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Seoul (AFP) – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is greeted by South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo upon his arrival in Seoul for a two-day official visit to South Korea.

Washington (AFP) – The United States has “seen nothing that contradicts” the Polish government’s assessment that a deadly explosion in Poland near the country’s border with Ukraine was caused by a Ukrainian air defense missile, says Vedant Patel, a US department of state spokesperson, during a briefing in Washington.

Nusa Dua (Indonesia) (AFP) – French President Emmanuel Macron states that “the G20 does not want war,” as he discusses Ukraine and Russia’s return to the negotiating table at a press conference in Bali following the end of the G20 summit.

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) – Showered with applause and chants of “Lula!”, Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva makes a splash at a UN climate conference in Egypt, his first foreign trip since his election. Expectations are high for Lula to protect the Amazon after rampant deforestation seen under far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. At COP27, Lula vowed to fight deforestation, offered to host UN climate talks in the Amazon region in 2025, and pledged to make Brazil a leader in the global battle against climate change again.

Palm Beach (United States) (AFP) – Supporters of former US President Donald Trump celebrate his presidential campaign announcement as they stand on a bridge near his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.

Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) (AFP) – Migrants in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, hoping to enter the United States, say they are “super happy” about the decision of a US federal judge to throw out Title 42, which allowed the use of public health rules to block the entry of asylum-seeking migrants. The ruling marked the apparent end of a controversial Donald Trump-era policy that has been criticized as cruel and ineffective.

Tokyo (AFP) – Nodding along to catchy music is not just a human habit, according to Japanese scientists who have discovered that rats also move to the beat of songs by stars like Lady Gaga. Researchers at the University of Tokyo played Mozart, Queen and Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” to rats wearing miniature sensors on their heads to detect even their tiniest movements. They found that the rodents have an innate ability to synchronise their bodies to the beat, which was previously believed to be a skill unique to people.

Tokyo (AFP) – Nodding along to catchy music is not just a human habit, according to Japanese scientists who have discovered that rats also move to the beat of songs by stars like Lady Gaga. Researchers at the University of Tokyo played Mozart, Queen and Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” to rats wearing miniature sensors on their heads to detect even their tiniest movements. They found that the rodents have an innate ability to synchronise their bodies to the beat, which was previously believed to be a skill unique to people.

Doha (AFP) – Speaking in Qatar ahead of the World Cup, US goalkeeper Matt Ryan says “I think it’s clear that we support human rights everywhere”. The host nation have come under increased scrutiny of its human rights record, as well as its treatment of migrant workers and the LGBTQ community. The US squad are in Doha preparing for their World Cup opener against Wales on November 21.

Kennedy Space Center (United States) (AFP) – NASA launches its most powerful rocket ever, Artemis I, from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral in Florida. Onlookers cheered as the 32-storey craft blasted off to the moon on a test run for future flights which NASA hopes will, by the mid-2020s, carry the first woman and person of color to the moon as the company seeks to launch a new era of lunar exploration.

Warsaw (AFP) – Following the deaths of two Polish citizens when a missile landed in a village in the country’s southeast, president Andrzej Duda says that there is no indication that “this (the blast) qualifies as an attack on Poland”. Speaking during a National Security Council meeting, Duda goes on to say “it was most likely, unfortunately, an accident”.

Kennedy Space Center (United States) (AFP) – Timelapse of NASA’s Artemis I mission’s rocket blasting off from the Kennedy Space Center in Central Florida and making its way towards the Moon.