Wednesday, November 4, 2026

The Hourly News

Global News, Business, AI & Markets — Hour by Hour

The Hourly News

Global News, Business, AI & Markets — Hour by Hour

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Shoppers and pedestrians on East Nanjing Road, a busy shopping street in Shanghai.

China’s Services Growth Slows to Three-Month Low as Price Cuts Meet Rising Costs

Satellite view of Alaska's Columbia Glacier flowing towards Columbia Bay, dotted with icebergs.

Overshooting 1.5°C Risks Irreversible Ice Loss, UN-Backed Reports Warn Ahead of COP31

Gina Hinojosa speaking at a labour convention in January 2024.

Gina Hinojosa Ousts Greg Abbott to Become Texas’s First Latina Governor

Shoppers walking along Pitt Street Mall in Sydney, Australia.

Australian Household Spending Jumps 0.6% in September, Beating Forecasts

The United States Capitol building in Washington, DC

Democrats Seize Control of the Senate in Sweeping Midterm Rebuke of Trump

Rows of server racks in a data centre, with overhead cabling.

CrowdStrike Bets Nearly $500 Million on Securing AI Agents with Fiddler and Dreadnode Deals

The New York Stock Exchange building on Broad Street in New York.

US Stock Futures Fall and Dollar Softens as Midterm Results Point to Democratic Gains

People tending poppy crops in a field in Helmand province, Afghanistan, in 2011.

Afghanistan’s Opium Crop Surges Fivefold as Taliban Ban Weakens, UN Survey Finds

The United States Capitol building in Washington, DC

Democrats Retake the House in Midterm Rebuke of Trump, Projections Show

Official portrait of Keisha Lance Bottoms, Georgia's governor-elect, from 2022.

Keisha Lance Bottoms Wins Georgia Governorship and Makes History as First Black Woman Elected Governor of a US State

Chuck Schumer