Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO, CFO Colette Kress named interim chief
Economy foxbusiness.com

World

World
Norway and Finland bar Russian athletes at the border Entry bans replace the exclusions sports bodies lifted or lost in arbitration, Moscow demands compensation from Canada and Germany
theguardian.com
World
EU spent 8.7 billion euros on Russian Arctic LNG in ten months of 2026 Purchases rose 21 percent in the year before the import ban, France and Belgium lead the stockpile sprint as Yamal cash flows to the Kremlin
euronews.com
World
Starshield speed-limited to 161 km/h across Ukrainian frontline Zelenskyy says throttling coincides with US envoys meeting Putin, Ukraine's drone war runs on a private American subscription
theguardian.com
World
Harvard returns two skulls of enslaved people to Brazil Remains taken in the 19th century fed eugenics studies at the Peabody Museum, handover stalled until the Brazilian government intervened in late 2024
theguardian.com
World
Fresh tanker mine strike in Hormuz pushes oil back up Iran refuses to send a single atom of enriched uranium abroad, Rezaei lists seven conditions before any nuclear talks
zerohedge.com zerohedge.com
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United States

Darth Vader's lightsaber sells for nearly $5 million Screen-used blade from the Cloud City duel becomes costliest Star Wars collectible ever auctioned, Luke's saber and severed-hand prop fetched $3.75 million at the same house in July
independent.co.uk
Checkers & Rally's declares burger war with $2 menu McDonald's readies value bundles after first US sales drop since early 2025, Wendy's and Checkers franchisees file for bankruptcy
zerohedge.com
Brooklyn building collapse kills eight including two children and injures 18 Three-storey Flatbush block stood at the edge of a construction site, two of the dead worked at the site next door
theguardian.com
New Jersey town ends 150-year alcohol ban by local vote Collingswood residents approve liquor sales 60 to 40 after keeping dry status since 1873, restaurants that survived on BYOB now compete for licenses as neighboring towns kept the revenue
foxnews.com
Trump cancels Iran deal pursuit and pulls Vance off war diplomacy Vice president reassigned to midterm corruption narrative after blaming conflict for Republican rout, war that closed Hormuz now runs without anyone negotiating its end
theguardian.com

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous
Tiger kills 19-year-old during TikTok filming at Lahore wildlife farm Big cat had been taken from its cage for the video despite Punjab ban on displays outside enclosures, police investigate why the wounds were first reported as a dog attack
bild.de
Miscellaneous
Darth Vader's lightsaber sells for nearly $5 million Screen-used blade from the Cloud City duel becomes costliest Star Wars collectible ever auctioned, Luke's saber and severed-hand prop fetched $3.75 million at the same house in July
independent.co.uk
Miscellaneous
ICE detains wife of Peanut the squirrel's owner, German national faces deportation over a form error missed while New York seized and killed the animal 600-animal sanctuary depends on the outcome
foxnews.com
Miscellaneous
World's southernmost hotel opens in Puerto Williams Chile Silversea's 150-room Cormorant makes the cruise line the gateway to Antarctica, rooms were built in Argentina and trucked across the Andes
euronews.com
Miscellaneous
Manchester United set to sack Michael Carrick after ten games Pochettino deal agreed with £7.5m release clause paid to US Soccer, worst league start in 40 years ends a manager before he signs a player
independent.co.uk
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Media

Media
X still hosts bishop stabbing video Southport killer watched before murders Platform's safety lead apologises but says footage meets policy, first regret the inquiry has heard from the company
standard.co.uk
Media
UK ministers eye quick curb on NDAs after Walliams allegations Existing law protects only employees while TV and film run on freelancers, government official seeks loopholes to close without legislation
theguardian.com
Media
Formula One bans Daily Mail veteran Jonathan McEvoy over Leclerc column Ferrari team principal reported the piece to the sport's bosses, journalists in the paddock hold their passes at the pleasure of the people they cover
dailymail.com
Media
India's telecoms department blocked 129 betting sites on two forged high court orders Neither order appears in any court registry, imposters then used the department's own name in fake takedown notices to X targeting digital rights groups
scroll.in
Media
Amsterdam court upholds licence for TikTok-famous chip shop Fabel Friet Residents failed to prove its customers caused the district's queues and litter, owners had already hired security and a falconer
dutchnews.nl
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Politics

Politics
Abbas postponed Palestinian elections to September 2027, decree blames the occupation while Hamas calls the delay a step in the right direction Authority without a mandate since 2006 remains slated to run postwar Gaza
truthout.org
Politics
Mississippi elects first Black senator since 1875 Democrat Scott Colom unseats incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith in state's first incumbent defeat since 1942, outspent winner ran with little help from his own party
theguardian.com
Politics
Burnham backs black English and Asian English census options Bill would end white-only English tick box on UK ethnicity form, he admits he has not read its detail
theguardian.com
Politics
Nine Kennedys sue to block Trump's gilded arch Complaint says 250-foot monument would cast shadow over JFK grave at Arlington, judge has already halted groundbreaking while Trump promises sniper posts and drone storage on the roof
theguardian.com
Politics
Rubio says economic pressure replaces combat operations against Iran Naval blockade strangles oil revenue while GCC builds own command center in Kuwait, Gulf states plan for a world where American guarantees no longer pay out
zerohedge.com zerohedge.com
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Opinion

Opinion
Rafael Behr: Musk spent 474 million dollars losing midterms and Texas answered Farage funds a party from two crypto fortunes while his polling lead collapses, voters reject parties that billionaires own
theguardian.com
Opinion
Luca Cesari: Italian chef sacked in Brisbane for refusing pineapple on pizza Food historian traces culinary authenticity to shifting recipe books and one 1860 newspaper, tradition's own elite already serve the forbidden fruit
theguardian.com
Opinion
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett: Propranolol prescriptions to English teenage girls up 90% in a decade Beta blockers blunt panic symptoms while the causes go untreated, therapy waiting lists make the cheaper pill the default answer
theguardian.com
Opinion
Simon Jenkins: Notre-Dame was rebuilt in five years under budget by donors free to walk away Westminster's repair estimate has climbed from 5.7 to 40 billion pounds, the MPs who commission the work also approve its budget and occupy the building
theguardian.com
Opinion
André Spicer: UK equality watchdog wants workers to see colleagues' exact pay Gender-gap reporting shrank the gap 19 percent by curbing men's raises, Danish transparency cut wages across the board
theguardian.com
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Europe

Europe
Two Iranians convicted in London of spying on Tehran's critics, first convictions under Britain's National Security Act US indictment alleges wider network kept plotting from a New York prison cell
foxnews.com
Europe
European leaders tell Russia security architecture is theirs to decide Macron opens Dublin summit as Moscow rejects multilateral format, no Western official met the Russian team in Abu Dhabi
euronews.com
Europe
Police facial recognition still searches mugshots that should have been deleted Watchdog finds no statutory framework and junior officers unaware that matches are not evidence, seven forces lack an auditor and 22 filed no complete returns
standard.co.uk
Europe
Gilded bronze leg dug from Scottish bog rewrites Rome's northern frontier Statue of emperor Antoninus Pius stood near Hawick after his armies took southern Scotland in AD140, antiquarians long insisted it was loot carried north over Hadrian's Wall
theguardian.com
Europe
Millions join Spain's first general strike in 14 years Tenants' associations lead stoppage over rents up 80 percent in a decade, walkout comes weeks before election that could bring far right to power
theguardian.com
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North America

North America
Brooklyn building collapse kills eight including two children and injures 18 Three-storey Flatbush block stood at the edge of a construction site, two of the dead worked at the site next door
theguardian.com
North America
New Jersey town ends 150-year alcohol ban by local vote Collingswood residents approve liquor sales 60 to 40 after keeping dry status since 1873, restaurants that survived on BYOB now compete for licenses as neighboring towns kept the revenue
foxnews.com
North America
Trump cancels Iran deal pursuit and pulls Vance off war diplomacy Vice president reassigned to midterm corruption narrative after blaming conflict for Republican rout, war that closed Hormuz now runs without anyone negotiating its end
theguardian.com
North America
Okaloosa County sinks SS United States off Florida Fastest ocean liner ever built becomes world's largest artificial reef, Cold War hybrid of troopship and luxury liner ends as $13.5 million diving attraction
euronews.com
North America
Infant found alive after 24 hours buried in dog crate in South Carolina Father held on burglary charge while prosecutors weigh more, father got probation in a domestic violence plea a month earlier
wtop.com
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Latin America

Latin America
Vatican counts 250 victims of dissolved Peruvian group Sodalitium Christianae Vitae At least 20 women had ovaries removed as superiors denied them care, gay members drugged and paired off in arranged marriages
english.elpais.com
Latin America
Argentina asks Hamburg sea tribunal to halt UK oil drilling near Falklands Lawyer Marcelo Kohen mocks British sovereignty claim before 20 judges, UK warns suspension would kill Sea Lion project due to start drilling in March
theguardian.com
Latin America
CJNG ordered Uruapan mayor's murder by encrypted chat while he held his son El País reconstruction traces the order to a teenage gunman and 34 arrests, Rio Bravo mayor kidnapped with his family the same weekend
english.elpais.com
Latin America
Pope Leo tells Argentina the economy must serve the people, first papal visit in nearly four decades draws 2.5 million to Mass and rebukes Milei's austerity State paid disability home four months of costs just before the pope arrived
theguardian.com
Latin America
Paraguays ousted president Peña under house arrest after impeachment over Ueno bank collapse 2.9 million frozen accounts represent 60 percent of adults, resignation gambit to reach senator-for-life immunity fails as prosecutors open money laundering probe
theguardian.com
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Asia

Asia
Delhi's air quality index built to discard readings above 1000 micrograms per cubic metre 36 of city's monitoring stations went dark at peak pollution hour on Diwali night, activists put under house arrest ahead of pollution protest
scroll.in scroll.in
Asia
Taliban orders bar male doctors from examining women without guardian present Unannounced decree enforced through clinic raids and prison warnings, women sent home mid-treatment as remaining female physicians too few to absorb patients
theguardian.com
Asia
Singapore bars Alice Huang from re-entry as Megaspeed pledges GPU census Ministry says US requests for cooperation went unanswered, chip-diversion probe now spans three jurisdictions days before Trump-Xi summit
nbcnews.com techcrunch.com
Asia
Chinese military-linked university bought Nvidia H200 chips despite US blacklist Procurement records show two processors via intermediary and five rented-compute contracts, Congress seeks briefing with Jensen Huang while chip trade runs through middlemen
finance.yahoo.com
Asia
Ukraine captures first Indonesian prisoner of war 283 Indonesians recruited for Russia in nine months after online ads promised logistics jobs, the offers became mercenary contracts on arrival
theguardian.com
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Middle East

Middle East
Egypt confirms troops defend Saudi sites against Houthis Soldiers and air defences arrived months before parliament authorised the mission, mandate permits self-defence but no strikes on the Houthis
breitbart.com
Middle East
Israel holds 49 Syrians without charges from seized buffer zone Families get no answers from Jerusalem Damascus or the UN, military refuses to discuss cases until relatives supply ID numbers
independent.co.uk
Middle East
Kenyan domestic worker sentenced to 100 lashes in Saudi Arabia for giving birth outside marriage Hospitals must report single mothers to police, 2020 flogging ban never covered adultery
theguardian.com
Middle East
US Treasury chief Scott Bessent moves onto military base over Iranian death threats 13 aircraft leave RAF Mildenhall at second-highest alert level, third cabinet member now lives in military housing while Rubio insists sanctions make attacks unnecessary
theguardian.com foxnews.com
Middle East
Landslide kills five at a Gaza displacement camp south of Deir al-Balah, a mother and her two children among the dead as young men broke a boulder with hammers to dig them out New Israeli berms along a line drawn as temporary now stretch 23 kilometres
theguardian.com
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Africa

Africa
Japanese programme hands Madagascar parents control of school budgets School for All runs in 11 African countries on meetings and meals, reading improves where the community watches the money
euronews.com
Africa
At least 39 dead as migrant boat breaks apart off Senegal Only one survivor recovered from the pirogue that left Saint-Louis for the Canary Islands, tighter coastal patrols have made the crossing longer and more hazardous
euronews.com
Africa
DR Congo sentences 66 soldiers to death for cowardice Batch verdicts have been routine since 2024 as the army keeps retreating in the east, execution is cheaper than paying the soldiers
dailymail.com
Africa
Seven dead as two trains collide south of Cairo Stationary Cairo–Aswan train struck from behind with passengers trapped in carriages, second train collision in same district in two months
theguardian.com
Africa
Mali midfielder Mamadou Sangaré shines after club-record £39m move to Brentford 24-year-old rose from a neighbourhood club in Bamako spotted by Austrian scouts on video, the fee changed hands between two European clubs
theguardian.com
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Economy

Economy
Checkers & Rally's declares burger war with $2 menu McDonald's readies value bundles after first US sales drop since early 2025, Wendy's and Checkers franchisees file for bankruptcy
zerohedge.com
Economy
Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO, CFO Colette Kress named interim chief Trump and Ro Khanna sold Nvidia shares before the scandal broke
foxbusiness.com
Economy
US jobless claims hold near 1969 lows Hires rate stuck at 3.4 percent despite 7.52 million job openings, sentiment a few points above record low while hourly pay trails inflation
zerohedge.com
Economy
Adani readies own capital for Evos takeover Up to $1.45 billion in equity would cover half the €2.56 billion price of the Dutch storage operator, Indian banks freed in July to fund 75 percent of takeovers line up behind MUFG's €2.8 billion commitment
timesnownews.com
Economy
UK posts fastest quarterly growth in two and a half years ING calls the rise a datacentre story and Deutsche Bank credits AI spending with up to 0.4 points of growth, RBC finds the same purchases add nothing to Canada's GDP because 75 percent of the kit is imported
independent.co.uk globalnews.ca
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Technology

Technology
Georgia deputy fired over fake Facebook page targeting mother he arrested Cherokee County probe found Charles Mills responsible for AI-generated images and children's records, Flock plate-reader searches had traced the family's movements
foxnews.com
Technology
Samsung breaks ground on HBM plant to close gap with SK Hynix Korea Herald dubs the expansion a megaproject in the contest for Nvidia's memory orders, memory industry has a long record of building its gluts on schedule
koreaherald.com
Technology
Europe's Hera spacecraft begins close survey of asteroid moonlet NASA rammed in 2022 ESA probe measures the orbit change and prepares shoebox CubeSats to land on Dimorphos, impact debris may still be in the vicinity
independent.co.uk
Technology
Nvidia board weighs removing founder Jensen Huang after second affair report Huang's security offered a nondisclosure agreement to the bystander who filmed him with subordinate executive Kimberly Powell, the company's own code of conduct lists personal relationships among conflicts
zerohedge.com
Technology
Nissan cuts petrol car production as China's electric shift outruns its plans Chief executive lowers sales forecast after Chinese sales fell by nearly a third, carmaker lobbies Britain to keep selling petrol cars after 2035
theguardian.com
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Science

Science
Google DeepMind's AlphaGenome 2 reads gene variants cell by cell Model trained on 107 million cell profiles finds nearly twice as many relevant variants as predecessor, same mutation can silence a gene in one cell type and leave it untouched in another
the-decoder.com
Science
Air pollution raises blood sugar within a week of high PM2.5 exposure India's leading diabetologist traces particles from lungs into bloodstream, diabetes risk climbs more than 20 percent while the cost lands on patients
timesnownews.com
Science
Computer model aims to spare tens of thousands needless prostate treatment £1.4 million Reimagine project links over 1 000 patient samples to NHS records, charity funds the tool that shrinks the treatment market
independent.co.uk
Science
Turkey expands major coal plant while hosting COP31 Afşin-Elbistan worker has buried three brothers who died of lung cancer and COPD, country remains only OECD member yet to ban new coal plant permits
independent.co.uk
Science
Michigan prisons to test automated security scoring on December 1 Recidiviz software recalculates inmate classifications from disciplinary records, guards write the labels the system learns from
foxnews.com
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