Thursday, November 5, 2026
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• Democrats sweep the midterms and take both chambers of Congress• Bomb threats divert at least 19 passenger flights across Europe• Wall Street reverses as AI chip stocks sink the Nasdaq• Vance blames the Iran war for the Republican wipeout• OpenAI rolls out faster image model that also makes GIFs• Pungent gas over Mars fissures hints the planet is still volcanically active• Democrats sweep the midterms and take both chambers of Congress• Bomb threats divert at least 19 passenger flights across Europe• Wall Street reverses as AI chip stocks sink the Nasdaq• Vance blames the Iran war for the Republican wipeout• OpenAI rolls out faster image model that also makes GIFs• Pungent gas over Mars fissures hints the planet is still volcanically active

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Oman and Iran discuss Hormuz shipping as oil prices rebound

CBS reports continuing shipping risks and talks over traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

  • ■Oman says talks with Iran over shipping traffic are continuing
  • ■CBS reports attacks on commercial ships and Iranian reports of sea mines
  • ■Brent rose 2.2% to $96.70 in the cited Thursday update

3h ago · 1 min brief