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• Nvidia opens investigation after report CEO Jensen Huang was target of foreign intelligence
  Source: The Guardian - World

  Nvidia opened an investigation following allegations concerning its chief executive and a possible foreign intelligence connection. The allegations remain subject to investigation.

• Nvidia CEO Huang admits affair amid rumors of China spy ties
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English

  Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang publicly addressed reports about a personal relationship amid allegations of links to Chinese intelligence.

• ‘Seismic shift’: Native American women made significant gains in US midterms
  Source: The Guardian - World

  Native American women and non-binary candidates made notable gains in the US midterm elections, according to the reported election results.

• Iran waiting to resume talks after US midterms ‘shock’
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News

  Iran’s foreign minister said there had been no progress in talks with the United States following the US midterm elections.

• Iran threatens to ‘rain down hell’ if US escalates war
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News

  Iran warned of severe retaliation if the United States escalated military operations, amid renewed threats from Washington.

• Iran: US strikes ship after Hormuz blockade breach
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English

  US forces reported striking a vessel attempting to leave an Iranian port in breach of a naval blockade.

• CDC reports more than 5,000 measles cases, highest number in 35 years
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News

  CDC reports more than 5'000 measles cases, highest number in 35 years. Children and teenagers make up almost 60 percent of confirmed cases.

• Iran war live: Qatar says US, Iran should not wait to reach a peace deal
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News

  Iran war live: Qatar says US, Iran should not wait to reach a peace deal. Qatar's prime minister urges the US and Iran not to wait for a 'perfect moment' to reach a deal to end the war.

• Global stocks fall amid ‘big worries over AI’ after Democrats’ midterms triumph
  Source: The Guardian - World

  Asian and European markets follow US tech rout with many analysts predicting more waves of selling to come European and Asian stock markets fell sharply on Friday after the Democrats’ decisive victory in the midterms triggered a rout in US tech stocks a day earlier. A sell-off on Wall Street on Thursday was followed by sharp falls in Asian stock markets on Friday. The investor sentiment then reached London, where the market was, at one stage, poised for its worst day since March. Continue reading...

• Israel closes Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque to Palestinians for Jewish holiday
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News

  Contested West Bank holy site is reopened exclusively for Israelis, deepening tensions over control of the mosque.

• Critics say Democrats should look into Trump's Middle East deals in future corruption investigations
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English

  After their victory in the US midterm elections, the Democrats have promised to investigate corruption in the Trump administration. Critics say the president's Middle East deals is an area they should focus on.

• US midterm results spark fears in Israel over future of two countries' ties
  Source: BBC News - Middle East

  Staunch US support of Israel has been raised as one of the reasons why Republicans performed so badly.

• California governor commutes sentences for state's 548 death row inmates
  Source: BBC News - World

  California has historically had the largest population of people on death row in the US.

• Israel’s Herzog yet to decide on who should form government as Eisenkot secures significant backing
  Source: The Guardian - World

  President says he will make a decision on Sunday about who should try to build a government as Netanyahu rival is endorsed by 67 lawmakers Gadi Eisenkot, the main rival to Benjamin Netanyahu, secured endorsements on Thursday from a majority of lawmakers to try to form a government but Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, said it was still unclear who could break the deadlock and that he would decide on Sunday which of the two men should try first. Of the Knesset’s 120 elected lawmakers, 67 had ​endorsed Eisenkot through several days of talks with Herzog, while 46 endorsed Netanyahu. Herzog said on Thursday that while the “results ‌of the consultations may appear clear”, there were “mutual vetoes between the blocs and within the blocs themselves” that make it difficult to say who has the ‌best shot to form a government. Continue reading...

• The midterms were a thumping rebuke of the US-Israel relationship
  Source: The Guardian - World

  Even Trump seems to recognize that the relationship has become a political liability, and may never be the same Q&A: Ask your questions about Democrats’ win in the midterms Track live results from all 50 states On the eve of a midterm election that ended in an unequivocal rejection of his brand of politics, even Donald Trump seemed to recognize that the US-Israel relationship had become a political liability. Trump’s 11th-hour suggestion, on election morning, that he would cut military aid to Israel at the end of the year because, as he put it, “they don’t need it”, was condemned across the board – with pro-Palestinian advocates dismissing it as “desperate” and pro-Israel ones as “unserious”. Continue reading...

• US midterm election results: How Americans voted and what the data tells us
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English
• No more rice grains in Kellogg's Rice Krispies due to changing weather
  Source: BBC News - Business
• Scepticism as Trump says he’s ending Israel’s $3.8 bn military aid deal
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News
• US Department of Justice expands its probe into Alaska’s US Senate election
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News
• Canva announces major job cuts after 'our hardest year yet'
  Source: BBC News - Business
• Iran war live: Tehran prepares ‘maximum deterrence’ plan for any new attack
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News
• President Zelenskyy says US elections will impact war in Ukraine
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News
• Texans vote in most expensive Senate race in US history
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News
• Greenland's parliament ratifies Trump's US security agreement
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English
• Trump claims US will end military aid to Israel by end of this year
  Source: The Guardian - World
• Trump says US 'won't be paying Israel' by end of year
  Source: BBC News - Middle East
• Why South Africa's local elections matter
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English
• Cyprus: From ties with Russia to a strategic alignment with the US
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English
• What US midterm elections mean for Ukraine, Iran and elsewhere
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English
• US strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island as Vance voices optimism about a deal
  Source: The Guardian - World
• Trump to remove Rwanda and South Africa from US trade deal
  Source: BBC News - World
• Trump’s troubles with Iran could open the door to China
  Source: The Guardian - World
• US strikes Iranian island ahead of midterm elections
  Source: BBC News - Middle East
• Oil price falls amid hope of a breakthrough to end Iran war
  Source: The Guardian - World
• Canadian PM Mark Carney discusses talks with the EU, overdependence on the US and how to deal with Donald Trump in a DW interview.
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English
• Canada and EU announce new alliance open to like-minded countries
  Source: The Guardian - World
• Russia shadow fleet sanctions: Can the EU act without US?
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English

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