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Canadian actor Spencer Lofranco, known for starring turns in Jamesy Boy and 2018’s Gotti, has died at age 33. Authorities in British Columbia are investigating his death; officials have not released a cause. Family posts and industry notices emerged on November 20, 2025, with his brother saying Lofranco passed earlier in the week. The actor’s … Read more

Lead Google has introduced cross-platform AirDrop compatibility for Pixel 10 phones, enabling direct file transfers with iPhone, iPad, and macOS devices. The company announced the capability in mid-November 2025 and says the feature works peer-to-peer without routing content through servers. The rollout is limited to the Pixel 10 series for now, and Google says it … Read more

Kevin Spacey, 66, told The Telegraph he is living out of suitcases and performing standards at a nightclub in Cyprus while awaiting a possible return to the screen after a series of sexual‑misconduct allegations that effectively removed him from mainstream Hollywood. Spacey said he has lost his Baltimore home to foreclosure and is staying in … Read more

Lead: On 2025-11-20, Google announced that Android’s Quick Share can now interoperate directly with Apple’s AirDrop on iPhone, iPad and Mac, starting with the Pixel 10 series. The feature allows two-way transfers of photos, videos and other files between Android and Apple devices without routing data through servers. Transfers require the recipient’s acceptance and use … Read more

Lead: In 2022, researchers attached hundreds of moss sporophytes to the exterior of the International Space Station for 283 days and then returned them to Earth. A study published in iScience reports that more than 80% of the spores survived the nine-month exposure, and nearly 90% of those surviving spores were able to germinate again … Read more

Lead Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has outlined proposals that would extend the standard qualifying period for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) from five to 10 years and impose longer waits — up to 20 years — for specific groups. Announced in the House of Commons, the package would apply to an estimated 2.6 million people … Read more

Lead: On November 20, 2025, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released a delayed monthly jobs report showing that U.S. employers added 119,000 nonfarm payroll positions in September, reversing an August decline. At the same time the unemployment rate climbed to its highest level in nearly four years, reflecting both higher labor-force participation and an increase … Read more

Lead: Google on Nov. 20, 2025 introduced Nano Banana Pro, an upgraded image-generation model built on its newly released Gemini 3. The model adds higher-resolution output (up to 4K), finer text rendering, web-search integration and expanded editing controls. Google positions Nano Banana Pro for professional use, while noting higher latency and costs compared with the … Read more

Lead: In early November 2025, municipal engineers finished dredging the Eisbach canal in Munich’s English Garden and reopened the flow, only to find the city’s signature surfable wave—the 1.5-meter Eisbachwelle—had collapsed into a small whitewater bump. Local surfers and officials say the change followed targeted cleaning after a fatality in April 2025, and a specialist … Read more

On Nov. 20, 2025, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met President Donald Trump in the Oval Office and left with a sweeping set of U.S. concessions that mark a rapid rehabilitation of Riyadh in Washington. The visit produced a Major Non‑NATO Ally designation, progress toward sales of F‑35 aircraft, a new Strategic Defense Agreement … Read more

Lead Google DeepMind’s Gemini 3 Pro Image, showcased alongside the Nano Banana Pro workflow, brings high-fidelity image editing and prototype-focused design support to creative teams. Announced on the product page, the system enables studio-level control over image attributes and is designed to accelerate concept testing, mockups, and visual iterations. The demo material emphasizes batch image … Read more

Lead Sales of previously owned homes rose 1.2% in October to a 4.1 million seasonally adjusted annual rate, the National Association of Realtors reported, while available inventory slipped to 1.52 million units. The median sale price reached $415,200, the 28th consecutive month of year-over-year gains. The October closings mostly reflect contracts signed in August and … Read more

Lead: Employers added 119,000 payroll positions in September, cushioning a weak summer but the unemployment rate inched up to 4.4 percent. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the delayed report following a six-week government shutdown; it will be the only official employment snapshot until December. Health care remained the largest source of new jobs while … Read more

Incoming New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani will meet President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Friday, capping months of public sparring that followed the mayor-elect’s victory. The 34-year-old Democratic socialist, who beat Andrew Cuomo by nine percentage points earlier this month, has become a national figure since his primary and general-election wins. The … Read more

The veteran documentarian Ken Burns has released The American Revolution, a six-part, 12-hour series that premiered this week on PBS after roughly a decade in production and a nine-month publicity tour. Burns, 72, and his co-directors Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, alongside writer Geoffrey Ward, assembled dozens of historians and nearly 200 first-person voices to … Read more