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Nvidia's investigation into its chief executive, Jensen Huang, has become a matter of national-security concern, congressional oversight and potential shareholder liability. On November 9, US President Donald Trump said the FBI was looking into allegations that a Chinese intelligence operation had targeted Huang. The statement…
A passenger train travelling from Giza to Fayoum struck the rear of another train standing on the same track in Egypt's Al-Ayyat district on November 8, killing seven people and injuring 125. By the following day, railway workers had removed damaged carriages and repaired the…
Russia and Ukraine have intensified their long-range military operations immediately before a new round of US-mediated negotiations intended to explore a possible end to the war. The meetings, scheduled for November 10–11 in Abu Dhabi, will bring Russian, Ukrainian and American representatives together for the…
A market in southwestern Yemen and residential buildings northeast of the capital Sanaa were struck in separate attacks on November 6 and 7, leaving dozens of people reported dead and injured. The incidents occurred during an intensifying military confrontation between Houthi forces and the Saudi-backed…
The arrest of Thomas Wayne Markle in Florida on November 6 followed an investigation that had already extended across the United States, the Philippines and Mexico. The 82-year-old father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, faces one federal count of possessing child pornography. The case is…
Donald Trump has proposed an unconventional candidate for one of the White House's most visible communications positions: Dana White, the president and chief executive of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). On November 7, the US president announced through his Truth Social account that he had…
