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
Oceania Palau The planned upgrade of the transmitter, studio transmission line (STL) and studio transmission equipment of the government FM station is being supported by $73.925 financial aid from Japan's Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects
America Grenada British Airways recently celebrated 35 years of flights to London from Grenada on 1 April, now scheduled twice a week
Asia India India will hold talks with Japan in mid-April in a new edition of the 2+2 dialogue: the sides are expected to deliberate on further cooperation in topics of defence and security, including possible implications of the Ukraine crisis for the Indo-Pacific
Europe Montenegro The average salary in February without taxes was €706, with employees in financial sector having the highest income of €1.156, followed by the energy sector €1.090, while people in the manufacturing industry received the lowest earnings - €571
Africa Guinea In a decree by President Doumbouya, Mohamed Bérété, until now secretary general of the National Assembly, was appointed legal adviser to the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene
Asia Kazakhstan The Kazakh capital hosted a Women Leadership Summit, bringing together female leaders in business, technology, media and civil society to discuss opportunities for women in business and politics
Africa Comoros Officially opening the first session of the year 2022, Assembly President Moustadroine Abdou called for peace and the follow-up of the conclusions of the intercommunal dialogue
Africa Sudan The trial of Ali Kosheib, leader of the Sudanese Janjaweed militia who will face prosecution for alleged mass crimes committed in Darfur, opens today at the International Criminal Court
Oceania Tonga NIWA and The Nippon Foundation are embarking on a mission to uncover the undersea impacts of the recent Tongan volcanic eruption, examining thousands of square kilometres and expecting to find dramatic changes in undersea topography
America Cuba A few hours before the inauguration of the first edition of the San Remo Music Awards Cuba 2022, the organising committee announced some of the foreign artists invited to the event, which will take place from today to 10 April
Africa Cape Verde Young people from the Diocese of Santiago are preparing a training programme to be held on the island of Brava from 24 July to 30 July, in preparation for World Youth Day, Lisbon, August 2023
Europe Sweden Sweden's operational PV capacity reached 1.59GW at the end of December, up from 1.09GW a year earlier, according to the Swedish Energy Agency; the country has about 92.360 PV installations, with about 26.500 added last year
Europe Albania The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center inaugurated on Friday the food basket distribution project for Ramadan: 5.514 food baskets in 31 Albanian cities, benefiting 27.570 people