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5 November 2026

Sport

LIV Golf files for bankruptcy and cancels player contracts

LIV Golf has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and cancelled all existing player contracts. The move followed Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund withdrawing its support after investing five billion US dollars over four years. The league aims to relaunch in 2027 with new funding from BC Partners Capital. Jon Rahm has released claims against the bankruptcy estate, reported at up to 150 million US dollars. Five players, including Sergio Garcia and Rory McIlroy's rival Tyrrell Hatton, have said their futures lie elsewhere. DP World Tour chief executive Guy Kinnings said LIV's aim had been to destroy the tour, and McIlroy backed that view.

3 November 2026

Gustafson, 72, reports full quality of life and no detectable cancer after receiving a personalized mRNA vaccine that trains her immune system to attack pancreatic tumor cells. The treatment, created from her own tumor samples, is the first mRNA vaccine tested on pancreatic cancer patients and combines mRNA, genomics and artificial‑intelligence techniques. Her daughters assisted her enrollment, noting the procedure’s low statistical risk. Researchers say the trial follows a wider move toward mRNA cancer vaccines, which recently cut skin‑cancer recurrence and death by 42 %.

29 October 2026

The Democratic Party now holds 54 seats in the Senate and 228 seats in the House, giving it clear control of both chambers. Voters flipped four Senate seats previously held by Republicans, including a win in Texas that made James Talarico the state's first Democratic senator since 1988 and a victory in South Carolina. In Texas, Gina Hinojosa also became the first Latina governor. The Justice Department deployed about 1,000 monitors to polling places nationwide, citing election integrity as a top priority.

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