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 Lebanon Two religious ceremonies at at Geitawi hospital and at St. George’s Cathedral and protests in demand for justice for the victims of the disaster took place in Beirut on 4 August, 2nd anniversary of the port explosion which killed 200 people injuring 6.000
America Panama The majority of the country’s teachers have blocked major streets to demand the government to allocate at least 6% of the country’s GDP into public education
Asia Azerbaijan Tensions flared again in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, where the breaching of the cease-fire resulted in 3 deaths and prompted international calls to stop the fighting
Europe Ukraine Three more ships with over 58.000 tons of corn have left Ukrainian ports and are headed to Turkey for inspection, under a UN-backed deal that is working to export grain trapped by war
Africa eSwatini Swaziland Victims and Survivors Association (SWAVISA) has come out to apologise to business owners who suffered losses during the unrest last year June and urged the victims of the unrest to register with them
Africa Egypt Engineer Sara Sabry has become the first Egyptian national to head into space; Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has launched six crew members as part of Mission N-22 on 4 August
Oceania Vanuatu Shefa Port Vila Land Transport presented an electric vehicle initiative that, if approved, would help the sector from the very base and would be one of the first such projects ever in the country
Africa Chad The military junta has published the list of participants in the national reconciliation dialogue scheduled for 20 August, which the opposition considers a "biased upstream" debate
Africa Benin In Cotonou there are over 250.000 mototaxi drivers, known as zemidjan, many of whom are now switching to electric two-wheelers because of the difficulties they have in maintaining their gas-powered motorcycles, thus also contributing to curb pollution
America Bahamas A member of the committee created to sell the Grand Lucayan Hotel suggested the sale has still not been finalized because the buyer requires substantial commitments from the gov on the development of the Grand Bahama International Airport
Europe Latvia Incukalns underground natural gas storage facility has sufficient natural gas stocks for the next heating season, Economics Minister Ilze Indriksone said in a press conference on 5 August
Asia Uzbekistan The country has confirmed its intention to sign an agreement for a new railway from China, a link that is part of a transcontinental route bypassing Russia
Asia Cambodia Anti-Corruption Unit found no irregularities or elements of corruption in a land swap deal in the Tamao mountain area; the complaint was filed by Tim Kimsour, an environmental observer, who has since commented that he has no objection to the ACU's finding