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Princess Yuriko of Mikasa, Japan's oldest royal family member, dies at 101

Japan's Yuriko, Princess Mikasa passed away on November 14 UTC (November 15th in Japan) at St. Luke's International Hospital in the central Chūō ward of Tokyo. The Princess was 101 years old and the last member of the Imperial house to be born in the Taishō era, and the oldest since the Meiji era.

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Trump wins 2024 U.S. Presidential Election, securing 312 electoral votes and all swing states

Donald Trump won the 2024 U.S. presidential election on November 6, after surpassing the required 270 electoral votes.

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Smithsonian National Zoo euthanizes elderly Asian elephant

Kamala, an Asian elephant at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C., United States, was euthanized on November 2, after an irreversible decline in her physical condition related to osteoarthritis.

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Kemi Badenoch becomes new leader of UK's Conservative Party

On November 2, Kemi Badenoch was elected as the new leader of the Conservative Party of the United Kingdom, becoming the first Black leader of a major UK party and the fourth woman to lead the Tories.

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Russian court fines Google more money than the world's entire GDP

On October 30, a top Russian court fined American tech-giant Google for blocking Russian state media channels in YouTube. The amount of the fine was two undecillion rubles.

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