Belarus declares Poland-based Belsat news channel an 'extremist' organisation
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/belarus-declares-poland-based-belsat-news-channel-an-extremist-organisation-2021-11-03/

Lebanese carry 'worthless' stacks of cash after currency crash
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/lebanese-carry-worthless-stacks-cash-after-currency-crash-2021-11-03/

Ethiopian leader, marking year of war, says he will bury his foes "with our blood"
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ethiopian-leader-marking-year-war-says-he-will-bury-his-foes-with-our-blood-2021-11-03/

N.Korea can produce more uranium than current rate, report says
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/nkorea-can-produce-more-uranium-than-current-rate-report-says-2021-11-04/

Japan PM Kishida says he may act as foreign minister until new cabinet formed
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-pm-kishida-says-will-consider-acting-foreign-minister-until-new-cabinet-2021-11-04/

U.S. Senate confirms banker Thomas Nides as ambassador to Israel
Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-senate-confirms-banker-thomas-nides-ambassador-israel-2021-11-04/

Europe faces real threat of COVID-19 resurgence, WHO Europe head says
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/covid-19-transmission-rates-europe-grave-concern-who-europe-head-says-2021-11-04/

Iran's Raisi vows no retreat in nuclear talks with major powers
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-raisi-vows-no-retreat-nuclear-talks-with-major-powers-2021-11-04/

China's Xi calls for unimpeded trade of vaccines
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-xi-calls-unimpeded-trade-vaccines-2021-11-04/

Calls for ceasefire in Ethiopia grow amid deepening conflict
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/us-embassy-ethiopia-allows-voluntary-departure-some-staff-family-2021-11-04/

U.S. Republicans want billions for Taiwan military aid to counter China
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-republicans-want-billions-taiwan-military-aid-counter-china-2021-11-04/

France leaves door open for IAEA action on Iran
https://www.reuters.com/world/france-leaves-door-open-iaea-action-iran-2021-11-04/

EU warns Britain: Don't press the emergency Brexit button
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/growing-expectation-uk-will-trigger-article-16-over-brexit-dispute-rte-2021-11-05/

UN rights chief calls for Sudan military to step back
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/un-rights-chief-calls-sudan-military-step-back-2021-11-05/

U.S. State Department advises all U.S. citizens to leave Ethiopia as soon as possible
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/us-state-department-advises-all-us-citizens-leave-ethiopia-soon-possible-2021-11-05/

U.N. Security Council calls for end to Ethiopia conflict
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/un-security-council-calls-end-ethiopia-conflict-2021-11-05/

EXCLUSIVE Baby handed to U.S. soldiers in chaos of Afghanistan airlift still missing
https://www.reuters.com/world/exclusive-baby-handed-us-soldiers-chaos-afghanistan-airlift-still-missing-2021-11-05/

Chinese spy convicted of trying to steal U.S. aviation trade secrets
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/chinese-spy-convicted-trying-steal-us-aviation-trade-secrets-2021-11-05/

U.S. orders non-emergency government employees in Ethiopia to leave
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/us-orders-non-emergency-government-employees-ethiopia-leave-2021-11-06/

Russia not expecting progress at talks with U.S. on visas, diplomats -agencies
https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-not-expecting-progress-talks-with-us-visas-diplomats-agencies-2021-11-06/

Ninety-nine killed in fuel tanker blast in Sierra Leone capital
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/fuel-tanker-blast-sierra-leone-capital-kills-least-91-says-morgue-2021-11-06/

Some Mexicans seek out new jabs as U.S. border restrictions relax

The rules specify that beginning on Monday only foreigners who have received World Health Organization-approved vaccines can cross, which effectively bars those who received jabs including China's CanSino Biologics and Russia's Sputnik V, among others.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/some-mexicans-seek-out-new-jabs-us-border-restrictions-relax-2021-11-06/

Israel suggests U.S open consulate for Palestinians in West Bank, not Jerusalem

Israel stepped up its public opposition on Saturday to a plan by President Joe Biden's administration to reopen a U.S. consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem, suggesting such a mission should be in the occupied West Bank.

"My position, and it was presented to the Americans ... is that there is no place for a U.S. consulate which serves the Palestinians in Jerusalem. We are voicing our opinion consistently, quietly, without drama," Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told reporters.

Amnesty says NSO's Pegasus used to hack phones of Palestinian rights workers

The mobile phones of six Palestinian rights workers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank were hacked using Israeli technology firm NSO Group's Pegasus spyware, Amnesty International and internet security watchdog Citizen Lab said on Monday.

London-based Amnesty and Toronto's Citizen Lab said they had independently confirmed that Pegasus had been used to hack the Palestinian activists' phones, after Front Line Defenders, an international rights group, began collecting data in October about the suspected hacking.

French Catholics agree to sell property to compensate abuse victims

France's Catholic Church said on Monday it would sell real estate and, if needed, take out loans to set up a fund to compensate thousands of people sexually abused by clergy.

A major investigation found in October that French clerics sexually abused more than 200,000 children over the past 70 years.

De Moulins-Beaufort said the bishops had also decided to ask the Pope to send them special envoys to supervise each bishop's and diocese's handling of individual abuse cases.

Taiwan says China can blockade its key harbours, warns of 'grave' threat

China's armed forces are capable of blockading Taiwan's key harbours and airports, the island's defence ministry said on Tuesday, offering its latest assessment of what it describes as a "grave" military threat posed by its giant neighbour.

To counter China's attempt to "seize Taiwan swiftly whilst denying foreign interventions", the ministry vowed to deepen its efforts on "asymmetric warfare" to make any attack as painful and as difficult for China as possible.

That includes precision strikes by long-range missiles on targets in China, deployment of coastal minefields as well as boosting reserve training.

Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama criticised the leaders of China on Wednesday saying they "don't understand the variety of different cultures" there and there is too much control by the main Han ethnic group.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/dalai-lama-says-prefers-stay-india-since-taiwan-china-relations-delicate-2021-11-10/

China is ready to properly manage differences with the United States, President Xi Jinping has said, ahead of a virtual meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/xi-says-china-is-ready-work-with-us-to-manage-differences-2021-11-10/

Indonesia, the world's top palm oil producer, is training farmers and teachers and running social media campaigns to highlight the "positive aspects" of the $50 billion industry.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/indonesia-recruits-farmers-teachers-battle-anti-palm-oil-sentiment-2021-11-10/

Migrants trapped in Belarus made multiple attempts to force their way into Poland overnight, Warsaw said on Wednesday, announcing that it had reinforced the border as the European Union prepares to impose sanctions on Belarus over the crisis.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/stranded-migrants-try-again-breach-polish-border-more-troops-deployed-2021-11-10/

Russia blamed the European Union on Wednesday for the migrant crisis on the border between Belarus and Poland, accusing it of trying to "strangle" Belarus with plans to close part of the frontier and urging it to talk directly with Minsk.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-blames-eu-looming-catastrophe-over-migrants-belarus-poland-border-2021-11-10/

Ethiopian authorities have detained more than 70 drivers working with the United Nations, a U.N. spokesperson said, amid international alarm over reported widespread arrests of ethnic Tigrayans as the war in the country's north escalates.
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ethiopian-authorities-detain-more-than-70-un-drivers-un-email-2021-11-10/

The United States and China, the world's two largest emitters of carbon dioxide, unveiled a deal to ramp up cooperation tackling climate change, including by cutting methane emissions, phasing out coal consumption and protecting forests.
https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/un-climate-agency-publishes-draft-final-glasgow-deal-2021-11-10/

The U.N. Security Council expressed deep concern on Wednesday over increased violence across Myanmar and in a rare statement, agreed by the 15-members, called for an immediate end to fighting and for the military to exercise utmost restraint.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/un-security-council-urges-end-myanmar-violence-2021-11-10/

Ghana's parliament on Thursday will hold its first public hearing on a new law that would make it illegal to be gay or to advocate for gay rights, its press office said.
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ghana-parliament-begins-public-hearings-anti-lgbt-law-2021-11-11/

Countries bordering Belarus expressed concern on Thursday that a crisis over growing numbers of migrants trying to break through its frontiers into the European Union could escalate into a military confrontation.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/poland-reports-violent-clashes-overnight-migrants-attempt-new-border-breach-2021-11-11/

Death rates from COVID-19 infections are much higher in patients with diabetes in Africa, where the number of people with diabetes is growing rapidly, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/diabetes-problem-makes-africa-more-vulernable-covid-19-death-says-who-2021-11-11/

Legal reforms in Abu Dhabi designed to enhance the emirate's appeal to foreigners will allow for non-Muslim judges, birth certificates for children of unmarried parents, equality of men and women as witnesses, and new alimony and inheritance laws.
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/abu-dhabis-new-secular-family-law-steps-up-gulf-talent-competition-2021-11-11/

China's Communist Party officials called President Xi Jinping a "helmsman" and "people's leader" on Friday, in a show of support for his continuing leadership.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/president-xi-is-helmsman-chinas-rejuvenation-says-party-official-2021-11-12/

A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday jailed American journalist Danny Fenster for 11 years, his lawyer and his employer said, despite U.S. calls for his release from what it said was unjust detention.
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-journalist-fenster-sentenced-11-years-jail-myanmar-lawyer-2021-11-12/

Denmark on Friday proposed to fast-track legislation allowing workplaces to mandate a digital "corona pass" for employees in its latest measure to curb a third wave of infections.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/denmark-proposes-corona-pass-mandate-workers-2021-11-12/

It's worth it: Pregnant Iraqi woman tells migrants to keep crossing EU border

Umm Malak, 26 and due to give birth in weeks, was willing to go through chest-deep water, hiding in cold forests with her three small daughters in the hopes of giving them a better life in Germany.

The Iraqi woman said she did not regret her efforts, even though she said she and her family had been shunted between Polish and Belarusian border guards six times in the last few weeks.

Some migrants at the open center in Bialystok told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity, that they regretted the journey to Poland and that they were calling loved ones back in the Middle East telling them not to come.

But Umm Malak said migrants, especially those from Iraq like her, should still try getting over the border to the EU.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/its-worth-it-pregnant-iraqi-woman-tells-migrants-keep-crossing-eu-border-2021-11-13/

U.N. climate agreement clinched after late drama over coal

U.N. climate talks ended Saturday with a deal that for the first time targeted fossil fuels as the key driver of global warming, even as coal-reliant countries lobbed last-minute objections.

Developing countries argue rich nations, whose historical emissions are largely responsible for warming the planet, must finance their efforts both to transition away from fossil fuels and to adapt to increasingly severe climate impacts.

Rich nations once again resisted acknowledging financial liability for their years of emissions that drove climate change as they rose to economic prosperity.

https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/un-climate-negotiators-go-into-overtime-save-15-celsius-goal-2021-11-13/

China's Xi expected to prioritise Taiwan issue in Biden discussion

Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to use his first virtual meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden to warn the United States to "step back" on the Taiwan issue, according to Chinese state media editorials printed on Monday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-xi-expected-prioritise-taiwan-issue-biden-discussion-2021-11-15/

Myanmar frees U.S. journalist Fenster after negotiations with ex-U.S. diplomat

American journalist Danny Fenster was released from prison on Monday in Myanmar and has left the country, his employer said, following negotiations between former U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson and the ruling military junta.

Fenster, 37, the managing editor of independent online magazine Frontier Myanmar, was arrested in May and sentenced to prison on Friday to 11 years in prison for incitement and violations of laws on immigration and unlawful assembly, a ruling that drew international condemnation.