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 Dominica Rianna Patterson, a young Dominican woman who has been a leading dementia advocate in the country and a founding member of the Dominica State College Psychology Club, has graduated from the University of Kent (UK) with a degree in psychology
Europe Spain The special concert "United for Peace: Ukraine in the Heart" will take place today and will be broadcast by the Spanish public broadcaster RTVE; the proceeds will be donated to humanitarian efforts through UNHCR, the Red Cross and CEAR
Asia Tajikistan EU project aims to promote access to social, economic and cultural rights for prisoners and former prisoners in the country and to contribute to the protection of their human rights and fundamental freedoms
Oceania Nauru A new Nauru Airlines plane has arrived on the island; President Aingimea thanked Taiwan for its support in co-funding the aircraft and acknowledged the flight crew for the dedication
Africa Chad For a two-week period, the justice system has been at a standstill due to an indefinite strike launched by two trade unions of magistrates who are demanding respect and security to be able to return to work, after being regularly attacked
Asia Japan More than 4.000 people have applied to become astronauts for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, which for the first time has dropped the requirement that applicants have a university education
America Chile The state has officially become the first in the world to ever issue a Sustainability-Linked Bond (SLB), with the aim of growing the economy while contemporarily reduce carbon emissions and incentivise the use of renewable energy
Africa Eritrea Olympic athlete Nazareth Woldu improved national record for the 4th time finishing the Seoul International Marathon, South Korea, in 2 hours, 21 minutes, 56 bettering the record by 7 minutes
Africa Algeria The Minister of Pharmaceutical Industry received in Algiers the delegation of the evaluation mission of the African Union Commission, visiting the country's candidacy to host the headquarters of the African Medicines Agency Ama
Europe Andorra Andorra la Vella has received more than a hundred proposals in the second edition of participatory budgets
Africa Niger Niamey will host an AU Summit on Industrialisation and Economic Diversification of Africa from 20 to 25 November 2022
Asia Turkey İzmir, Turkey's third-largest city and a major tourist destination on the country's Aegean coast, is carrying out work at the port to prepare to welcome its first cruise ship after a years-long break