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A new NASA model visualization traces brown-carbon smoke from July 14 through July 20 as unhealthy air spread through major U.S. and Canadian cities.
India’s pollution monitor recorded Delhi’s citywide AQI at 370 on Monday morning, with some monitoring stations above 400 in the severe category.
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237 stories in this desk.South Korea’s antitrust watchdog announced provisional penalties totaling 631.9 billion won against delivery-app operators Baemin and Coupang Eats over restaurant pricing terms.
Updated Nov. 9: The Supreme Court has temporarily paused the lower-court injunction, allowing construction to resume while the administration’s appeal continues.
Saudi Arabia says falling missile-interception debris damaged an Aramco building in Riyadh, with no injuries reported.
President Isaac Herzog has tasked former military chief Gadi Eisenkot with trying to form Israel’s next government.
A deadly apartment fire in Taiyuan has left 14 people dead as authorities investigate its cause.
Busan’s agricultural center confirmed tomato brown rugose fruit virus in local greenhouse crops and urged growers to limit farm-to-farm contact. Authorities say the pathogen is under plant-quarantine controls.
Official results put the African National Congress at about 31% in Wednesday’s local elections, its weakest showing in a local vote. The result sets up negotiations over municipal coalitions.
Preliminary results project 67 seats for the incumbent National-led bloc in a 131-seat Parliament, one above a majority. Special votes remain uncounted; official results are due Nov. 27.
NVIDIA directors appointed an independent committee and outside counsel to review reports that CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by a foreign intelligence effort. The board says it has no reason to believe NVIDIA secrets or national security were compromised.
Prosecutors charged Santiago Peña over alleged breach of trust and abuse of office tied to Ueno Bank’s collapse and sought pretrial detention. The charges are allegations, not a finding of guilt.
Taiwan’s Tainan District Court ordered Lin Te-wang detained after prosecutors alleged he accepted funding and instructions from China’s Communist Party for a local election bid. The allegations remain under investigation; detention is not a finding of guilt.
Updated Nov. 8: The NCDC dashboard lists one confirmed case. Of 62 identified contacts, 45 remain under follow-up and 17 have exited. Contacts are being monitored; they are not confirmed cases. Earlier evacuation details follow.
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