The death toll from Typhoon Kalmaegi's impact on Visayas and Mindanao, Philippines, rises to 26, with search and rescue operations ongoing.
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AP 
November 4
Disasters and accidents
Politics and elections
Off-year elections are held in the United States, including one special election to a vacancy in the federal House of Representatives, two elections for the governors of Virginia and New Jersey, the next mayor of New York City, and various local elections.
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NPR
November 3
Health and environment
The results of the 2024 census in Papua New Guinea show that the country has surpassed the line of 10 million inhabitants.
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RNZ
Armed conflicts and attacks
Two Palestinian teenagers are killed in separate attacks by Israeli settlers in Hebron and Beit Furik respectively, in the occupied West Bank.
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Jordan News
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification review committee reports that famine is detected in two Sudanese regions, Darfur and South Kordofan, amid increased fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, which blocks humanitarian access.
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NPR
Politics and elections
Carlos Mazón resigns as President of the Valencian government following sustained criticism of his government's response to the floods in the region last year.
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elDiario.es
Incumbent Guinean president Mamady Doumbouya submits his candidacy for the election. The election is being held under a new constitution.
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BBC News
Incumbent Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan is sworn in for a second term in office after winning a disputed election last Wednesday, which sparked deadly protests across the country.
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AP
Law and crime
Mexican security forces kill 13 suspected gunmen and arrest four others in Guasave, Sinaloa, during an armed confrontation that also leads to the rescue of nine kidnapped individuals.
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Infobae
International relations
The Dominican Republic postpones the Summit of the Americas until next year, citing regional tensions following U.S. military operations near Venezuela and storm damage in several participating countries.
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FMT
Peru announces it has severed diplomatic relations with Mexico, citing Mexico's decision to grant asylum to former Peruvian prime minister Betssy Chávez, as well as alleged interference in Peru's internal political affairs following President Pedro Castillo's 2022 self-coup.
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DW
Disasters and accidents
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake strikes near Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh, Afghanistan, killing at least 20 people and injuring hundreds.
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Reuters
At least two people are killed and tens of thousands are displaced as Typhoon Kalmaegi makes landfall in Central Visayas, Philippines.
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AP via ABC News
A landslide causes a West Coast Main Line passenger train to derail near Shap, Cumbria, United Kingdom, injuring four people.
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Avanti West Coast
At least 20 people are killed and several others are injured when a truck collides with an RTC bus in Ranga Reddy district, Telangana, India.
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India TV
At least 19 people are killed and 40 people are injured when a speeding dump truck collides with 17 vehicles in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
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India Today
At least 15 people, mostly children, are missing and presumed dead after floods and landslides strike Highland Papua, Indonesia, following heavy rainfall.
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Reuters
Seven people are killed and eight injured when an avalanche strikes a base camp on a mountain in Nepal.
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CTV News
Two Italian climbers are found dead after being missing since October 31 while climbing on a mountain in Nepal. Other Italian climbers are missing across the country, while three others are among the fatalities of today's avalanche.
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ANSA
A part of the Torre dei Conti tower collapses in Rome, Italy, killing a worker and critically injuring another.
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Reuters
November 2
Disasters and accidents
Law and crime
Serbian police arrest 37 protesters near the parliament house in Belgrade after clashes between government supporters and protesters demanding justice for victims of the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse.
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Reuters
Arts and culture
The Netherlands agrees to repatriate an Eighteenth Dynasty statue from the reign of Pharaoh Thutmose III to Egypt after investigators determine it was illegally taken from the country and later found at an art fair.
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Reuters
Politics and elections
North Macedonians vote in the second round of the local elections for councillors and mayors of 80 municipalities and Skopje, with the ruling conservative party VMRO-DPMNE expected to win by a landslide.
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AP
Sports
In stock car racing, Hendrick Motorsports' Kyle Larson wins his second NASCAR Cup Series championship on an overtime finish over Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin.
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USA Today
In cricket, the Indian women's team defeats South Africa by 52 runs to win the 13th edition of the Women's Cricket World Cup.
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ESPNcricinfo
Armed conflicts and attacks
Al Jazeera reports that Hamas has agreed to retreat via Red Cross corridors from Gaza areas that are under Israeli control per the peace plan.
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Haaretz
International relations
Canada and the Philippines sign a visiting forces agreement allowing military personnel to train in each other's territories.
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Reuters
The Nigerian government says that it welcomes assistance from the United States to combat Islamic terrorism, but adds that its sovereignty must be respected, in response to U.S. president Donald Trump threatening military action to protect Christians from persecution.
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Reuters
November 1
Armed conflicts and attacks
Israel Defense Forces Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, who served as Military Advocate General, resigns after leaking a surveillance video to the media showing the gang rape of a Palestinian prisoner at Sde Teiman detention camp in August last year.
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BBC
The Pakistani government partially reopens the Torkham border crossing with Afghanistan to allow Afghan refugees to flee home, while all remaining restrictions on cross-border movement stay banned, following an agreement to maintain a ceasefire.
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AP
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Al Jazeera
The United States threatens to carry out attacks in Nigeria due to continuous attacks against Christians by Boko Haram and ISWAP.
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Al Jazeera
Four people are killed and three injured in an Israeli airstrike against a vehicle in Kfar Reman, Lebanon.
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Al Jazeera
At least 12 people are killed and several others are seriously injured in attacks by the Rapid Support Forces on two displaced civilian shelters in South Kordofan, Sudan.
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News.Az
Politics and elections
Incumbent Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party is declared the winner of the general election with 97% of the vote, amidst protests by the opposition.
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Reuters
Arts and culture
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AP
Pope Leo XIV of the Catholic Church declares Saint John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church, one of 38, and a co-patron of Catholic education.
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AP
Sports
In baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 5–4 in Game 7 to win the World Series.
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ESPN
Disasters and accidents
At least 23 people are killed and eleven others are injured in a fire and explosion at a Waldo's store in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
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CNN
A landslide triggered by heavy rain kills at least 21 people and leaves 30 others missing in Rift Valley Province, Kenya.
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AP
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Reuters
Five people are killed and two others are injured in an avalanche on the Vertainspitze mountain in the Ortler Alps in South Tyrol, Italy.
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Euronews
Law and crime
Eleven people are injured, including nine in life-threatening conditions, in a mass stabbing attack on a London North Eastern Railway passenger train in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. Two suspects are arrested.
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Sky News
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The Guardian
In the Maldives, people born since 2007 are permanently banned from buying or using tobacco, making it the first country in the world to impose a lifelong smoking ban from a certain age.
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NOS