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 Azerbaijan The 'Great Return' of refugees in areas liberated from Armenia has begun, with almost 60 people having returned to the district of Zangilan, from which they had to flee in 1993 when Armenian forces attacked and occupied it
Africa Senegal Today ends the campaign for general elections that will take place on July 31, 2022; the Senegalese will vote their representatives in the National Assembly for the next five years
America Honduras Santa Lucìa has officially become the first Honduran city to accept Bitcoin as a means of retail payment
Africa Angola 'Lulo Rose', a rare 170-carat pink diamond recently discovered, is being hailed as the largest gem of its kind found in the last 300 years
Africa Liberia The president signed a law amending the country's Aliens and Nationality Act, ending the 1973 ban on dual citizenship, partly prompted by a campaign by Liberians in the diaspora
Africa Equatorial Guinea The fight against maritime piracy is of growing concern to Equatorial Guinea and France, with the two countries agreeing to inject more funds into the Tica naval school
Asia Bangladesh The water level in 67 river stations monitored by the Flood Prediction and Warning Centre marked an increase, while 40 stations recorded a decrease
Europe Denmark Prison staff suffer fewer threats and violence at work, with the number of reports falling by 40% in recent years according to a Kriminalforsorgen report based on data from 2021
Oceania Papua New Guinea So far there have been about 50 election-related deaths this year, 28 during the pre-election period and 22 since voting and counting began, said Maholopa Laveil, a professor of economics at the University of Papua New Guinea, who studies the elections
Asia Bhutan The country is home to 7% of the world's bird species, with the global ornithological community considering it one of the world's top bird destinations
Europe United Kingdom The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will kick-start from Alexander Stadium tonight with the Opening Ceremony, featuring local music legends: pop band Duran Duran and Black Sabath guitarist Tony Iommi
America Cuba Registration for the seventh Nelson Mandela International Day race opens today to pay tribute to the former South African president, a recognized supporter of the Cuban people
America Antigua and Barbuda The two yachts owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich have finally left Falmouth harbour in Antigua, where they have been moored for several months