The Australia-based Commonwealth Bank was hit by a service outage on Wednesday, with customers reporting problems accessing the bank’s mobile app.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to visit Tajikistan in the coming week to participate in a summit of CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) heads of state.

Rising seas have devastated Apakin, one of Lagos’ last indigenous coastal communities, washing away fishing boats, nets, and even graves. The small village, home to roughly 3,000 people, is losing both homes and livelihoods to increasingly severe ocean surges.

On November 18, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev met with Patricia Janet Scotland, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth.

The next meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will be held on April 11, 2025 in Kazakhstan, News.Az reports citing Azertag.

Azerbaijan’s COP29 Presidency has announced the signing of a joint declaration and a memorandum of understanding on climate action with the Commonwealth.