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Lead On November 17, 2025, Tokyo announced it will dispatch a senior diplomat to engage with Beijing after China issued a travel advisory telling nationals to avoid Japan and urging students in Japan to exercise caution. The move came as Japan protested Beijing’s response to remarks by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi about Taiwan. Chief Cabinet … Read more

Lead Philadelphia’s defense dominated Jared Goff and the Detroit offense on Sunday Night Football, securing a 16-9 victory that moved the Eagles to 8-2. The win was decided by stout defensive play, three Jake Elliott field goals and a single Jalen Hurts rushing touchdown on a late second-quarter push. Detroit struggled on crucial downs, converting … Read more

Lead On Nov. 16, 2025 at Empower Field at Mile High, the Denver Broncos beat the Kansas City Chiefs 22-19 when wide receiver Troy Franklin hauled in a 32-yard fourth-quarter reception. The play, set up by quarterback Bo Nix, effectively decided the game and left Chiefs supporters and commentators disputing whether officials missed a foul. … Read more

President Trump on Sunday broke from weeks of public silence and urged House Republicans to back legislation compelling the Justice Department to release records tied to Jeffrey Epstein, while also defending Tucker Carlson after his interview with Nick Fuentes. The president’s sudden endorsement of the release — framed on social media as proof that the … Read more

Lead Michael Mayer’s reimagining of the 1984 musical Chess opened at the Imperial Theater on November 16. The Broadway revival stars Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher, and recasts the show’s Cold War drama through a modern, self-aware lens. While the marquee promises a mature, sophisticated rendering, the production repeatedly toggles between sincere melodrama … Read more

Lead: Lionsgate’s Now You See Me: Now You Don’t opened at No.1 on the global box office with a $75.5 million weekend haul, claiming the top spot both domestically and overseas. The film generated $54.2 million from 64 international territories, led by a $19.2 million return in China. Released nearly a decade after the prior … Read more

Lead Sophie Grégoire, 50, publicly addressed Justin Trudeau’s newly reported relationship with Katy Perry on Arlene Dickinson’s podcast, saying the attention will not upend her peace. Speaking after reports that the prime minister and Perry were seen together in July and later photographed aboard Perry’s yacht, Grégoire acknowledged the emotional impact but emphasized personal choice … Read more

Lead On Nov. 16, 2025, U.S. Southern Command reported that a U.S. strike in the eastern Pacific killed three people alleged to be involved in maritime drug trafficking. The announcement said the attack was carried out by Joint Task Force Southern Spear at the direction of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and included video posted to … Read more

Lead: Japan’s economy slipped into contraction in the July–September quarter of 2025, with government data on Nov. 16 showing an annualized GDP decline of 1.8%. The Cabinet Office reported a quarter-on-quarter fall of 0.4%, the first contraction in six quarters, driven largely by a fall in exports. Officials and business groups point to U.S. tariffs … Read more

Federal Aviation Administration officials announced Sunday that the agency will end its emergency flight-reduction order effective Monday at 6 a.m. ET, restoring scheduled operations across major U.S. airports. The temporary cuts began Nov. 7 with a 4% reduction at 40 large airports to address controller fatigue and staffing shortfalls during a record-long government shutdown. FAA … Read more

In Tel Aviv on November 16, 2025, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will oppose any effort to establish a Palestinian state, a day before the U.N. Security Council was set to vote on a U.S.-drafted resolution that leaves that possibility open. The vote concerns a proposed international stabilization force for Gaza and updated language … Read more

Lead Sunday Night Football at Lincoln Financial Field on Nov. 16, 2025 featured a tense Week 11 matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and Detroit Lions. Through the second quarter the Eagles led 13–6 after Jalen Hurts converted a goal-line Tush Push and Jake Elliott added two field goals. Key defensive stands and a Cooper DeJean … Read more

Lead: José Antonio Kast and Jeannette Jara advanced to a Dec. 14 runoff after Chile’s first-round presidential vote, with Jara leading at roughly 26% and Kast about 24% as results were tallied on Sunday. Voting took place across Chile amid intense debate over crime and immigration; right-of-centre candidates collectively captured nearly 30% of ballots. Kast, … Read more

Lead: On Nov. 16, 2025, Sunday Night Football pitched the Detroit Lions against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field in a primetime Week 11 matchup (kickoff 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC). The game featured early defensive impact, injury developments and volatile weather reports that affected kicking conditions. Detroit arrived as one of the NFL’s … Read more

Lead: Republican congressman Thomas Massie warned this week that President Donald Trump’s order to review alleged ties between Democrats and Jeffrey Epstein could be a last-ditch effort to prevent full public disclosure of government-held Epstein files. Massie and Democratic representative Ro Khanna lead a bipartisan push for releasing all relevant records, and both flagged fresh … Read more