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Lead On 5 November 2025, Zohran Mamdani, 34, secured the New York mayoralty in a result that drew international attention from politicians and commentators in the UK, India, Uganda and across Europe. Observers framed the victory as an example of how progressive candidates can counter rising right‑wing populism by combining grassroots energy with concrete policy … Read more

Lead On November 5, 2025, TechCrunch reported that Google is integrating its Gemini AI directly into Google Maps to expand hands‑free interactions, improve turn‑by‑turn guidance and add context-aware features. The update lets drivers ask conversational questions about places along a route, report incidents, and have the app perform tasks such as adding calendar events. Landmark‑aware … Read more

PlayStation has begun rolling out cloud streaming to the PlayStation Portal, enabling Premium Plus subscribers to play supported PS5 titles without a direct PS5 connection starting November 5 at 6:00 PM PT / 9:00 PM ET. The feature follows a beta test held last year that was likewise limited to top-tier PlayStation subscribers. At launch, … Read more

Lead The November full moon will reach peak illumination on Nov. 5, 2025, at 8:19 a.m. EST (13:19 GMT), arriving just hours before the Moon reaches perigee. That timing makes this November full moon the largest and brightest “supermoon” of 2025, and it will climb near the peak of the Southern Taurid meteor shower. Observers … Read more

Lead On Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, a series of Democratic victories across the United States produced multiple historic firsts, spanning statewide offices, major-city mayorships and state ballot measures. Among the breakthroughs: Virginia will elect its first female governor, the country selected its first Muslim woman to statewide office, and New York City will have its … Read more

Lead California voters approved Proposition 50 in a special election on Tuesday, setting the state on a path to redraw congressional districts ahead of next year’s midterms. The vote, held amid an unusually high turnout and federal monitoring, passed despite intense spending by both supporters and opponents. Gov. Gavin Newsom campaigned for the measure as … Read more

Lead: McDonald’s has leaned on a cost-conscious product and promotion strategy to counter a wider slowdown in the dining sector, according to recent reporting. In markets from the U.S. to Europe, the chain amplified value offers and simplified menus this year, a move executives framed as a way to protect sales and traffic. The approach … Read more

Prosecutors in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore have moved to freeze and seize hundreds of millions of dollars in assets linked to Cambodian businessman Chen Zhi after a U.S. indictment accused him of running a transnational cyber-scam network. The indictment, unsealed on Oct. 14, 2025, charged Chen with wire fraud conspiracy and money‑laundering conspiracy and … Read more

On Nov. 5, 2025 in Brooklyn, New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani closed his first victory address by placing a hand over his chest and exiting to the Bollywood track “Dhoom Machale.” The upbeat 2004 song, familiar across South Asia, punctuated a night in which supporters celebrated his win and many observers noted the cultural … Read more

Lead: The NFL’s 2025 trade deadline produced a flurry of activity as teams closed deals in the run-up to the 4 p.m. ET cutoff on Monday and Tuesday. Ten trades were completed in that window, contributing to a total of 22 in-season transactions this year — up from 18 in 2024. Some clubs used the … Read more

At about 08:45 local time (07:45 GMT) on the holiday island of Île d’Oléron off France’s west coast, a man in his mid-30s drove a car into groups of pedestrians and cyclists across several villages, leaving four people in critical condition and others injured. Local authorities say the vehicle struck around 10 people between Dolus … Read more

Lead: Michael Burry returned to X on Nov. 5, 2025, after a roughly two-year absence to warn that the AI spending boom looks like bubbly speculation. The Scion Asset Management founder used pop-culture memes and a WarGames line to urge caution, and disclosed large bearish option positions against Nvidia and Palantir in filings released the … Read more

Lead: Exit polls conducted on Nov. 5, 2025 across New York City, New Jersey, Virginia and California show a mix of local and national drivers shaping outcomes. Voters repeatedly cited economic pressures and affordability as decisive issues in city and gubernatorial contests, while many respondents said their vote was motivated by opposition to President Trump … Read more

Lead On Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court heard expedited arguments in a high-stakes challenge to former President Donald Trump’s tariff program at the Court in Washington, D.C. The litigation asks whether the president exceeded statutory and constitutional authority by using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to set sweeping tariff rates. … Read more

Lead New astrometric and photometric reports from the Minor Planet Center and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory covering October 31–November 4, 2025 update measurements for interstellar object 3I/ATLAS after its October 29, 2025 perihelion passage. Compared with early-October data, the object brightened by roughly a factor of five in the Green band (centered at 0.464 μm) … Read more