The FINANCIAL -- According to RIA Novosti, Nicaraguan authorities have evacuated some 2,200 people after Hurricane Ida slammed into the Atlantic coast of the country on November 5, national media said.

The FINANCIAL -- GAZA, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas may decide against running in the January presidential elections, his spokesman said on November 5.

The FINANCIAL -- According to RIA Novosti, a man thought to have been killed in a car accident shocked his relatives by showing up alive at his own funeral in the southern Brazilian state of Parana, O Globo said on November 5.

The FINANCIAL -- According to RIA Novosti, former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has condemned the recent military cooperation agreement between the U.S. and Colombia which allows Washington to deploy troops at Colombian military bases.

The FINANCIAL -- According to RIA Novosti, at least 99 people have been killed and another 22 have gone missing since a powerful storm hit central Vietnam earlier this week, Al Jazeera said on November 5.