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The FAA halted every US departure for over four hours on Friday after a telecom outage hit air traffic control, delaying 9,000 flights.
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The FAA halted every US departure for over four hours on Friday after a telecom outage hit air traffic control, delaying 9,000 flights.

Microsoft 365 stayed disrupted for a second day as Outlook, Teams and Copilot struggled worldwide, with Microsoft saying it knows of no malicious activity.

Manchester United have appointed Mauricio Pochettino as head coach until 2029, days after sacking Michael Carrick with the club in the relegation zone.

Will Young's 125 and Matt Henry's career-best 6 for 27 powered New Zealand to a 244-run win over India in the fourth ODI at Mount Maunganui.

Donald Trump's approval rating has fallen to 32% in the latest Economist/YouGov poll, a new second-term low taken in the first survey since the midterms.

Former Nvidia chief Jensen Huang has been summoned by US lawmakers to testify about his affair with a woman suspected of spying for China.

Godzilla Minus Zero has passed $64 million worldwide after a record North American opening, and its second weekend could push it past $50 million.

Sunny Ozell has paid tribute to her late husband Patrick Stewart two weeks after his death at 86, saying the couple left nothing unsaid.

Hungarian investigators have seized $19.5 million in cash, some of it buried in forests, in a graft inquiry into a former minister under Viktor Orban.

Baseball's owners have proposed a $258.2 million salary cap and a 50-50 revenue split, but players call the plan dead on arrival as a lockout looms.

Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang has resigned as CEO, president and director with immediate effect, and chief financial officer Colette Kress is interim CEO.

At least eight people, including two children, died when a three-storey Brooklyn apartment building collapsed into an excavation pit.

US stocks fell on Thursday as Nvidia's leadership crisis rattled tech shares and gold dropped below $4,000 an ounce on Fed rate-hike fears.

Russia's ambassador to the United States, Alexander Darchiev, has died in Moscow aged 66 after a chronic illness, the foreign ministry said.

Indonesia's vice president Gibran Rakabuming Raka has resigned, and President Prabowo accepted it with a 'heavy heart'.

Johnny Depp returns to a major studio lead role today with Ebenezer, Ti West's dark Christmas Carol adaptation, tracking for a $20–25 million opening.

Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, opened to $76.8 million worldwide — the biggest debut of 2026 so far.

Harry Kane became England's most-capped men's player with his 126th cap and scored the winner as England beat Croatia 2-1 in the Nations League.

Debutant pacer Saqib Khan took seven wickets for 130 runs in Rawalpindi as Sri Lanka collapsed and Pakistan closed day four 45 runs ahead.

Scientists have found the first mushroom that makes both psilocybin and deadly amatoxins — a tiny Florida fungus, the 'dark magic mushroom'.

Russia and Ukraine agreed a large prisoner exchange as two days of US-mediated talks ended in Abu Dhabi on 11 November, but no ceasefire or territory deal.

The House voted 211-204 to shelve the impeachment of Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, after 11 absent Democrats left Republicans with a seven-vote edge.

OpenAI's quarterly revenue crossed $10 billion for the first time in Q3 2026, up about 50% from Q2, while its operating loss widened to $10.9 billion.

The Information reports Alice Huang allegedly helped move $7.5 billion of Nvidia chips to China since 2023, as Nvidia's board probe of Jensen Huang widens.

Spain staged its first general strike in 14 years on 11 November, as unions and tenants protested a housing crisis before a snap election on 29 November.

Google DeepMind's AlphaProof Code formally verified Signal's encryption down to compiled machine code — a first for a widely used protocol.

Elon Musk says Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production at Gigafactory Texas around mid-2027 to make room for Cybercab robotaxis.

James Gunn and Peter Safran are stepping down as DC Studios chiefs after four years; ex-Marvel executive Jeremy Latcham takes over on 1 December.

Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings have completed the IPL 2027 swap: Hardik Pandya to Punjab for Rs 18 crore, Arshdeep Singh to Mumbai.

US stocks rebounded on 11 November as CoreWeave surged 25% on strong results: the S&P 500 rose 1.3% and the Nasdaq 1.6%.

Anthropic has set its IPO price range at $70 to $78 a share, valuing the Claude maker at up to $1.405 trillion ahead of a Nasdaq debut on 19 November.

US stocks fell on 10 November after October inflation came in hotter than expected, with the Dow down 162 points and Nvidia sliding 6%.

US prosecutors have charged three Iran-backed operatives over nearly 20 attacks and plots, including a September 2026 plot at RAF Fairford in England.

Trump has questioned the midterm results he accepted days ago, claiming early-vote 'dumps' and voting machines made the election impossible to win.

Israel's 26th Knesset was sworn in on 10 November after a deadlocked election, with Gadi Eisenkot tasked with forming a government.