Africa Ethiopia Drivers in Ethiopia face a fuel crisis due to disruptions from the Iran war driving a booming black market; Diesel prices reach 300–500 birr (5-9 $) per liter with illegal resale networks and long queues straining transport and businesses
Europe Slovenia Over 51% of the respondents in a poll published by the newspaper Delo said they believe that the government of Robert Golob will end its term
Africa Guinea Guinea Alumina Corporation organised an awareness-raising campaign and distribution of school kits in collaboration with the NGO Club des Jeunes Filles Leaders de Guinée to reaffirm commitment to inclusion and equal opportunities
Africa Malawi The extraordinary annual youth summit and general assembly of the National Youth Council will be held 11-13 November; the event serves as platform to empower and engage youth leaders from across the country in key development initiatives
America United States Dozens of monkeys escaped a research facility in South Carolina last week after an employee improperly locked the fence; of the 43 Rhesus macaques that broke out, only one has been captured in the following hours and many are still at large
Asia Yemen An key meeting chaired by the Deputy Health Minister outlined the preparations for the next annual medical camp dedicated to supporting the families of martyrs
Europe San Marino San Marino is back at Junior Eurovision 2024 with four local girls forming the pop group Idols SM; the country returns after nine years of absence from the contest following participation in three editions
Oceania Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo arrived in Azerbaijan to attend the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Asia Pakistan Reforming an inequitable and distortive tax system, reducing inefficient expenditures and untargeted subsidies are measure that must be implemented, say latest WB report, to sustain the positive momentum of a stabilizing economy on its path of recovery
Africa Lesotho Standard Lesotho Bank donated 300 laying hens and 100 bags of 50kg of feed to St. Cecilia's Orphanage in Ha Buasono, Berea, showing its support to local communities
Asia Turkmenistan The President instructed the Mejlis deputies to discuss with the citizens the issue of the motto and emblem for 2025, which, at the initiative of Turkmenistan, has been declared by the United Nations as the International Year of Peace and Trust
Asia North Korea The country defended its controversial law providing for harsh penalties for consuming foreign media, while admitting to carrying out public executions and imprisoning perpetrators of 'anti-state' crimes
Oceania Vanuatu The final training block of the leadership and management programme for school leaders in the province of Torba has been completed
Europe Sweden Sweden's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point to 2,75%, in what has been described as the biggest reduction in a decade