1. Thailand's Election Commission will launch an investigation into the ruling Pheu Thai party that could lead to its dissolution.

2. China is surveying 30,000 people to understand factors influencing their attitudes towards childbearing and the "fear surrounding having children".

3. Netanyahu's promises to press on with Israel's wars in Gaza and Lebanon dashed hopes that the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar might help end more than a year of escalating conflict in the Middle East.

4. Russia is seeking to convince BRICS countries to build an alternative platform for international payments that would be immune to Western sanctions.

5. Samsung Electronics has postponed taking deliveries of ASML chipmaking equipment for its upcoming factory in Texas as it has yet to win any major customers for the project.

6. Netflix picked up 5.1 million streaming subscribers in the third quarter, topping Wall Street estimates by more than 1 million.