As votes were counted in the US midterm elections, stock futures fell and the dollar weakened.

Early results and prediction markets suggested Democrats could win control of both chambers of Congress, though the Senate race remained competitive.

Investors watched not just which party would win, but how large its majority might be, because that could affect policy and market expectations.

The prospect of a Democratic sweep raised concerns about tighter AI regulation, which could weigh on technology shares and data-centre projects.

Democrat Annie Andrews is projected to defeat Republican Darline Graham in South Carolina’s US Senate race.

Graham was appointed to the seat after her brother, Senator Lindsey Graham, died in July, then ran for a full six-year term.

The win would flip a seat Republicans have held for nearly three decades; South Carolina last elected a Democrat to the Senate in 1998.

Andrews would also be the first woman elected to represent the state in the Senate.

Kim Jong Un called for a rapid naval buildup during a visit to North Korea’s Nampho Shipyard on Nov.

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He inspected a new warship under construction and reviewed plans to upgrade the shipyard.

North Korea gave no specifications for the vessel, though one assessment suggested it could be around 10,000 tons.

Justin Street reportedly left AEW in October 2026 after about a year with the wrestling promotion.

He had been AEW’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Partnerships and Sales.

Street has reportedly returned to P.B.R., a TKO-owned professional bull riding company.

He previously spent seven years at P.B.R., including as Senior Vice President of Corporate Partnerships and Media Sales.

A São Paulo judge temporarily barred Meta from using news outlets’ content without permission while a case brought by three media associations proceeds.

The groups represent newspapers, broadcasters and magazine publishers in Brazil.

Meta’s planned commercial terms would have allowed automated tools to copy and analyze material from publishers’ websites, including content outside Meta’s apps.

The ruling blocks that use for developing or training AI systems and suspends the relevant terms, which were due to take effect on November 20.

The Green Bay Packers plan to keep running back Josh Jacobs on the team while the NFL investigates allegations against him.

Police records released in Wisconsin describe accounts from three women who reported similar incidents from years before a May altercation involving Jacobs and his then-girlfriend.

Jacobs pleaded no contest in September to misdemeanor battery and property-damage charges connected to the May incident.

Jacobs’ lawyers deny the earlier allegations and say he has evidence to dispute them.

BTS has earned platinum certification in Italy for its album “ARIRANG,” the first K-pop act to receive the honour from the Italian music industry association.

The album, released in March, reached the required total of 50,000 combined units.

The certification counts physical album sales, digital downloads and streams together.

BTS had previously earned gold certifications in Italy for five other releases.

The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has passed 10,000 cases, with nearly 4,900 deaths reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The outbreak was declared in May, but evidence suggests the virus may have been spreading since February or March.

Cases have also been detected in Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria, making this outbreak the widest in geographic scope in Ebola history.

Bundibugyo is a rarer Ebola virus, and available tests initially failed to detect it reliably.