Stockholm announces British author Kazuo Ishiguro, best known for his novel "The Remains of the Day" , has won the 2017 Nobel Literature Prize. The 69-year-old author reacts to the news in London.

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi implores foreign investors to take a punt on her country during a business forum on the sideline of the 33rd ASEAN summit in Singapore.

Sneakers on a popular Chinese e-commerce platform look like Adidas, but are branded "Ababis". Underwear resembling Calvin Klein are called "Caiwen Kani". Toys with an uncanny resemblance to a certain blockbuster movie franchise opt for "Star Wnrs". As China holds its massive annual "Singles Day" online sales event, shoppers could still find cheap imitations on Alibaba's Taobao app despite the company's efforts to curb sales of counterfeit goods.

Ikea, which opened it's first Indian store in August, is seeking to wow India's burgeoning middle class with its Nordic-cool furniture and fittings, as well as products suited to local tastes, and is aiming to open 25 outlets in the country by 2025.

A female gorilla at the Beauval Zoo in Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher has given birth to France's first baby gorilla this year.

Starbucks opens its first US sign language café in Washington, DC. The store is just blocks away from the world’s only university designed for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.