GENEVA -- The national and regional risk levels of Ebola situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remain very high, while global risk levels remain low, the WHO said on Friday.

The assessment is the same as the one carried out in early October. (WHO-DRC-Ebola)

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LONDON -- Essex police said Friday they believe the victims of the lorry container deaths are Vietnamese nationals.

According to a statement from Assistant Chief Constable Tim Smith, officer in overall charge of the investigation into the deaths of 39 men and women discovered at Grays, Essex on Oct. 23, Essex Police is working to progress the investigation and help identify the victims. (UK-Lorry death)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that public hearings in an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump could be expected this month.

"I would assume there would be public hearing in November," the top House Democrat told an interview with Bloomberg, adding that the case against Trump "has to be ironclad." (US-Trump-Impeachment Inquiry)

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UNITED NATIONS -- Some 35,000 people were affected by flooding in a conflict-torn part of northeast Nigeria, and more than half of them were displaced, a UN spokesman said on Friday.

"Our humanitarian colleagues tell us that more than 35,000 people have been affected -- with 19,000 people displaced -- by the worst flooding in seven years in northeast Nigeria's Adamawa state," said Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. (UN-Nigeria-Flooding) Enditem

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