Africa Comoros Tayar, the first Comorian ride-hailing app, has been launched with support of Comorian Association of ICT and its incubator Comor'Lab; relying on geolocation, it is designed to enhance road safety and has an alert system connected to emergency services
America Suriname The Surinamese Museum has published a 400-page book documenting the petroglyphs from archeological site Werehpai, revealing details of all 313 petroglyphs; the work spans over 23 years of research and data processing
Asia East Timor President José Ramos-Horta will arrive today in the Philippines to discuss political and economic ties, including educational partnerships
Oceania New Zealand Cranberries Westland, New Zealand's only commercial cranberry farm, has increased its harvest sixfold in the last six years and is planning to expand further into new territories and markets
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
Africa Libya The Minister of Transport discussed with the Turkish Ambassador to Libya the implementation of the agreed procedures for the resumption of Turkish Airlines flights at Libyan airports
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
Africa Botswana Botswana's ban on vegetable imports, many of them from South Africa, is effectively protecting internal market, according to President Mokgweetsi Masisi
America Uruguay Following several leaked recordings, Uruguay's Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo has resigned amid allegations of concealing information related to the issuance of an Uruguayan passport to alleged drug trafficker Sebastián Marset
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
Asia Japan The country is set to issue nearly 9 trillion yen ($59.8 billion) in bonds in its second supplementary budget to finance an economic package to ease rising living costs
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 Mozambique The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Paula Gaviria Betancur, will start her first official visit to Mozambique today until 21 November
Oceania Marshall Islands The arrival of the USNS hospital ship Mercy in Majuro marked the start of a wide range of humanitarian and medical programmes taking place at three locations