America Uruguay To restore police presence on the streets is priority for Montevideo's new police chief, who rejects the idea of heavy hand, defends use of armored vehicles to protect officers, maintains that Uruguay is far from falling into violence as Central America
Europe Slovenia The scores of Slovenian grade-8 students have decreased compared to ten years ago, and in terms of computer literacy they have fallen below the international average, according to the International Computer and Information Literacy Study
Africa Gabon The leader of the Social Democratic Party, Pierre-Claver Maganga Moussavou, called on Gabonese people to vote 'no' in the 16 November referendum on the new constitution that proposes, among other things, a 7-year presidential term, renewable once
Asia East Timor Latest Worldvision report says 80% of households in East Timor have agriculture as their primary source of income; low levels of productivity have led to negative coping strategies as begging, borrowing, child labor, reducing the frequency of meals
Europe Belgium Brussels taxi drivers will mobilise for a demonstration today, 14 November, to highlight the sector's favouritism towards Uber and Bolt platforms and to demand a review of the June 2022 taxi ordinance for those aspects, that they consider discriminatory
Europe Norway Norwegians are urged to stock up on fresh water, non-perishable food, batteries, battery-powered appliances and sanitary items in the event of a national disaster, says a new pamphlet delivered to mailboxes, part of larger efforts to improve civil defence
Asia Oman The first contemporary art event Raneen will take place next week, from 21 to 30 November, in the historic city of Muttrah
Asia Brunei His Majesty has payed his first ever State Visit to Peru and will participate in the 31st Asia-Pacific Economic Leaders’ Meeting from 15 to 16 November 2024 in Lima under the title “Empower. Include. Grow”
Oceania Kiribati The government has expressed deep concern about ongoing intercontinental ballistic missile tests in the Pacific Ocean after the US conducted a test launching a missile from Space Force base in California over the Marshall Islands
Africa Algeria A group of lawmakers presented a bill that aims to impose an absolute ban on all economic relations between Algerian companies and foreign companies with ties to Israel
Asia South Korea Over 520.000 students in final year of high school today 14 November will take the Suneung, crucial exam to determine which universities they could access; planes will stop not to disturb the students who prepare for years, some even since primary school
Africa Sierra Leone The Sierra Leone Electoral Commission inaugurated in Freetown the Regional Symposium and General Assembly of the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions for 2024
Africa Zambia There is growing concern about cross-border crimes at government level; authorities emphasised that these episodes threaten security not only on the Zambian-DRC border but in the entire Central African region
Asia Armenia Armenia is the 'land of opportunity' for neighboring Iran, declared the Iranian delegation visiting the country