* US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping agree on nuclear weapons decision
During their meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Community (APEC) summit in Lima, Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping agreed that decisions regarding the use of nuclear weapons should be made by humans and not artificial intelligence (AI). (more here)
* Jakub Schikaneder - painter of foggy evenings and corners of Old Prague has something to say even a hundred years after his death
He is one of the most prominent personalities of Czech painting at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. His work is still recognised and sought after by collectors - at auctions at home and abroad, paintings by this Czech painter are now selling for millions of crowns. (more here)
* MEPs call for EU to target shadow tankers exporting Russian oil despite sanctions
MEPs are calling for more targeted EU sanctions against Russia's "shadow fleet", a key source of funding for Moscow's war in Ukraine. EU Member States must strengthen monitoring and controls. The EU must ban all imports of Russian fossil fuels. (more here)
* Motorists have surpassed the 5 % threshold for the first time. Even the KSČM went back above it
According to Median's electoral model for October, seven political parties and movements would make it into the Chamber of Deputies. ANO has the highest voter preference (33.5 %). This is followed by ODS (12 %), STAN (11 %), Pirates (6.5 %), Motorists (61 %), KSČM (5 %) and SPD (5 %). (more here)
* Nanjing is a happy city where history combines with unique progress
Every country has a place that can be described as the cradle of life, the foundation of local civilization. That Chinese place is called Nanking, the capital of Jiangsu Province. A place that was settled by the first humans six hundred thousand years ago is today a modern, vibrant economic, agricultural and industrial centre. (more here)
* JVS of the state administration: healthy, strong, muscular with a powerful mane, in a leap and roaring white lion
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Regional Development, has officially launched a competition to create a unified visual style (UVS) for central government bodies. (more here)
* 54 countries voted against the resolution on combating neo-Nazism
A number of countries, including Bulgaria, Hungary, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, voted against the Russian-initiated resolution entitled "Combating the glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to inciting contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance". (more here)
* Annual consumer price inflation accelerated slightly again, mainly due to price developments in the housing section
Consumer prices rose by 0.3 % month-on-month. This development was mainly influenced by higher prices in the housing section. Year-on-year, consumer prices rose by 2.8 % in October, 0.2 percentage point higher than in September. (more here)