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Mohammed Shami bowling for India — Image via Wikimedia Commons. Veteran India fast bowler Mohammed Shami has announced his retirement from Test cricket, ending a 13-year career in the format in which he took 229 wickets in 64 matches, according to Cricbuzz and ESPNcricinfo. The announcement Shami, 36, announced his decision on Friday, November 6, in a message posted on social media. The date was chosen deliberately: he made his Test debut against West Indies at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on November 6, 2013 — exactly 13 years earlier. "Today, with a heavy heart and countless beautiful memories, I am taking the decision to retire from Test cricket," he wrote. He confirmed he will continue to play white-ball cricket, including one-day internationals, Twenty20s, the Indian Premier League and domestic cricket. A career in numbers 64 Tests, 229 wickets at an average of 27.71 Six five-wicket hauls, with best innings figures of 6/56 India's 12th-highest wicket-taker i...

Stephen Miller — Image via Wikimedia Commons. President Donald Trump has named longtime adviser Stephen Miller as his new White House chief of staff, in the most significant staff shake-up of his second term — just days after Republicans lost control of Congress in the midterm elections, according to USA Today and CNN. The announcement Trump announced the move on Friday, November 6, in a post on Truth Social, saying Miller "will become the Chief of Staff starting Monday, November 9, 2026." Miller, 41, replaces Susie Wiles, who had served as chief of staff since the start of Trump's second term and was the nation's first female White House chief of staff. Trump said Wiles, 69, "has done an outstanding job" and will move to his political operation. Wiles submitted her resignation on Thursday evening, according to two sources familiar with the matter cited by CNN, and said Friday was her last day in the role. Why now The shake-up comes three days aft...

President Santiago Peña of Paraguay — Image via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) Paraguayan President Santiago Peña has announced his resignation amid a deepening political and financial crisis triggered by the collapse of digital lender Ueno Bank, which left millions of customers unable to access their money. Peña announced his decision on Thursday, November 5, in a video posted on social media, saying he was stepping down to preserve the country's stability, social peace and democratic institutions. How the crisis unfolded Paraguay's central bank intervened in Ueno Bank earlier in the week after finding that its solvency ratio had fallen to 5.56% — less than half of the 12% regulatory minimum. The intervention froze the accounts of around 3 million customers in a country of about 6.5 million people, leaving depositors, pensioners and workers unable to reach their savings. Authorities detained eight Ueno Bank executives on November 3, including the president of the ban...

Cristiano Ronaldo playing for Portugal in 2018 — Image via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Cristiano Ronaldo has announced his retirement from international football, bringing down the curtain on a record-breaking 23-year career with Portugal. The 41-year-old broke the news on Thursday in a video posted on social media, in which he read a letter to his supporters. "The day has come for me to hand back the number 7 shirt of our national team," he said, according to CNN. A career of records Ronaldo played a record 234 times for Portugal, scoring a record 146 international goals. No man has scored more goals or made more appearances for his country. He made his Portugal debut aged 18 in August 2003 and played in a record six World Cups and six European Championships. He became the first player to score at six different World Cups and scored for Portugal in 23 consecutive calendar years, from 2004 to 2026. He also holds the record for the most international victories, wi...

The United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. — Image via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) The Democratic Party has won control of both chambers of the United States Congress in the 2026 midterm elections, delivering a sweeping rebuke to President Donald Trump midway through his second term, according to projections from the Associated Press and other major decision desks. Voters went to the polls on Tuesday, November 3, with all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, 35 Senate seats and 36 governorships on the ballot. The Associated Press called the Senate for the Democrats late on Tuesday night and the House early on Wednesday morning. A historic night for Democrats Democrats flipped seven Republican-held Senate seats — in Iowa, Kansas, Maine, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina and Texas — while Republicans flipped none, according to the Associated Press. In the House, Democrats passed the 218 seats needed for a majority, ending Republican control of the chamber. Democr...

The Binance logo — Image via Wikimedia Commons The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has resumed customer withdrawals days after hackers drained about $6.3 billion in digital assets in what analysts say could be the biggest financial robbery ever, according to Reuters. The hack The FBI said in a cyber alert dated October 31 that North Korea's TraderTraitor hacking group was behind the theft of more than $6 billion in virtual assets from Binance on or about October 29. The Wall Street Journal reported the breach surfaced around 4:20 p.m. ET on October 29, when Binance's security team detected unauthorized withdrawals exceeding $1 billion; losses passed $6 billion within about 20 minutes. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that it remained unclear whether North Korea was involved: "We don't know if it's North Korea — but if it is, we'll talk to North Korea about it." The recovery Binance says it has covered about 95% ...