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• Opinion | Tech Isn’t the FAA’s Biggest Problem

  15-11-2026 19:17 via WN.com - World News
  We need to spin off air traffic control. A self-regulating agency will never be modern and safe. ......
  
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• Fireball erupts at popular Christmas market packed with holiday visitors

  15-11-2026 19:45 via WN.com - World News
  An explosion at the Maredsous Christmas market in Den�e, southern Belgium, has left two people in critical condition with severe burns, while five people were injured in total and hundreds of visitors were evacuated from the festive market. ......
  
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• Cyberpunk 2077 mod Torrent adds 3D rain, lightning storms, and tyre spray to Night City

  15-11-2026 19:44 via WN.com - World News
  A new Cyberpunk 2077 mod has overhauled Night City's rain, swapping the game's flat wet weather effects for individual 3D drops and adding lightning storms. Read more ......
  
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• US FDA Rejects Summit's China-Originated Lung Cancer Drug

  15-11-2026 19:42 via WN.com - World News
  The FDA issued a so-called Complete Response Letter saying that it can't approve Summit's application in its present form because the drug didn't help patients live longer in a statistically... ......
  
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• 'Netanyahu Made Promises He Had No Intention To Keep': Biden In Memoir

  15-11-2026 19:42 via WN.com - World News
  In excerpts from his forthcoming memoir, 'Promise Me, America', Biden recounts how he repeatedly raised concerns with Netanyahu over the humanitarian consequences of Israel's military offensive in... ......
  
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• Inside the 2026 El Ni�o: Why extreme weather is spiking global heat and grocery bills

  15-11-2026 19:38 via WN.com - World News
  An exceptionally strong El Nino is driving weather disruptions around the globe, stoking food security fears and increasing the chances that 2026 will be the second-hottest year on record, experts say. Here is how the climate phenomenon has been playing out around the world in the last week.Heat record The world is on track for 2026 to be the second-hottest year on record, with the El Nino weather pattern turbocharging human-driven global warming, the European Union's climate monitor has said. "
  
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• Bulletproof glass and bodyguards: How extortion threats are reviving Bollywood’s 1990s underworld fears

  15-11-2026 19:38 via WN.com - World News
  It sounds like a Bollywood thriller, but a spate of shootings and extortion threats targeting Mumbai's stars has sent the industry scrambling for bodyguards, reviving memories of the underworld's grip on cinema in the 1990s. From gunshots to cash demands, the incidents have unsettled the Indian industry, decades after police crackdowns weakened the criminal gangs once deeply embedded in the multibillion-dollar business. Police have linked the latest violence to the gang of Lawrence Bishnoi, a co
  
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• Czechs gather in big numbers to reject government’s plan to overhaul funding of public media

  15-11-2026 19:36 via WN.com - World News
  PRAGUE (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people rallied in Prague on Sunday against a plan by the government of Czech billionaire Andrej Babiš to overhaul funding for public broadcasters that many say will erode media independence and democracy. The massive protest took place at the capital’s Letná Park, where huge crowds gathered during the 1989 Velvet Revolution, which ended more than 40 years of communist rule in the country. The rally, just two days before the anniversary of the 1989 pro
  
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• What is the CFP committee thinking? A look at the criteria for the playoff rankings

  15-11-2026 19:33 via WN.com - World News
  Even with the advent of a playoff, college football is still the king when it comes to concocting an opaque and remarkably subjective method of determining who gets to play for a national championship. Yes, wins and losses count. But ......
  
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• Johnny Depp film ‘Ebenezer’ gets actor first No. 1 opening in 8 years

  15-11-2026 19:33 via WN.com - World News
  Johnny Depp is back at the top of the box office with “Ebenezer,” his first studio movie in eight years. The Paramount Pictures release opened in first place with about $19 million in ticket sales. This marks a significant return ......
  
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• AP News Summary at 12:41 p.m. EST

  15-11-2026 19:33 via WN.com - World News
  Could everything be broken? Grounded jets, Microsoft outage, AI chaos make some wonder ......
  
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• Vietnamese officials to get preferred treatment for National Archives research

  15-11-2026 19:27 via WN.com - World News
  Vietnamese researchers are in Washington this week to...
  
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• UK's Prince William to be joined by Kate for visit to India; royal couple to ...

  15-11-2026 19:20 via WN.com - World News
  Kate, Britain's Princess of Wales, will undertake her biggest foreign trip since having treatment for cancer when she joins her husband Prince William in India for his annual Earthshot Prize awards this week. Heir-to-the-throne William, 44, and Kate are flying out for a series of events across Mumbai during a three-day visit that includes Tuesday's awards ceremony. For Kate, 44, the trip marks her most high-profile overseas visit since she had preventative chemotherapy...
  
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• Jordan arrests Israeli who crossed into its territorial waters

  15-11-2026 19:20 via WN.com - World News
  The Jordanian army on Sunday said naval forces arrested an Israeli citizen who trespassed into the kingdom's territorial waters the day before. "The Royal Navy Command arrested yesterday an Israeli who had infiltrated Jordanian territorial waters by sea," an army statement said. "The naval...
  
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• Israeli forces arrest AFP contributor after raiding his West Bank home

  15-11-2026 19:20 via WN.com - World News
  Israeli forces on Sunday arrested an AFP stringer in the West Bank in a nighttime raid on his home, the army and his wife said. Mohammad Ateeq, 34, a video journalist who has contributed to AFP for three years in the West Bank, was blindfolded and taken away from his home in the northern town of Burqin, near Jenin,...
  
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• Indonesia President conveys apology to Singapore, Malaysia over wildfire haze

  15-11-2026 19:20 via WN.com - World News
  Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto apologised on Sunday to Singapore and Malaysia on behalf of his government for any impact that forest fires in Indonesia may have had on their people, and said authorities would continue...
  
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• Africa CDC says Ebola outbreak still out of control six months since it was declared

  15-11-2026 19:20 via WN.com - World News
  Africa's top public health agency said on Sunday, November 15, that the Ebola outbreak in Congo was still out of control six months after it was declared, citing problems including deadly attacks on health workers, unpaid staff and a lack of resources. "We are all in agreement today to say that this outbreak is still serious, and is still...
  
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• Zelenskyy warns Starshield restrictions threaten Ukraine’s energy defenses

  15-11-2026 19:18 via WN.com - World News
  Restrictions on the system hamper Kyiv’s ability to shoot down Russian drones. ......
  
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• Opinion | Donald Trump and Jensen Huang Have the Same Tragic Flaw

  15-11-2026 19:17 via WN.com - World News
  Both seemed unstoppable until success made them arrogant and hubris got the better of them. ......
  
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• U.S., China, Russia Hold First-Ever Trilateral Summit Amid Yalta Concerns

  15-11-2026 19:14 via WN.com - World News
  U.S. President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a trilateral summit in Shenzhen, China, on the 19th. This marks the first time the leaders of the world’s three largest nuclear-armed states have met together. The summit, facilitated by aligning interests among the three nations, could address global security issues, including North Korea’s nuclear program and the Korean Peninsula. Concerns have emerged in Asia and Europe that the meeti
  
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• Trump Blames Biden Administration for Air Traffic Control Failure

  15-11-2026 19:14 via WN.com - World News
  U.S. President Donald Trump issued his first statement two days after the nationwide aircraft takeoff suspension incident occurred, blaming the previous Joe Biden administration. He urged Congress to provide additional budget support, emphasizing the need to completely replace the outdated air traffic control system. President Trump posted on the social...
  
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• OPCON Transition's Political Shift Raises U.S. Alliance Weakening Fears

  15-11-2026 19:14 via WN.com - World News
  John Hamre, 76 years old, honorary director of the U.S. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), said in an interview with this newspaper on the 12th, “The U.S. is focused on domestic issues, and there is ongoing debate within the U.S. about whether to continue bearing the costs and sacrifices for leadership in the international community.” He added, “Issues that South Korea considers important, such as the wartime operational control transition and ‘Coupang,’ are not eve
  
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• French Protests Enter Fifth Week Amid Wage Demands, Police Clashes

  15-11-2026 19:14 via WN.com - World News
  Protests by French workers and students against high inflation and poor public services continued for the fifth consecutive week on November 14 (local time). According to Le Monde, AFP, AP, and other outlets, an estimated 106,000 people (200,000 according to organizers) participated in demonstrations held in major cities including Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux, Nantes, Toulouse, and Strasbourg. The protests were organized by labor unions, student groups, and left-wing parties such as France U
  
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• FAA Failure Triggers Nationwide Flight Halt

  15-11-2026 19:14 via WN.com - World News
  A communication failure at a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) facility caused an unprecedented nationwide halt in aircraft takeoffs for over four hours. It marked the longest nationwide takeoff suspension in the U.S. since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Even after the FAA lifted the takeoff suspension order, the 'airport chaos' persisted until the following night. ◇All-night waits at airports, college football games postponed The aftermath of the U.S. aviation disruption o
  
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• Ecuador's Prisons: Gangs' Drug Trafficking Hubs

  15-11-2026 19:14 via WN.com - World News
  Ecuador, renowned for its beautiful Pacific beaches and the Galápagos Islands—a biodiversity hotspot—was once hailed as a paradise in Central and South America. Using the US dollar as its official currency and boasting low prices, it gained popularity as a retirement destination for Americans. Today, however, Ecuador has transformed into a starkly different nation. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) highlighted on the 14th how Ecuador’s prisons, now dominated by criminal gangs, have turned the
  
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• GCC’s $16 billion railway to bypass Hormuz disruptions

  15-11-2026 19:12 via WN.com - World News
  Attendees stand before a billboard for the Railway...
  
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• Cape Verde election could deliver first woman president since independence in 1975

  15-11-2026 19:07 via WN.com - World News
  Cape Verde was voting Sunday in a presidential election that could make Joana Rosa the country’s first woman head of state since independence from Portugal in 1975. The former justice minister is challenging President José Maria Neves, who is seeking a second term. Six candidates are competing. If none wins more than half the votes, a runoff will be held Nov. 29. Rosa has the backing of the opposition Movement for...
  
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• 2 planes collide on the ground in Miami, only minor injuries reported

  15-11-2026 19:07 via WN.com - World News
  MIAMI (AP) — Federal aviation safety officials on Sunday were investigating a minor collision between two planes at a taxiway intersection at Miami International Airport, where one aircraft’s wingtip struck the nose of another, authorities said. Two people reported minor injuries. The...
  
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• Trump, Xi and Putin eye historic China summit: Why a new Yalta is being discussed

  15-11-2026 19:06 via WN.com - World News
  Trump, Xi Jinping and...
  
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• Pope crosses Peru in the finale of a trip home to visit flock high in Andes and deep in Amazon

  15-11-2026 19:06 via WN.com - World News
  CUSCO, Peru (AP) — Pope Leo XIV traveled across Peru on Sunday to visit communities high in the Andes mountains and deep in the Amazon rainforest, as the plight of Indigenous peoples and the protection of the environment took center stage on his South American odyssey. On the penultimate day of his visit to his adopted homeland, Leo channeled Pope Francis by emphasizing Catholic teaching that links care for the most vulnerable with care for God’s creation. Leo arrived first in the Andean cit
  
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