Brazil's COP30 presidency on 3 November released two international roadmaps: one for moving away from fossil fuels and another for halting and reversing deforestation by 2030. The energy document proposes national assessments and coordinated work through 2033. Climate Home News describes a voluntary sequence of national planning by 2028, clean-energy expansion in 2029–30 and a focus on adjusting fossil-fuel supply in 2031–33. The roadmaps are non-prescriptive contributions from the COP30 presidency, are not subject to negotiation and impose no binding national deadlines.
Greenland’s parliament approved a security agreement involving Denmark and the United States in a 16-0 vote, with seven abstentions, the Associated Press reported. The pact is intended to bolster U.S. presence in the Arctic and could pave the way for more American bases, while Greenland remains within the Danish realm. Denmark’s foreign ministry says parliamentary procedures and a diplomatic note are still required before the agreement enters into force.
A constitutional amendment to permit state police in Nigeria cleared the required state-legislature threshold after 28 of 36 states approved it, Reuters reported. The Clerk to the National Assembly said the verified documents would be transmitted to President Bola Tinubu for assent. The change would end the federal monopoly on policing and allow state-controlled forces alongside the national police, but the amendment is not yet law.
Russia, Ukraine and the United States are scheduled to hold another round of trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi on Nov. 10–11, the Kremlin and U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said. Russia named Vladimir Medinsky as its chief negotiator. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Kyiv wants a halt to strikes on energy and critical infrastructure, renewed Black Sea grain arrangements and expanded prisoner exchanges. No agreement or ceasefire has been announced.
Voting continued in the U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday, with control of Congress at stake. In Westchester County, New York, paper ballots were rejected by tabulators at polling sites after a programming issue. County officials told voters to keep voting and said ballots placed in monitored emergency bags would be counted under election procedures. New York’s state elections board attributed the problem to a programming update after a local race change; AP reported the state restored at least one scanner per site. Results and turnout totals remain unknown.
French author Philippe Jaenada won the 2026 Prix Goncourt for L’Inconnue du quai de Javel, Le Monde and Euronews reported on 3 November. Le Monde said the Académie Goncourt jury chose the novel by six votes to three over Sylvain Prudhomme’s De l’autre côté du lac. The Academy’s calendar lists 3 November for the 2026 prize announcement.
Russian attacks on 3 November targeted energy facilities in nine Ukrainian regions, Hromadske reported. Kharkiv authorities reported at least 62 wounded and 226 patients evacuated from a medical facility; a later prosecutor-general count carried by DW put injuries at 73. AP said one died and 17 were wounded in Dnipro; Hromadske said 15. Reuters reported over 180,000 customers without power in 130 Zhytomyr settlements and damage to an Odesa-region facility. AP and Hromadske said DTEK reported three thermal plants halted generation; their identities, capacity and restart timing remain unspecified. Local counts are not combined.
Thomson Reuters reported third-quarter revenue of US$1.833 billion, up 10% from a year earlier, and raised its 2026 revenue-growth outlook to about 9.5%, including 8.5%–9% organic growth. Adjusted EBITDA rose 10% to US$651 million. Operating profit fell to US$402 million from US$517 million, partly because the prior-year comparison included a gain from selling the remaining minority stake in Elite and because software amortization was higher. Reuters reported shares fell about 7% in its market snapshot amid investor concerns over investment costs.
Trump said the US would stop roughly $4 billion in annual military aid to Israel. Reuters and The Times of Israel quote him saying by the end of 2026; AP reports 2027. Trump claimed an agreement with Netanyahu, while The Times of Israel says Netanyahu had proposed a gradual end. The 2016 US-Israel MOU covers FY2019–2028; no implementing order or independently confirmed early change was found.
Authorities completed checks after separate bomb alerts involving passenger flights at Warsaw’s Modlin and Chopin airports on 3 November, Sky News and AFP reported. No device was found on either aircraft. Modlin reopened after a temporary halt, while Chopin continued operating with no significant disruption reported. The sources do not establish whether the alerts were connected or identify who made them.
Saudi Aramco reported third-quarter net profit of $36.3 billion, up 35% from $26.9 billion a year earlier, AP reported. The company’s adjusted net income rose 9% to $31.2 billion from $28.6 billion; Aramco reported operating cash flow of $38.7 billion and declared a $21.9 billion base dividend, up 3.5% year over year. AP attributed the higher reported profit partly to higher oil prices and the sale of Aramco’s stake in Malaysia’s PRefChem venture; the adjusted figure excludes that sale. No market-price reaction is included.
Russian regional governor Mikhail Yevrayev said an overnight drone attack damaged the Yaroslavl refinery, started a fire and injured two employees. Reuters reported the governor’s account that 124 drones were involved at the refinery; Russia’s Defense Ministry said it downed 856 Ukrainian drones nationwide, while Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 493 were directed toward the capital. AP also reported the official counts and refinery damage. Ukraine had not commented in Reuters’ report. The attacker, drone totals and refinery’s operational status have not been independently established.
Two helicopters collided while attempting to land at Pheriche in Nepal’s Everest region on Tuesday, killing an Indian tourist, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal and local officials said. AP and the Kathmandu Post reported two people injured, including a pilot; Nepal’s OnlineKhabar, citing police, reported three. The helicopters were ferrying trekkers and visitors near Everest base camp. The Civil Aviation Authority said the exact cause had not been ascertained. The number of people aboard both aircraft and final injury toll remain unclear.
Suspected militants shot and killed two police officers in Mohmand on Tuesday as they travelled to protect a door-to-door polio team, police told AP and Dawn. A third officer was wounded; AP said no group had claimed responsibility. Separately, four polio workers were abducted in Tank on Monday, according to the provincial governor; no link between the incidents is established. Pakistan’s campaign to vaccinate 24 million children began Monday. Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries where wild poliovirus remains endemic, according to WHO.
Technology-led Asian markets fell on 3 November as investors weighed whether large artificial-intelligence infrastructure spending would earn returns sufficient to justify its financing. Aju Press said South Korea's KOSPI closed 3.59% lower at 5,648.79, while AP reported a 4% fall to 5,626.08. Reuters put South Korean and Taiwanese markets down 3.6% each and the MSCI Emerging Markets index down 1.8%; AP reported Taiwan's Taiex down 3.8%. Reports agree on steep declines but differ on exact closing figures.
Japan presented its Order of Culture to eight recipients on Culture Day, including Nintendo game creator Shigeru Miyamoto, architect Toyo Ito, lighting designer Motoko Ishii and organic chemist Kenso Soai. The Ministry of Education’s list identifies the recipients and the award date; Japanese broadcaster FNN reported the Imperial Palace ceremony on 3 November. The Order recognizes contributions to Japanese culture.
The Asian Football Confederation moved the 2027 Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia from 7 January–5 February 2027 to 23 December 2027–21 January 2028, citing exceptional circumstances and logistical complexities. The AFC and Reuters said the new dates require FIFA approval. The announcement did not specify a more detailed cause for the schedule change.
The Reserve Bank of Australia raised its cash-rate target by 25 basis points to 4.85% on 3 November in a 6–3 vote. The RBA said inflation was likely to remain above target for longer than it had expected. Reuters described the new rate as an 18-year high. Governor Michele Bullock did not signal a predetermined next move; future decisions remain data-dependent.
Australia's High Court began hearing two constitutional challenges on 3 November to the nationwide law requiring platforms to prevent children under 16 from holding accounts. Advocacy group Digital Freedom Project and Reddit argue the measure impermissibly burdens political communication; Reddit also disputes its inclusion among covered platforms. The Commonwealth says the limits are justified by child-safety aims. The court's docket schedules a two-day hearing for 3–4 November; no judgment has been issued.
Paraguay's central bank said on 3 November that it had put Ueno Bank into a resolution process under a board decision dated 2 November, after the lender's solvency ratio fell below half the legal minimum. Customers were unable to withdraw or transfer funds on Tuesday, AP reported. The bank says it has about 3 million customers and held $800 million to $850 million in public money, including about $380 million from the state pension and health fund. Deposit insurance covers up to 228.3 million guaranies per depositor, while the central bank says the case is specific to Ueno and not a general condition of the banking system.
India’s Ministry of Defence said its navy rescued all 20 crew members of the Iranian fishing vessel Al Azini after a more than 48-hour operation in the Arabian Sea. The vessel had been hijacked off Somalia on Oct. 29. The ministry said the crew were safe and the vessel was searched for explosives. AP reported that a Puntland official said suspected pirates and two Somali guards later came ashore, but the accounts differ on crew numbers and do not establish the identities or condition of everyone who landed.
Ryanair reported profit after tax of €2.15 billion for the six months to 30 September 2026, down about 15% from a year earlier, while revenue rose 3% to €10.08 billion and passenger numbers increased 6% to 125.8 million. Reuters reported the airline expects a roughly €2 billion increase in next year’s fuel bill at current forward prices and expects fares to rise materially, though not enough to offset all of the cost. The company reduced its passenger forecast for the next financial year to 214 million from 216 million.
Anthropic’s amended IPO filing reports Q3 2026 revenue of $16.96 billion and a $23.29 billion net loss, but separately reports a $567 million operating loss; fair-value changes on financing instruments drive much of the net loss. Nine-month revenue was $33.2 billion and net loss $104 billion, including about $94 billion in non-operating accounting adjustments. Reuters says revenue grew 47% quarter over quarter, slowing from 144% in Q2; the filing lists $895.4 billion in computing commitments and warns financing shortfalls could delay or reduce capacity. IPO price and size remain unset.
AFP/Euronews reported refrigeration incidents at grocery businesses in at least nine European countries on 2 November; Reuters separately reported an affected German Edeka store. Some retailers discarded food. The European Commission says it coordinated with ENISA, Europol and affected states but left attribution to national investigations; Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen called the incidents a deliberate supply-chain disruption attempt. Italy’s government said only a few locations there were affected and no public-health risk from thawed food had emerged in Italy. A common attacker or linked campaign is not established.
Lastborn Shazi, 45, a regional organiser for the MK Party in KwaZulu-Natal’s Ugu district, was shot and killed at his home in Mathulini, Mthwalume, on 2 November, The Witness reported. IOL said party officials confirmed his death and described him as a ward-councillor candidate. Police said the suspects were unknown and the motive was under investigation. The reports do not establish an election-related motive.
At a final pretrial status conference on 2 November, judges at the International Criminal Court said they expect former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte to attend every day once his trial begins, currently scheduled for 30 November subject to a fitness assessment. The chamber had excused him from that shorter status conference after a waiver request. The trial concerns allegations of murder as crimes against humanity linked to his anti-drug campaign; no finding on guilt was made.
After the 2 November strike on an aid-distribution centre and nearby shelter in Komyshuvakha, regional military administration head Mykhailo Semikin said on 3 November that 31 people had died, five were injured and more than 45 remained missing, AP reported. Interfax-Ukraine quoted the same official as saying nearly 50 were missing. Rescue work continued. These are attributed, provisional snapshots from one official, not a final or independently verified toll.
A child in rural Lewis County died in a measles-associated case, New York’s Department of Health and Lewis County Public Health announced on Monday. The joint statement called it the state’s first known measles-associated death in more than 30 years and asked that the child’s family be given privacy. The state reported 178 cases as of 24 October: 170 outside New York City and eight in the city. Those figures are dated; a newer statewide count was not established in the sources reviewed.
AP said a US official described limited strikes on Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz; Iranian state TV reported explosions on Qeshm. Reuters reported Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claimed to down a US MQ-9 drone east of the strait; Reuters did not independently confirm it or report a US response. A senior Iranian official said Tehran would respond forcefully and a deal was far off. AP quoted Qalibaf saying Iran gave a “firm and rational response,” but said its meaning was unclear. Iran’s conditional two-day plan to reopen Hormuz is not agreed; damage, casualties and further operations are unknown.
An explosion and fire at Metafrique Steel's plant in Douala killed four people and severely burned 16 workers on 2 November, according to Littoral Region Governor Samuel Dieudonné Ivaha Diboua as reported by Reuters. The fire was extinguished. Metafrique said its facilities were affected and that the cause remained undetermined. Local reports say the governor ordered an inquiry after a previous fire in May; they differ on whether an immediate shutdown was ordered, so the plant's current operating status is unclear.
Apple reported record net sales of $114.5 billion for the fiscal fourth quarter ended 26 September, up 11.7% year over year, in its first results under CEO John Ternus. Reuters reported that Apple forecast a 45%–46% gross margin for the December quarter, below the 47.9% recorded in the September quarter, and 8%–9% services growth, below the 10.7% LSEG estimate Reuters cited. Apple pointed to higher memory-chip costs. The outlook is a company forecast, and the services comparison is analyst consensus, not company guidance.
Marvell has agreed to buy optical-components maker Lumentum in an all-stock transaction with an implied enterprise value of $115 billion, including debt, according to the companies and Reuters. Lumentum shareholders would receive 4.5 Marvell shares per share, about $1,132 at the unaffected comparison price and a 23.9% premium to the 28 October close. The companies still need shareholder and regulatory approvals. AP reported that Marvell and Lumentum shares fell 12.7% and 18.6%, respectively, in its Monday market coverage; those figures are attributed snapshots, not confirmed closing returns.
Palantir reported third-quarter revenue of $2.313 billion, up 96% from a year earlier, and raised its full-year 2026 revenue outlook to $8.530–$8.534 billion. U.S. commercial revenue reached $984 million, exceeding U.S. government revenue of $953 million for the first time, the company said. Reuters reported revenue above the $2.18 billion LSEG estimate. The figures are company-reported results; no stock-price move is asserted.
The UK government proposed an earned-settlement system that would extend the default qualifying period for permanent residence from five to 10 years, with shorter routes for some higher earners and public-service contributors. The Home Office estimated about 500,000 people could wait longer than five years. The proposals were presented to Parliament on 2 November; they are not yet in force, and the government says no one will be forced to leave under the change.
India's Foreign Ministry said one Indian national died after an attack on the cargo vessel MSV Al Jusufi near Oman's coast on 2 November. Reuters reported that 13 other Indian crew members were rescued. India's shipping minister said the vessel was struck by an unidentified aerial object near Limah; the attacker and object have not been independently identified, and no group has claimed responsibility in the reports reviewed.
On 2 November, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected DOJ’s request to set aside California ballots tied to about 20,000 people the administration flagged as likely noncitizens; it gave no reason. California said the list appeared error-filled and could disenfranchise voters. In a separate case, a federal judge barred DOJ and Homeland Security from demanding ballot set-asides or departures from state procedures based on federal lists, finding the pressure likely violated the Elections Clause. That order does not bar criminal investigations or prosecutions. The citizenship and voting status of people on the list remain unresolved.
Spanish rescue and emergency reporting says seven people died during a crossing on an inflatable boat rescued about 150 kilometres northeast of Arrecife, Lanzarote, on 2 November. RTVE reports 132 survivors were transported to Lanzarote and says, based on survivor accounts, five people died and were thrown into the Atlantic; two bodies were recovered aboard. Reuters independently reports the same account. The identities, circumstances and whereabouts of the five unrecovered bodies remain unknown.
The FDA granted tentative approval to Dr. Reddy’s generic six-month injectable lenacapavir for HIV prevention, according to AP and the development partners. The designation does not permit U.S. marketing while the branded product remains patent-protected. CHAI says the access agreement targets a price of US$40 per person per year in 120 licensed low- and middle-income countries, with initial supplies expected before the end of 2026 and wider availability in 2027. STAT reported the company expected to start shipping next month. Actual country approvals, procurement and patient availability remain ahead.
Uganda has begun a phased withdrawal of troops deployed in Somalia under the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission. The first cohort has returned to Uganda, military spokesman Col. Chris Magezi told AP; thousands remain, and all are expected to leave by the end of 2027. Uganda first deployed troops in 2007. The pullout coincides with closure of the U.N. political mission while al-Shabab remains active; the reports do not establish the security consequences of the drawdown.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui on 2 November dismissed a criminal complaint against former FBI officials Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides, whom DOJ accused of lying to Congress in 2023 about Hunter Biden. AP, Reuters and The Washington Post reported that he found no probable cause that the statements were knowingly false and material. Faruqui criticized the rushed investigation and timing before midterm voting. DOJ told the Post it disagreed and was weighing options; prosecutors could seek an indictment. The original charges remain allegations, and no later charging decision was verified.