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 Slovakia Slovaks agree that climate change is happening, but are not willing to pay higher taxes or prices nor change their life habits to protect the Earth, according to a survey conducted by Environmental Studies at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic
Africa Uganda Uganda Revenue Authority has established mechanisms to start taxing Facebook and other internet giants; the move is one of the strategies expected to earn Uganda at least 25 trillion shillings in domestic revenue in the 2022/23 fiscal year
Africa Sao Tome and Principe Chinese Ambassador to the country said works for the upgrading of the international airport in Sao Tomé - technically challenging - are being planned for 2023
Africa Botswana American online travel company TripAdvisor ranked 10 Cresta Marakanelo Limited hotels among the top 10% of hotels worldwide during the recent Travellers' Choice awards publication
Asia Cyprus Presidential candidate Achilleas Demetriades calls for widening of access to abortions and proposed the expansion of medical coverage under the national health scheme, which should include psychological support
Africa Liberia The Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Dr Natalia Kanem, has appointed Ms Bidisha Pillai as the new Country Representative in Liberia
Africa Comoros The Comoros Defence Force in collaboration with officials of the Mwali National Park organised a control operation in the Mwali forest, where anonymous people are carrying out environmentally harmful activities
Europe Estonia Preliminary results of state examinations by Education and Youth Council show that the national average score on graduation examination decreased slightly due to distance learning, while the results of Estonian language remained unchanged
Oceania Tuvalu Tuvalu’s Foreign Minister Simon Kofe has pulled out of the U.N. Oceans Conference after China blocked Taiwan’s delegation from participating
Asia Lebanon The civil marriage controversy is being discussed, with civil rights activists accusing religious courts of discriminating against women and claiming that Lebanese are treated differently depending on their religious affiliation
America Trinidad and Tobago A tropical storm warning issued for the night has brought about a peak in preventive activities: sandbags preparation and delivery, reduced business hours, securing domestic animals the most widespread
Europe Liechtenstein Eduardo Chillad’s sculpture ‘Tower of Liberty’ has been flown back to Planken from its exhibition site in Vaduz
Asia Iraq The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity has announced that, following the settlement of the country's energy debts to Iran, Baghdad is considering increasing gas imports from the Islamic Republic