Ukraine's foreign minister said on the 10th in Abu Dhabi that Kyiv raised core demands at a US‑Russia‑Ukraine trilateral meeting: de‑escalation, a ceasefire, security guarantees and a meeting between President Zelenskiy and President Putin, and that a direct leaders' meeting could accelerate an end to the conflict. Kyiv submitted sectoral ceasefire proposals for the Black Sea and energy sectors and is awaiting a Russian response. The Abu Dhabi talks on the 10th are the first face‑to‑face trilate

On Nov. 10, Huang Weiru, deputy director of the social development department at the China State Planner, said authorities will prioritize achieving municipal-level full coverage of comprehensive childcare service centers, develop integrated childcare and preschool services, and encourage employers to provide workplace childcare. She said policymakers will also prioritize renovation and equipment upgrades at older elderly-care institutions, push nursing-care beds to account for 73% of care-home capacity, expand medical–elderly-care integrated services and boost care capacity for disabled and dementia patients.

The New York Times reports a confidential KPMG report shows the U.S. government received and spent more than $12 bln from Venezuelan natural-resource exports in the first nine months of this year. The report, dated days before the U.S. midterm elections, says between Jan. 3 — the date it cites as the start of U.S. military intervention — and Sept. 30 the U.S. Treasury’s Venezuela custodial account received $12.26 bln in deposits. Most funds were reallocated shortly after receipt; the account held about $170 mln at Sept. 30 and earned roughly $12 mln in interest. The bulk of funds returned to Venezuela were sold into the market via FX auctions run by Venezuelan commercial banks; the report does not identify the ultimate beneficiaries of those proceeds.