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🇮🇱 🗳️ Israeli electoral authorities on Wednesday rejected allegations promoted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of fraud by Arab parties, who could hold the key to removing him from power after a divisive vote ➡️ u.afp.com/Sybz
ALT File photo shows right-wing protesters holding portraits of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a demonstration in his support at Habima Square in Tel Aviv on October 31, 2026, following Israel's general election
⚽ 🏴 🇮🇹 Bruno Fernandes said a rally from 2-0 down to beat Roma in the Champions League can turn around Manchester United's season as he took aim at "lies" about his relationship with under-fire manager Michael Carrick ➡️ u.afp.com/SybB
ALT Manchester United's Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes scores their first goal from the penalty spot during the Champions League league phase match between his side and and Roma at Old Trafford in Manchester, northwest England, on November 3, 2026
🇺🇸 🗳️ Democrats win US Congress in midterm rout of Trump
Democrats have seized control of the US Congress, capturing the Senate and House of Representatives in a stunning, nationwide rejection of Donald Trump set to put the brakes on the final two years of his presidency. AFP's Aurelia End explains
Texas Democrat Talarico says 'we defeated Goliath' in US Senate upset
James Talarico, a former schoolteacher and Presbyterian seminarian who campaigned on a "politics of love," won the US Senate race in Texas, US media projected, dealing a historic blow to Republicans that could reshape American politics
Toxic air pollution in India's capital New Delhi surged on Wednesday to more than 30 times the World Health Organization's recommended daily limit
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Hungary to release communist-era secret police files.
Since Hungary's democratic transition in 1990, efforts to fully open the communist-era archives had repeatedly stalled, with critics blaming successive governments' reluctance to potentially implicate public figures across the political spectrum
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Democrat Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan's US Senate race over former Republican lawmaker Mike Rogers, US networks say
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Apple begins long-delayed trial rollout of in-house AI tools for Chinese users, playing catch-up to homegrown smartphone makers in a major market for the US giant
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BREAKING Bangladesh's garment industry wage board said Wednesday it had reached an agreement on raising the minimum wage for workers in the key export sector, following days of protests
South Africa votes under shadow of service failures.
The vote comes as a weary electorate contends with crumbling infrastructure, dry taps, persistent inequality and unemployment above 30%, deepening public disillusionment with the political establishment
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Binance reveals hackers used fake job interviews, malicious code in $6 billion heist.
The FBI has blamed the attack on North Korean-affiliated hackers
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Cyberattacks on European freezers heat up.
Germany, Romania and the UK on Tuesday joined the growing list of European nations hit by cyberattacks on supermarket refrigeration systems in recent days
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Bomb threats disrupt flights in Europe.
About 10 European flights were targeted by bomb threats on Tuesday, forcing the brief closure of a Warsaw airport and the scrambling of air force planes in Rome
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BREAKING Democrat Troy Jackson unseated longtime Republican incumbent Senator Susan Collins in Maine -- yet another flip for the Democrats, media projections show
Democrats win full control of US Congress in a crushing rebuke of President Donald Trump and his Republican Party.
The victory gives Democrats the power to block Trump's agenda and investigate alleged corruption for the last two years of his presidency
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BREAKING Kansas sends Democrat to US Senate for first time since 1932.
Democrats have picked up another US Senate seat when Adam Hamilton defeated Republican incumbent Roger Marshall in the central state of Kansas, media projections show
BREAKING Democrat Gina Hinojosa has unseated incumbent Texas Governor Greg Abbott, media projections show, in a stunning triumph for her party in the Lone Star State
BREAKING Democrat James Talarico has won the US Senate race in Texas, flipping yet another seat for his party in a huge blow to Republicans, NBC News and CBS News projections show
Democrats win US House in growing midterms wave against Trump.
CNN and CNBC project a Democratic House majority, giving the opposition the power to block Trump's legislative agenda and launch sweeping investigations
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