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Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 more years
05.11.2026 06:32Joshua Wong, once a teen activist and a poster boy of the "Umbrella Movement," is spending most of his adult life in prison.
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NASA's Swift space telescope plunges back to Earth in fiery demise
05.11.2026 05:40NASA's Swift orbital observatory fell back to Earth after running its mission for more than two decades. A rescue attempt to raise its sinking orbit had earlier failed.
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Democrats take House and Senate from Republicans in US midterm rout
05.11.2026 00:04Democrats will control both chambers of Congress after flipping seats in Republican strongholds across the US in an election seen as a repudiation of President Donald Trump.
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Bavarian politician Hubert Aiwanger found dead in Berlin hotel
04.11.2026 22:00Aiwanger was Bavaria's Economy Minister and the chairman of the right-wing populist Free Voters party. The circumstances surrounding his death are still unclear.
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Winners, losers, the EU: Five takeaways from the US midterms
04.11.2026 21:27Donald Trump's Republicans suffered a crushing defeat in Tuesday's midterm elections, with the Democrats wresting control of Congress. What does this mean for US politics and the world?
