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 Uganda Uganda Tourism Board launched the new brand 'Explore Uganda, The Pearl of Africa', in Dubai as part of a tourism and media event
Asia Turkey The Zero-Waste project has been defined a great success by first lady Emine Erdoğan; launched in 2017, the project has resulted in the recycling of 16,5 mln tonnes of paper and cardboard, 4,1 mln tonnes of plastic, 1,7 mln tonnes of glass
Europe Kosovo The country has been criticised for slow progress in prosecuting war crimes, with only one indictment filed last year and only two suspects arrested, says a new report by the Centre for Humanitarian Law in Kosovo
Oceania New Zealand New Zealand players have reported culturally insensitive comments and alleged "favouritism", "ghosting" and "body shaming" by coaches, part of a cultural review of the Black Ferns set-up carried out for New Zealand Rugby
Oceania Vanuatu Businesses wishing to apply for the third stimulus package have been informed that the Department of Finance and Treasury is preparing for the launch
Asia Japan A symbol of Japanese architecture, the Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo will be demolished this month; the 1972 work by Kisho Kurokawa, counts 140 blocks thought as city-homes for workers and is the first example of metabolism architecture movement
Africa Zambia The acting chairperson for the parliamentary committee on budgeting and planning has said his committee is concerned about reports that the country has the highest airport tax regime in Africa
Asia Uzbekistan The country will partially privatise several state-owned companies, including oil and gas company Uzbekneftegaz, thermal power plants, Uzbekistan Airways and car manufacturer UzAuto Motors
Asia Syria Members of the Syrian civil defence force known as the White Helmets filmed a tutorial to help Ukrainian first responders, with advice gained from first-hand experience of dealing with victims
Europe Poland More than €10 billion were raised for Ukrainians in global 'Stand Up For Ukraine' fundraising campaign run by EC, Canadian government and Global Citizen, which concluded with a donor conference in Warsaw
Europe Serbia Just under half of Serbian citizens support EU membership, while only one in five have a positive opinion of the EU, Serbia's leading polling expert Srdjan Bogosavljević confirmed, citing a survey completed in March
Asia Myanmar The military-controlled Central Bank of Myanmar recently imposed new rules under which all those holding foreign currency in the country will have to convert it into Burmese kyat
Africa Ivory Coast In one of the poorest neighbourhoods of Grand Bassam, a library and cultural centre named after the Italian journalist Raffaele Masto, an expert on Africa, has recently been inaugurated