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
America Haiti Immigration authorities repatriated nearly 25.000 Haitian adults and children over the last 13 and a half months, according to the International Organization for Migration; about 90% of those returns took place after September of last year
Africa Guinea-Bissau The IMF's third and final assessment is underway: the benchmark program launched in July 2021 with the government, should lead the country to the Extended Credit Facility, essential to secure a loan
Asia Laos A highway linking the capital Vientiane with Houaphanh province is closer to reality after a feasibility study for the project was launched in the presence of the Ministry of Planning and Investment
Europe Lithuania About 2.400 Ukrainian have found work in Lithuania so far, mostly in manufacturing, transport and storage, accommodation and food services, according to information provided by the Employment Service
America Colombia Several Colombian Pension Funds will invest US$1.212 million on national infrastructure to help the logistical development of the country, contributing to the lack of road framework
Africa Liberia The World Food Program in Liberia has donated 10 laptops to the National Food Assistance Agency (NFAA) to strengthen the entity's capacity
America United States A SpaceX capsule with three paying customers and a former NASA astronaut has arrived at the International Space Station; launched at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, it’s a first-of-its-kind 100% private mission of about 10 days
America Guatemala Civil organisations, indigenous groups and farmers blocked the streets - causing traffic jams at a national level - to protest against government corruption and national resource theft
America Uruguay Germán Olmedo, an Uruguayan chef, went all the way to Ukraine on an extremely difficult mission to deliver food and medications; he did so simply because he believes a better world is possible if everyone contributes a little
America Ecuador Contrary to the world’s several financial markets, Ecuador’s economy has seemingly seen its interest rates decrease instead of increasing, this is due to the low demand from national consumers
Asia Maldives The Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company Limited has decided to limit the purchase to 5 tonnes of fish in its southern centres due to freezing capacity issues
Europe Austria Consumer price inflation in Austria rose to its highest level since November 1981, according to Statistics Austria's preliminary estimates, with a 6,8% year-on-year increase in March, following a 5,9% rise in February
America Nicaragua The World Bank reported that if the country does not urgently change its monetary and fiscal policy, Nicaragua will be the state with the lowest growth in the whole Latin American region