Africa Zambia To support formalized and safe gold mining in Chitambo district, government pledged to provide equipment to registered cooperatives, enabling small scale miners enhance their operations, and to build a district hospital with mortuary services
Asia Bangladesh A $1,3 billion wind farm has been approved; the 500MW offshore plant will be connected to the country's national grid via an onshore substation, an answer to the current dangerous levels of pollution
Europe Switzerland Chairlifts, T-bar lifts and cable cars in Switzerland are being shut down for economic – and increasingly climate-related – reasons; according to a recent study by NGO Mountain Wilderness, 65 installations in Switzerland are now out of operation
America Peru Archaeologists have reconstructed the 3D face of a 500-year-old Inca girl, known as "La Doncella de Hielo," found frozen in the Andes, shedding light on ancient rituals and history in an exhibition at the Museo Santuarios Andinos in Peru
Europe Montenegro Direct financial transactions between Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina will resume in November thank to a move orchestrated by Universal Capital Bank after a 16-year gap
Africa Malawi Leading financial services company Old Mutual Malawi Limited has been honoured by the Reserve Bank of Malawi as the best company offering financial education in Malawi
Asia Vietnam The investor behind the controversial construction of an urban project that would encroach on the Hạ Long Bay buffer zone has been ordered to pay a fine of about $5.140 for environmental pollution
Asia Cyprus A message from Cyprus’ law commissioner urging for unaccompanied minors to be kept in premises away from other children sparked a wave of ire on Wednesday, that also embroiled the country’s deputy welfare minister
Europe Moldova Public law organisations in the research and innovation sector, including public higher education institutions, will receive institutional funding to develop public infrastructure in the areas of research and innovation
Asia Kyrgyzstan The flag of Kyrgyzstan will not be changed, as some asked, as the procedure would mean spending billions of som; PM Tazabek Ikramov had pointed out earlier this month that the money could be used to build hospitals and kindergartens instead
Africa Liberia The International Organisation for Migration presented to stakeholders in the city of Ganta the Local Migration Governance Indicators, which call for the care and protection of migrants
Asia Bhutan The Bhutan Bird Festival will return after a three-year hiatus from 13 to 15 November in Tingtibi, Zhemgang
America Paraguay Due to a surge in the Paraná River caused by heavy rains, at least 2.000 families have been forced to evacuate their homes, affecting around 12.000 people in several departments, with temporary shelters and tents set up for the affected residents
Asia Iran An Iranian court ordered a five-year prison sentence against a French citizen tried on national security charges; France called the sentence 'unacceptable' as there appears to be no evidence to support it