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 Armenia The country will host the Orion 2022 Summit in June, organised by Orion Worldwide Innovations, a hub for startup growth and ecosystem acceleration
America Costa Rica Rodrigo Chaves has officially won the presidential elections, becoming the republic’s 49th President
Europe Luxembourg Out of a total of €34 million in claims from victims of the summer floods, a third has been paid out so far, with a government fund of €100 million apparently largely untouched
America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Today closes the opportunity to participate in the special edition of the Literary Arts Competition under the theme "Charting Resilience; Recording Recovery", in which to tell their story of the 2021 volcano eruption and its aftermath
Asia East Timor The Archdiocese of Dili in Timor-Leste has set up an ecclesiastical court to handle marriage-related cases, including annulments, a move that comes in response to the Pope's call for better pastoral care for people facing marital problems
Asia Cambodia The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports has revealed alarming new findings on the vast "learning loss" experienced by Cambodian students during the pandemic, with an increase in students unable to demonstrate basic skills
Africa Mozambique To support the country on its path to sustainable development, as well as on the humanitarian response to the crisis in the north, Japan has announced its funding commitment of $5,2 million through 6 international organizations
Europe Denmark Chinese carmaker Geely has confirmed that it has begun testing a new type of fuel for cars and trucks in Denmark called 'liquid wind', produced from captured carbon dioxide, renewable electricity and hydrogen
America Panama The country has officially asked China to adhere to the Panama Canal Neutrality Treaty, since it is the only member of the UN’s Security Council that hasn’t signed the agreement
Europe Belgium The country will ban round goldfish tanks as they cause stress to the fish; government documents state that round tanks have a smaller water surface area than square or rectangular ones, affecting the oxygen uptake capacity of the water
Asia Vietnam Studying primate conservation since 1999, Dr Long helped build a network of biodiversity researchers and expanded conservation projects in central Vietnam, helping to train hundreds of students on biodiversity during annual field trips to forests
Oceania Australia Defence Minister Peter Dutton said the accelerated rearmament of fighter jets and warships would cost A$3,5 billion ($2,6 billion) and increase Australia's deterrence to potential adversaries
Asia Mongolia Medicines, animal vaccines, tea, sugar, telecommunications equipment, trucks and other goods imported from India amounted to $30 million value last year