A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion over misleading Facebook privacy claims — the largest US data-privacy penalty — and Meta says it will appeal.
Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña resigned on November 5 as the Ueno Bank collapse froze millions of accounts and Congress voted to impeach him.
AI stocks plunged on November 5 as the Nasdaq fell 5.5% and the S&P 500 suffered its worst day since April, with Nvidia, AMD and chipmakers leading the selloff.
Russell Brand was convicted of one count of rape and three sexual assaults at Southwark Crown Court, with sentencing set for November 9, 2026.
Poland has charged four people with spying for Russia and held six over alleged military component shipments, in the latest ABW espionage case.
Voters in 10 states rejected AI data centres in 40 of 41 local ballot measures on November 3, 2026, in a near-sweep that now shapes where the AI buildout goes next.
Eurozone inflation rose to 4.0% in October, a three-year high, as energy prices jumped 20.8%. Markets now expect the ECB to raise rates in December.
Hundreds of thousands marched across France on 5 November as unions struck over wages, living costs and public services, disrupting schools and rail.
Taal Volcano erupted in Batangas on November 4, sending a 2,400-metre ash plume skyward as PHIVOLCS kept Alert Level 1 and reported no ashfall.
Ten years after Paris, national climate plans put 2035 emissions only 12% below 2019 levels — far short of the 1.5°C path — as COP31 opens in Antalya.
PTI says Imran Khan’s blood pressure reached 192 in Adiala jail and wants him moved to Shifa hospital for his own doctors, but accounts of his health differ.
Vice President JD Vance says the Iran war cost Republicans Congress in the 2026 midterms, as Trump calls the verdict largely true but defends the war.
