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1. Sri Lanka to award 4 contracts for Mannar basin oil exploration after Feb 2: President EconomyNext · 12 Nov 2026

   ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka plans to award four contracts for investors to explore oil and gas in the Northwestern Mannar Basin after February 2, 2027, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said in his budget speech. “It was reported that very good companies have bid,” he said in parliament on Thursday.…

2. Indonesia says rupiah turbulence unlike 1998 financial crisis Antara · 12 Nov 2026

   Deputy Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Dradjad Hari Wibowo said fluctuations in the rupiah exchange rate ...

3. Quote Of The Day By 'Grey's Anatomy' Star Eric Dane: 'Billie, I'm So Sorry. I'm So Very Sorry That I...' TVLine · 12 Nov 2026

   Grey's Anatomy star Eric Dane wrote an apology to his daughter Billie in his memoir, My Book of Days: A Memoir in Moments.

4. Turkish President Erdogan, Iranian counterpart discuss regional, global issues Anadolu · 12 Nov 2026

   Recep Tayyip Erdogan urges 'immediate end' to US-Iran war, says diplomacy be given chance to usher in new era of stability

5. Africa: Can Carbon Markets Help Africa Close Its Climate Finance Gap? AllAfrica · 12 Nov 2026

   [allAfrica] Africa is in a difficult financial situation regarding climate change. The continent accounts for less than 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions yet is one of the most climate change-exposed regions in the world. Droughts, floods, and increasingly erratic rainfall are all having a major…

6. ‘The Bureau’ Producer Federation Studios Moves to Recapitalize as Lionel Uzan Succeeds Pascal Breton as President Variety · 12 Nov 2026

   Federation Studios, the Paris-based group behind French spy series “The Bureau,” is overhauling its finances and leadership, with co-founder Lionel Uzan succeeding Pascal Breton as president and Montefiore and the company’s financial shareholders set to take majority control. The company said…

7. ‘A slow genocide accelerated’: How Gaza’s winter ‘crisis’ is manufactured by Israel Middle East Eye · 12 Nov 2026

   ‘A slow genocide accelerated’: How Gaza’s winter ‘crisis’ is manufactured by Israel Submitted by Katherine Hearst on Wed, 11/11/2026 - 13:41 NGOs and mutual aid groups says tens of thousands of tents lie in warehouses outside Gaza as Israeli restrictions see aid deliveries plummet in October A…

8. Sex, spies and salaries shake up AI chipmakers Nikkei · 12 Nov 2026
9. Incoming House Oversight Committee chair Robert Garcia reacts to White House warning NPR · 12 Nov 2026

   NPR's A Martinez asks Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia of California about 2027 House Oversight plans to investigate the Trump administration and the response from White House to his plans.

10. ‘New gateway to Antarctica’: World’s southernmost hotel opens in Chile Euronews · 12 Nov 2026

    Luxury cruise line Silversea has opened The Cormorant at 55 South – a 150-room hotel in Puerto Williams, Chile, where passengers will stay on an Antarctica fly cruise itinerary.