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  • November 11, 2025

Trump Criticizes Air Traffic Controllers During Shutdown

President Trump gives brief remarks to members of the press after exiting Air Force One on Sunday. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images President Trump is slamming U.S. air traffic controllers who called out of work during the government shutdown, during which they were forced to stay on the job without
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  • November 11, 2025

‘Death by Lightning’ unfolds like an 1880s ‘West Wing’

Michael Shannon plays President James Garfield and Betty Gilpin is first lady Crete Garfield in Death By Lightning. Larry Horricks/Netflix hide caption toggle caption Larry Horricks/Netflix Death by Lightning, a new four-part miniseries on Netflix, is a period piece that plays like a 19th-century version of The West Wing . It's full of political intrigue
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  • November 11, 2025

FDA to Remove Black Box Warnings on Menopause Hormone Therapy

The Food and Drug Administration says it is removing the black box safety warnings from all hormone therapy creams, pills and other treatments prescribed to ease the symptoms of menopause and perimenopause. The prominent warnings said these therapies could raise the risks for some cancers, dementia, heart attacks and strokes. "The FDA today is announcing
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  • November 11, 2025

Car explosion near Red Fort kills at least eight

Ambulances are lined up at the scene after a car explosion near the historic Red Fort in New Delhi, India, on Monday. AP/AP hide caption toggle caption AP/AP NEW DELHI — A car explosion near the historic Red Fort in India's capital city killed eight people on Monday and injured at least 19 others, police
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  • November 11, 2025

Supreme Court declines to revisit gay marriage decision

Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis makes a statement to the media at the front door of the Rowan County Judicial Center in Morehead, Ky., in September 2015. Timothy D. Easley/AP hide caption toggle caption Timothy D. Easley/AP The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case challenging its landmark decision to legalize
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David Szalay wins Booker Prize for his novel FleshDavid Szalay wins Booker Prize for his novel Flesh
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  • November 11, 2025

David Szalay wins Booker Prize for his novel Flesh

Hungarian-British writer David Szalay has won the prestigious Booker prize for his novel Flesh, which tells the story of a tortured Hungarian emigre who makes and loses a fortune. Szalay, 51, beat five other shortlisted authors, including Indian novelist Kiran Desai and the United Kingdom’s Andrew Miller, to claim the 50,000 British pound ($65,500) award
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US Democrats recovered support from Muslim voters, poll suggestsUS Democrats recovered support from Muslim voters, poll suggests
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  • November 11, 2025

US Democrats recovered support from Muslim voters, poll suggests

Ninety-seven percent of Muslim respondents in a CAIR survey say they voted for New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. Muslim voters in the United States overwhelmingly favoured Democratic candidates in last week’s elections, amid mounting anger at President Donald Trump’s policies, a new exit poll suggests. The survey, released by the Council on American-Islamic Relations
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Is War a Major Threat to the Climate?Is War a Major Threat to the Climate?
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  • November 11, 2025

Is War a Major Threat to the Climate?

Inside Story Leaders at COP30 are being urged to consider the environmental toll of conflict. Speaking at this year’s COP30 in Brazil, UN chief Antonio Guterres called the inability to limit global warming to 1.5C (2.7F) a “deadly moral failure”. But does the same apply when it comes to protecting the environment in conflict? Israel’s
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Ukraine anticorruption agency alleges $100m energy kickback schemeUkraine anticorruption agency alleges $100m energy kickback scheme
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Ukraine anticorruption agency alleges $100m energy kickback scheme

Ukranian president promises accountability after anticorruption bureau announces probe into alleged Energoatom scheme. Ukraine’s anticorruption agency has launched an investigation into an alleged $100m kickback scheme involving Energoatom, the state-run nuclear power company that supplies more than half of the country’s electricity. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), which operates independently of the government
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COP30 opens in Brazil with calls for unity to tackle climate crisisCOP30 opens in Brazil with calls for unity to tackle climate crisis
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COP30 opens in Brazil with calls for unity to tackle climate crisis

About 50,000 people are expected to attend the 12-day climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belem. The 30th annual United Nations climate change conference (COP30) has started in the Brazilian city of Belem, with leaders calling for countries to take a united approach against global warming. “In this arena of COP30, your job here
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