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
Africa Somalia The UN Interim Envoy for Somalia called for more financial support from the Security Council, requesting additional support for the $1,6 billion 2024 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan, which is only 37% funded
Asia Mongolia The National Satellite Communications Project will be presented to the National Security Council and submitted to Parliament as the first of 14 mega-projects under the Mongolian Government's 2024-2028 Action Programme
Africa Senegal Senegalese non-profit organisation SEM Fund implemented a project to improve agricultural productivity and increase farmers' livelihoods through solar energy in several communities with the support from Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Oceania Papua New Guinea The state-owned telecommunications company, PNG DataCo, has handed Kumul Consolidated Holdings a dividend equal to 50% of its total net profit for 2023, the third dividend paid by PNG DataCo since its establishment in 2014
Europe Poland The Polish Armaments Agency has announced plans to finalise 50 defence contracts by the end of the year, a move to strengthen the country's military capabilities
Africa Zambia The government will continue to support capacity-building programmes to strengthen organisations representing people with albinism in order to help them defend their rights
Asia Jordan A campaign with a focus on raising awareness about the working conditions of female labourers in agriculture, and on the gaps between legislation and its implementation on the ground, was launched by Tamkeen for Legal Aid and Human Rights Organisation
America Guyana Two species of Guyanese clearwing moths, previously unknown to science, were discovered in Wales after they hitched a ride as larvae in a photographer's bag from a jungle in Guyana, traveling 7.200 km; scientists described the event as "extraordinary”
Europe Austria Thousands marched through central Vienna on Thursday evening to urge the country's political parties not to join a coalition with the far-right FPÖ after the Freedom Party, led by its controversial leader Hebert Kickl won with 29% of the vote last Sunday
Europe United Kingdom The country's last coal power station, at Ratcliffe-on-Soar, finished operations after running since 1967; it is thus one week since the UK has stopped producing any electricity from burning coal, ending its 142-year reliance on the fossil fuel
Europe Monaco MonaBike, Monaco's electric bike sharing service, is upgrading its fleet with a new model that includes an LCD screen and three adjustable speeds
Asia Turkmenistan The Trans-Caspian Transport Corridor Coordination Platform was launched in Ashgabat to improve regional connectivity, strengthen economic ties and promote investment in vital infrastructure with officials from the various countries
Asia Turkey First lady Emine Erdoğan urged mothers to embrace natural childbirth in the wake of the rising caesarean rate in the country