Europe United Kingdom A wave of far-right anti-migrant sentiment is sweeping across the UK and a protest in Portsmouth was marked by violent incidents; around 500 hooded people besieged the port, disrupted ferry terminals after learning of the landing of 140 migrants
Asia Afghanistan The Taliban have asked the EU for help with the country's airports, promising that Afghans and foreigners will be allowed to leave if they wish and assistance with airport operations should guarantee this can take place
America Antigua and Barbuda Residents have been urged to continue conserving water - warnings that rationing of the critical resource will continue in the new year have been issued by Ian Lewis, head of the water business unit at APUA
Africa Eritrea China's ambassador and Eritrea's foreign minister signed a MoU on the Belt and Road Initiative, making the country the latest African country to join the BRI on 25 November
Asia Armenia The Australian parliament will debate a motion calling on the Australian government to recognise the Armenian genocides, the Armenian National Committee of Australia reported
Oceania Tuvalu The Sustainability Support Project, that will facilitate the continuity of institutional structures and their impact on integrating and leveraging trade as key objectives of the National Development Plan, has reportedly been endorsed by the WTO
Africa Sao Tome and Principe WFP has delivered a batch of IT equipment as part of the institutional capacity building of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development in the collection of agricultural survey data
Europe United Kingdom Repairs are underway after Storm Arwen caused the worst damage to the North East's electricity grid in 20 years, with 98mph (nearly 160 km/h) winds and huge waves battering hundreds of thousands of homes
Africa South Sudan The South Sudan National Bureau of Standards reported that the country eats substandard food due to a lack of resources to vet imported goods
Asia Cyprus 30 illegal rubbish dumps have been cleared, with another 130 set to be targeted, as authorities call on the public to keep Cyprus clean
Europe Italy “Life Seedforce", a project to save autochthonous Italian plants from extinction with seed banks, is led by the Trento Science Museum and funded by the European Commission, as over 100 species of community interest are found no where else
America Guyana The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) gave a formal warning to the population stating that significant items shortages are to be expected due to the current worldwide supply chain crisis
Europe Andorra Low temperatures and the recent heavy snowfall have created the perfect conditions to open La Rabassa cross-country ski station in advance
America Chile After the recent legislative elections, Emilia Schneider officially became the first ever transgender woman to be an elected deputy