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 Iceland Over ten thousand earthquakes have been detected since the series of earthquakes started at noon on Saturday, confirming a lot of seismic activity in the Reykjanes peninsula over the weekend
Asia Bahrain A shipment of 2.520 sheep and 500 goats from an African country has been sent back on the grounds that the animals may have been exposed to highly contagious, dangerous and often fatal, sheeppox
Europe Moldova Executive approved new opportunities for entrepreneurs who want to internationalise their businesses: they can submit additional applications up to the ceiling of the grant awarded through the Programme
Africa Nigeria The Nigeria Police has dissociated itself from a text message circulating on social media asking Muslim women to forward their CVs; according to Police spokesperson, it is a try to gain pecuniary advantages from the public
America Canada The rate of police-reported sexual assault has reached its highest since 1996, according to Statistics Canada newly released data, and the number of cases reported to police is likely a significant underestimate; overall violent crime is also increasing
Africa Chad An additional 2 million farmers in Chad, Ghana and Sierra Leone will benefit from the $315 million recently approved under the second phase of the IDA's West African Regional Food Systems Resilience Programme
America Cuba A total of 39.377.029 anti-COVID-19 doses have been administered in Cuba; 90,1% of the Cuban population has completed the immunisation course
Europe Denmark Sundhedsstyrelsen - Danish Health Authority - is considering to make Monkeypox vaccine more easily available to LGBT+ community, namely to men who have heavy skin contact with men, to counteract the spread
Africa Uganda At least 24 people were killed in the floods that hit eastern Uganda last weekend, according to a recent assessment by the Ugandan Red Cross and the government
Europe Romania Romanian natural gas producer Romgaz announced that it has completed the acquisition of all the shares of ExxonMobil's local subsidiary holding 50% of the concession agreement for the deepwater area of the Neptun offshore block XIX
Africa Zimbabwe In some areas the school remains 'open' thanks to radio, with the support of Solo Foundation and a Unesco training course, so teachers give radio lessons reaching even those areas where internet connection is limited or absent
Asia Vietnam The industry of shoe production generated nearly $12 billion in the first half of 2022, according to government figures, thus positioning the country among the first four producers in the world
Oceania Palau Ramsey Ngiraibai and his family, the first homeowner to activate a home solar energy system, expect to save at least half of what they currently pay for electricity from the power company