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 Gabon African Climate Week, a conference organised by the United Nations to prepare for Cop 27, will be held in Gabon from 29 August to 1 September to address social inequalities and invest in development that is good for humanity and nature
Asia Cambodia World's largest freshwater fish ever recorded, a giant stingray, was caught a week ago in Mekong River; it measured nearly 4 metres and weighed almost 300 kg, according to Wonders of the Mekong, a joint Cambodian-US research project on Monday
Asia Indonesia Indonesian authorities hope to reach an agreement with Singapore to start exporting chickens within weeks, as the city-state scrambles to find alternative sources of supply after neighbouring Malaysia restricted sales
Asia Philippines Sara Duterte, daughter of Rodrigo Duterte, the country's outgoing president, was sworn in as vice-president alongside her running mate, Ferdinand Marcos Junior, who will soon replace her father as president
Europe Ukraine The member states of the Three Seas Initiative (3SI) granted Ukraine the status of "participating partner" in the group and supported its efforts to join the EU
Africa Mali The new electoral law has been adopted by a very large majority (115 votes in favour, 3 against and no abstentions), but with many changes to the initial text proposed by the transitional government
Africa Togo The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers will provide Togo and nine other African countries with hands-on training to help their top-level registries compete in the domain sector
Africa South Sudan There is great disappointment in the country at the news of the postponement - due to problems with his knee - of Pope Francis' visit to the region, initially scheduled from 2 to 7 July
Europe Ireland Dublin-based airline Ryanair has announced the removal of the controversial Afrikaans language test for South African passengers, introduced to identify passengers with forged passports bound for the UK
Asia Taiwan Taiwan's EVA Airways was judged the best airline in East Asia at the recent Airline Passenger Experience Association ceremony, receiving the 'Five Star Global Airlines' rating for the fourth consecutive year
Europe Austria Receiving less gas from Gazprom, the government held an emergency meeting to signal a return to coal-fired power, which the country phased out in 2020
Europe Lithuania Russia has asked Lithuania to immediately lift a ban on the transit of certain goods to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad
Africa Ghana The government recently launched a plan to achieve a local processing rate of 50% of its cocoa crop within the next three years; currently, local cocoa production stands at 20%