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A single ticket bought at a Wegmans in Montvale, New Jersey, won the $847 million Powerball jackpot on 4 November — the ninth-largest in the game's history — and the store is donating its $30,000 bonus to a food bank.
Lionel Messi, 39, is the first player in MLS history to win the Golden Boot in back-to-back seasons — 26 goals in 31 games for Inter Miami in 2026, after 29 the season before — months after retiring from international football.
Priscilla Chan says her 10-year-old daughter Maxima is vibe-coding with AI — a messaging app, GeoCities-style sites and a FarmVille-inspired game — but nothing she makes is allowed on the open internet, and her dating-site plan was vetoed.
KL Rahul gave the smartphone he won as Game Changer of the Match to a female member of the ground staff after India's four-run DLS win over New Zealand in Wellington — a gesture the BCCI filmed and shared.
India beat New Zealand by four runs on DLS in a rain-ruined second ODI in Wellington — Gurnoor Brar's 4 for 30 and KL Rahul's unbeaten 26 doing the damage — to take a 2-0 lead in the series.
The Nasdaq fell 5.5% on 5 November 2026, its worst day since April 2025, as AI and chip stocks sold off after the US midterms — about $2.5 trillion in market value wiped in a day.
Spanish authorities have identified 66 of the 69 people killed in the Urda high-speed train collision, with three cases still open and families awaiting final notifications.
Israel's 27 October election left no bloc with a Knesset majority: Netanyahu's bloc won 53 seats, the opposition 48, and Arab-led parties a record 19.
Thousands of opposition protesters marched in Delhi on Sunday demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over voter-register revisions.
Nearly 1 million ballots were cast in the first week of early voting for New Zealand's general election on 7 November, a 28 percent surge, the Electoral Commission said.
A court extended actor Imran Khan's stay in India until 7 December after he apologised for joining a Mumbai protest, following a government order to leave by 28 October.
Martha Stewart apologised after backlash over dressing as a homeless person for Halloween on 31 October, saying she intended to raise awareness of homelessness.
Melanie Lynskey confirmed her peak Two and a Half Men pay was $43,000 per episode, not the viral $300,000 figure, following Holland Taylor's pay revelation.
South Africa sealed a 2-1 home Test series win over Australia and moved to second in the World Test Championship, with coach Shukri Conrad urging further improvement.
Australia have rested most frontline Test players for home ODI and T20 series against England, with Mitchell Marsh captaining and young quick Mahli Beardman recalled.
Apple confirmed a first batch of Apple Intelligence features for China, with developer beta testing from 4 November and full rollout in iOS 27.3 in December, tapping Qwen.
A Maggi vendor at Rohtang Pass reportedly sells 60–70 plates and 200 teas a day, adding up to ₹14,000–₹15,000 in daily sales. Turnover, not profit — here's what the viral video act
Ranbir Kapoor joked that India had a flying car 5,000 years ago, referring to the Ramayana's Pushpaka Vimana, after Elon Musk's flying Tesla Roadster reveal. What he actually said
Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli finished third in Mexico City to become F1's youngest world champion at 20 years and 68 days, Italy's first champion since 1953.
Severe Cyclonic Storm Murasu is forecast to cross the south Andhra coast between Nellore and Narsapur, close to Ongole, between 11:30 pm on 2 November and 4 am on 3 November, with
PV Sindhu beat Line Kjaersfeldt 21-12, 21-14 and Lakshya Sen beat Jonatan Christie 21-17, 21-10 to give India both singles titles at the HYLO Open 2026 in Saarbrücken.
Ramayana: Part 1's India advance booking reached ₹45.96 crore including blocked seats by 6 am on 2 November, with 11.01 lakh tickets sold — more than double the figure reported a d
Two Avenger air defence systems have been positioned near Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, at the Secret Service's request, in what officials call a heightened threat e
Former Jharkhand chief minister Arjun Munda was filmed playing the flute beside his mother Saira Munda's hospital bed in Jamshedpur, in a video that has touched viewers across soci
Alphabet, Google's parent company, reportedly lost $500 billion in stock market value on AI spending concerns, as reported on 31 October 2026. Here is what that headline means, why