Asia Myanmar Peace talks with several smaller ethnic armed organizations have been promoted by Myanmar’s military government as evidence of ongoing national reconciliation; Critics argue the discussions exclude many of the country’s most powerful resistance groups
Asia Oman New E-Gates have been installed at Muscat International Airport and will be operational this week
Asia Thailand The Loy Krathong festival - the festival of lights, or lanterns - being held in the northern province of Sukhothai from 18 to 27 November, is expected to attract 750.000 tourists and generate up to 800 million baht in revenue (almost 21€ million)
America Canada Inflation rate gets back to 3,1% but the cost of living keeps going up; Statistics Canada says the biggest reason for the deceleration in the cost of living has been a drop in the cost of gasoline, by 6,4% in the month of October
Oceania Samoa Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment completed a two-week survey around Upolu and Savaii to document the presence of humpback whales as well as other whale and dolphin species in Samoan waters
Europe Poland Though mental health assistance in Poland has improved in recent years, there are still significant challenges to overcome: one activist pointed out that a Polish child faces a waiting list of 238 days to see a psychiatrist
America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines More Vincentians have been recruited for tourism and hospitality safety training programmes; they will spend the next months training at Sandals Resorts in St. Lucia in preparation for official launch of Sandals Resort in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Africa Guinea-Bissau The Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Economy coniders the issue of biodiversity conservation one of the country's priorities, since the national economy is largely based on the exploitation of fishery resources
Europe Iceland There will be no compulsory schooling for children in Grindavík: they may attend school in the community where their family currently resides or attend one of several 'community schools' throughout Reykjavík
Africa Zambia The third International Conference on Public Health in Africa 2023, which will attract over five thousand delegates from all over the world, is scheduled for 27-30 November 2023 in Lusaka, organised by the African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
Africa Benin Every year the country loses about 30 metres of coastline to the ocean; the government has spent millions of dollars to protect coastal communities from marine erosion, but climate change and rising sea levels have exacerbated the region's vulnerability
Asia Georgia Georgian journalist Tamuna Museridze has been included by the BBC in its list of the 100 most influential women of 2023, having uncovered, by searching for her biological parents, a black market in baby trafficking in Georgia in the 1950s
America Haiti The High Court in Nairobi has blocked the deployment of Kenyan police officers to Haiti on a 'Multinational Security Support' mission to build security conditions conducive to the holding of elections
Europe Romania Ahead of next year's elections, the government has increased taxes for businesses, notwithstanding calls for financial reform to cut state spending and refrain from raising public sector salaries