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 Vatican City Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary today during the Celebration of Penance that he will preside over at 5pm in St Peter's Basilica
America Jamaica More than 450.000 low- and middle-income households, consuming up to 200 kWh of electricity/month, will receive a 20% subsidy over the next four months under the government's proposed We CARE Energy Co-Pay programme
Asia Israel Tel Aviv University has welcomed the first Ukrainian researcher, Maryana Sytar, who will spend the next semester at the atheneum
America Chile A NASA airplane has arrived to the country in order to conduct a series of investigations on space, choosing Chile since the celestial objects to be studied are best observed from the Southern Hemisphere
America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Hayden K. Billingy, St. Vincent and the Grenadines children's author, sustainability consultant, award-winning songwriter and an international recording artist, has released a new book on the subject of overcoming obstacles
Asia Japan Nearly 200 Tokyo public schools are dropping controversial dress code on hair colour and underwear, after decades that the dress code was in place in the public school system
Asia Philippines Early registration for students in public schools for the 2022-2023 school year will begin today, as stated by the Department of Education, encouraging public schools to conduct early registration too
Africa Madagascar The news of the death of artist Kelly Rajerison caused a cloud of tributes on social networks over the past day, with music lovers acknowledging this singer-songwriter's contribution to the Malagasy musical landscape
Asia Kazakhstan Over 40 companies in Kazakhstan received the tools and knowledge to export abroad as a result of 5-day coaching sessions provided in the framework of the EU-funded Ready4Trade Central Asia project
America Brazil The Caiçara people, a century-old community living in a protected area in São Paulo, after years of “informally”battling over their land, have been granted a ruling to decide whether or not they can keep on occupying their land
America Trinidad and Tobago A 43-member Trinidad and Tobago track and field team has been nominated for the 2022 Carifta Track and Field Championships, which will take place at the National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica during Easter weekend
Asia Oman The Omani Lawyers Association has launched the ninth edition of the Fak Kurbah initiative to free insolvents incarcerated in the country, with the website www.fakkrba.om through which financial donations can be made to the beneficiaries of the initiative
Europe Ukraine Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, has decided to donate the Nobel Peace Prize medal he received in 2021 to the Ukrainian Refugee Aid Fund