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Danish jewellery company Pandora has opened a plant in Ho Chi Minh City that it calls the world's largest production complex for jewellery made of precious metals. The investment amounted to $150 million, capacity is up to 60 million items per year, and employment is 7,000 people. The plant will be Pandora's first production facility outside Thailand.
On the evening of October 16, Kharkiv was hit by a second series of missile strikes in one day; Dnipro was also shelled. According to local authorities, one person was killed and four wounded in Dnipro. In the morning strikes on Kharkiv, two people died and 22 were injured. The mayor reported the use of an S-8000 'Banderol' missile.
In the village of Neftchilar, Bulakbashin district (Andijan region), after the October 10 crash involving a HOWO truck that, according to official data, claimed three lives, residents spoke of a years-long series of accidents on the descent from the pass. Authorities cite the absence of an alternative road and the need for funding.
According to data cited by Kun.uz, over 10 million foreign tourists came to Uzbekistan in nine months. Kyrgyzstan led in visitor numbers with 2,844,201 people, followed by Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. The three Central Asian countries account for about 73% of the total flow.
Donald Trump said he did not order restrictions on Starshield operations in Ukraine, having learned about the reports from the morning news. Elon Musk previously said such decisions are made by the military and the president. Outlets differ on who initiated the restrictions: The Telegraph writes that Musk proposed it, Reuters reports an instruction from the White House, and AFP reports the opposite.
Protests against Prime Minister Edi Rama are taking place in Tirana and other cities across Albania. Police used tear gas and water cannons, and 160 people were detained. Protesters demand action against corruption, a halt to rising prices, and education reform.
Under the law, road hooliganism is defined as deliberately creating obstacles for other vehicles, unjustified drifting, and abruptly changing lanes three or more times in a row. The same liability applies to demonstrative actions that threaten the safety of road users.
In September, archaeologists worked on the Dnipro near Khortytsia Island close to Zaporizhzhia, despite hostilities roughly 45 km away. Among the finds are a Bronze Age deer antler, ceramics presumably Scythian, a fragment of a Byzantine amphora, an 18th-century anchor, and a wooden dugout boat about a thousand years old. After the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in June 2023, the territory of Velykyi Luh was exposed, with monuments from the Neolithic to the 20th century. More than 100 organizations are advocating for the territory's inclusion on the UNESCO list.
US Vice President JD Vance, in an interview released on Friday, said that, in his words, he had an argument with President Donald Trump over the issue of the war with Iran. He also spoke about conversations with Tucker Carlson, who sharply criticizes the war.
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), representing 45 million members in 41 countries, is seeking recognition of menopause in EU labour law, citing women's losses in earnings and pensions. At the same time, the European Parliament is considering a report on menopause as an economic and social issue, while the European Commission does not plan to prepare a separate strategy, limiting itself to including the topic in the Gender Equality Strategy 2026–2030.
Trump enacted the sanctions law against Russia and Iran but suspended tariffs and part of the restrictions; the EU and Congressman Meeks spoke out against the Russian diesel deal. Also: condemnation of the attack on a Washington Post photographer in the West Bank, transit through the Strait of Hormuz 70% below pre-war levels, a fire in Malibu, Belgium's delivery of F-16s to Ukraine, the death of a Lions rugby club player in France, and BTS's Spotify record.
Euronews released a series of regular video news roundups for 17 and 18 October 2026 — morning, midday and evening editions on 17 October, plus a morning edition on 18 October. The outlet describes the selection as an overview of the most important events in Europe and the world across politics, business, culture and travel.
According to UNCTAD, profits from the AI boom are concentrated in the high-tech stages of the supply chain. An analysis of the Nvidia GB200 NVL72 server system, worth about $3.3 million, showed that 68% of the tracked value added was profit, most of which went to Nvidia, while labor's share was only 14.2%. Raw material supplier countries receive a minimal share of the final value.
The 'sponge city' concept, developed in China in the early 2000s, involves absorbing, retaining and reusing rainwater through green spaces and permeable surfaces. European cities including Malmö, Rotterdam and Copenhagen are already applying similar solutions, and the European Commission is promoting them in the 2025 Water Resilience Strategy. Experts warn: sponge cities are a powerful but not universal tool for protection against floods and drought.
The Polish government has published a draft amendment to the railway transport law expanding the powers of the Railway Security Service (SOK): use of counter-drone means, use of weapons to destroy drones, recording of interventions and pursuit of suspects on private territory. The measure follows sabotage on the Warsaw–Lublin line in November and comes amid concerns over Russian hybrid operations.
According to industry reports from Virtuoso, Lemongrass and Signature Travel Network, luxury tourism in 2027 is shifting from conspicuous opulence to thoughtfulness: privacy, 'travel designers', slow train journeys and river cruises are in vogue, along with hotels that help guests recover. Europe will take seven of the ten spots in the top destinations ranking.
Global Energy Monitor analysts note that over ten years Turkey has almost entirely abandoned new coal projects: of the 54.5 GW pipeline from 2014, only a few proposals remain. Wind and solar account for a third of installed capacity, and by 2035 the country plans to bring their combined capacity to 120 GW. According to the energy ministry's estimate, clean energy displaced fossil fuel imports worth $21.5 billion in 2015–2025.
The Vatican's top diplomat Archbishop Paul Gallagher told the BBC that the news of Pope Leo XIV's illness is 'a kind of turning point'. The Pontiff underwent surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung at Rome's Gemelli hospital, after which he was diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma. The Vatican reports a steady improvement in his condition.
