* Slovenian voters on Sunday elected Natasa Pirc Musar, an independent candidate, as the first female president of the country. Musar will take office on Dec. 23 when the second mandate of the incumbent president Borut Pahor expires.
* Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday in Bali, Indonesia, during a meeting with his US counterpart, Joe Biden, that as leaders of two major countries, they need to set the right course for bilateral ties.
* US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she hopes President Joe Biden's meeting on Monday with Chinese President Xi Jinping leads to increased engagement on macroeconomic issues between the world's two largest economies.
* Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Monday he does not expect a breakthrough on any of the key issues at the G20 summit, but hope to reach consensus on most issues on the general direction to move forward.
* India laid out on Monday the steps it will take to achieve net zero by 2070, releasing its Long-Term Low Emissions and Development Strategies (LT-LEDS) at the COP27 summit in Egypt.
* Egypt's COP27 President Sameh Shoukry told the climate summit on Monday that he wanted a comprehensive climate deal with "meaningful outcomes" agreed by Friday and reminded delegates that the world was watching the talks.
* British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will call on the Group of 20 (G20) for coordinated action to address international economic instability and the rising cost of living in the wake of Russia-Ukraine crisis, his government said on Monday.
* Indonesia, the Asian Development Bank and a private power firm said on Monday they are teaming up to refinance and prematurely retire a coal-fired power plant, the first such project under a groundbreaking carbon emissions reduction programme.
* Cambodia and Brunei on Monday vowed to reinforce their bilateral relations and cooperation for mutual benefits, according to a joint statement.
* The control of the US House of Representatives remains in limbo, days after the 2022 midterm elections across the country.
* The Kremlin said on Monday that talks with the United Nations last week on a deal safeguarding the shipment of grain from Ukrainian portshad been "fairly constructive",raising hopes that it can be rolled over smoothly.
* It is up to Ukraine to decide when to enter negotiations with Russia, the European Union's top diplomat said on Monday, commenting on speculations the West might push Kyiv to start talks with Moscow.
* The presidents of France and Italy on Monday stressed the importance of having good relations between the two neighbours and European Union allies after harsh words from both sides over how to deal with migrants crossing the Mediterranean.
* Britain and France have signed an agreement worth 72.2 million euros ($74.50 million) in 2022/23 to tackle the problem of illegal immigrants crossing the English Channel in small boats, the British government said on Monday.
* The British government said on Monday it would pledge £1 billion to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, more than six weeks after other countries made their commitments.
* The number of detected irregular border crossings at the external borders of the European Union rose more than 70% in the January-October period, according to preliminary calculations published Monday by Frontex.
* Germany's conservative opposition held up a major welfare reform on Monday, setting the scene for a mediation process to find a compromise that could still allow the introduction of ambitious measures to support the unemployed in gaining vocational skills.
* The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman on Monday stressed that efforts are still underway to continue the talks on the revival of a 2015 nuclear deal, according to the official news agency IRNA.
* Truck drivers, who brought Spain to a halt earlier this year, began a new strike on Monday as hundreds marched through the capital Madrid demanding changes to road freight rules and protesting at the cost of living.
* The crisis-hit Sri Lankan economy can turn around by the end of 2023 if budget policies, which are not limited to the International Monetary Fund's recommendations, are followed, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Monday.
* The central bank of Bangladesh has brushed aside "conspiratorial" social media posts inducing people to draw their deposits from banks.
* China's Tianzhou-4 cargo craft, tasked with supporting the Shenzhou-14 crewed mission, is scheduled to re-enter the atmosphere in a controlled manner on Tuesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
* The mission office of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has reopened in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported.
* Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi announced Sunday the start of the export of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) in Mozambique, as the oil tanker British Sponsor has already left Mozambican territorial waters carrying the first cargo of LNG produced by the Coral South Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) project in the north of the country.
* The Kurdish militant group PKK denied involvement in Sunday's bomb attack in Istanbul, saying it did not target civilians, in a statement on its website on Monday.
* At least 613 civilians have been killed and 948 injured in Somalia since January this year, a senior United Nations (UN) official said Monday.
* Uganda's Ministry of Health said that Ebola has spread to the eastern part of the country beyond the epicenter in the central region.
