 850 schools throughout Trinidad and Tobago must implement the National School Hair Code; they will, however, have the authority to implement how it will be enforced