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California's Proposition 40 billionaire wealth tax is headed for decisive defeat after a $316.7 million opposition ad blitz led by tech billionaires
President Herzog tasks Gadi Eisenkot with forming Israel's government after 67 of 120 MKs back him, leaving Netanyahu caretaker amid coalition deadlock
Democrats won the 2026 midterms, flipping the House, Senate, and five governorships including Texas and Georgia amid record gas prices and Iran-war backlash
Channel 4 cancels Married at First Sight UK and shelves its already-filmed sixth season after rape allegations and an external welfare review
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
Pope Leo XIV begins 12-day Latin America tour in Uruguay three weeks after lung cancer surgery, facing the region's most secular society
Young Polish gunman kills six, injures 15-17 in Kraków's Main Market Square; three family members found dead at his home; officials cite far-right inspiration and terrorism
South Africans voted November 4 in municipal elections with polls showing ANC support falling to ~30%, testing the party's post-2024 coalition survival
Supreme Court ruled 8-1 on Nov 9, 2026 to stay an injunction, letting Trump resume Big Bend border wall construction in Texas
COP31 climate summit opens in Antalya, Turkey Nov 9–20 with ~200 nations, low breakthrough expectations, and fights over finance and fossil fuels
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
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
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
Nvidia board probes CEO Jensen Huang over affair with alleged Chinese spy; NVDA enters bear market, losing ~$1.57 trillion from its peak
Hong Kong court sentences Joshua Wong to 10 more years for foreign collusion under the National Security Law, extending his release to late 2036
Mother Jennifer Balcarras and daughter Selah Reed killed in suspected grizzly attack near Bella Coola, BC; officers trap possibly multiple bears
















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