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• FAA issues nationwide ground stop citing communication issues affecting ‘multiple’ air traffic control facilities

  14-11-2026 01:04 via WN.com - World News
  The Federal Aviation Administration issued a nationwide ground stop on Friday afternoon, "due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety." ......
  
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• SpaceX Starship booster erupts into fireball and crashes into sea - ending hopes for breakthrough

  14-11-2026 05:52 via WN.com - World News
  Tonight, SpaceX had hoped to launch a history-making mission in Texas, with the goal of retrieving a rocket from orbit intact this weekend - but it didn't go to plan ......
  
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• Horrifying video shows passengers clinging onto American Heritage cruise ship after tanker crash

  14-11-2026 05:52 via WN.com - World News
  Between 180 and 190 passengers were aboard the cruise ship, New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno said at a Friday news conference ......
  
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• Martin McDonagh directs to protect ‘Wild Horse Nine’

  14-11-2026 05:51 via WN.com - World News
  “The writer of a film is the least respected person on the set,” writer/director Martin McDonagh insists. “So, I always knew that I had to protect it by directing it.” ......
  
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• Yemeni govt forces fortify defences in Aden

  14-11-2026 05:40 via WN.com - World News
  ABU DHABI: Yemen’s internationally recognised government is fortifying positions on the outskirts of Aden province, home to their de facto capital, as their Houthi foes seize hilltops overlooking the area, military officials told AFP. Fighting has flared since a 2022 truce fell apart over the summer, with...
  
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• Act now on El Nino or pay double later, UNDP chief warns

  14-11-2026 05:40 via WN.com - World News
  • Delay could push global price tag from $36bn to $73bn; De Croo urges IMF, wealthy nations to back crisis-hit economies • China reportedly rules out hosting 2028 COP33 climate summit ANTALYA: Act now against the devastating effects of El Nino or pay double later, the head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) warned on Friday as delegates debated how to finance climate action at the COP31 talks in Turkey. “The needs...
  
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• US lifts nationwide flight shutdown caused by communications failure

  14-11-2026 05:39 via WN.com - World News
  Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said there was no cyberattack linked to the ground stop and the public was not in danger. ......
  
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• US grounds flights nationwide; A&M's Saturday game vs. Tennessee up in the air

  14-11-2026 05:39 via WN.com - World News
  The Federal Aviation Administration grounded all departing flights nationwide Friday after a communications failure hit air traffic control centers. ......
  
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• Trump invested up to $5mn in Nvidia before changing US chip export rules, report finds

  14-11-2026 05:38 via WN.com - World News
  Trump invested up to $5mn in Nvidia before changing US chip export rules, report finds US President Donald Trump purchased millions of dollars in Nvidia shares around the time his administration eased restrictions on exporting advanced artificial intelligence chips to China, according to an investigation. An analysis by anti-corruption group...
  
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• Mississippi River boat crash: Tanker strikes cruise ship carrying 197 passengers

  14-11-2026 05:38 via WN.com - World News
  Mississippi River boat crash: Tanker strikes cruise ship carrying 197 passengers All passengers and crew have been accounted for after an oil tanker struck a docked cruise ship on the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Friday, injuring 32 people. According to The Guardian, the Atlantic Asphalt tanker collided with the American...
  
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• FAA ends nationwide ground stop as Trump officials blame old infrastructure on outage

  14-11-2026 05:38 via WN.com - World News
  Airports across US hit by major outage, Trump officials blame old infrastructure The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has lifted a nationwide ground stop after a communications outage disrupted flights across the United States for more than four hours on Friday. According to The Guardian, US Transportation Secretary...
  
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• Price Rises Coming as Small Businesses Juggle Costs

  14-11-2026 05:37 via WN.com - World News
  Smaller businesses battling rent, power and wage bills could raise prices after most tried to absorb costs linked...
  
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• Military Captain Assaulted During Poppy Campaign Speaks Out for First Time

  14-11-2026 05:37 via WN.com - World News
  A Hamilton, Ont., Canadian Armed Forces member who was assaulted while supervising a...
  
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• Passengers wait as flights are delayed and canceled during a nationwide ground stop in the ...

  14-11-2026 05:30 via WN.com - World News
  Passengers and airlines wait in limbo as flights are delayed and canceled during a nationwide ground stop. ......
  
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  14-11-2026 05:23 via WN.com - World News
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• Canadian airports warn more delays expected after U.S. FAA lifts ground stop

  14-11-2026 05:23 via WN.com - World News
  The U.S. FDA says...
  
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• Alex Condon and Thomas Haugh lead the way in No. 1 Florida's 83-54 win over Merrimack

  14-11-2026 05:23 via WN.com - World News
  Alex Condon scored 16 points, Thomas Haugh added 15 and No. 1 Florida overwhelmed Merrimack 83-54. Rueben Chinyelu and Alex Lloyd also scored in double figures for the Gators, who played Merrimack for the third time in four years. Lloyd ......
  
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• US Grounds All Flights Nationwide, 2nd Such Move Since 9/11

  14-11-2026 05:22 via WN.com - World News
  The Federal Aviation Administration grounded all flights nationwide Friday afternoon for just the second time since the September 11 attacks, with officials citing "extraordinary circumstances" caused by communications problems at regional air traffic control centres. The nation's top homeland security official attributed the problem to a telecommunications outage and said there was no indication yet of a nefarious act. But the consequences were profound, disrupting potentially thousands of plan
  
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• SpaceX Launches Starship Rocket, Fails to Recover Booster

  14-11-2026 05:22 via WN.com - World News
  US company SpaceX has successfully launched the latest flight of its Starship spacecraft into orbit but did not recover the booster rocket as planned. The company, owned by tech billionaire Elon Musk, is hoping to develop a fully reusable rocket system. It had planned to recover both the booster and the upper stage, which is the spacecraft itself. Instead of landing back at the launch site, the booster exploded above the Gulf of Mexico. The upper stage is currently in orbitand the plan is to...
  
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• New Orleans River Cruise Ship Collision: All Passengers Survive on Mississippi River After Tanker Crash

  14-11-2026 05:22 via WN.com - World News
  A tanker in New Orleans that apparently lost its steering slammed into a docked river cruise boat with about 180 people aboard Friday, the mayor said. All aboard survived after the crash prompted a massive rescue operation for passengers and crew who plunged into the Mississippi River as the ship took on water and began to topple over. Video from the scene showed the much larger Atlantic Asphalt tanker hit the cruise boat while it was docked as metal and glass crashed and crunched. Tugboat opera
  
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• Federal Aviation Administration says airplane departures can resume following U.S. ground stop

  14-11-2026 05:22 via WN.com - World News
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• Two of his brothers died in a week. He turned personal loss into lifesaving discoveries 

  14-11-2026 05:21 via WN.com - World News
  In the space of about a week, a young man in Madras lost both his elder brothers to the same wasting illness. Purushotham, the eldest, had been making arrangements for a travel scholarship that would take his younger brother to America. It was a chance at a better future, even a way out of the difficulties that had followed the family for years. Before he could see that dream come true, Purushotham died of a sprue-like illness. Eight days later, his second brother, Krishnamoorthy, died of the sa
  
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• Relief for 1.5M flyers as US lifts nationwide ground stop: All we know about the FAA issue

  14-11-2026 05:20 via WN.com - World News
  The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) cancelled an extraordinarily rare nationwide ground stop previously imposed on departing flights in the United States on Friday (US time). The initial development left a staggering majority of travellers stranded at airports. An estimated 1.5 million people were impacted by flight cancellations, according to analysis by the data firm Cirium. Meanwhile, flight tracking website FlightRadar24 indicated that more than 4,700 flights were cancelled and 10,0
  
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• US flight outage live updates: FAA lifts nationwide ground stop as airport chaos continues in ...

  14-11-2026 05:19 via WN.com - World News
  Sean Duffy, Trump’s transportation secretary, acknowledges tech failure led federal aviation officials to shut down system and ground flights, though details are scarce...
  
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• US-bound flights out of Australia grounded as telecommunications outage affects American travel

  14-11-2026 05:19 via WN.com - World News
  Sydney and Melbourne airports say grounding of planes from US airports led to delays for some flights...
  
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• Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy says Starshield restrictions continue on ‘entire front line’

  14-11-2026 05:19 via WN.com - World News
  Curbs on SpaceX system are making it hard to intercept drones and sending bad signal to Russia, says Ukrainian president. What we know on day 1,725 ......
  
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• Stuart Bonds made ‘racist’ and ‘divisive’ comments. But One Nation is showing no sign of ...

  14-11-2026 05:19 via WN.com - World News
  The former coalminer’s claim Australians are being ‘demographically replaced’ sparked wide criticism, but his party has shown no signs of dumping him...
  
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• Microsoft ‘deeply sorry’ for global disruption that could have billion-dollar impact on Australia

  14-11-2026 05:19 via WN.com - World News
  Experts say outage exposes ‘Australia’s reliance on foreign technology’ as software giant says services being restored...
  
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• ‘It’s frustrating’: chaos at US airports as stoppage grinds travel plans to a halt

  14-11-2026 05:19 via WN.com - World News
  Travelers and crew feeling ‘pissed’ or ‘lucky’ depending on level of upset amid nationwide ground stop...
  
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• Timelapse shows US airspace clearing after ground stop

  14-11-2026 05:13 via WN.com - World News
  The airspace...
  
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