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Nov 12, 2026 - World

Prime minister says reset could be a deal ‘like the Brexit people thought they were voting for in 2016’Andy Burnham has said he believes a “win-win” deal could be done with the EU that could be “more like the Brexit that people thought they were voting for in 2016”.The prime minister was meeting fellow leaders at the European Political Community summit in Dublin, ahead of a keenly anticipated EU-UK summit next week, where he hopes to bring Britain closer to Europe. Continue reading...

Nov 12, 2026 - World

Kayla Smith stabbed Chloe Watson Dransfield to death during planned fight over young manAn 18-year-old woman who stabbed a teenage girl to death during a planned fight over a young man has pleaded guilty to murder.Chloe Watson Dransfield, 16, was attacked by Kayla Smith, 18, after going to the latter’s home with her boyfriend Blake Dowling in Leeds, West Yorkshire, a court heard. Continue reading...

Nov 12, 2026 - World

Sightings of the species are becoming increasingly common as experts worry about danger posed by busy waterwaysA humpback whale was spotted on Thursday swimming in New York’s Hudson River, sparking a social media frenzy.Brad Hoylman-Sigal, president of Manhattan borough, was among those to share a photograph of the whale on Facebook, an image taken on Thursday morning and provided by Gotham Whale, a citizen science and education group that tracks marine mammals in New York’s waterways. Continue reading...

Nov 12, 2026 - World

Nvidia’s value slumps by $888bn this week as scandal over longtime CEO’s two affairs, including with a suspected Chinese spy, engulfs chip makerAnalysis: Jensen Huang built an AI kingdom. What now?Full report: Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEOToo big – and too well-connected – to sack? Huang does not enjoy the supercharged voting rights that are par for the course elsewhere – his shareholding is a plain vanilla 3.6%. On the other hand, Nvidia’s board does not appear to have spent much time worrying about succession planning and “key person risk” or other standard concerns of corporate governance wonks outside the US. Continue reading...

Nov 12, 2026 - World

Colette Kress did her Master of Business Administration (MBA) in finance from SMU Cox School of Business.