America Cuba Cuba's National Botanical Garden, affiliated with the University of Havana and considered the world's largest, will close "until further notice" due to lack of minimum amount of 10.000 diesel liter/month necessary for operation, said an official statement
Africa Benin Minimum conditions that Afro-descendants applying for citizenship must have, published in a July law, have now been implemented by decree: 'persons of African descent deported in the slave trade and triangular trade' can apply for Beninese naturalisation
America Ecuador Protests against President Daniel Noboa's economic policies are continuing, demanding respect for workers' rights and real solutions to the nation's energy crisis, as the daily energy cuts still persist
America Honduras Honduran President Xiomara Castro announced rescue and relocation efforts for flood-affected communities in Cortés, alongside plans for shelters, a Bailey bridge in San Pedro Sula, and preventive measures prioritizing vulnerable populations
Europe Bulgaria General Bulgarian car fleet shows an ageing trend, with over 70% of the vehicles on the road being over 15 years old, and only 4,6% of cars less than five years old
Oceania Marshall Islands The RMI, founder and official convenor of the High Ambition Coalition since Paris 2015 conference, and other 20 countries, called for ‘trillions of dollars’ for climate financing at the Baku COP29
Asia Iraq UNICEF in Iraq launched a project with the US Agency for International Development to improve the country's drinking water and sanitation networks
Asia Brunei Polygel Organometallic, first producer of speciality chemicals in Brunei, is expanding its operations with a new plant in Lumut, aiming to integrate into the value chain through the production of chemical intermediates
Africa Togo The data collection phase for the fifth national agricultural census begins on 30 November following training sessions for census-takers, scheduled from 27 to 29 November in the respective prefectures
America Barbados Two schools that had been closed last Friday to allow the removal of beehives in or near school premises have reopened
Asia Yemen The first case of chickenpox infection has been confirmed by the Yemeni Ministry of Public Health; it occurred in the governorate of Al-Mahrah, near the eastern border with Oman
Africa Cameroon A new 'local development tax' proposed by the government as part of the local tax reform project will mainly serve to finance infrastructure projects
Asia Lebanon A flurry of evacuation warnings have been issued and Israeli ground troops reached parts of Litani River, notwithstanding the emerging US-brokered ceasefire deal with Lebanon’s Hezbollah that Netanyahu said he would accept
Europe Andorra 287 women suffered gender-based violence between January and October this year; the figure includes 142 new cases according to data from the Secretary of State for Equality and Citizen Participation