November 14
Science and technology
Arts and culture
The Philippines, with the song "Sobra-Sobra" by Carmelle, wins the inaugural Eurovision Song Contest Asia held in Bangkok, Thailand.
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AP 
Law and crime
Border Guard Bangladesh seize 48 explosive gel sticks, 100 detonators, and 11 fuses during an operation along the Bangladesh–India border in Kanaighat Upazila, Sylhet District, Bangladesh.
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BSS
The Guatemalan Army begins deploying a battalion to the departments of Zacapa, Izabal, and Chiquimula following an attack in the Zacapa Department the previous day that killed five people.
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Prensa Libre
Health and environment
Eight more people in Bangladesh are reported to have died from dengue fever, bringing this year's outbreak's death toll to 491.
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BSS
Disasters and accidents
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in Dutch
Politics and elections
Student protesters, unions, and the yellow vests hold another nationwide protest in France, with over 100,000 participants.
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Türkiye
The South Sudanese election commission postpones the country's first presidential and parliamentary elections since independence in 2011 from December 22, 2026, to February 11, 2027, amid political tensions and continuing violence.
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AFP via RFI
Business and economy
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association threatens to indefinitely close unrest-affected factories without pay under the Bangladesh Labour Act 2006, after ongoing wage protests force the shutdown of 55 units and halt production at 147 others.
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The Business Standard
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney announces that negotiations for a free-trade agreement (FTA) with the Philippines have concluded, with signing expected in 2027. The FTA would eliminate more than 90% of tariff lines.
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AFP
November 13
Disasters and accidents
A tanker and the cruise ship collide in the Mississippi River of the United States. The cruise ship, carrying 130 people, sinks. All aboard the survive, with some taken to local hospitals for treatment of minor injuries.
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CNN
The United States Federal Aviation Administration issues a nationwide ground stop for all flights due to "extraordinary circumstances involving communications failures". It is later lifted.
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Reuters
International relations
The United States Department of State designates three Guatemalan criminal groups as foreign terrorist organizations for providing material support to Mexican cartels.
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Macau Business
Law and crime
Hungary's National Asset Recovery and Protection Office recovers cash worth around US$19.5 million, including 5 billion Ft, from various locations around the country as part of a bribery investigation into Miklós Seszták, who served as Minister of National Development under former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán from 2014 to 2018.
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Reuters
In the United Kingdom, Metropolitan Police announce a criminal investigation into actor David Walliams about "alleged serious sexual offences". The police say they are separate to those investigated by ITN and .
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BBC News
Armed conflicts and attacks
Iran says it has destroyed an early-warning radar in Bahrain as a retaliation for a United States strike on telecommunication infrastructure on Sirik.
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Türkiye
Sports
In association football, the Royal Spanish Football Federation suspends FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono for 12 matches following a collision with CD Tenerife forward Jesús de Miguel during a November 2 match, which resulted in de Miguel's death.
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Al Jazeera
November 12
Law and crime
A British court convicts two Iranian men of spying on journalists from London-based broadcaster Iran International. One of them is also convicted of preparing a violent attack, while a third defendant is acquitted.
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AP
One person is killed and four more are injured in a shooting spree in Logan Circle, Washington D.C., United States. The suspected gunman later kills himself after barricading himself from police inside a nearby apartment.
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AP
Disasters and accidents
Fourteen people are killed and 30 more injured in a multiple-vehicle collision involving 18 cars and five trucks in the Emirate of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.
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Al Jazeera
A passenger van plunges off a road in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, killing eleven people and wounding three more.
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AP
Sports
Finland announces visa restrictions preventing Russian athletes, including neutral competitors, from entering for sporting events beginning November 16. Norway also announces similar restrictions on Russian and Belarusian athletes and their support staff.
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AFP via RFI
Arts and culture
Guatemala receives the remains of 1967 Nobel Prize in Literature recipient Miguel Ángel Asturias from France, 52 years after his death. President Bernardo Arévalo attends a ceremony ahead of the writer's burial in Guatemala City.
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AFP
Business and economy
Jensen Huang resigns as chief executive officer (CEO) and president of Nvidia and leaves the company's board following reports of two extramarital affairs, including one involving a suspected Chinese intelligence agent. Chief financial officer Colette Kress becomes interim CEO.
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Reuters
Over 200 garment factories shut down as workers block the Dhaka–Tangail Highway in Gazipur, leading police to fire stun grenades at the protesting workers.
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New Age
Health and environment
Four more children in Bangladesh are reported to have died from measles, bringing the death toll past 1,299.
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BSS
Armed conflicts and attacks
Haitian and Salvadoran soldiers take control of the Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince after two years of gang control.
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France 24
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and United States special envoy Jared Kushner announce that European representatives will join future peace negotiations with Russia, which Russian president Vladimir Putin agrees to while maintaining his territorial demands and rejecting foreign peacekeeping troops in Ukraine.
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Reuters
At least 10 people, including five with gunshot wounds, are injured in Munshiganj Sadar, Bangladesh, during a clash involving gunfire and crude bomb explosions between two factions of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
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The Business Standard
Science and technology
A major outage impacts multiple Microsoft services, including Microsoft 365, Copilot and Teams, worldwide.
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BBC News