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
Asia Afghanistan The Taliban vowed not to interfere with the international aid supplies flowing into Afghanistan after last week’s devastating earthquake
Asia Kazakhstan Frontier has launched a new travel offer for its routes connecting Tampa, USA to the country, with fares under $100 non-stop
Africa Algeria The President has ordered the teaching of English to begin at primary school level, for the first time in the country's history
Europe North Macedonia North Macedonia has the worst urban air quality in Europe, according to the European Environment Agency's latest report on air pollution in Europe
America Guatemala The government has declared a red state alert due to the weather, as the heavy rains have affected over half a million inhabitants
America Paraguay In order to ensure food security, the UN has partnered with over 5.700 rural households to create home orchards, which have already begun to successfully alleviate the food emergency situation in the country’s remote regions
Oceania Marshall Islands Almost three years after the first in-person preliminary discussions between the US and the Marshall Islands on a third Compact funding agreement, negotiations resumed last week with a two-day meeting in Kwajalein
America Panama The UN has recognised the country for its innovative approaches for dealing with the sanitary emergency, which includes the creation of a medical chatbot that can attend over 600 patients a day
Asia Bhutan Bhutan's spiritual leader made history this week by introducing women's monastic ordination, or Bhikshuni, after many years of debate and indecision
America Venezuela Newly elect Colombian president Gustavo Petro has opened the binational border with Venezuela; the Venezuelan state has announced that this will bring tremendous economic benefits to the region and marks the beginning of a renewed relationship
Europe Montenegro The Ministry of Capital Investment is examining the possibility of rebuilding the existing state-owned capacities at the Bar terminal, allocated for the storage of oil derivative reserves to companies that do not have their own storage capacities
Europe Luxembourg Free sunscreen stations have been installed across the country, with the Luxembourg Cancer Foundation operating 19 stations, each of which distributes free sunscreen and offers advice on how to protect from the sun
Africa eSwatini Ntsika Kota has become the first Eswatini to win the 2022 Commonwealth short story award, with the short story "And the earth drank deep"