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
America Chile After more than a year of working on the new constitution to replace the current one written during dictator Pinochet’s regime, a final drat has been submitted to President Gabriel Boric for approval
Africa Botswana A $3 million-plus operation that uses artificial intelligence technology to provide data to help ascertain elephant numbers will be the world's first-ever AI aerial survey of elephants
Europe Austria Conductor Stefan Soltesz, 73, died Friday night after a collapse while conducting ‘The Silent Woman’ by Richard Strauss at the National Theatre in Munich, Germany
Europe Moldova European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is lending Moldova €300m to help it secure additional gas reserves that could compensate for possible supply disruptions caused by Russia's war with Ukraine
Europe Iceland Carbfix gets the highest EU grant any Icelandic company has been awarded; the EU Innovation Fund will support the development and building of Coda Terminal plant in Straumsvík, the first of its sort in the world for storing liquid CO2 on land
Africa Mali The World Bank has lifted the suspension of its financial operations in Mali, a measure taken in May 2021 in consequence of the two coups occurred in less than a year
America Dominican Republic Further talks are taking place after the the first Saudi-Caribbean Investment Forum 'Towards a New Era of Partnership for Socio Economic Development', held in Punta Cana at the beginning of the month
Africa Benin The first trip to Africa since French President Macron was re-elected in April will take him to the country to deal with the food crisis caused by the war in Ukraine, agricultural production problems and security issues
America Barbados The Summer Nutrition Programme, offering school meals to needy children, has been criticized for making them openly queue for food, which could be embarrarsing; a voucher solution for family food shopping, more dignified, has been proposed
Africa Sudan Artisanal mines, accounting for 80% of Sudan's gold production as of today, are a key revenue source but are posing worrying health threats to villagers
Asia East Timor All requirements have been fulfilled to be the ASEAN newest member, and the country expects Indonesian President would maximize his role as chair next year to accelerate the acceptance of East Timor as the 11th member of the regional grouping
America Canada Today Pope Francis begins his pilgrimage to beg forgiveness on Canadian soil for the sufference endured by Indigenous people as missionaries enforced the church policy to eliminate their culture and assimilate them into Christian society
Asia Myanmar ICJ judges have rejected Myanmar's preliminary objections to a case accusing the nation of being responsible for genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority