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 Jordan The total number of tourists visiting the country from the beginning of this year until the end of October rose to 1.807.225, an increase by 59.7% in comparison to the same period last year, when the number only reached 1.131.682
Asia Bahrain A specific campaign at different work sites and labour camps countrywide is encouraging workers to take booster shots
America Bahamas The public will to be able to make requests for government information from at least seven government ministries and corporations as part of a pilot program of the Freedom of the Information Act (FOIA)
Europe Belgium The Belgian rail company NMBS has been forced to temporarily suspend around ten of its P-Train commuter services to and from Brussels due to staff shortages, mostly caused by illness and quarantine
Asia Brunei Brunei's largest financial institution, Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam, has appointed its first ever female CEO, Hjh Noraini Hj Sulaimam, starting from Dec 1st
Africa Guinea In the framework of its mission to support the state, the German development agency GIZ intends to contribute to the improvement of access to basic education, equal opportunities and quality of education with a new targeted programme
Africa Tunisia Date producers are hit by a serious decline in the quality of their harvests due to low rainfall; according to the president of the Union of Local Farmers of Tozeur prices have fallen so severely that producers are no longer able to cover production costs
Africa Cape Verde The basketball team beat Nigeria in the 2023 Africa World Cup qualifier in a match played in Angola, which was congratulated by the Prime Minister directly from the parliamentary session
Asia East Timor The country is now facing a watershed moment as, according to experts, it should seek to diversify its economy, which is heavily dependent on oil and gas, as a top priority
Africa Somalia With 625 votes in favour and only 6 against, MEPs called on the EU, its Member States and its international partners to immediately increase humanitarian aid to the country after the recent dramatic FAO figures
America Paraguay The members of the Hugua Po’i indigenous community were evicted from their land by the police in order to grant the terrain to agricultural producers, thus further igniting the country’s indigenous land problematic
Africa Burundi The International Women's Cycling Tour of Burundi, the continent's first international women's cycling competition, ends today - five African countries have taken part in the event
America United States President Biden’s decision to release a record 50 million barrels of oil from USA’s strategic reserve has not been opposed by environmentalists, who see it as a short term move aimed at lowering gasoline prices