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Russell Brand, sentenced to 10.5 years for rape, faces new sexual misconduct allegations from six more women reported by The Times and Sunday Times. Meta also disabled his social media accounts following the conviction.
US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi between Russia and Ukraine resulted in the largest prisoner exchange of the war but failed to achieve a broader peace agreement. US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are scheduled to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow and Volodymyr Zelensky in.
EU leaders met in Dublin to negotiate expanding peace talks with Russia, including European countries, as Ukraine's President Zelensky welcomed US support for European involvement. A car bomb in Russia injured a former adviser to Ukraine's pro-Putin ex-premier, highlighting.
A techie used voltage glitching to blow onboard fuses on an Nvidia CMP-170HX 8GB mining card, unlocking its full 80GB VRAM and shader modules to effectively turn it into a $20,000 A100-class GPU.
A global Microsoft outage on November 13, 2026, affected nearly 130,000 users, disrupting access to Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, and Copilot. Microsoft reported recovery efforts were not proceeding as expected, with services gradually being restored.
A major Microsoft 365 outage on November 13, 2026, disrupted Outlook and Teams for Australian government services, courts, and schools, with over 5,500 reports at peak. Microsoft confirmed the issue was not a cyberattack but struggled to deploy a fix.
Hugging Face CEO reaffirmed commitment to open-source AI following Jensen Huang's departure, amid Nvidia's $12.9B acquisition. New open-source projects like Yogurt and TimeNet continue to emerge, signaling community resilience.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth awarded Specialist Thomas Iglesias the Joint Service Commendation Medal after Iglesias reprimanded Hegseth and his group at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday. The medal recognizes Iglesias for his execution of duties during the incident.
An arrest warrant has been issued for a Washington D.C. man linked by DNA to a 2014 sexual assault. Separately, UK politician Nigel Farage appeared on Russell Brand's podcast after Brand was investigated for sexual assault, and Brand was later sentenced to over 10 years in.
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy is considering legislation to force the TV industry to better protect women and children after allegations against David Walliams and Russell Brand's conviction. The government is also exploring quick legal limits on non-disclosure agreements.
Apple is closing its 28-year-old online community forum, a longstanding resource for user discussions and support, ending a platform active since the late 1990s.
A three-story residential building in Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood collapsed into an adjacent construction site on Wednesday, killing eight people including two children and two construction workers. Seventeen others were injured as rescue crews searched through rubble under.
Mostafa Sepahvand, 41, and Farhad Javadi Manesh, 46, were convicted of spying for Iran after surveilling targets in the UK between August 2024 and March 2025. The men were hired via social media to assist Iranian intelligence in a plan to eliminate journalists based in Britain.
Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith by a razor-thin margin, becoming the first Black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction. The victory ended a 44-year drought for Democrats in the state's Senate elections.
Alexander Darchiev, Russia's ambassador to the United States, died suddenly at age 66 after serving only 18 months in the post. The Russian foreign ministry announced his death on November 11, 2026, calling him an outstanding diplomat.
Svitolina later rallied to beat Karolina Muchova, keeping her semifinal hopes alive. These results reshape the WTA Finals semifinal lineup, highlighting a new generation of talent challenging established stars.
Mr Justice Bennathan received praise from the Criminal Bar Association for his sentencing remarks that dispelled rape myths during Russell Brand's trial. Brand was sentenced to over 10 years for rape and sexual assault, with new police reports emerging post-conviction.
Nvidia's board is reportedly preparing to remove founder and CEO Jensen Huang, with a decision possible as soon as Wednesday evening. The move follows a reported affair with an alleged Chinese spy, raising national security concerns amid the US-China AI race.
Todd Russell, Beaconsfield mine collapse survivor, died at 54; French resistance heroine Solange Alexandre died at 104; actor Stacy Keach died at 85; actress Irma P Hall died at 91; jockey Tom O'Brien died at 39.
President Donald Trump placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and stated 'we won' the Iran war during the Veterans Day service at Arlington National Cemetery. New York City also hosted its annual Veterans Day Parade honoring military service members.
The UK government's proposed social media ban for under-16s may expand to cover up to 150 platforms, including YouTube Kids, Lego Play, Spotify, and eBay, according to sources. The ban is set to take effect in March, potentially affecting services previously thought exempt.
SZA appears to have leaked Coachella 2027 headliners, with Dua Lipa set to become the first female British headliner alongside Tame Impala and SZA. Polymarket odds and Google Trends data confirm these top three favorites for the two-weekend festival.
X has introduced a native clipping feature that allows users to cut long videos into short, shareable clips, aiming to increase viral content and influencer activity on the platform. The move follows similar tools from competitors like Twitch and YouTube.
A car crashed into pedestrians near a North Hollywood metro station during Tuesday rush hour, killing three and critically injuring three others. The incident occurred at a food stand, according to The Guardian.
Kashim Chowdhury was convicted of fraud for secretly holding five full-time public sector jobs, pocketing £284,000 of taxpayers' money over three years. The UK's top civil servant, Antonia Romeo, has pledged to 'rewire' Whitehall, calling it too 'tame, reactive and risk-averse'.
The Economist reports on criminal gangs producing counterfeit wine, while The Guardian covers a former police officer denying he created a fake Grindr account for a murder victim.
House Republicans voted down an impeachment effort against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who faces accusations of illegally waging war without congressional authorization. The vote occurred a week after Republicans lost control of both chambers in the midterm elections.
Russell Brand was sentenced to 10 years and 6 months in prison on November 9, 2026, for raping a fan and sexually assaulting three other women. The sentencing followed a four-week trial at Southwark Crown Court where he was described as a ruthless sexual predator.
Former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon testified he was not obsessed with Jesse Baird, claiming he would have liked him even as a garbage cleaner, in the trial for the fatal shootings of Baird and Luke Davies in Sydney on February 19, 2024.
