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 Portugal Forest fires consumed 57.940 hectares this year, more than double the entire 2021 figure, according to provisional data from the Institute for Nature Conservation and Forestry
Europe Croatia Croatian air traffic controllers called off the strike that was to begin, saying they would resume negotiations with management; the strike would have reduced the number of flights over Croatian airspace to only 40% of standard capacity
America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines In spite of the increased demand for fish created by the opening of the Rainforest Seafood processing plant in Calliaqua, Agriculture Minister assures there will be no shortage of fish on the local market and sustainable fishing practices implemented
America United States The country is in the midst of its largest-ever monkeypox outbreak; in New York city, which accounts for over 25% of US cases, getting a vaccine appointment has proven difficult and long queues have been over the past few days
Africa Rwanda The country will host the headquarters of the African Medicine Agency; the decision has been taken at the end of the African Union Executive Council meeting
Europe Netherlands The country will not extend residence permits to non-Ukrainians who had a temporary residence permit in Ukraine before leaving the country to "ease the burden on municipalities"
Asia India For the first time in 70 years, India's forests will be home to cheetahs as eight of them are set to arrive in August from Namibia; their return comes decades after India's indigenous population was declared officially extinct in 1952
Africa Uganda Edward Mukiibi, a young Ugandan agronomist, has become president of the international Slow Food association, which was founded in the 1980s with the aim of defending and spreading the individual agricultural and food and wine traditions
Europe Montenegro The President’s office called for an internal investigation after a man falsely claiming to be Prince Stefan Cernetic of Montenegro and Macedonia attended the country’s Statehood Day celebration in Cetinje, publishing photos on his FB page
Africa Libya The Libyan Department of Military Engineering announced the recovery of five tonnes of war remnants collected from Tripoli International Airport, following a warrant issued by the General Staff
Europe Vatican City A call for all migrant workers to have rights as workers, regardless of their immigration status, comes in the last bulletin of the Migrants and Refugees section of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
Oceania Solomon Islands There is no military base, nor any other military facility or institutions, in the country’s security agreement with China signed last April - PM Sogavare assured once again, stressing that that’s a very important point that he will continue to reiterate
Europe North Macedonia Draft amendments to media law would end the ban on state financing of private radio and television stations and on state advertising in the private media with bipartisan and strictly regulated info campaigns