Today: November 12, 2026
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Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills at least 6, including doctor and child, Palestinian officials say

Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills at least 6, including doctor and child, Palestinian officials say

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Russian delegation visits Afghanistan to discuss trade and investment with the Taliban

A Russian delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk has arrived in Kabul for trade and investment talks with Afghanistan's Taliban government

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Gwinnett County honors four World War II veterans, all 100 or older

Gwinnett County honors four World War II veterans, all 100 or older

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US jobless claims tick up to 200,000 but remain low by historic standards

More Americans applied for unemployed benefits last week, but jobless claims remain at historically low levels, layoffs are rare and most workers enjoy unusual job security

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South Africa's ANC spokesperson: leader Ramaphosa is not under pressure to resign

The leader of South Africa's African National Congress (ANC), President Cyril Ramaphosa, is not under pressure to resign, the ANC's spokesperson said on Thursday,

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Yacht captain on reality show 'Below Deck' arrested in Turkey after teenager dies

A participant from the U.S. reality TV show “Below Deck” has been arrested in Turkey following a fight in Bodrum that left a 17-year-old dead

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Zelenskiy says Starshield speed limited again, hampering Ukraine's defences

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday Ukrainian military units had recorded significant disruptions to Elon Musk's Starshield satellite communications service for

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UAE's Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah reopen several beaches after tanker oil spill

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates' Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah emirates said they had reopened several beaches following closures prompted by an oil spill from a tanker

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Can a new US Congress mean an end to the Iran war?

The American public wants the unpopular eight-month-long war on Iran to end, and showed it by handing President Donald Trump's Republicans a

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Indian PM Modi to attend ASEAN summit in Manila from November 16 to 18

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the Philippines from November 16 to 18 to attend the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Manila

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Pakistan releases two of former PM Imran Khan's sisters from jail, lawyer says

Pakistan released two of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's sisters from prison on Thursday,

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US pulls boys team from FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Qatar citing security in the Gulf

The United States soccer body has pulled its team from the boys’ Under-17 World Cup in Qatar starting next week for security reasons

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Scandal-hit Jensen Huang loses his shine in his birthplace Taiwan

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's image in his birthplace, Taiwan, has been tainted after the FBI began investigating his affair with an alleged Chinese agent

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Nvidia customer Megaspeed says it cooperated with US inspections, takes export control laws seriously

Singapore-based cloud computing firm Megaspeed said on Thursday that it takes compliance obligations under US export control laws "extremely seriously" and

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Nordic countries to work towards common defence deal

The Nordic countries of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland will work towards establishing a common defence deal in order to boost NATO's overall

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Chinese AI firms rush to secure Nvidia chip capacity as spy scandal stirs fear of US curbs

Chinese AI companies are trying to rent Nvidia-powered computing capacity outside China, worried that the scandal involving the US chipmaker's CEO Jensen Huang could spur

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Russian ambassador to US dies suddenly after suffering chronic illness, foreign ministry says

Russian ambassador to US dies suddenly after suffering chronic illness, foreign ministry says

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Caine Prize clears Zimbabwean author of AI writing allegations and adds new rules

The Caine Prize for African Writing has cleared Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza of using AI to write his award-winning story

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AI spending helps lift UK growth to fastest since early 2024

Britain's economy grew at the fastest rate in two-and-a-half years in the third quarter of 2026, helped by investment in artificial

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China's Xi says Taiwan 'reunification' must happen as history cannot be stopped

The tide of history cannot be stopped, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday, while urging peaceful "reunification" with Taiwan and making no mention of using force

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EU to approve more sanctions on Russia on Monday, France says

The European Union will approve more sanctions against Russia on Monday, France's Minister for European Affairs Benjamin Haddad said on Thursday.

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A missing teen is found alive after 6 days in the Australian woodlands

A 17-year-old boy with autism has been found alive after six days lost in eastern Australian woodlands

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Russia says it launched a massive overnight strike on Ukrainian military factories

Russia's military said on Thursday that it had carried out a massive overnight strike on military factories across Ukraine, including Kyiv, where the mayor said a Russian drone had

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In APEC host Shenzhen, China’s next-gen startups still bank on foreign buyers

The billboards along the thoroughfares of this metropolis welcome US President Donald Trump and other world leaders next week with a futuristic

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Congo Ebola outbreak still out of control after six months, MSF says

Six months into Congo's Ebola outbreak, many cases are likely being missed, transmission in hospitals in some areas is rife and the

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US says China agreed importance of leader-level talks to advance denuclearization

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang

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Peruvian homecoming: Pope Leo welcomed by record crowd on return to the country that shaped his path to the papacy

Peruvian homecoming: Pope Leo welcomed by record crowd on return to the country that shaped his path to the papacy

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Australian corporate watchdog sues CBA over alleged business customer overcharging

Australia's corporate regulator said on Thursday it has launched civil penalty proceedings against Commonwealth Bank of Australia in the Federal Court over allegations it

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South Korea's President Lee to visit Philippines, attend APEC summit in China

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will visit the Philippines and China from November 16 to 19 to attend the South Korea-ASEAN summit in Manila and APEC summit in Shenzhen,

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Japan's Mimura says markets shouldn't forget intervention risks as yen nears 160

Japan's top currency diplomat Atsushi Mimura on Thursday warned market participants that it's "too early to forget" this summer's

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Pope Leo returns to a national celebration in his second homeland of Peru

Pope Leo XIV has declared Peru his “homeland” as he arrived in Lima Wednesday at the start of his historic visit

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After 40 years apart, a Chilean mother reunites with two children stolen during dictatorship

Teresita de Jesús Padilla has reunited with her two sons after they were taken from her in Chile four decades ago

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Police chief says illegal wiretapping of Indonesia's president extended to many others

Indonesia’s police chief says an illegal wiretapping operation targeting President Prabowo Subianto also surveilled senior government officials, politicians, activists and law enforcement personnel

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Massive rescue effort underway after NYC building collapse leaves at least 1 dead, 12 injured, officials say

Massive rescue effort underway after NYC building collapse leaves at least 1 dead, 12 injured, officials say

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FIFA releases evaluation reports for the 2031 and 2035 Women's World Cup

The joint bids for both the 2031 and the 2035 Women’s World Cup tournaments meet the hosting requirements and will be put up for a vote by FIFA’s members later this month

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Chilean mother reunites with children taken under Pinochet dictatorship

Nearly 40 years after three of her children were forcibly taken from her in Chile, Teresita Padilla embraced two of them again on

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Millions join Spain housing strike, scores arrested in clashes

More than 3 million Spaniards took to the streets on Wednesday as part of a mostly peaceful general strike protesting against a growing housing crisis,

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Knight has hat trick in 8-1 win over Czechs and Canada shuts out Finland at women's hockey worlds

Hilary Knight scored a hat trick as the United States cruised past the Czech Republic 8-1 at the women's ice hockey world championship

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Turkey's president calls the war in Gaza an 'ecocide' at the UN climate summit

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told a U.N. climate summit that the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza isn't only a genocide but an ecocide

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Housing protests sweep Madrid and Barcelona after Spain’s workers strike, with clashes erupting

Millions of Spanish workers have shut down businesses and disrupted transportation in a protest over housing costs

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Video shows soldier reprimanding Hegseth and advisers at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Video shows soldier reprimanding Hegseth and advisers at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

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Teen arrested in killing of Ghanaian student, 15, on his way to school in New York City

A teenager has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old Ghanaian immigrant on his way to school in New York City

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Ukraine's Zelenskiy says progress in peace talks hinges on US approach to Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Kyiv hoped to achieve concrete results in talks on resolving the war with Russia this year,

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Former Italian Red Brigades member escapes house arrest in Argentina while awaiting extradition

Leonardo Bertulazzi, 74, a former member of Italy’s Red Brigades, escaped house arrest in Buenos Aires as he awaited extradition to Italy to serve a 27-year prison sentence

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US container imports set all-time volume record in October as Chinese imports spike, Descartes says 

US container ports hit an all-time record for import volume in October, driven in part by a surge in cargo from China, supply chain technology

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Saudi Arabia intercepts Houthi missiles, drones; group denies targeting Mecca

Saudi air defences intercepted Houthi missiles and drones launched towards Riyadh, Mecca and other regions on Wednesday, as hostilities between the Iran-aligned group and the

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Migrants trek north through Mexico, buoyed by US election result

More than a thousand migrants were walking northward on Wednesday in a caravan through southern Mexico, spurred by last week's

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Russian ambassador to US dies, foreign ministry says

Russia's ambassador to the United States, Alexander Darchiev, has died aged 66, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

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US companies shunning Russian diesel as tanker carrying that fuel idles off East Coast

US companies are unlikely to import Russian diesel as a tanker full of the fuel idles off the US Eastern Seaboard,