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Russell Brand sentenced to 10 years and 6 months at Southwark Crown Court for rape and three sexual assaults; judge calls him 'sexual predator'
Democrats won a 2026 midterm landslide, flipping the House (possibly 256-178) and Senate; Hakeem Jeffries declared his speaker bid, becoming the first Black speaker-in-waiting
Senegal hosts Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics, the first Olympic event on African soil; Kenya wins historic rugby sevens gold
Lando Norris wins rain-hit Sao Paulo GP from pole as Mercedes clinches its ninth F1 constructors' championship, completing a title double with rookie champion Kimi Antonelli
NASA's Swift Observatory re-entered over Indonesia on November 4 after a failed $30M Katalyst rescue, ending a 22-year mission
Skydance ousts James Gunn and Peter Safran as DC Studios chiefs, naming Marvel veteran Jeremy Latcham president and chief creative officer effective Dec. 1
Nvidia's board opens an independent investigation into whether CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by Chinese intelligence via alleged spy Alice Huang, whom he admitted having an affair with
South Africans voted November 4 in municipal elections with polls showing ANC support falling to ~30%, testing the party's post-2024 coalition survival
Democrats win both chambers in 2026 midterms; Trump and Vance blame Iran war and gas prices for GOP rout
Judge Chutkan issued a 14-day order halting construction of Trump's 250-foot Arlington triumphal arch hours after an 8-4 federal commission approval
France blames Iran's IRGC-linked Shahid Kaveh unit for October fridge-hacking cyberattacks on ~700 supermarkets, summons envoy, seeks arrest warrants and EU sanctions
Nintendo's Switch 2 remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time launched November 5, 2026, scoring 96 on Metacritic but omitting Master Quest
Pope Leo XIV begins 12-day Latin America tour in Uruguay three weeks after lung cancer surgery, facing the region's most secular society
Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes central Japan, causing injuries and transport delays; no tsunami warning issued
Mother Jennifer Balcarras and daughter Selah Reed killed in suspected grizzly attack near Bella Coola, BC; officers trap possibly multiple bears
Hong Kong court sentences Joshua Wong to 10 more years for foreign collusion under the National Security Law, extending his release to late 2036
















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