* Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng met with Evan Greenberg, executive vice chair of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations (NCUSCR), and Stephen Orlins, president of the NCUSCR, in Beijing on Wednesday.
* A total of 1,183 female parliamentary candidates will run in Myanmar's 2025 general election, according to the country's Information Team of National Defense and Security Council. The number of women candidates has increased compared to previous elections, with 908 in 2020 and 799 in 2015, the information team said.
* The world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, arrived in the Caribbean Sea, the U.S. Navy announced on Tuesday. With the deployment of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, U.S. forces in the Caribbean now exceed 15,000 personnel -- the largest military buildup in the region in decades.
* The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday night an indefinite ban on entry to the country for 30 Japanese citizens in response to Japan's continued sanctions against Russia. Earlier in September, Japan imposed new sanctions on several Russian enterprises and individuals.
* The Senate of Kazakhstan's Parliament has approved 22 roadmaps outlining technological and compensatory measures to reduce carbon emissions, the Kazinform news agency reported Wednesday.
* Lithuania has been included in the category of European Union (EU) countries facing migration risks, qualifying it for EU funding and other support, the Baltic News Service said on Wednesday, citing the Interior Ministry.
* Sri Lanka and Saudi Arabia have established their first-ever Joint Business Council, marking a major step toward strengthening economic cooperation between the two countries, a senior Sri Lankan minister said on Wednesday.
* Turkish authorities and tourism bodies said Tuesday that they are collaborating to address infrastructure and environmental challenges facing the Lycian Way, a 540-km Mediterranean hiking trail gaining popularity among foreign visitors.
* Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar paid an official visit to Estonia on Tuesday, during which he inaugurated Israel's embassy in Tallinn.
* Israel said on Wednesday it has reopened the Zikim crossing to allow humanitarian aid trucks into northern Gaza.
* Israeli authorities are preventing dozens of families of Palestinian prisoners deported to Egypt from traveling from the West Bank, head of the Palestinian Prisoners Club Abdullah al-Zaghari said Wednesday.
* The 9th African Union-United Nations annual conference will take place at UN headquarters in New York on Wednesday, Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, announced Tuesday.
* Mongolia's 126-seat parliament, or the State Great Khural, approved the 2026 state budget on Wednesday with a deficit of 1.0 trillion Mongolian tugriks (293.6 million USD).
* Cargo turnover at Russian seaports reached 732.6 million tons in the January-October period, down 1.5 percent from a year earlier, the Association of Commercial Sea Ports said Tuesday.
* Brazil's inflation slowed to 0.09 percent in October, the lowest figure for that month since 1998, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics said Tuesday. With the October figure, the country's accumulated inflation in 12 months fell to 4.68 percent, down from 5.17 percent in the previous 12 months.
* The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Wednesday that it has approved a 300-million-U.S.-dollar policy-based loan to support Uzbekistan's efforts to expand access to finance for underserved micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises.
* Türkiye's foreign direct investment (FDI) reached 11.4 billion USD in the first nine months of 2025, the highest level in a decade, Turkish Finance and Treasury Minister Mehmet Simsek said Wednesday.
* The death toll has risen to 25 after a boat carrying undocumented migrants sank in waters near the Malaysia-Thailand maritime border last week, local media quoted the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) as saying on Wednesday.
* All 20 Turkish military personnel on board a C-130 cargo aircraft have died after the plane crashed in Georgia near the border with Azerbaijan, the Turkish Defense Ministry announced Tuesday.
