25 stories reported by three or more independent newsrooms. The first is the day's event on the World Timeline: the one the most newsrooms led with.
On Thursday Microsoft confirmed an outage affecting Outlook, Teams and Copilot, with users reporting email errors and connectivity problems. Outage trackers recorded more than 60,000 and later more than 120,000 reports. Microsoft attributed the disruption to an 'elevated load' on...
On 12 November 2026 Nvidia announced that CEO Jensen Huang had resigned with immediate effect. Reporting said the move followed reports of extramarital affairs, including one with a woman U.S. intelligence agencies reportedly suspected of spying for China. Colette Kress was named...
A three-story building in Brooklyn, New York, collapsed on 11 November 2026 at the edge of a construction site. The death toll rose to eight as rescuers searched the rubble, and reports said at least 17 people were injured. New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani said crews were worki...
On Thursday 12 November 2026, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth awarded a Joint Service Commendation Medal to Specialist Thomas Iglesias, who had reprimanded Hegseth and his staff for noise at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day. Hegseth pr...
On 12 November 2026 Manchester United sacked head coach Michael Carrick, with the club in the Premier League relegation zone after winning one of its first ten league games. Reports said the club had lined up Mauricio Pochettino as his successor.
On the morning of 12 November 2026 several people were shot in the Logan Circle neighborhood of north-west Washington, D.C., according to police. Police said a suspect was barricaded after the shooting, and reports gave differing counts of the injured, ranging from four to five.
In the midterm elections of 3 November 2026 Democrats won a series of major races. CNN projected Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins would win the Alaska governor's race, and Democrat Cindy Holscher was elected governor of Kansas. In Mississippi Democrat Scott Colom won a Senate sea...
Democrats gained control of the House and expanded their Senate position in the 2026 US midterm elections, flipping eight Republican-held Senate seats according to reporting. Democratic leaders then gathered in Denver to plan for the 2028 presidential race.
Democrat Scott Colom defeated incumbent Republican senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in the 2026 midterm elections, becoming the first Black senator elected from Mississippi since Reconstruction. Results were confirmed in the days after Election Day.
Reports said six more women had made allegations of sexual misconduct and predatory behaviour against Russell Brand. The claims followed his convictions for raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others, and came as he was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison.
An Israeli airstrike hit Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza in the early hours of 12 November 2026. Palestinian officials and the Gaza Health Ministry said at least six people were killed, including a doctor or surgeon, and more than a dozen wounded. The Israeli military said it ha...
Harry Kane scored in England's 2-1 Nations League win over Croatia at Wembley, earning his record 126th cap and passing Peter Shilton as the men's senior team's most-capped player. The forward also reached 92 international goals.
On 12 November 2026 Dutch prosecutors demanded prison sentences of up to 20 years against six suspects over a failed attempt to kill Iranian journalist Siamak Tahmasbi in Haarlem in 2024. Prosecutors allege the plot was an international operation and that the alleged mastermind s...
NBC Sports announcer Dan Hicks, the voice of golf, Olympic swimming and Notre Dame football during a 35-year career, died late Wednesday 11 November 2026 in Connecticut of an acute illness, according to his family. NBC announced his death on Thursday 12 November. He was 64.
On Thursday President Donald Trump directed Vice President JD Vance to step away from negotiations with Iran and focus instead on what Trump described as corruption and crime in Democratic-run cities and states. Trump said the United States no longer needed a deal to end the war ...
After meeting US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff in Dublin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Europe would join the next round of negotiations with Russia and the US. UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged support for Ukraine at the European Political Community s...
On 12 November 2026 the Tweede Kamer debated a proposed higher top rate on wealth tax in box 3, put forward by PRO and Volt and backed by D66 and CDA. The VVD threatened to vote against it, provoking a coalition crisis, and the cabinet reportedly advised against the plan.
Comedian Russell Brand was convicted of rape and sexual assault and jailed for ten and a half years, according to reporting. The case prompted fallout in the entertainment industry: David Walliams, who denies the allegations, faced reports of sexually explicit remarks, and some s...
Dutch health insurers announced sharp premium increases for next year, with some monthly basic premiums exceeding 170 euro. Menzis said its basic premium would rise by 9.50 euro to 165.75 euro a month, while reports said increases across insurers ranged from about 5 euro to nearl...
On 11 November 2026 a guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery loudly reprimanded a group including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for making noise at the site. Commentators criticised the episode as a lapse of judgement.
On 12 November 2026 Ukraine reported renewed significant slowdowns on the Starlink satellite network used by its forces, affecting drone operations and air defence along the front line. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the restrictions were systematic and not accidental, accord...
World leaders gathered in Turkey for the COP31 climate summit in November 2026. UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham committed the UK to a 2050 net zero target and urged other leaders to act, while former US envoy John Kerry said President Trump was the biggest loser for scrapping clim...
Cyberattacks on refrigeration control systems across Europe have disrupted shops and exposed the vulnerability of cooling equipment. On 12 November 2026 Belgium's interior minister said Iran was behind the attacks, while Belgium's foreign minister publicly contradicted him. Franc...
Roger Taylor announced that he is stepping away from Duran Duran and retiring from playing drums because of worsening tinnitus. The band announced the decision on its website and social media on Thursday.
On Wednesday 11 November 2026, the historic ocean liner SS United States sank off the coast of Destin, Florida, in a planned sinking. The ship, which set a transatlantic speed record on its 1952 maiden voyage, is to become the world's largest artificial reef.