Africa Mauritania A major water supply project to secure clean drinking water to 165 villages across the regions of Brakna, Tagant, and Assaba has been inspected by the President; with water of the Senegal River it will also irrigate 3.500 hectares of land
Asia Japan To help trap bears, troops have been deployed in the north after local authorities said besieged communities are coping with an unprecedented wave of attacks, over 100 nationwide this year; the operation began in Kazuno, Akita Prefecture
Europe Malta At Karen Grech Hospital patients are openly drinking alcohol and consuming cannabis; the Union of Midwives and Nurses denounces the danger for other patients and staff and reminds previous calls for order and security have gone ignored
Asia Kuwait An agreement signed with Google Cloud is a strategic milestone for the development in Kuwait’s national digital infrastructure and a qualitative leap in the management and operation of government services
Africa Liberia System Interconnected Management of Goods in Transit SIGMAT was launched in Monrovia with the support of ECOWAS and EU; the digital platform interconnects customs of Liberia, Ivory Coast and Guinea to accelerate and enhance trade security
Asia China New data centres with state funding will have to only use Chinese-made artificial intelligence chips, according to Reuters sources, and regulatory authorities ordered data centres that are less than 30% complete to remove all installed foreign chips
Asia Syria President Ahmad al-Sharaa will pay an official visit to the White House in Washington to open a “new chapter” in relations between Syria and the US; it's a historic first visit in over 80 years
Oceania Papua New Guinea 191 foreigners have been detained in five days for breaching their visa or work permit; the Special Spot Check Operation in Morobe aimed at discouraging illegal practices that affect national revenue and security
Europe Bulgaria At forum “Bulgaria on the Threshold of the Eurozone” held at the Boyana Residence in Sofia, ECB President Christine Lagarde and Bulgarian National Bank Governor Dimitar Radev unveiled the design of Bulgaria’s euro banknotes
America Jamaica Farmers across St Elizabeth suffered heavy losses after Category 5 Hurricane Melissa tore through the parish destroying crops; in the Gilnock agricultural belt bowed corn stalks, uprooted pumpkin vines, muddy fields stretched as far as the eye could see
Africa Mali In the frame of the fuel crisis, PM will meet tomorrow 6 November the syndicates of drivers for an open dialogue with the operators of the transport route, whose role is considered «highly patriotic» for delivering essential items to taxpayers
Europe Montenegro Montenegro will probably be the first among the current candidate countries to join the EU according to annual Enlargement Package reported presented yesterday in Brussels by the EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos
Oceania Samoa Five Samoans top the list of Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards 2025 that celebrate excellence and innovation across the Pacific creative sector; director and actress Anapela Polataivao is the winner of the Senior Pacific Artist Award
Asia Taiwan Defense will be integrated by drones into joint-operations, tactical, and combat roles; unmanned systems will conduct long-endurance, long-range reconnaissance, surveillance, and strike missions across Taiwan's maritime and air domains