Filipino singer Carmelle has won the first Eurovision Song Contest Asia, held in Bangkok on Saturday. She performed the dance-pop song Sobra-Sobra and took 211 points, combining 93 from national juries with 118 from viewers. She beat ten other competitors. Thai duo Mang x Daou placed second with 170 points, and Vietnam's Tóc Tiên finished third with 164 points.
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14 November 2026
11 November 2026
Formula 1 has confirmed that its two final rounds of the 2026 season will go ahead in the Middle East as planned. The Qatar Grand Prix is scheduled for 29 Nov, with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix following on 6 Dec. The series has ruled out Imola as a backup venue. Races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia were cancelled earlier in the year due to conflict. F1 president Stefano Domenicali said safety remains his top priority. All 11 teams back the plan, and the 2026 calendar will total 23 rounds.
10 November 2026
Nvidia said on Thursday that Jensen Huang has resigned as president, chief executive and director, effective immediately. Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress is serving as interim chief executive while the board seeks a permanent successor. The departure followed reports of affairs, including one with Alice Huang, a Megaspeed director whom U.S. intelligence says China's top spy agency recruited. Huang admitted in a staff email that he had cheated on his wife. Nvidia shares fell sharply, and the company has lost about $1.8tn (€1.6tn) in market value since its record close on 6 Oct.
9 November 2026
Nvidia's board has opened an independent inquiry into whether a foreign intelligence service targeted CEO Jensen Huang. U.S. authorities are probing Singapore-based Megaspeed over suspected shipments of restricted Nvidia chips to China, with reports citing at least $7.5 billion in chips moved. Nvidia says it has found no evidence of illicit chip transfers. Megaspeed denies wrongdoing, says it will cooperate with U.S. investigations and has retained a U.S. law firm to census its graphics processing units. China dismissed the spying allegations as smears.
7 November 2026
Malaysia's attorney general's office has temporarily halted the move of former prime minister Najib Razak from prison to house arrest, saying legal questions about his royal pardon need clarifying. Najib, 73, has been jailed since August 2022 over the 1MDB corruption case. The king granted him a second royal pardon in September, conditional on a 50 million ringgit fine, which his party UMNO has paid. Najib left prison on Friday but was returned hours later after the intervention, and police had been stationed outside his Kuala Lumpur residence. The palace said the royal decision is clear and must be respected.
27 October 2026
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won Brazil's presidential runoff held on 25 Oct, taking 51.8% of valid votes against Flávio Bolsonaro's 48.2%, official results show. Lula secures a second term after the Supreme Court extended voting by two hours at his request, though some polling stations had already closed before the extension. Bolsonaro says he will seek to annul the result, while crowds celebrated in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Lula is 81 years old.