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 Latvia The Atis Kronvalds Foundation published the latest ranking of Latvian schools, summarising pupils' performances in various sport meetings and research conferences
Asia Armenia In the first 5 months of this year, goods worth about $76 million were imported into Armenia from Turkey
Africa Angola UNHCR's first convoy of 88 repatriations since 2020 left Angola for DR Congo, after departures were halted in 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic
Africa Mauritania Desertification is uprooting families and destroying livelihoods with profound impact on health and mind; 90% of the country is in Sahara Desert, making it particularly vulnerable to the effects of drought and reduced rainfall
Europe Italy Over 1.800 mayors have signed a petition to PM Draghi and the parliament for the sake of the country’s stability; with Rome, Milan, Turin, Venice, Florence, Naples and economically relevant areas they account for the majority of the population and the GDP
Africa Algeria With a new oil and gas deal, the country has become Italy's main gas supplier, replacing Russia
Africa Senegal Senegalese superstar Sadio Mane heads a list of 10 nominees for the African Footballer of the Year award, to be handed out later this month for the first time in three years due to the pandemic
America Bahamas Labour Minister Keith Bell has called on protesting employees of the Bahamas Airport Authority to return to work because their strike actions are "illegal"
Africa Burundi A $5m loan to CRDB Bank Burundi will support small business lending especially to women-owned enterprises, as IFC and CRDB announced new investments to boost access to finance for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises to strengthen pandemic recovery
Asia Brunei On the occasion of his 76th birthday, the monarch said the government must devise new economic strategies for a post-pandemic world, stressing that the country must accelerate economic diversification for this purpose
Europe Austria A mixed picture of foodborne diseases for 2021 has been published, showing that reports of Salmonella and Campylobacter increased last year, but remained below levels seen before the COVID-19 pandemic
America United States The House passed two bills on abortion rights: codify protections into federal law 219-210 votes and ban prosecution for those who travel out of state for reproductive health care 223-205; Senate blocked the bills
Africa Liberia Grand Bassa University President Samuel Monwell has been asked to resign over poor administrative practices that saw the closure of the university's nursing department by the Liberian Board of Nursing and Midwifery