Africa Ethiopia Over 43.000 runners took part in the 24th Great Ethiopian Run International 10km race, staged at its familiar venue of Meskel Square in Addis, a new record that surpassed last year's by almost 5.000 participants
Asia Malaysia Universiti Malaysia Sabah has launched the Center for Blue Economy and Maritime Security Research; on Borneo Island, bordering South China Sea, it focuses on sustainable use of ocean resources to support economic growth, jobs, and ecosystem health
Asia South Korea For the first time since 2017 South Korea did not experience a typhoon landfall this summer, while powerful storms hit the country in the past two years; experts explain it was due to a North Pacific high pressure system that caused extreme heat in August
Africa Togo The Chamber of Commerce and Industry will support 150 small and medium-sized enterprises in their digital transformation to improve the competitiveness of Togolese companies through digital technology
Asia Kyrgyzstan The total amount of German investments in Kyrgyzstan in the years of cooperation since 1992 has reached EUR 820 million, said President of the Council of Germans Valery Dil at the conference on the development of Kyrgyz-German bilateral relations
Asia Singapore The Early Childhood Development Agency will work with five key operators to open almost 40.000 new nursery and kindergarten places in Singapore from 2025 to 2029
Europe Serbia At least 12 people were reported dead and others injured after part of the recently-renovated main railway station in the city of Novi Sad in northern Serbia collapsed
Asia Iran An Iranian student was arrested after she stripped off her clothes remaining in underwear in the courtyard of Department of Science and Research at Tehran's Azad University in protest against the headscarf requirement; she has not been heard from since
Asia Israel The IDF denies claims made by the World Health Organization and Hamas that it carried out a strike against a vaccination center in Gaza City on 2 November
Asia Palestine The Health Ministry of the Gaza Strip accused the Israeli army of being responsible for a drone attack during which a clinic where polio vaccines were being administered was hit
Europe Portugal Lisbon has announced new disaster measures; in addition to 86 official meeting points and an online platform with the preventive steps they must follow to protect themselves, residents can register and receive SMS specific to alerts in the capital
America Jamaica The Jamaica Airports Authority has identified a site for the creation of the country's fourth international airport, which will be located in Negril, Westmoreland
Europe Ireland The Dublin Fire Department experienced the busiest Halloween night of the decade, with the number of calls more than double compared to last year, with a total of 494 fire calls, 421 of which were Halloween-related
Europe Kosovo In a report on the European Commission's 2024 progress on Kosovo, MEPs praised the results of judicial reform and alignment with the EU, while raising concerns about media freedom and the independence of the judiciary