Eastern Asia and Oceania:

Chinese commerce minister meets U.S. congressional delegation^CGTN Followed by the usual sanctions.
China struggling to wean itself off US dollar assets despite financial de-risking calls^SCMP
China’s CPI remains flat in September; decline in factory prices narrowed: NBS^GT
China’s September foreign trade hits new monthly high of 2023 as recovery gathers steam^GT
China megacity to build US$30 billion hi-tech infrastructure cluster by 2026, and investors will be key^SCMP

China adopts GM technology for corn, soybeans in major food security manoeuvre^SCMP
China's bird-like drone breaks world record flight time^CGTN Just over 3 hours on one charge.
Promising results as Chinese vaccine trial sees African swine fever fatality rate fall to zero^SCMP

Taiwan reports 13th straight month of export order decline, world economy blamed^SCMP Taiwan’s exports rise for first time in 13 months amid huge AI chip demand, mainland China trade uptick^SCMP
Taiwan launches first locally made weather satellite with ‘groundbreaking’ navigation system^SCMP
Taiwan president says ‘peace is the only option’, as Tsai Ing-wen eyes legacy^SCMP

Samsung profits at 8-year low, but hope is in sight^EN
Jakarta-Bandung HSR, landmark BRI project, starts official operation^GT
Russian FM visits DPRK^PD
China joins mission to test seas, marine life around Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant for radioactive content^SCMP
Landslide defeat for Labour in New Zealand election^WSWS
Defeat of Australian Labor’s Voice referendum highlights massive class divide^WSWS
Myanmar junta accused of deadly attack on refugee camp^DW

Africa:

Remove trade barriers to increase per capita income, IMF tells African leaders^Bilaterals
Project to create the largest database on the African genome^AN

Algeria "postpones" its mediation in Niger^AN
Cameroon: Toll rises to at least 27 dead and 50 injured in floods^AN
Chad: Police arrest "around fifty" opposition activists^AN
Fuel prices surge in Congo amidst protests and economic struggles^AN
DRC President Inaugurates New Chinese-Built Hydropower Plant^CGS
China, Ethiopia establish all-weather strategic partnership^CGTN
Somalia rejects Ethiopia's call for negotiations on Red Sea access^BNE
Gabon junta leader turns down presidential salary^AN
Free speech: Is Gambia sliding back into dictatorship?^DW
Kenya officially joins Pan African Payments and Settlement System (PAPSS)^BNE
Kenyans demand compensation for British army blaze ahead of king's visit^AN
Liberia: Cost of living and development, big election issues amid voter fatigue^AN
Liberia's tight election spurs run-off expectations^AN
Libya: UN concerned by clashes and telecoms blackout in Benghazi^AN
Namibia to Advance Energy Infrastructure, New Substations^TS
French army has begun its withdrawal from Niger^AN
Escape attempt by ousted president Mohamed Bazoum foiled, says military^AN
France and Nigeria hold joint naval exercises in Gulf of Guinea^AN
Russian energy giants Gazprom and Rosatom offer to help end South Africa energy crisis^BNE
Hundreds at Nissan South Africa to lose jobs after deal with Russian partner collapses over Ukraine war^BNE
Sudan: Number of families suffering from hunger almost doubles^AN
Sudan's economy in limbo, warns IMF^AN
Uganda: Nile Basin Countries Convene to Address Challenges^TS
Australia’s IonicRe upbeat over Uganda mining licence approval for Makuutu rare earths project^BNE
Zimbabwe's main opposition CCC calls for 'revolution' after 15 members expelled from parliament^BNE

North America:

A pension plan proposal is sparking separatism in Canada^Jacobin

Biden Announces Huge Hydrogen Investment. How Much Will It Help The Climate?^ICN
The United States has lost its charm, maybe forever, to China’s brightest students^SCMP

Latin America:

Argentina election: from peso to dollar?^MR

The Peronist government under economy minister Massa has presided over central bank money-printing to fund the deficit, something that has pushed up inflation further and devalued the peso. By the way, this lends the lie to Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) that argues governments can ‘print’ as much money as they need to cover government spending.

Perhaps a little unfair to MMTers, I doubt any of them would object to the historical fact that increasing money printing raises inflation (and they would argue that those economies were/are doing something else wrong I would imagine); nonetheless it is essentially true that the whole premise would only really work if you're a major economy, particularly if you hold the global reserve currency. In the current global system, most countries cannot do MMT.

Blue dollar plummets in Argentina^MP
China and Argentina to Expand Swap Agreement by 6.5 Billion^TS
Brazil to unfreeze $700mn for building of major Mozambican dam after seven-year hiatus^BNE
Amazonian rivers in Brazil hit by severe drought^MP
Cuban Government Joins Global War on Cash By Banning All Cash Payments for Gasoline^NC
Protests in Guatemala Continue for Ninth Consecutive Day^TS
Guyana Incited by US to Enter into Conflict with Venezuela^Resumen
US to ease sanctions on Venezuelan oil exports on promise of freer presidential election^BNE
OFAC Announces Venezuela Sanctions Relief^Resumen
Panamanians To Protest Against Mining Contract^TS
Drought hitting Chaco region concerns Paraguayan authorities^MP

Kenya court puts Haiti deployment on temporary hold^AN
The UN is Blessing the U.S. Using Kenyan Black-Face to Disguise its Illegal Intervention into Haiti^HL
The UN-Blessed MSS Could be the First Step Toward a Decade-Long U.S. Military Occupation of Haiti^HL
UN Security Council renews Haiti sanctions regime^CGTN