Washington [US], Nov. 4 (ANI/Xinhua): The U.S. trade deficit hit a record high of 80.9 billion U.S. dollars in September as American exports fell sharply, the U.S. Commerce Department reported on Thursday.
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], November 4 (ANI/Xinhua): The Ethiopian House of People's Representatives (HoPR) on Thursday ratified a six-month sate of emergency rule amid expanding conflict in the northern part of the country.
Paris [France], November 4 (ANI/Xinhua): French President Emmanuel Macron presented the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour to Germany's outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday during her farewell visit to France.
Tokyo [Japan], November 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will double as foreign minister until he relaunches the Cabinet after the Japanese parliament holds a special session next week, local media reported Thursday.
Hong Kong, November 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) on Thursday reported seven new imported cases of COVID-19, taking the total tally to 12,359.
Manila [Philippines], November 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Two soldiers were killed and four others wounded in a clash with New People's Army (NPA) rebels in the central province, the Philippine military said on Thursday.
Vientiane [Laos], November 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Laos reported another record high of 1,170 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, surpassing the previous record of 1,062 cases registered on Wednesday, according to the Lao Ministry of Health.
Manila [Philippines], November 4 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,766 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Southeast Asian country on Thursday, continuing a downward trend.
Washington [US], November 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Part of the US government staff in Ethiopia and their family members can voluntarily leave the country amid internal armed conflict and civil unrest, the US Embassy in Addis Ababa said on Thursday.
New York [US], November 4 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday extended the authorization of an EU-led peacekeeping force in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) for another 12 months.
Ulaanbaatar [Mongolia], November 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Mongolia registered 1,279 new locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 365,239, the country's health ministry said on Thursday.
Adamawa [Nigeria], November 4 (ANI/Xinhua): A group of gunmen, suspected to be herdsmen, attacked a village in northeast Nigeria's Adamawa in the early hours of Wednesday, killing seven villagers and injuring seven others, local police said.