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Luka Doncic Scores 45 as Lakers Beat Raptors 131-125

Doncic scores 45 as Lakers beat Raptors

US Midterm Polls Give Democrats an Edge in House and Senate Races

Polls Give Democrats an Edge in US Midterms

Oil Prices Fall on Reports Trump Will Give Iran Diplomacy More Time

Oil Prices Fall as Trump Gives Iran Diplomacy More Time

Belgian Cabinet Fails to Reach Budget Deal as Bart De Wever Heads to the King

De Wever heads to King after cabinet fails to agree

UN Peacekeeping Mission in Western Sahara Ends After 35 Years

UN Mission in Western Sahara Ends After 35 Years

Latest

French Women Symbolically Work for Free From November 19 Over Pay Gap

French Women Highlight Pay Gap From November 19

Binance Users Withdraw $3.6 Billion After $6.3 Billion Crypto Theft Attributed to North Korean Hackers

Binance Users Withdraw $3.6 Billion After Crypto Theft

Delhaize Refrigeration Systems Disrupted at About 40 Belgian Stores

IT Incident Disrupts Refrigeration at 40 Delhaize Stores

Erdoğan Visits South Korea for Talks on Strategic Partnership and New Agreements

Erdoğan visits South Korea for strategic partnership talks

French High School Students Resume Protests and School Blockades After Holiday Break

French students resume protests as schools reopen

Takasbank General Manager Yunus Arıncı Released Under Judicial Controls in Fund Probe

Takasbank chief Yunus Arıncı released under judicial controls

Gold Prices on Nov. 2, 2026: Gram Gold at 6,274.40 Lira, Quarter Gold at 10,258.64

Gram Gold Sells for 6,274.40 Lira on Nov. 2

Turkey’s January 2027 Pension and Public-Sector Pay Raises Await Inflation Data

Inflation data will determine Turkey’s January 2027 pay raises

World

UN Peacekeeping Mission in Western Sahara Ends After 35 Years

UN Mission in Western Sahara Ends After 35 Years

Learjet 60 Crashes in Florida Residential Area, Killing All 9 Aboard

Learjet 60 crashes in Florida, killing all 9 aboard

King Charles Gets Caught in Downpour at Antigua Stadium and Asks for Umbrella

King Charles Asks for Umbrella in Antigua Downpour

Ukraine Evacuates 167 Civilians From Threatened Areas in Kherson Region Before Ceasefire Ends

Ukraine evacuates 167 people as Kherson ceasefire nears end

Reports: Netanyahu Urged Trump to Resume Attacks on Iran After US Midterm Elections

Netanyahu reportedly urged Trump to resume Iran attacks

politics

US Midterm Polls Give Democrats an Edge in House and Senate Races

Polls Give Democrats an Edge in US Midterms

Belgian Cabinet Fails to Reach Budget Deal as Bart De Wever Heads to the King

De Wever heads to King after cabinet fails to agree

U.S. Pushes Plan to Resume Russian Gas Sales to Europe via Ukraine

U.S. backs plan to resume Russian gas flows through Ukraine

Haley Stevens Endorses Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan Senate Race

Haley Stevens endorses Mike Rogers in Michigan Senate race

Sen. Chris Murphy Hospitalized After Stroke, Office Says

Chris Murphy Is Hospitalized After a Stroke

Federal Judge Dismisses Trump Administration Lawsuit to Block Alaska Senate Certification

Judge dismisses Trump bid to block Alaska Senate results

Berlin SPD, Greens and Left Party Begin Coalition Talks

Berlin Parties Begin Coalition Government Talks

Iliana Yotova Wins Bulgaria’s Presidential Runoff, Becoming Its First Elected Female President

Iliana Yotova Wins Bulgaria’s Presidential Runoff

Business

Oil Prices Fall on Reports Trump Will Give Iran Diplomacy More Time

Oil Prices Fall as Trump Gives Iran Diplomacy More Time

Delhaize Refrigeration Systems Disrupted at About 40 Belgian Stores

IT Incident Disrupts Refrigeration at 40 Delhaize Stores

Gold Rebounds From One-Year Low as Oil and Dollar Prices Fall

Gold rebounds after hitting a one-year low

Binance Users Withdraw $3.6 Billion After $6.3 Billion Crypto Theft Attributed to North Korean Hackers

Binance Users Withdraw $3.6 Billion After Crypto Theft

Oil Prices Fall on Hopes for Renewed US-Iran Talks

Oil prices fall below $110 on US-Iran diplomacy hopes

Merlin Entertainments Reviews Hotel Staff Training After Travelodge Sexual Assault Case

Merlin Reviews Hotel Training After Travelodge Case

EU Introduces €2 Customs Handling Fee on Small Parcels from Shein, Temu and AliExpress

EU adds €2 fee to imported online shopping parcels

Binance Says It Has Covered 90% of Losses From Cyberattack

Binance covers 90% of cyberattack losses

Sports

Luka Doncic Scores 45 as Lakers Beat Raptors 131-125

Doncic scores 45 as Lakers beat Raptors

Denver Broncos Beat Kansas City Chiefs in NFL Showdown

Denver Broncos rally to beat Kansas City Chiefs

Kimi Antonelli Becomes Formula 1’s Youngest World Champion at 20

Kimi Antonelli becomes Formula 1’s youngest champion

Ferrari Team Principal Frédéric Vasseur Calls Hamilton-Leclerc Incident Disrespectful

Vasseur calls Hamilton-Leclerc clash disrespectful

Andoni Iraola Says He Will Tell Liverpool Players to Go Down to Win Penalties

Iraola Says Liverpool Players Should Go Down to Win Penalties

Lewis Hamilton Calls for Talks with Ferrari After Mexico GP Clash with Charles Leclerc

Hamilton Calls for Ferrari Talks After Leclerc Clash

Lamar Jackson to Have Right Thumb Surgery, Miss at Least Four Games for Ravens

Lamar Jackson to Have Thumb Surgery, Miss at Least Four Games

Arsenal Beat Liverpool 1-0 at Anfield to Take Premier League Lead

Havertz sends Arsenal top with Anfield win

Technology

South Korea Plans Record 2027 Investment in AI and Semiconductors

South Korea boosts 2027 AI and chip spending

Ukraine Emergency Alert App Hacked, Sending False Radiation Warnings

Ukraine app sends false radiation warnings after hack

Apple Reportedly Plans Three New iPad Models for the First Half of 2027

Apple plans three new iPads for early 2027

Germany’s BSI Warns Politicians About Spyware Threat to iPhones

Germany warns politicians of spyware threat to iPhones

FBI Blames North Korea for $6.3 Billion Binance Crypto Hack

FBI blames North Korea for $6.3 billion Binance hack

Science

Birds Can Experience Jet Lag After Long-Distance Flights, Study Finds

Birds Can Experience Jet Lag on Long Flights

Four Volunteers Complete NASA’s Yearlong Mars Simulation

Four volunteers finish NASA’s yearlong Mars simulation

China Details Plan for Crewed Moon Landing by 2030

China outlines plan for a crewed Moon landing by 2030

Sahara Meteorite Reveals Clues to Mars’ 4.1-Billion-Year-Old Crust and Water

Sahara Meteorite Reveals Evidence of Ancient Martian Water

Long-Distance Atlantic Flights Disrupt Seabirds’ Body Clocks and Navigation

Atlantic flights disrupt seabirds’ clocks and navigation

Study Finds Global Trade in Wild Species Larger Than Previously Thought

Study finds wild species trade is larger than thought

Health

Wayne Sleep Reveals Cancer Diagnosis, 11 Years After Prostate Cancer

Wayne Sleep reveals a new cancer diagnosis

Model Lara Stone Reveals Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Says She Is Receiving Treatment

Lara Stone reveals breast cancer diagnosis

Ebola Outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo Kills More Than 5,000

Ebola outbreak in Congo kills more than 5,000

culture

Dave Bautista Gains 20 Pounds of Muscle for Kratos Role in God of War Series

Dave Bautista Gains 20 Pounds for Kratos Role

Bradley Walsh’s Channel 4 Game Show Hoax Aimed to Warn About Gambling Risks

Bradley Walsh’s Fake Quiz Warns About Gambling

Marty Erlichman, Barbra Streisand’s Longtime Manager, Dies at 97

Marty Erlichman, Streisand’s Manager, Dies at 97

Director Michael Mann Taken to Hospital After Accidental Shooting at Los Angeles Gun Range

Michael Mann Is Hospitalized After Accidental Gun-Range Shooting

Juan Atkins, Detroit Techno Pioneer and Cybotron Co-Founder, Dies at 64

Detroit techno pioneer Juan Atkins dies at 64

Martha Stewart Says She Is Distressed by Backlash to Homeless Halloween Costume

Martha Stewart Responds to Homeless Costume Backlash

My Chemical Romance Earns First Billboard 200 No. 1 With ‘The Black Parade’ Reissue

My Chemical Romance Tops Billboard 200 for First Time

Footage Purportedly Showing a Persona 1 Remake Leaks Online

Footage of a Persona 1 remake appears online

Explainers

Who Will Replace Lagarde? How the Next ECB President Is Chosen Before February 2027

Who will replace Lagarde at the ECB? The 2027 succession

Is the AI Bubble Bursting? Why Stocks and Gold Fell in October 2026

Is the AI Bubble Bursting? The October 2026 Sell-Off

State Pension vs Personal Allowance: How Budget 2026's Pension Tax Allowance Works

UK Pension Tax Allowance 2027 explained

Can HMRC Access Your Bank Account? The 2026 Rules and the New Debt Power From 2029

Can HMRC access your bank account? 2026 rules

Turkey's KYK Scholarship and Loan 2026–27: Amounts, Results, Payment Dates

Turkey KYK Scholarship and Loan 2026-27

UEFA Nations League 2026–27 Explained: Türkiye and Germany in League A, November Games

UEFA Nations League 2026–27: Türkiye and Germany explained

Today's top stories at a glance: politics, world events and the news everyone is talking about. Clear, concise and updated around the clock.