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
Oceania Australia Professor Ana Cody, Dean of the School of Law at Western Sydney University, has been appointed as Australia's new Sex Discrimination Commissioner
America Saint Lucia Saint Lucia's award-winning police officer, Inspector Shervon Matthieu, has urged further reform of the island's laws regarding possession of illegal weapons or ammunition to ensure jail time rather than fines
America Honduras The country has started negotiations on a free trade agreement with China that would mark a historic step in their diplomatic and economic relations, with the planned approval of exporting bananas, coffee, and shrimp from Honduras
America Ecuador Local authorities, in collaboration with Starlink, will donate high-end satellite antennas to educational institutions in the Galapagos Islands, benefiting approximately 3.600 students
Europe Switzerland Following the capture in January of Matteo Messina Denaro, head of Cosa Nostra, the Anti-Mafia District Directorate in Palermo, Italy has sent a new rogatory to Switzerland to clarify the boss dealings with Swiss funds, perpetrated for years
Asia Indonesia According to the head of the National Counter-Terrorism Agency, the number of terrorist attacks carried out in the country is showing a declining trend, thanks to "prevention and counter-terrorism countermeasures based on violence"
America Colombia The Defense Minister has formally apologised for civilian executions during the 2008 national armed conflict; he apologised on behalf of the country for over 6.400 killings by the military that were formerly known as “casualties”
Asia Georgia The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly called on Russia to immediately and unconditionally withdraw its military forces from the Georgian occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali
America Barbados 300 black belly sheep have been shipped to Guyana as a part of a joint undertaking to build a regional brand of sheep and decrease the importation of lamb and mutton into the Caribbean, thus tackling food insecurity
Africa Algeria In the host cities of Algiers, Oran, Constantine, Annaba, Tipaza, 22 nations with 3.800 athletes are participating in the 2023 Arab Sports Games, competing in 22 sports
Europe Serbia President has accused Kosovo of conducting a "silent ethnic cleansing" of Serbs and said his country will request a meeting with the head of NATO and an urgent session of the UN Security Council to ask for their protection
Europe Italy The country needs to invest more and step up efforts to reach the EU's 2030 carbon emissions reduction target, a government document says; PM Meloni said 'you cannot dismantle the economy and companies for the ecological transition'
Africa Sierra Leone A watchdog group responsible for monitoring the elections reported major irregularities in turnout and vote shares between the presidential and parliamentary elections in several districts, demanding further clarification