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📧 📅 ⚠️ Microsoft said "malicious" activity was not to blame for an Outlook outage that left users around the world without its crucial services on Friday, but reported making headway in fixing the massive disruption u.afp.com/SFc7

🇪🇺 🇮🇪 ✨ EU leaders will discuss artificial intelligence together for the first time in Dublin on Friday in critical talks that will further guide the bloc's policy on the rapidly evolving technology u.afp.com/SFcb

📧 📅 ⚠️ Microsoft says efforts to repair a major outage of its Outlook service were not going as expected and the firm was seeking alternative solutions as users around the world were left without email as well as products such as Teams u.afp.com/SFc7

Indian man dies after a crude bomb disguised as a traditional sweet exploded in his mouth u.afp.com/SFc5

Nvidia dominates the semiconductor giants. AFP Chart showing the market caps of companies classed as 'semiconductor' firms on Bloomberg's categories, as of November 12

How do journalists report on a war when they become victims of the violence, and their proximity to the conflict is used to paint them as unreliable witnesses? "Inside Gaza" follows AFP journalists trapped in the territory as Israel exacted revenge for the October 7 attack u.afp.com/SFqn

Rosalia took home the coveted Latin Grammy for Album of the Year, winning for her sweeping, avant-garde classical pop album "Lux (Complete Works)" at the gala celebrating the best in Spanish- and Portuguese-language music u.afp.com/SFcc

US lawmakers summon Nvidia ex-CEO Jensen Huang, an architect of the AI boom, to face questions in December after he quit over extramarital affairs, including one with a suspected Chinese spy u.afp.com/SFcS

Elon Musk's SpaceX is poised to carry out its latest test of the world's biggest and most powerful rocket, the Starship, with plans for a groundbreaking "catch" of the spaceship following a day in orbit u.afp.com/SFqu

British government to convert old military site into accommodation for more than 1,200 asylum seekers, despite a nearby village symbolically voting to leave the United Kingdom in protest against the project u.afp.com/SFqA

Mercedes-Benz to halt all investment in Germany, mulls plant closures. The decision highlights the woes of Germany's automotive sector as it faces strong Chinese competition u.afp.com/SFqW

Maria Martinez, who rises at 3am every day to work in a market in Paraguay's capital, says sales have hit rock bottom since Ueno Bank's demise. "People don't come because there's no money. It's all gone" u.afp.com/SFq2

Microsoft Outlook suffers major outage across the world, with tens of thousands struggling to access their email u.afp.com/SFq8

Wins by religious Democrats break Republican grip on faith in politics. For decades, Democratic Party candidates have been reluctant to talk about faith and done little to reach out to religious voters, who favored Republicans. This year, that pattern was shattered u.afp.com/SFqe

Global police crackdown on dark web nets 350 arrests. Europol, the EU police body, said it coordinated a worldwide sting, codenamed "Operation TorNado," with law enforcement partners between May 2025 and October 2026 that resulted in hundreds of raids across the globe u.afp.com/SFqP

Dozens of cocaine packages piled up, weighing in at four tonnes and valued at $317 million -- the seizure by Liberian police in July was a stark symbol of west Africa's expanding role in the global cocaine trade. u.afp.com/SFqx

Jensen Huang, the leather-jacketed architect of the artificial intelligence boom, resigned as chief executive of Nvidia on Thursday after revelations of two extramarital affairs, including one with a woman accused of spying for China. u.afp.com/SFqp

US envoys met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Thursday in Dublin to brief him on talks with Vladimir Putin, after the Russian leader indicated Moscow will not compromise on its hardline demands to end almost five years of war. u.afp.com/SFqc

Finland's government on Thursday announced it was restricting visas for Russian athletes, insisting that they had "no business" in the country as long as the Ukraine war goes on. u.afp.com/SFT9

Pete Hegseth on Thursday awarded a medal to a US soldier who reprimanded the defense chief and his entourage for laughing and talking near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier the day before. u.afp.com/SFTV

VIDEO: Manchester United fans react to the sacking of manager Michael Carrick, with some questioning whether he was to blame for the club's struggles. Former United player Carrick is the latest in a long line of managers to leave the club.

Pope Leo XIV, addressing bishops in Peru on Thursday, described the "pain" caused by Catholic clerical abuse and said the Church must make amends to victims and protect others. u.afp.com/SFTb

The death toll from a residential building collapse in New York rose to at least eight, including two children, on Thursday, after more bodies were recovered from the rubble, officials said. u.afp.com/SFTL

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday slammed soaring fossil fuel profits as "morally unacceptable" and demanded governments put their people ahead of the bottom lines of oil and gas giants. u.afp.com/SFTu

Mara Penaloza had learned to live with her partner's disappearance under Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, but the release of his abductor by Chile's latest right-wing government has reopened the wound. u.afp.com/SFTM

VIDEO: Jensen Huang has resigned as CEO of tech giant Nvidia following reports that he had two extramarital affairs, one with a woman accused of spying for China. Beijing has denied the spying allegations. His departure marks the end of 33 years at the helm of the company he co-founded.

🇺🇸 ⚠️ One person was killed and four wounded in a shooting at and outside a fitness center in an upscale residential neighborhood of downtown Washington on Thursday, police said u.afp.com/SFTp

🇪🇸 🏛️ 🏢 The Spanish parliament on Thursday passed measures restricting evictions and aiming to make housing more affordable, after a general strike and weeks of protests over the issue which catalysed a snap election u.afp.com/SFT3

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 🗣️ Vladimir Putin indicated on Thursday that Russia will not compromise on its hardline demands to end the Ukraine offensive, but offered a short-term ceasefire in a key frontline city during a Kremlin meeting with US envoys u.afp.com/SFwc

🇺🇸 🇨🇳 🖥️ Jensen Huang resigned as chief executive of AI giant Nvidia on Thursday, the company said, after revelations he had two extramarital affairs, including one with a woman accused of spying for China u.afp.com/SFSS