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
Europe Hungary Hungarian beer, one of the oldest sectors of the domestic food industry, is gaining popularity in Asia: in 2014, China accounted for 0,71% of Hungarian beer exports, while in 2021 it reached 10,6%
Africa Somalia The phenomenon of online dating has recently affected even a Muslim country like Somalia: new Guurdoon App, developed by Guryosamo association, supports young people on their marriage path in cases of low financial means
Asia Mongolia This year's Naadam national holiday, celebrated yesterday and today, marks the 2232nd anniversary of the founding of Mongolia's first state, the 817th anniversary of the Great Mongolian Empire and the 102nd anniversary of the Mongolian People's Revolution
Africa Morocco Moroccan women's soccer is gaining ground at home and abroad, with the national team set to make its debut at the 2023 Women's World Cup, the first time Morocco's women's national team has qualified for the competition
Africa Mauritius For the 15th anniversary of the inscription of the cultural landscape of Le Morne on the World Heritage List, a wreath-laying ceremony was held at the International Slave Route Monument, in front of the public beach of Le Morne
Europe France A new tourism campaign will ask people to reconsider trips to France’s most famous tourist sites, as the government draws attention to the fact that 80% of visitors go to just 20% of the country, causing congestion on “overloved” spots during peak season
Europe Belgium Consumer rights organisation Test Achats has asked the Belgian Competition Authority to launch an investigation into 'greedflation' as supermarket prices remain high
Asia Jordan A project to create sustainable green jobs in refugee host communities has been officially launched; funded by the Global Green Growth Institute it will generate opportunities for youth, women and refugees in green economy-related jobs
Africa Libya The prime minister of Libya's national unity government, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, has announced the lifting of the air embargo imposed on Libyan civil aviation over Italian airspace after nearly 10 years
Africa Ivory Coast Cavally Forest is one of the last dense forests in the country, a place of biodiversity threatened by deforestation - from 16 to less than 3 million hectares from 1960 to 2021; new partners have recently joined the reforestation and protection project
America United States The last of the country’s declared chemical weapons stockpile has been destroyed, President Joe Biden said, thus ending a decades-long effort to eliminate the deadly weapons first used on a large scale in WWI
Africa Nigeria President Bola Tinubu was elected president of the Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS at the end of the 63rd Ordinary Session of Ecowas Heads of State and Government, held in Bissau
Africa Ethiopia The US humanitarian agency told AP last week it is horrified by conditions in Ethiopia, where hundreds of hunger deaths have been reported recently after the U.S. and the UN paused food aid for one-sixth of the country’s population over massive aid theft