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
Asia Bhutan FAO's Hand-in-Hand initiative in Bhutan should accelerate agricultural transformation and rural development through evidence-based partnership
America Venezuela With a letter of the editor of El Nacional, a newspaper, Venezuelans signed their support for Ukraine people, refusing to accept Russias’ invasion as legitimate, thus also explicitly disagreeing with the position of President Maduro
America Cuba Approximatly 116.000 tonnes of potatoes are expected to be harvested, with 6.000 hectares planted in the cold season; figures are far from meeting the national demand and matching the records set decades ago, a Ministry of Agriculture expert said
Asia India The Border Roads Organisation on Saturday reopened the strategic Zoji La; the Pass, at 3.550 meters above sea level, is a link with Ladak region on the Srinagar-Kargil-Leh road to China, and usually reopens in mid April
Asia Jordan 600.000 families are urged to register for the electricity subsidy on a dedicated electricity tariff platform, or risk having their bills tripled from April 1st; at the moment, the number of people registered on the platform is approximately 900.000
Asia Cyprus Sports as a way of life and fair play should go beyond wars, said President Anastasiades at the start of the OPAP Limassol Marathon GSO, a flat course from the city centre, along the beach front, to the ruins of the ancient Royal city of Amathus and back
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina The project for strengthening the ammunition control capacity of the Armed Forces was completed together with the improvement of the conditions of weapons and ammunition storage
America Peru The state’s congress has approved President Castillo’s impeachment trial due to the corruption allegations posed against him
America Suriname The Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture gave priority to the safety of teachers and students, so it closed all 44 schools of the Upper Suriname area due to extreme flooding
America Dominica The 8th phase of the China Aid Dominica Agricultural Technical Cooperation Agreement has been confirmed: it will promote agricultural technology and high-tech innovation to improve living standards through agricultural development
America Paraguay The country inaugurated its first ever airplane maintenance centre, so its national airline, Paranair, will no longer have to outsource airplane routine checks and reparations
Europe Netherlands Around 40% of people who receive disability benefits from the UWV social security agency because they cannot work for health problems have psychiatric problems; the national statistics office CBS counted 365.000 men and 394.000 women in 2020
Africa Eritrea The Entomology Centre in the Elaberet sub-area is making a significant contribution to the control of communicable diseases that are transmitted by mosquitoes, with a modern laboratory facility