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 Iceland Three sisters - Sigga, Beta and Elín - will represent Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, after the trio won the Söngvakeppni, or Song Contest, in Reykjavík
Europe Belgium More car-free Sundays and a speed limit of 110 km/h on motorways - as in the Netherlands - are among the proposals made by the Groen party to reduce fuel consumption in Belgium
Europe Luxembourg In exactly one month's time, vaccination centres Esch-Belval, Ettelbruck and some pop-ups will close; the vaccination bus will be reintroduced, which will serve car parks, shopping areas and a number of events
Asia Philippines Overseas Filipino workers are assured greater protection amid the global health crisis with expanded mandatory insurance coverage that will include rehired and direct hires
Asia Mongolia The "Integrated Production System for Sustainable Cashmere - II" project for 2022 is working with seven cooperatives in Bayankhongor province to support and engage herders to adopt sustainable practices and reach Sustainable Cashmere Certification
America Colombia The UNHRC called upon the government to pacifically hold the upcoming elections and implement with greater magnitude the historical FARC peace accords
Europe Czech Republic For more than six decades, Czech scientists have been involved in nuclear research at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in the Russian city of Dubna; the country has announced that it will end its long-term cooperation with the Russian institution
Asia Nepal Representatives of the Myagdi people expressed concern over unseasonal rainfall and an inordinate increase in heat and cold waves, with agricultural produce declining, and called for alternative methods of agricultural production and livestock breeding
America El Salvador The government cut down gas taxes, increased gas subsidies and temporarily prohibited the price increase of public transportation in order to alleviate the economic situation
America Bolivia The country’s new Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy Centre has been inaugurated by President Luis Arce Catacora, who saluted it as the establishment with the ‘most advanced technology’ of the region thus far
Africa Comoros Accompanied by the Speaker of the National Assembly and several members of the government, the President received the families of the victims of the Ab Aviation flight crash on 26 February, showing them his condolences
Africa Chad Peace talks between the government and opposition groups, which began on Sunday in Doha, Qatar, were suspended after representatives of one of the 44 rebel groups left the room; the aim is to hold elections in the country
Europe San Marino The Secretary of State for Internal Affairs filed the draft law "Regulating the voluntary interruption of pregnancy", following the referendum of 26 September 2021