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France hold on for thrilling Nations Championship win over South Africa

France smashed world ⁠champions South ​Africa's hopes of lifting the first Nations Championship trophy on Friday, in a ​21-19 defeat for Les Bleus.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Nov 14, 2026

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Nov 14, 2026.

US grounds all departing flights due to ‘extraordinary circumstance, safety reasons’

The order means flights in the air may land, but flights on the ground cannot take off.

New Orleans crash updates: 32 passengers taken to hospital after tanker slams into riverboat carrying 129 people

The boat, named American Heritage, was left partially submerged in the Mississippi River after the collision Friday

‘Miracle on the Mississippi’: All passengers accounted for after New Orleans riverboat crash, officials say

The American Heritage was docked near the Port of New Orleans Administration Building when it was struck by a tanker around 12:30 p.m. Friday, port officials said

Missouri appeals court upholds $800,000 award in delivery van crash case

A Missouri appeals court upheld an $800,000 jury verdict in favor of Amy Bolandis following a traffic accident. It was determined that the delivery van driver failed to check for oncoming vehicles before merging into Bolandis's lane, leading to the collision. The court ruled decisively that…

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Trump administration officials blamed a telecommunication outage but said they said did not know its cause and that it would “take some time” to restart airport operations.

New Orleans boat crash live: all passengers and crew found alive in ‘miracle on the Mississippi’

New Orleans mayor says 32 people are being treated for minor injuries after ship narrowly missed striking a major bridge

Mullin: No indication of ‘nefarious attack’ on FAA as DHS investigates root cause of telecom outage

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin stressed that Americans flying Friday are safe, even as he said the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would continue to seek the root cause of a telecom outage that pushed the government to ground flights. “This was a telecommunication outage…

FAA grounds all flights departing U.S. due to air traffic control issue

Canadian flights operating normally, Transport Minister says

Trump extends shipping law waiver for 90 days amid Iran war fuel price rise

US President Donald Trump has extended by 90 days a waiver of a shipping law so that foreign-flagged ships can transport oil and other commodities between US ports, a White House official said on Friday.

Microsoft’s global outage and fixes: What we know

Some of Microsoft’s most popular products, including Outlook, Teams and Copilot, stopped working across the world. Burt the company says it is seeing “encouraging recovery progress”.

Chiclayo, Pope Leo’s Other Home, Comes Out In Force to Welcome Father Robert

Leo XIV returned to the city in Peru where he served as bishop for eight years, drawing large crowds who remembered him before he was pope.

All departing US flights grounded due to communication problem

The rare nationwide ground stop order was issued due a communications problem affecting US air traffic control towers.

Tanker hits a river cruise boat on Mississippi River in New Orleans; rescue operations under way

Authorities did not immediately release whether there were injuries or deaths; video from the scene showed the much larger Atlantic Asphalt tanker hit the paddlewheel cruise boat while it appeared to be docked as metal and glass crashed and crunched

A 13-inch sculpture model that Barbara Hepworth gave her doctor has resurfaced for auction in Cornwall, where the aluminium-and-string study for her famous Winged Figure could fetch as much as £80,000

Barbara Hepworth's miniature sculpture of Winged Figure, a personal gift to Dr. Roger Slack, is returning to auction. This 13-inch artwork could reach an estimated value of £80,000 at the auction in Cornwall. Roger Slack's relationship with Hepworth grew out of their doctor-patient dynamic within…

US grounds all departing flights due to ‘extraordinary circumstance, safety reasons’

The ground stop will impact thousands of flights and hundreds of thousands of passengers: US airspace handles around 45,000 flights a day.

Angie Nixon fires back at Carville: ‘He needs to go retire’

Florida Senate candidate Angie Nixon (D), who lost to GOP incumbent Sen. Ashley Moody in last week’s midterm elections, called Democratic strategist James Carville a “racist” in a Thursday night interview, adding he should “go retire.” “That man is a racist,” Nixon told former MS NOW commentator…

US Congress widens Nvidia probe, seeking testimony from Jensen Huang and Trump officials

US lawmakers have been demanding answers about potential national security risks and White House oversight of advanced chip exports to China following revelations that former Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang was in a relationship with a businesswoman suspected of working for Chinese…

More than 1.5 million people welcome Pope Leo XIV in northern Peru

“The pope is Chiclayan!” chanted the crowd in his adopted home city. “Chiclayo is with you!”

Belgian workers found €240,000 gold pot, but court convicted all three of theft

FAA orders nationwide ground stop for all US flight departures

The Nov. 13 incident marks only the second nationwide ground stop of U.S. departures since Sept. 11, 2001.

Live updates: FAA cites ‘extraordinary circumstance’ in halting US air traffic

Editor’s Note: Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) earlier this week said they would not back Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for another term as Democratic leader. Slotkin has said she is seeking change, and that a new leader would need to show a plan for the first 100 days. An…

Live: All US departing flights grounded due to communication issues

Flights departing from across the US have been grounded, following a national order from the country's aviation body. Follow live.

U.S. grounds all departing flights due to traffic control communication issues

Order is only the second nationwide ground stop since Sept. 11, 2001

Irish police discover explosive device near where world leaders dined day earlier

DUBLIN, Nov 13 - Irish army bomb experts made a crude but viable explosive device safe at an office building in central Dublin on Friday, close to where world leaders dined a day earlier during a two-day summit in the Irish capital.

Flag football takes flight as young Aussie athletes compete in China

Pathway opportunities are opening in the emerging sport of flag football, with a team of Gold Coasters trying their luck in China.

LIVE: FAA issues nationwide ground stop after communications outage in US

US air regulators have issued a nationwide ground stop for departing flights, citing a communications problem.

Tears for Pochettino as Man Utd turn to former Spurs boss

Mauricio Pochettino was in tears as he announced he would depart the US men's national team to take up a position with fallen English Premier League giants, Manchester United.

Midterm losses could give Trump a quest to emerge from Apec summit as a winner

When G7 leaders gathered at the French resort of Evian-les-Bains in June, Donald Trump arrived late but wasted no time in grabbing the spotlight. With a cheeky declaration, “I am the boss”, the US president drew a ripple of awkward laughter from around the table. Months earlier, in his September…