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The Saudi Coffee Expert training programme, an initiative of the Ministry of Culture and the Culinary Arts Commission, is running throughout Saudi Arabia seeking to boost the coffee industry

Approximately 5 million people suffer from serious diseases defined as rare, occurring in one in 2.000 individuals or less, said a senior executive of a Turkish pharmaceutical company; one of the causes could be frequent consanguineous marriages

Lgbt partners of fallen soldiers will be recognised as war widowers with a law passed by the Knesset after the case of reservist Captain Sagi Golan, who was killed while defending kibbutz Be'eri

Ethnic minority insurgent groups attacked security posts in Myanmar, residents, rebels and an official said, as fighting broke out on two new fronts and thousands of people crossed into neighbouring India in search of safety

North Korea's recent electoral reform, which introduces a primary-like competition between two candidates, would be "far from" an effective democratic move to ensure suffrage, South Korea's Unification Ministry declared

The award ceremony for the winners of the 'Digital Solution - 2023' innovative project competition took place in Ashgabat, with projects like innovative pushchair for people with limited mobility and a web platform to help children choose their profession

Red Cross held its annual blood donation festival in Ha Noi, hoping to collect 200 units of blood as demand increases towards the end of the year; over 1.2 million units of blood have been collected since the beginning of the year

Samarkand will host the second forum of university rectors from Uzbekistan and Turkey today and tomorrow, 13 and 14 November, with heads of the Council for Higher Education and the rectors of over 40 leading universities in the country

Over 35.000 amateur cyclists and cycling enthusiasts took to the streets for the 2023 Dubai Ride; people of all ages and abilities collectively cycled over 546.000 km

Israeli military aircraft have carried out an act of aggression against Syria, as announced in a statement by the Israeli army, which claimed the necessity of the attack in response to rocket fire from Syria towards the occupied Golan Heights

With the threat of infectious looming in quake-affected districts, the National Immunisation Advisory Committee asked the Ministry of Health and Population to launch an additional drive against vaccine-preventable diseases

The country formally requested new loans of $600 million from two Chinese banks, signalling a critical step in the ongoing negotiations with the International Monetary Fund for the disbursement of the second tranche of a $3 billion rescue package

Kazakhstan's population will surpass 20 million in November 2023, a 1,02% increase from the beginning of the year, or 201.100 people; at the beginning of October, the urban population amounted to 12.387.957 and rural population to 7.580.007