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 Liberia The National Oil Palm Strategy and Action Plan (NOPSAP) was launched by the government who identified oil palm as one of the priority crops to stimulate agricultural growth and development
Europe Netherlands Children detained at the Ter Apel refugee centre live in "unacceptable conditions" and face "mental neglect", said children's ombudsman Margrite Kalverboer
Africa Niger The WB has approved funding of about $250 million from the International Development Association to strengthen the resilience of cities to climate shocks and to ensure better urban management in the country
Africa Lesotho Vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV) for girls aged between 9 and 14 years will be launched today in the district of Butha-Buthe
America Antigua and Barbuda Today the Democratic National Alliance launches the official start of its campaign ahead of the next general elections, constitutionally scheduled for next year
Asia Iraq Muwafaq Mubareka, a Baghdad citizen, faced with a severe shortage of trees, tons of sand raised by desert storms, and severe contamination of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, has planted nearly a million trees with his Millions of Trees Association
Asia Lebanon The country is ready to work with Cyprus to exploit potential natural gas deposits in the waters between the two countries, although an agreement on offshore rights has not been formally finalised
Asia Mongolia Today open in Ulaanbaatar the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships; at their 35th edition, they will close in 24 April
Africa Madagascar Lycee Moderne Ampefiloha, the largest school in Madagascar, could inaugurate a computer lab thank to the 50 computers donated by the Indian government
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnians have warned Ukrainians that getting justice for human rights abuses in the conflict will be long and painful, as those who survive will have to tell of the atrocities they witnessed
America Venezuela The Foreign Affairs Ministry announced that the state will hold the first ever World Summit Against Fascism, where over 200 international delegates will attend to discuss on the coup d'état that took place 20 years ago in the country
Asia Philippines Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the son of the late Philippine dictator, is planning to bring nuclear power to the country should he maintain his wide lead in the polls and win the May 9 presidential election
America United States Today is Tax Day, the federal deadline for individual tax filing and payments: the IRS expects tens of millions of last-minute filings; as of April 8, over 103 million returns for this tax season had been received and refunds for $204 billion issued