Africa Mauritania The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has launched an emergency fundraising appeal to help the Mauritanian Red Crescent expand its response to the influx of Malian refugees
Africa Cape Verde Porto Novo, in Santo Antão, will host a fish treatment and processing centre to supply the municipality's school canteens, an investment planned as part of the Terra Azul project
America United States Elon Musk is pledging to give $1 million a day to voters who sign his political action committee’s petition backing the Constitution for detention of arms and freedom of speech, in open support for Trump’s candidacy for which he also committed $70 million
Oceania Micronesia The Essentials of Migration Policymaking, FSM first in-depth migration governance training, has successfully concluded; the platform helps government stakeholders examine migration trends within the FSM and align with regional and global frameworks
America Cuba Cuba has been without electricity since last Friday afternoon, due to two general blackouts that have caused interruptions and problems; despite blackouts lasting several hours are frequent, such a widespread interruption has not happened for a long time
Europe Switzerland An average of 185 people die every year while playing sport in Switzerland; most of the fatal sports accidents occur in mountain sports, followed by snow sports and water sports, according to latest report of the Swiss Council for Accident Prevention
America Bahamas The British government has handed over 10.000 pages of archival documents relating to The Bahamas' path to independence from Britain in 1973; digital copies of these documents should soon be available for online consultation
Europe Russia Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny and president of the anti-corruption foundation he created, said she intends to become president of Russia and to continue her husband's struggle
Asia North Korea South Korean intelligence claims it has evidence that North Korea is about to send thousands of soldiers to fight against Ukraine alongside Russia; between 8 and 13 October, around 1.500 North Korean soldiers were sent to north-eastern Russia for training
Asia Palestine 1000 women and children in need of medical care will soon be evacuated from Gaza to Europe, according to the head of the European section of the World Health Organisation
America Canada 112 million CAD (€75 million) have been pledged to build interim housing for those who lost their homes in the Jasper wildfire; with $880 million in insurance claims it is the 9th most expensive natural disaster for insurance companies in Canadian history
Europe Montenegro The extradition of Do Kwon, the South Korean entrepreneur behind two failed cryptocurrencies, has been halted by a court in Podgorica; the case has worried the Montenegrin justice system for more than a year and caused tremors in local politics
Asia Kazakhstan Russian health authorities have imposed temporary restrictions on the import of certain food products from Kazakhstan; officially linked to alleged irregularities, it could also be a response to Kazakhstan's recent decision not to join the BRICS
Asia Myanmar During the Thadingyut Festival, thousands gathered at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon to pray for an end to the civil war and recurrent floods in Myanmar; many came from crisis-hit areas, seeking solace amidst the worsening conflict and natural disasters