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 Spain Current national energy and climate plan will be updated to accelerate the green transition away from fossil fuels, now aiming for a 32% reduction in fossil fuel emissions compared to 1990 levels by 2030, compared to the previous target of 23%
America Saint Kitts and Nevis The Embassy in Taiwan launched its ‘Sharing Kindness and Nurturing LOVE – SKNLOVE’ outreach program earlier this month, to create and promote a greater familial bond between the people of Saint Kitts and Nevis and those of Taiwan
Europe Switzerland ETH Zurich moved up to 7th place in the university ranking, the Quacquarelli Symonds research announced, the highest in continental Europe, while other Swiss universities slipped down the table, with EPFL dropping twenty places this year to 36th
Asia Iran An Iranian appeals court sentenced prominent activist and journalist Golrokh Iraee, detained since her arrest at the start of a protest movement, to five years
Africa Gambia Relatives of 20 Gambian children whose deaths were linked to intake of toxic paracetamol cough syrups, manufactured in India, have sued the Indian drug manufacturer Maiden Pharmaceuticals and the Gambian local control authorities
Europe Russia Russians queued up to reach the Crimean resorts, creating a 13-kilometre traffic jam on the Russian side of the Kerch Bridge connecting the Ukrainian peninsula, as if nothing had happened in the area
Europe Malta Forty players took on fifty-three hours of volleyball, officially whistled at six o'clock on Friday night by Inclusion Minister Julia Farrugia Portelli, to raise over €360.000 in funds for the Dar tal-Providenza shelter
Africa Niger The bill authorising the ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, adopted on 7 July 2017 by the United Nations General Assembly in New York, has been approved by Parliament
Oceania Marshall Islands This year the United Church of Christ sees more than 2.000 participants at its youth conference in Majuro, an event held once every two years for a two-week duration
Oceania Micronesia Micronesian communities, heavily depending on functional marine ecosystems, have turned towards data science to protect their local coral reefs with the creation of new app that monitors the health of region's coral reefs and protect marine biodiversity
Europe Austria The government wants the country to join the European Sky Shield initiative, an air protection group launched by Germany, triggering accusations from the far right that the move would violate military neutrality
America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines A Magnetic Resonance Imaging device has been installed at the Modern Medical Centre in Georgetown; speaking at official ceremony, PM Gonsalves stated that the center has health infrastructure worth more than XCD$120 million (€40 million)
Africa Uganda Ugandan scientist Catherine Nakelembe, member of Nasa's Servir applied sciences team as a thematic manager for agriculture and food security, is leading Nasa project that, combining satellite and ground data, creates solutions to protect crops