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The Bank of Estonia is issuing two million €2 coins with a special design in support of Ukraine, which will be sent to banks and retailers and enter circulation. 

The Czech National Bank (CNB) recently launched an investigation into whether to invest in cryptocurrency or other digital assets. 

Lawyers in Argentina have brought a fraud case against the country’s President Javier Milei for promoting a cryptocurrency whose value soon plummeted.

Pierre Poilievre’s office sent a memo to his MPs to remind them of “mandatory” attendance at a caucus meeting as “gender ideology” protesters gathered outside Parliament Wednesday morning.Global News obtained a copy of the memo, which included Poilievre’s previous comments on “parental rights” issues and the New Brunswick government’s decision to require parents be notified if their child wishes to use a preferred name or pronoun while in school.News of the memo was first reported on by The Canadian Press on Wednesday.The memo opens with a request that Conservative MPs “please do not talk to media or post on social media about this issue.”“Protestors have legitimate points to make, and they enjoy the freedom of assembly and expression to make them,” the memo read.A second source confirmed the authenticity of the memo Wednesday afternoon.“On Wednesday mornings, party caucuses meet, requiring the attendance of all MPs. If needed, feel free to use (Poilievre’s) previous two statements to communicate with constituents on the issue of parental rights.”Protests and counter-protests took place in several cities across Canada Wednesday over what protest organizers referred to as “gender ideology” in Canadian schools.Protest organizers had a varied list of grievances but have rallied around opposition to educating students about sexual orientation and gender identity, requests to call people by their preferred pronouns, and “mixed bathrooms in schools.”The messages echo steps taken by some Canadian provinces and several U.S.

The co-winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, including Russia's oldest human rights organisation, Memorial, Ukraine's Centre of Civil Liberties [CCL] and jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski, have been honoured at an official awards ceremony in Oslo.

Eight more teams are in contention on Wednesday, in their last games of the pool stage of the competition, and fighting for a spot in the final 16. 

Belarus political prisoner Maria Kolesnikova has been hospitalised in an intensive care unit, according to the Telegram channel of another opposition politician.

South Korea's police chief accepted "a heavy responsibility" for failing to prevent a crowd surge that killed more than 150 people during Halloween festivities in Seoul.

Russian and Ukrainian top diplomats exchanged barbs at the United Nations Headquarters on Monday, with the Ukrainian ambassador calling Moscow's decision to pull out of the grain export deal "blackmail". 

Armenian and Azeri leaders agreed "not to use force" to settle their disputes, following peace talks hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin. 

Ships left Ukrainian ports carrying grain on Monday, suggesting Moscow had stopped short of reimposing a blockade that could have threatened world food supplies. 

Inflation in the eurozone is expected to have reached a new record high of 10.7% in October.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said he will extend the operation of Germany's last three nuclear power plants, in what's been described as a snub to the Greens in his coalition government.

The UK's prime minister apologised as she admitted her government had made mistakes over the mini-budget last month that spooked the financial markets.

On the night of 4 September 1972, the Israeli Olympic delegation returned to their apartment at Connollystrasse 31 in the north of Munich.

Canadian police are continuing the searched for two suspects believed to have stabbed to death 10 people in an Indigenous community in Saskatchewan and a nearby town in one of the deadliest mass killings in the country’s history. The suspects also injured 15 people.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Chmygal urged Germany to strengthen its military support for Ukraine, during a trip to Berlin on Sunday. 

The German government announced on Sunday a huge new aid plan to combat skyrocketing energy costs and inflation, which will total 65 billion euros in support. 

Pakistan appealed for an "immense humanitarian response" from the international community on Saturday, after devastating flooding which has affected 33 million people and left more than a thousand dead. 

Tens of thousands of protestors from both the far right and far left demonstrated against the Czech government, EU and NATO on Saturday. 

The UN has adopted a text aimed at combating sexual assault and providing access to justice for victims of such abuse.