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
America Argentina Argentinian stocks had the largest plummet in the past years in the New York Stock Exchange as the country’s major corporations on Wall Street were negatively affected by the financial uncertainty left by the legislative elections
Oceania New Zealand Plans to create a trans-Tasman offshore wind 'centre of excellence' with Australia have gained momentum, with the announcement of a project development partnership backed by global floating wind specialist BlueFloat Energy
Africa Djibouti The navy has formally taken delivery of four new ships, substantially expanding its resources
Oceania Palau China Airlines will offer six round-trip flights between Taiwan and Palau in December, after cancelling all of its November flights because very few Taiwanese showed interest in traveling to Palau
Africa Seychelles 20 designers will showcase today at 4th Seychelles Fashion Week, reduced to a one-day event from the planned five days
Asia North Korea A student has been sentenced to death for smuggling copies of 'Squid Game' to high school students, after returning from China with a digital version of the South Korean series stored on a hidden USB stick
Africa Zambia Shiwang'andu board of education secretary Kalale Katele says the problem of early marriages is widespread in the district; lately his office has managed to recover 19 of 22 girls from early marriages, redirecting them back to school
America Uruguay As the state is slowly regaining pre-pandemic life standards, citizens have demonstrated their desire to experience outside life, recently causing a significant demand increase for the restaurant industry, and consequently growing the demand for workers
America Mexico As an attempt to fight indigenous textiles’ plagiarism, the Culture Ministry held an indigenous fashion fair to show the international fashion community that the exploiting of designs is a cultural appropriation
Asia Syria Three sculptures looted from the ancient city of Palmyra in 2009 or 2010, dated to the third century bC, have now been returned to the country after being later intercepted by Swiss customs police in a Geneva free port
America Ecuador The country is seeking the involvement of private companies to invest on the facilities of Esmeralda, the largest national refinery now exclusively operated by the state-run oil company Petroecuador
America Guatemala The state, with UK financial help, started training its municipalities on climate change and sustainable mobility, with the aim of strengthening local capabilities and implement micro mobility initiatives
Europe Montenegro A new report by Council of Europe experts has urged the country to increase its efforts regarding money laundering: it is not conducting enough investigations nor prosecuting and convicting offenders enough