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
Africa Guinea-Bissau ECOWAS unanimously elected Umaro Sissoco Embalo, President of Guinea-Bissau, as its new Chairman
Asia Turkmenistan Minister of Foreign Affairs met the Deputy Director General of the WTO and informed him of the preparatory work carried out in Turkmenistan for WTO accession, which includes improving the national legislative framework, procedures and foreign trade rules
America Bolivia A newly discovered waterlily species originating from the country has been named the largest in the world, with the ability to grow up to three metres in the wild
Asia Afghanistan EU has allocated €15 million for child protection and €25 million for polio vaccines; according to UNICEF, children suffer violence and various dangers due to the economic and humanitarian conditions
America El Salvador In partnership with the NGO My First Bitcoin, the first generation of high school students with Bitcoin diplomas, specialised in Bitcoin studies, has officially graduated in the country
Asia Philippines Some McDonald's shops in the Philippines cannot serve chicken as demand increases and supplies do not meet standards
Africa Ghana An International Monetary Fund delegation will hold a series of meetings with government officials on Ghana's economic recovery programme, starting today
America Colombia President Ivan Duque has announced at the UN Ocean Conference that the country has achieved a 30% protection of its oceans, making Colombia the first to achieve the UN’s 30x30 promise
Africa Angola The capital Luanda today hosts a mediation attempt between the presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring Rwanda
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo After 25 years of bickering, the leaders of Wenge Musica, DR Congo's legendary Soukous band, decided to pick up their shared history where they left off
Europe Sweden NATO's 30 allies signed the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland yesterday, sending the two nations' membership offers to the alliance capitals for legislative approval
Europe Slovakia 28 Slovak academic institutions, including public universities, the Slovak Academy of Sciences and its various research institutes, have at least 136 links with China, according to a study by the Central European Institute of Asian Studies in Bratislava
America Ecuador After almost a month of protests and the declaration of a state of emergency, a peace agreement was signed between the government and the delegation of indigenous associations, granting indigenous communities their territories back