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
Europe United Kingdom Edible Oils Ltd, which bottles cooking oils for 75% of the country's retail market, said it has only a few weeks' supply of sunflower oil; manufacturers of foods with sunflower oil, from crisps to cereal bars, are reworking their recipes
America Saint Kitts and Nevis The Ministry of Health is working to figure out the correct formula to get more nurses in the country, since having more men involved in the profession is a stigma they are trying to solve
America Peru Due to the ongoing manifestations caused by the country’s rising prices, the government has decided to reduce gas taxes by 90% and present a new bill to exonerate taxes from certain food products
Africa Uganda Electronic passports, driving licenses and other security documents will soon be produced in the country, under a plan by the Ministry of Works and Transport that will see the completion of the Uganda Security Printing Company USPC factory in Entebbe
Africa Seychelles Students from the Seychelles Institute of Art & Design and the Seychelles International School collaborated with Scottish street artist Shona Hardie as part of a skills exchange art project funded by the British High Commission
America Honduras The state has declared an environmental emergency due to the rapid deforestation in the Biósfera del Río Plátano Reserve, mainly caused by drug trafficking, mining, and illegal logging
Asia Bangladesh The Ministry of Education has decided that all secondary schools and colleges will remain open until 20 April during Ramadan; in-person classes resumed fully in mid-March, after more than 720 days of school closures
Asia Oman To combat the palm weevil in Al Sharqiyah North governorate, a spraying campaign will begin today over an estimated area of 4.610 acres; other governorates will follow during the rest of the month
America Mexico The country has removed its gas subsidy for the gas stations near the US border, due to the tremendously increasing demand of gas caused by people crossing the border to fill up their tanks
Africa Rwanda Unwanted pregnancies in the country fell by 31% between 1994 and 2019, a new study by the World Health Organisation and the Guttmacher Institute shows; abortion rates, however, are comparable
Europe Vatican City New document by Vatican's Congregation for Catholic Education could make it more difficult for LGBTQI people to enter the Catholic school system, said DignityUSA, an organization of Catholics committed to fully include LGBTQI people in their church
America Argentina As this year is the 40th anniversary of the invasion of the Falklands, the Argentine foreign minister, Santiago Cafiero, called for an improvement in bilateral relations with Britain to finally address the islands’ possibility of future sovereignty
Asia Syria BASMA, a private charity that supports children with cancer, is now the largest organisation in the war-torn country to offer complete cancer diagnosis and treatment free of charge - and for many this represents the only chance of a cure