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Russell Brand convicted November 5, 2026 by London jury of rape and three sexual assaults; acquitted on three counts; sentenced Monday
Methodist pastor Adam Hamilton defeats GOP Sen. Roger Marshall, flipping Kansas's Senate seat to Democrats for the first time since 1932
Kimi Antonelli, 20, became the youngest F1 world champion in history by finishing third at the Mexico City Grand Prix, Italy's first champion since 1953
Hong Kong court sentences Joshua Wong to 10 more years for foreign collusion under the National Security Law, extending his release to late 2036
South Africans voted November 4 in municipal elections with polls showing ANC support falling to ~30%, testing the party's post-2024 coalition survival
Trump names immigration hardliner Stephen Miller chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles days after Republicans' midterm defeat
DR Congo's Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak tops 10,000 cases and 5,300 deaths, spreads abroad, as WHO approves two new vaccine trials and US tightens travel rules
COP31 opens in Antalya, Turkey with US absent, Democrats attending post-midterms, and a '35 by 35' electrification target as centerpiece
California voters rejected Proposition 40, a first-in-the-nation 5% billionaire wealth tax, after opponents led by tech billionaires outspent supporters massively
Democrat Gina Hinojosa defeats Gov. Greg Abbott ~53-46%, leading a full Democratic statewide sweep of Texas that scrutinizes Musk's empire
Thomas Markle Sr., Meghan Markle's estranged father, was arrested in Florida and federally charged with possession of child sexual abuse material; he denies it
Nvidia board probes CEO Jensen Huang over affair with alleged Chinese spy; NVDA enters bear market, losing ~$1.57 trillion from its peak
Pope Leo XIV begins 12-day Latin America tour in Uruguay three weeks after lung cancer surgery, facing the region's most secular society
Israel's deadlocked election sends coalition formation to President Herzog, with a record 19 Arab-led seats as kingmakers and Netanyahu alleging fraud
King Charles condemns slave trade as 'shameful chapter' at CHOGM in Antigua but stops short of apology, spurring renewed reparations demands
Russian strikes killed 31–33 people at a humanitarian aid site in Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia, days before U.S.-mediated peace talks

















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