Day: November 6, 2026

On this day in 1860, Abraham Lincoln, 51, wins the U.S. presidency. Although his name is absent from the ballot in 10 slave states, Lincoln wins a majority of the popular vote in the North. Within 45 days, South Carolina will leave the Union.

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🇯🇵 128 credit unions across western Japan just went DARK.

ATMs, online banking and counter services are frozen at over 3,400 branches.

Officials blame equipment failure, rule out a cyberattack, and warn it may not be fixed today.

In one of the most cash-loving countries in the world, there’s no worse time for the ATMs to go down than a Friday afternoon.

Sources: Bloomberg, Sankei Shimbun / Writer: Julie

⚡️JUST IN: After meeting with Vladimir Putin, Mohsen Rezaei’s Deputy states that Cooperation between Iran and Russia will put an End to U.S. hopes of putting Pressure on Iran

“The transfer of Russian gas to Iran and the International North-South Transport Corridor are two strategic projects that will shatter the notion of being able to pressure Iran

These two projects will make other nations genuinely dependent on Iran”
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🇵🇾 Holy sh*t! Paraguayans are so furious with their members of Congress that one of them was DRAGGED AWAY while others threw sh*t at him!

A major banking crisis hit Paraguay after regulators seized Ueno Bank, freezing the accounts of millions of customers (~1 in 3 people in the country).

They’re MAD as hell, but can you blame them??

Writer: Samuel  x.com/abrahampiris_/status/2…
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🚨 POLICE THOUGHT THEY’D CAUGHT A MASSIVE 5-TON DRUG HAUL… BUT WHAT THEY DISCOVERED NEXT LEFT EVERYONE STUNNED! 😱🇺🇸

#USA  #Police  #FBI  #Cops  #BreakingNews

Police made multiple arrests in Amsterdam after around 100 protesters forced their way onto the construction site of a €1 billion Microsoft data center, according to The Next Web. The action was part of a coordinated campaign across Europe against the rapid growth of AI infrastructure and its environmental impact.