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• Panama Canal Revises Transit Booking System and Updates NetZero Program Requirements

  02-11-2026 00:29 via WN.com - World News
  The Panama Canal has updated the criteria for...
  
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• US Lifts Nationwide Ground Stop Following Major Communications Failure

  14-11-2026 09:14 via WN.com - World News
  The shutdown was triggered by a widespread telecommunications and network failure affecting the FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) network. The outage hit all 22 regional Air Route Traffic Control Centers, forcing officials to suspend departures for safety reasons just before 4:00 p.m. ET. While aircraft already airborne were permitted to complete their flights and land, thousands of departures were delayed or canceled, leaving an estimated 1.5 million passengers stranded at airports na
  
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• Cyber Polygon Launched?

  14-11-2026 09:14 via WN.com - World News
  It was a WEF annual cybersecurity training event (primarily 2020 and 2021). It combined public conference elements with closed technical drills for corporate IT/security teams. The technical exercises also involved defending simulated corporate networks, tracing phishing, and related forensics. In 2020 it focused on an advanced persistent threat targeting data theft and reputation damage (about 120 organizations from 29 countries) and 2021 focused on a software supply-chain attack via a compromi
  
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• Trump to raise nuclear arms cuts with Putin, Xi on Thursday, White House says

  14-11-2026 09:13 via WN.com - World News
  US President Donald Trump will raise nuclear arms reduction at a meeting in China next week with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the White House said on Friday. “He will discuss the reduction of nuclear weapons in the world, whose proliferation President Trump believes is very dangerous,” Olivia Wales, a White House spokesperson, said on a call with reporters. She added that the meeting would take place on Thursday...
  
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• Iran reports three incidents of oil tankers hit by mines in Hormuz

  14-11-2026 09:13 via WN.com - World News
  Tehran: Iran's navy and Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday that fires had broken out on a total of three oil tankers that struck mines in the Strait of Hormuz, where Tehran has ......
  
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• World Insights: China-Thailand space cooperation turns scientific exchanges into tangible projects

  14-11-2026 09:09 via WN.com - World News
  BANGKOK, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- From radio telescopes to satellite launches and joint academic programs, China and Thailand have steadily expanded their aerospace partnership in recent years, turning scientific exchanges into practical cooperation that benefits both countries and the wider Southeast Asian region. CHARTING COSMOS, OBSERVING EARTH China and Thailand have jointly developed key infrastructure for high-precision observation and radio astronomy in northern Thailand, fields with great pot
  
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• Thailand lights up Bangkok's Chao Phraya River to boost night tourism

  14-11-2026 09:09 via WN.com - World News
  BANGKOK, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's state tourism agency launched a festival of light along Bangkok's Chao Phraya River on Friday, staging free laser, drone and fireworks shows as part of a broader effort to promote night tourism during the peak travel season. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has forecast that the month-long event, Vijit Chao Phraya 2026, will draw more than 1.4 million visitors and generate at least 8.6 billion baht...
  
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• Brazil demands explanation from Israel over teenager's death in custody

  14-11-2026 09:09 via WN.com - World News
  RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's Foreign Ministry on Friday demanded an official and conclusive explanation from Israel over the death of a 17-year-old Brazilian-Palestinian dual...
  
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• 6 Vietnamese soldiers killed during military training

  14-11-2026 09:09 via WN.com - World News
  HANOI, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Six soldiers were killed after a BMP-1 armored vehicle sank during...
  
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• Who is Alice Huang? The businesswoman linked to Jensen Huang and Nvidia

  14-11-2026 09:05 via WN.com - World News
  NEW YORK: Alice Huang had a long career in Chinese finance before later emerging as an executive in the global race for artificial-intelligence chips. Known also as Huang Le, she was a top executive of Megaspeed, a Singapore-based tech company that was an Nvidia business partner in the Asia-Pacific region. Her reported affair with Jensen Huang led in part to his resignation as Nvidia CEO on Nov 12. Several news organisations, including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, have reporte
  
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• US reopens airspace after nationwide flight halt, rules out cyberattack

  14-11-2026 09:05 via WN.com - World News
  WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday lifted an hours-long ground stop at the nation's airports, with top officials explaining that the disruption was due to old equipment and not a cyberattack or sweeping Microsoft outage. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told a late-night briefing at the White House that US airspace was...
  
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• US recalls over 720,000 BMW vehicles over fire risk, urges owners to park outside

  14-11-2026 09:05 via WN.com - World News
  NEW JERSEY: United States (US) safety regulators have advised owners of 720,796 BMW vehicles to park outside and away from buildings as an electrical fault could cause a fire, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported, citing recall documents. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said the recall involves a water pump electrical connector that may allow water to enter and...
  
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• US extradition: Court orders arrest of Philippine preacher on child sex trafficking charges

  14-11-2026 09:05 via WN.com - World News
  MANILA: A Philippine court has ordered the arrest of a jailed preacher sought by Washington for alleged child sex trafficking, a step toward his possible extradition to the United States, Manila said Saturday. Self-proclaimed "Son of God" Apollo Quiboloy is currently being held without bail in a Philippine prison while on trial for a separate charge of human trafficking, which carries...
  
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• Trump not expected to raise Alice Huang case with China's Xi

  14-11-2026 09:05 via WN.com - World News
  WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is not expected to discuss with Chinese President Xi Jinping the case involving a businesswoman whose ties to former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang raised national security concerns, US officials said on Friday. Trump is set to meet with Xi next week on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation...
  
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• Three oil tankers catch fire after striking mines in Hormuz: Iran

  14-11-2026 09:05 via WN.com - World News
  TEHERAN: Iran's navy and Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday that fires had broken out on a total of three oil tankers that struck mines in the Strait of Hormuz, where Teheran has restricted navigation. Teheran has insisted that vessels obtain its authorisation to cross the strait since...
  
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• SpaceX's Starship enters Earth's orbit, but booster catch aborted

  14-11-2026 09:05 via WN.com - World News
  STARBASE: Elon Musk's SpaceX on Friday aborted the recovery of the booster for the world's biggest and most powerful rocket, the Starship, but insisted it could yet "catch" the spaceship, which would be a first. The 124-meter rocket roared into the sky from Starbase in southern Texas for its 15th test flight, but minutes later, the planned landmark nature of the mission went awry. After lift-off and the mid-air separation of the two stages, a technical problem forced the company to abandon plans
  
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• South China Sea COC negotiations at 70pct complete - Philippines

  14-11-2026 09:05 via WN.com - World News
  MANILA: Negotiations for a Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea are now 70 per cent complete, the Philippine News Agency (PNA) reported, quoting the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday. Foreign Affairs Spokesman for Asean Affairs Dax Imperial did not provide further details but said "there are issues that need to...
  
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• Roque: Asean must turn economic commitments into gains for businesses, people

  14-11-2026 09:05 via WN.com - World News
  MANILA: Asean must back its economic integration plans with clear milestones and consistent implementation to deliver benefits for businesses, consumers and workers, Philippine Trade and Industry Secretary Cristina Roque said. She said the Asean Economic Community (AEC) Strategic Plan 2026-2030 required effective coordination, while...
  
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• Microsoft says all services restored after global outage

  14-11-2026 09:05 via WN.com - World News
  BENGALURU: Microsoft said on Saturday that services had fully recovered...
  
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• ICC closes original Afghanistan war crimes investigation

  14-11-2026 09:05 via WN.com - World News
  ISTANBUL: Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have ordered the formal closure of the court's original investigation into alleged crimes in Afghanistan, which included allegations against US troops, Anadolu Ajansi reported. A separate investigation into alleged crimes by the Taliban since August 2021 will continue. The Chamber said the prosecution had not...
  
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• Ex-Nvidia CEO misled top lawyer on affair with Chinese businesswoman, sources say

  14-11-2026 09:05 via WN.com - World News
  SAN FRANCISCO: Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang misled several of the company's leaders, including general counsel Tim Teter and chief marketing officer Alison Wagonfeld, about the nature of his relationship with Chinese businesswoman Alice Huang, with whom he had an affair, according to two people familiar with the matter and internal correspondence reviewed by Reuters. Reuters reviewed several exchanges from October on condition of not quoting verbatim from the messages. The news agency is the f
  
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• Bus, container truck collide head-on in India, killing 23

  14-11-2026 09:05 via WN.com - World News
  NEW DELHI: A head-on collision between a container truck and a passenger bus killed at least 23 people, including three children, in eastern India on Friday, a police...
  
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• Asean leaders to review implementation of Myanmar Five-Point Consensus, chart way forward

  14-11-2026 09:05 via WN.com - World News
  MANILA: Asean leaders will review the implementation of the Five-Point Consensus (5PC) on Myanmar at the 49th Asean Summit in Manila and adopt a decision to guide the bloc's future engagement with the country, Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Theresa P. Lazaro said. She said the document, titled the Asean Leaders' Review and Decision on the Implementation of the Five-Point...
  
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• Amazon fires: Brazil's Par� state declares 120-day emergency amid severe drought

  14-11-2026 09:05 via WN.com - World News
  BRAS�LIA: A northern Brazilian state has declared an environmental state of emergency due to hundreds of forest fires in the Amazon basin amid a severe drought linked to the El Nino climate phenomenon. Since the start of November, the state of Para has already...
  
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• It’s looking like Trump’s first term again as knives come out at the White House ...

  14-11-2026 09:00 via WN.com - World News
  The backbiting and leaking that...
  
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• Mom who fell asleep and drove onto soccer field killing two won’t be charged

  14-11-2026 08:59 via WN.com - World News
  The 34-year-old woman told detectives she awoke to the screams of both her children...
  
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• VCG Markets Brings AI Behavioural Scoring to Gold, Commodities Trades

  14-11-2026 08:57 via WN.com - World News
  "VCG Markets tracks eight behavioural dimensions of every trader's gold and commodities activity in real time, a data layer no other entry on this list currently discloses." VCG Markets leads the 2026 list of top platforms for gold and commodities trading, backed by 10M+ trades executed and $2T+ in volume across 80+ countries. Ebene, Mauritius - November 13, 2026 - , an international multi-asset broker offering forex, shares, gold, oil, indices, commodities, cryptos and ETFs, today released its
  
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• “The Disciplined Executive” by Jani Hirvonen Receives Literary Titan Book Award for Its Powerful Approach ...

  14-11-2026 08:57 via WN.com - World News
  United States - November 14, 2026 - Award-winning leader, executive coach, and former world-class athlete Jani Hirvonen has received the prestigious Literary Titan Book Award for his book, The Disciplined Executive: The Athlete’s Approach to Leadership: How to Lead with Clarity, Courage, and Competitive Edge. Blending lessons from elite athletics, corporate leadership, and nonprofit service, the book offers a practical roadmap for developing resilient, accountable, and high-performing leaders
  
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• St. Louis Mental Health Opens New Residential Mental Health Treatment Facility Serving Greater St. Louis

  14-11-2026 08:57 via WN.com - World News
  New Winfield facility now accepting adults for 24/7 residential care, with same-day admissions and specialized treatment for mood, anxiety, trauma, psychotic, personality, and dissociative disorders. ST. LOUIS, Missouri - November 14, 2026 - St. Louis Mental Health has officially opened its new at 350 Birkhead Rd in Winfield, Missouri, expanding access to round-the-clock mental health care for adults across the greater St. Louis area. The facility is now accepting adults 18 and older, with same-
  
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• Saudi Charity Celebrates Serving More Than 300 Million Pilgrims to Holy Sites Over 18 Years

  14-11-2026 08:57 via WN.com - World News
  Hadiyah and the King Abdulaziz Endowment sign MOU at Jeddah’s Hajj Expo Mecca, Saudi Arabia - November 13, 2026 - Hadiyah Charity celebrated reaching its 300 millionth beneficiary, marking an 18-year journey serving Hajj and Umrah pilgrims and visitors to the holy sites. Its comprehensive programmes address their needs in Makkah, Madinah and at various stages of their pilgrimage...
  
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