Monday, November 9, 2026
Every news article the Bureau published that day — 19 articles, newest first. Past days never disappear: the links below are the original, permanent URLs.
Trump Media's revenue triples — but its $410 million profit is mostly paper
Trump Media & Technology Group reported third-quarter revenue of $3.0 million, up 205 percent, and a $409.7 million profit driven almost entirely by gains on digital assets — while its core operations still lost money.
The WireWall Street rallies as oil slide cools inflation fears while Nvidia slumps
The Dow jumped 2.15 percent, the S&P 500 posted its strongest session since April and every sector rose on Monday — but Nvidia, the world’s second most valuable company, fell 4.3 percent as its board opened an investigation into chief executive Jensen Huang.
The WireCrane collapse into a furnace kills at least 17 at a Turkish steel plant
The blast at the HABAS steelworks in Aliağa, north of Izmir, killed 17 workers and injured 12 on Monday, after a crane carrying a replacement boiler fell into an electric arc furnace. President Erdoğan has ordered judicial and administrative inquiries, and at least five people have been arrested.
The WireFive US agencies sign one pact to take rogue drones out of the sky
The Transportation, War, Homeland Security, Energy and Justice departments agreed on Monday to test and deploy counter-drone systems on a single timetable, with the FAA saying it has already cleared more than 1,000 deployments with the Pentagon and Homeland Security.
The WireLecornu brings forward France’s minimum-wage rise to December — and the unions call it crumbs
The 1.6% rise to €1,502 a month, announced after a social conference at Matignon, is the first discretionary boost to the SMIC since 2012 — but the unions who demanded €100 to €150 say it changes almost nothing, and have called a new strike for 17 November.
The WireMore than 100,000 sign petition demanding inquiry into Britain's role in Gaza
The petition, launched on 23 October by Your Party's Jennifer Forbes, passed the threshold for a parliamentary debate on Monday — and puts the government under pressure to answer questions it has spent more than a year refusing.
The WireEcuador backs Morocco's sovereignty over the Sahara — and will send its ambassador to the Southern Provinces
In a joint communiqué signed in Rabat, Quito called autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty the only realistic solution, extended its consular coverage nationwide and promised economic cooperation in the Moroccan Sahara.
The WireScalise or Jordan? House Republicans choose who leads them into the minority
A week after losing both chambers, Republicans vote on Tuesday for a new House minority leader, with Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan offering two very different theories of opposition.
The WireLecornu opens wage talks at Matignon as cost-of-living protests test his government
Sébastien Lecornu met unions and employers on Monday to discuss salaries and purchasing power, offering a minimum-wage rise to just over €1,500 a month — far below what unions demand — after weeks of strikes and marches across France.
The WireCOP31 opens in Antalya with leaders urging the world to “move faster” on climate
The UN climate summit opened in Türkiye on Monday with a blunt message from the UN’s climate chief — progress is “nowhere near fast enough” — as new UN data confirmed the 1.5°C limit will be overshot and 2026 heads for the record books.
The WireAt least 35 dead after migrant boat sinks off Senegal on the way to the Canary Islands
The toll rose from 21 to 35 in a single day as rescuers searched off the Loumpoul dunes, while a second boat carrying 142 people was intercepted and Spain's El Hierro declared an emergency.
The WireKraków gunman dies in hospital two days after killing six in the Main Market Square
Polish police said the 24-year-old died early on Monday after officers shot him within three minutes of the attack. Six people were killed in the square and three more were found dead at his family home — and the investigation into what drove him is only beginning.
The WireTrump says his deportation policy was ‘too tough’ for voters — and offers Democrats a deal
In his first television interview since Republicans lost both chambers of Congress, the president conceded that his immigration crackdown hurt his party, floated an agreement that would let long-settled workers stay, and then handed the White House to the man who designed the crackdown.
The WireSheikh Hasina asks for a new passport in the clearest sign yet of her planned December return to Bangladesh
Lawyers for the ousted prime minister have written to the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi seeking a fresh passport and identity card, so she can return from exile and surrender before a court — while Dhaka insists she will come back only under the extradition treaty.
WorldSpanish judge orders secret CNI files on Ceuta released as Guardia Civil counts 90 dead
Judge María Tardón has given the Spanish government 15 days to declassify intelligence on the July crossings from Morocco, including the note its spies sent Rabat — as a Guardia Civil report puts returns at 88,146, rescues at 862 and deaths at 90.
WorldFourteen killed as fire sweeps a Taiyuan apartment tower
A fire that broke out in a high-rise apartment block in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province, killed 14 people and sent 38 to hospital on Sunday evening. The flames were out within two hours, but the cause is still under investigation — and the blaze is the latest in a grim run of deadly fires in China.
securityMexico arrests “R2”, the alleged cartel commander linked to a mayor’s murder
Mexican marines captured Rafael “N”, alias “R2”, in Zapopan on Sunday, in an operation built on Mexican intelligence and information shared by the DEA. He is accused of leading “Los Rs”, the Jalisco cartel cell blamed for the murder of Uruapan mayor Carlos Manzo.
politicsMerz to nominate Aigner as Germany’s first woman president
Friedrich Merz told Christian Democratic leaders on Sunday that he will put forward Ilse Aigner, the Bavarian parliament’s president, as Germany’s next head of state. If the Federal Convention elects her on 30 January, she will be the first woman — and the first Christian Social Union politician — to hold the office.
technologyTrump calls Nvidia's Huang ‘honorable’ as board opens spy probe and CEO admits affair
Nvidia's board launched an independent investigation on Sunday after reports that Jensen Huang was the target of a Chinese intelligence effort — hours after the chief executive admitted to an affair and Donald Trump publicly stood by him.