UKMTO reported receiving a report of an incident in the Strait of Hormuz; the ship's master said the vessel was struck by an unknown projectile.

The local governor said an industrial facility in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region suffered "severe damage" after a large-scale drone attack.

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee said in a video address at the Greater Bay Area Science Forum on Nov. 1 that the Hetao Shenzhen‑Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone’s Hong Kong park now houses more than 120 tech companies and institutions. He said Hong Kong is leveraging the zone’s “one river, two banks” and “one zone, two parks” framework to coordinate with adjacent San Tin Technology City, aiming to create upstream‑midstream‑downstream synergies and integrate with Greater Bay Area industrial supply chains.