The Verkhovna Rada dismissed the Minister of Justice of Ukraine German Galushchenko as a result of a corruption scandal. 323 deputies voted for his dismissal. The prime minister's proposal for his dismissal and Galushchenko's personal statement were received by parliament on November 12. Galushchenko has headed the Ministry of Justice since July 2025, before that he headed the Ministry of Energy.

Meta won a lawsuit against the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which accused the company of anti-competitive purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp. The regulator tried to prove that Meta is a monopolist in the social networking market and that the acquisitions of 2012 and 2014 should be cancelled. The FTC began an investigation in 2019 and filed its first lawsuit in 2020, but the court rejected it. The second lawsuit appeared in 2021.

German Gref said at the AI ​​Journey-2025 conference that Sber plans to part with one-fifth of the staff that has not passed the AI ​​efficiency assessment, Vedomosti writes . However, Vladimir Putin, who was present, said that he considers the very understanding of the category “ineffective employee” to be erroneous. He said, turning to Gref, that “there are employees with whom you worked poorly.” Gref immediately agreed with Putin.

Denmark's ruling party, the Social Democrats, lost the municipal elections in Copenhagen, losing to the left-wing Red-Green Coalition and the Green Left . The new mayor of the Danish capital will be a representative of the Green Left, Cisse Marie Welling, reports Nyheder.tv. The Social Democrats, now led by Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, have been in power in Copenhagen for 122 years, since 1903.

Detectives from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine reported that businessman and co-founder of Kvartal 95 Timur Mindich is suspected of attempting to illegally influence former Defense Minister Rustem Umerov. This is another episode of a high-profile investigation in which Mindich is accused of creating a criminal organization, laundering funds on a large scale and influencing members of the government.

The attack damaged multi-story apartment buildings as well as industrial and warehouse facilities, sparking large fires. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said two nine-story apartment blocks were hit: one was set ablaze, while the other was effectively destroyed from the third story up. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces used 470 attack drones and 48 ballistic and cruise missiles in the overnight barrage.

Poland has decided to close the Russian Consulate General in Gdansk. According to Reuters, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski announced this on November 19. According to him, Poland’s consent to open a consulate will be withdrawn as a response to the sabotage committed recently on the railway. Previously, Russian consulates in Krakow (in June) and Poznan (in November 2024) were already closed.

In a statement released on Nov. 18, Ukraine’s General Staff said it successfully used ATACMS ballistic missiles to hit military targets inside Russia’s internationally recognized territory. It read, in part: “The Armed Forces of Ukraine have successfully employed ATACMS tactical missile systems to carry out a precision strike against military targets on the territory of Russia. This is a significant development that underscores Ukraine’s unwavering commitment to its sovereignty.

The US Department of Justice can publish investigation materials about sex offender Jeffrey Epstein within 30 days, since such a period is specified in the law. Attorney General Pam Bondi said this on Wednesday, November 19, after Congress voted almost unanimously to oblige the administration of President Donald Trump to disclose these documents, reports Reuters.

Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers has resigned from OpenAI's board of directors following the release of his correspondence with late sex-criminal financier Jeffrey Epstein, the Financial Times reports . The emails showed that Summers sought advice from Epstein, who is accused of, among other charges, smuggling and sexual exploitation of minors, about a relationship with a woman in his circle.

Lukoil insists on selling international assets in one package, which complicates the deal: many potential buyers are only interested in individual projects. Bloomberg writes about this, citing informed sources. American sanctions, which come into force on December 13, are forcing the process to be accelerated. Despite the Russian company’s demand to sell its entire foreign business, large players lined up to study the assets: Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.

The Russian spy ship Yantar has once again approached British waters off the coast of Scotland, using laser pointers against British reconnaissance aircraft pilots who were monitoring its activities. At a Downing Street press conference, the UK’s Secretary of State for Defense John Healey announced that the vessel had entered British waters for the second time this year, the BBC reported.

In November, the Chinese startup Lonvi Biosciences announced the development of anti-aging pills that it said would allow people to live to 150. The remarks by company head Liu Qinghua came a few weeks after an infamous conversation in which the leaders of Russia, China, and North Korea were overheard talking about precisely that subject.

Germany became a hub for anti-war emigration, issuing so-called “gray passports” — emergency travel documents that allowed entry even for those without valid papers. Among the first recipients were DOXA journalists Alla Gutnikova, Armen Aramyan, and Natasha Tyshkevich. Besides Germany, only France offered a comparable option, albeit one with much longer waiting times. But that all changed abruptly when Merz came to power.

GSC Game World, the Ukrainian developer behind the cult video game series S.T.A.L.K.E.R., has been added to the Russian government’s list of “undesirable organizations,” as per a press release issued by the Prosecutor General’s Office in Moscow.