Economy
Bank of England Raises Rates to 4% — and Warns Another May Follow
The Bank of England rate hike to 4% is its first since 2023, with inflation heading toward 5% — what it means for mortgages, savers and December.
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Bank of England Raises Rates to 4% — and Warns Another May Follow
The Bank of England rate hike announced on Thursday — a quarter-point rise to 4%, backed by eight of the nine members of its Monetary Policy Committee — is the first increase in borrowing costs since August 2023. The…
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War / Ukraine
Russia Fires 227 Drones at Ukraine Overnight, Power Cut in Seven Regions as Afipsky Refinery Burns
Russia 227 drones Ukraine raid cut power in seven regions overnight, Kyiv worst hit, as a Ukrainian drone strike sparked a fire at Afipsky refinery.
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Russia Fires 227 Drones at Ukraine Overnight, Power Cut in Seven Regions as Afipsky Refinery Burns
Russia sent 227 attack drones into Ukraine overnight — more than a third of them jet-powered — and by morning the electricity was out in seven regions, with the Kyiv region hit hardest. Ukraine answered the same…
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War / Ukraine
Komyshuvakha Aid Point Bombing Death Toll Rises to 53, Governor Says
Komyshuvakha aid point bombing toll rises to 53, the acting governor said Friday, as rescuers searched a fifth day and the UN cited a likely law breach.
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Komyshuvakha Aid Point Bombing Death Toll Rises to 53, Governor Says
The Komyshuvakha aid point bombing is now one of the deadliest single strikes on Ukrainian civilians this year. On Friday, the acting head of the Zaporizhzhia regional administration, Mykhailo Semikin, said the…
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World / Paraguay
Paraguay's Senate Removes Peña 44-0 — He Is Under House Arrest, Alliana Is President
Paraguay’s Senate convicted President Santiago Peña 44-0 after a trial of under ten hours, prosecutors placed him under house arrest within minutes, and Vice President Pedro Alliana was sworn in before the night was out — only the second impeachment removal in the country’s history.
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Paraguay's Senate Removes Peña 44-0 — He Is Under House Arrest, Alliana Is President
Paraguay Senate removes Peña — unanimously, and in a single day. After an impeachment trial that lasted less than ten hours, the Senate voted 44-0 on Friday evening to convict President Santiago Peña and remove him…
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World
Chaos in Asunción: Peña’s Resignation Hangs in Limbo as the Senate Opens His Impeachment Trial
President Santiago Peña announced his resignation on video — and Congress never accepted it, because the session called to do so collapsed for lack of quorum. On Friday the Senate opens his impeachment trial anyway, as thousands protest the ueno bank collapse in Asunción.
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President Santiago Peña announced his resignation on video on Thursday — but Paraguay’s Congress never accepted it, because the bicameral session called to do so was lifted for lack of quorum. So on Friday, November…
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Breaking
Judge Blocks Trump Arch Construction Hours After Panel Approved the 250-Foot Monument
A federal judge froze Donald Trump’s 250-foot triumphal arch less than two hours after a planning panel gave it final approval — a 14-day stop-work order at Memorial Circle while the courts decide whether Congress ever authorized the monument.
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President Donald Trump’s 250-foot triumphal arch won its final planning approval late on Thursday, November 5 — and lost its right to break ground less than two hours later. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s 14-day…
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Royals
Thomas Markle Arrested in Florida: Meghan's Father Denies 'Sick Lies' as FBI Takes Him Into Custody
Federal agents arrested Thomas Markle Sr., 82, at a Florida care home on Friday on allegations involving child sexual abuse material. He denies the claims outright — and with the case reportedly under seal, here is what is actually known.
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Royals / World — Thomas Markle Sr., the 82-year-old estranged father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, was arrested by federal agents in Florida on Friday morning on charges related to child sexual abuse material,…
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War / Ukraine
Zelenskyy and Klitschko Trade Blame as Kyiv Blackouts Leave 3 Million in the Dark
Zelenskyy and Klitschko trade blame as Kyiv blackouts leave 3 million people without power and water — inside the feud, and what winter brings next for Kyiv.
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Zelenskyy and Klitschko Trade Blame as Kyiv Blackouts Leave 3 Million in the Dark
Kyiv woke on Friday to its worst energy crisis of the war — no power, no water for hours, no heating with temperatures near freezing — and within hours its two most famous leaders were blaming each other in public.…
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World
Bahrain Puts 60 Shia Clerics on Trial as the Iran War Comes Home
Sixty Shia clerics are among 69 defendants awaiting a November 8 verdict in Bahrain’s High Criminal Court, in a mass trial rights groups say was marred by torture and coerced confessions — and that the government says stopped an Iranian plot to overthrow the kingdom.
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The Bahrain clerics mass trial reaches its verdict on Sunday, November 8, and it may be the clearest sign yet of how the Iran war is reshaping life inside America’s Gulf allies. Sixty Shia clerics are among 69…
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War
Iran Puts Europe in Its Missile Sights — but Only if America Strikes First From European Bases
A member of Iran’s parliamentary national security committee has told Euronews that if America uses its bases in Europe — naming Italy and Germany — to attack Iran, “Iran’s missiles will be fired towards Europe.” The IRGC, state newspapers and a published target map of US installations in nine European countries have echoed the warning. The threat is explicit, and it is conditional.
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A member of the Iranian parliament’s National Security Committee has told Euronews, in an interview published November 4, that if the United States uses its bases in Europe — naming Italy and Germany — to attack…
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War
Iraq Switches On Its Nuclear Emergency Plans — Before a Single Bomb Has Fallen on Iran
Iraq’s nuclear regulator has prepared radiological emergency plans, switched on early-warning stations along the Iran border and spread radiation detectors across the provinces — while stressing that no abnormal radiation has been detected and no strike has taken place.
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Iraq’s nuclear regulator said Thursday that its emergency room for nuclear and radiological incidents has prepared response plans for a range of scenarios, that early-warning stations along the border with Iran are…
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Economy
128 Banks, One Failure: The Afternoon Western Japan’s Credit Unions Went Dark
A single equipment failure at their shared system center froze banking across western Japan on Friday — 128 shinkin credit unions dark, every ATM down, 3,430 branch counters halted, and no ETA for a fix. Eastern Japan’s shinkin never missed a beat.
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At about 1:30 p.m. on Friday, a communications-equipment failure at the Shinkin Joint Center’s West Japan Center knocked out banking at 128 credit unions at the same moment — every ATM unusable, counter transactions…
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Economy
Stock Market Today: Chips Bounce Back After the Rout, but the Dow Slips as Fed Hike Odds Jump
The Nasdaq rebounded 1.09% on Friday as chip stocks bounced back a day after the worst rout in 18 months, but the Dow slipped 0.46% as a stronger-than-expected October jobs report lifted the odds of a December Fed rate hike to roughly 77%.
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Stock Market Today: Chips Bounce Back After the Rout, but the Dow Slips as Fed Hike Odds Jump
A day after the worst rout in eighteen months, the stock market today steadied on a powerful chip-stock rebound and a jobs report that came in more than twice as strong as expected — but the Dow fell, bond yields…
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Economy
Nasdaq Correction November 2026: Wall Street's Worst Day in 18 Months Erases the Post-Election Rally
The Nasdaq fell 5.52% on Thursday — its worst day since April 2025 — as the Dow lost 1,833 points, chip stocks crashed 12% and investors repriced the AI data-center boom after Democrats retook both chambers of Congress.
Read articleNasdaq Correction November 2026: Wall Street's Worst Day in 18 Months Erases the Post-Election Rally
The Nasdaq Composite plunged 5.52% on Thursday — a record 1,422-point loss and its worst day since April 2025 — as the Dow Jones shed 1,833 points, chip stocks fell 12% and trillions in value vanished. One day after…
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Business
Credit Mutuel Arkea cyberattack: €100 Million Gone in a Heist Run Through the Bank's Own Account
Attackers reached one of France’s largest cooperative banks through a third-party provider, used an account belonging to the bank itself to send fraudulent transfers to other banks, and left about €100 million missing — while a blockchain investigator says the true figure, run out through crypto exchanges, is higher still.
Read articleCredit Mutuel Arkea cyberattack: €100 Million Gone in a Heist Run Through the Bank's Own Account
A French cooperative bank with 5.8 million customers says attackers came in through a third-party service provider, used an account belonging to the bank itself to fire fraudulent transfers at other banks, and left…
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