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NASA’s Astronaut Class of 2025 pose for a group photo .
November 9, 2026

Want to fly to the moon?

CAPE CANAVERAL (AP): Want to fly to the moon and help build a permanent lunar base? NASA is accepting applications for a new astronaut class that will help grow the Artemis programme. Officials announced the news Saturday during a Kennedy Space Center air show promoting lunar exploration as well as advances in aviation and technology. NASA’s last call for new astronauts was two years ago. More than 8,000 applied, with 10 making the final cut in September 2025.

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A forensic investigator takes photos next to the vehicle allegedly used by a shooter who opened fire in a market square in Krakow, Poland.
09 Nov, 2026 0

Gunman who killed 6 people in Krakow has ‘ultranationalistic’ views, authorities say

KRAKOW(AP): A Polish man with far-right views drove into a busy central square in Krakow on Saturday and opened fire, killing six people and injuring 15 others before police shot and wounded him,…
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani speaks to reporters in Istanbul, Turkey.
09 Nov, 2026 0

Pro-Russian hackers blamed for leaking foreign minister’s data on the dark web

MILAN (AP): Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Saturday that his personal data had been disseminated on the dark web, an encrypted part of the internet, and that he has been exposed to…
People celebrate outside the National Assembly, after Aleksandar Vucic, leader of the right-wing Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) conceded defeat in the parliamentary election in Belgrade.
09 Nov, 2026 0

Parliament to meet on November 17 after student-led movement wins election

BELGRADE (AP): The first session of Serbia’s new Parliament, which will be dominated by a student-led movement following its election triumph last month, will be held on November 17, the outgoing…
In this photo provided by Ukraine’s 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade press service, craters and the gutted remains of houses are seen near the frontline in the Druzhkivka direction, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on January 21, 2026.
09 Nov, 2026 0

South African police arrest nine foreign nationals suspected of travelling to Russia to fight in Ukraine

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nine foreign nationals suspected of attempting to travel from South Africa to Russia to fight in the war between Russia and Ukraine have been arrested, police said Monday. Police…
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One, at President Donald J. Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
09 Nov, 2026 0

Trump says his deportation policy ‘might have been too tough’ for voters in the election

President Donald Trump, in his first major interview since his party lost control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, said he thinks his administration was too aggressive on deportations…
Women sit outside a closed Ueno Bank's office, which Paraguay's central bank seized amid a solvency crisis, in Asuncion, Paraguay, Monday, Nov. 9 , 2026. (A) Photo/Jorge Saenz)
09 Nov, 2026 0

Teachers strike in Paraguay to demand pension fund protections following bank’s collapse

Public schoolteachers went on strike in Paraguay Monday and took to the streets of several cities following the collapse of a major bank that resulted in the removal of the nation’s president last…
Soldiers from El Salvador stand guard as a convoy of armored vehicles carrying military personnel arrives in the Tabarre neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in October.
06 Nov, 2026 0

Powerful Haitian gang reaches out to state disarmament group as gunfights persist

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – One of Haiti's most powerful gangs said on Friday that it reached out to a government agency responsible for dismantling armed gangs in a push for "peace,…
Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell addressing supporters during the early hours of Friday, November 6, 2026, following a general election the day before.
06 Nov, 2026 0

PM Mitchell leads NDC to historic victory in Grenada

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell led his ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) to an historic electoral victory on Thursday, with the party winning, for the…
FILE - Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, takes part in the Scar Tree Walk in Melbourne, Australia, April 16, 2026. (Jonathan Brady/Pool Photo via AP, File)
06 Nov, 2026 0

Meghan Markle’s estranged father arrested and charged with possessing child sexual abuse materials

The estranged father of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, was arrested Friday morning in Florida on a charge of possessing child sexual abuse material in storage units in California, authorities said. …