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 Honduras Environmental permits for Honduran metal and non-metal mining are officially cancelled, as the activity is threatening towards natural resources and public health and it limits access to water
America Nicaragua The US has sanctioned 9 Nicaraguan government officials, including deputies and judges, claiming that they’ve been involved in corruption and breach of democracy
Asia South Korea President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol on March 18 launched his presidential transition team and held a signboard hanging ceremony nine days after the election
Oceania Kiribati A month after anti-epidemic supplies arrived in the capital Tarawa, the country appears to have returned to non-alarming pandemic levels, the WHO website shows
America Bahamas The Minister of Agriculture, Marine Resources and Family Island Affairs has received a demonstration of how drones can help advance The Bahamas' agricultural sector, as well as improve the efficiency of inter-island delivery of goods
Europe Ukraine For years Ukrainian creative individuals have been developing innovative art on themes such as memory and displacement; now challenged to the extreme artists respond to the call in a zoom round table hosted by The Harriman Institute at Columbia University
Africa Algeria The Arab League will hold its next summit in Algeria in November, secretary general Ahmed Aboul Gheit announced during a press conference after the 157th session of the Arab League at the ministerial level
Africa Burundi Despite progress in promoting gender equality and reducing discrimination, activists say further action is needed, such as laws to eliminate outdated traditions, like those that exclude women from inheriting land and property
Africa Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio began an official visit to Vietnam, the first between the two countries and which will last until today, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations
Europe Russia Reports say Russia is seeking to continue international trade, exploring alternative payment channels with India and including the possibility of using the Chinese yuan as a reference currency to evaluate the rupee-ruble trade mechanism
Africa Benin Nigerian activist Sunday Adeyemo, imprisoned in Benin since last year for allegedly plotting an insurgency in Nigeria, has been released under judicial supervision
America Uruguay As part of its ecological transition, the country is preparing the production and export of green hydrogen and green ammonia
Africa Botswana The Local Enterprise Authority (LEA) recently trained five women in Mahalapye on how to produce dishwasher liquid, pine gel, bleach, liquid detergent and hand sanitiser