Food inflation for the poorest 30% of Filipino households decreased to 9.4% in October from 9.8% in September, according to data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The primary driver of this deceleration was seafood and fish, wher...

The city of Biłgoraj, Poland, has operationalized a heat pump system that extracts thermal energy from treated wastewater. Developed by Metrolog under a design-and-build contract with an investment exceeding 12 million PLN, the installation currentl...

Spain is shifting the provision of healthy nutrition in public institutions from a set of recommendations to a legal requirement. Under a decree from the Ministry of Consumption and the "2030 Agenda," access to healthy food will become a mandatory co...

The Manche department in Normandy is reviewing proposals from the CFDT union and the Collective for the Protection of South Normandy Railways to implement a tram-train system connecting Cherbourg, Valognes, and the Orano industrial site in La Hague. ...

Romania's construction sector faces a structural paradox where state investment support functions as a credit model rather than a subsidy. According to Cristian Erbașu, president of the Federal Union of Construction Enterprises (FPSC), companies rec...

The Knysna Local Municipality remains a hung council following the November 4 local elections, with the Democratic Alliance (DA) failing to secure the 11 seats required for an outright majority in the 21-seat chamber. While the DA increased its votin...

The Court of Appeal of Quebec has ruled that anti-strikebreaker provisions in the province's Labour Code can apply to employees working remotely, reversing a lower court decision that had excluded telework from the legal definition of an employer's e...

By the end of October 2026, Georgia's National Bank had increased the country's international reserves to 8.25 billion dollars, marking a historical high. According to the regulator, the total assets rose by 2.64 billion dollars, or 47.2%, over the y...

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has ordered Grab to suspend autonomous vehicle (AV) testing at specific junctions in Punggol following a near-collision incident involving a schoolgirl. The directive, issued on November 6, 2026, requires the pause ...

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has initiated a criminal probe into Mumbai-based Future Retail Ltd (FRL) and its promoters, Kishore and Rakesh Biyani, following allegations of a ₹904.3 crore bank fraud. The case centres on the alleged sip...

Three individuals have been indicted in the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, accused of using artificial intelligence to steal approximately $129 million from corporate...

A freehold condominium in Tanglin, valued at over $4.5 million, will remain part of the bankruptcy estate of Lim Huey Ching after the High Court rejected an attempt by her nephew, Denzel Pak Juin Tern, to ring-fence the asset from creditors. The lega...

Singapore-listed technology stocks experienced significant intraday volatility on November 6, 2026, as global markets reacted to the potential for tighter AI regulations under a Democratic-led US Congress. The sell-off primarily impacted companies in...

The Philippines secured P1.9 billion in potential sales leads during the 34th Incentive Travel & Conventions, Meetings Asia (IT&CMA) 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand, marking a 12.8 percent increase from the P1.7 billion generated the previous year, accordi...

Following the November 2026 midterm elections, U. S. stock markets experienced a significant decline driven by investor concerns regarding potential regulatory actions against the artificial intelligence sector. On November 5, the tech-heavy Nasdaq C...

The Electoral Commission is responsible for the administration and manual counting of votes in New Zealand general elections. Under the Electoral Act 1993, the process moves from a preliminary count on election day to an official count, with final re...

With Democrats set to take control of both chambers of Congress in January, the institutional balance of power in Washington is shifting from a period of executive consolidation to one defined by legislative oversight, appropriations constraints, and...

Northumberland County Council is preparing for service cuts as it struggles to address a funding deficit that far outweighs available increases in government grants and council tax revenue. The scale of the shortfall Coun Nick Oliver, the council'...

Public school districts across the U. S. are facing a critical loss of students, forcing administrators to begin identifying campuses for permanent closure. In the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second largest in the nation, enrollm...

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva convened an expanded economic council in Brasília to address the friction between the administration's social commitments and the demands of financial markets. According to reports from CNN Brasil and SBT News, t...