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TREE NEWS reports: More than 3,300 flights within and to and from the United States were canceled on November 14, FlightAware data showed, a day after a communications failure in the air traffic control system grounded all US aircraft. The November 13 outage halted flights nationwide; the following day’s cancellations reflect the knock-on disruption to schedules.

TREE NEWS update: China Datang’s Lvsigang 2×1,000 MW expansion project saw its Unit 6 successfully synchronize to the grid on Nov. 14, with all system parameters stable and operating well. Once operational, the project is expected to generate nearly 10 billion kWh of electricity annually.

TREE NEWS update: The foreign ministries of 17 countries issued a joint condemnation on November 14 of Israel’s airstrike on the Nasser Medical Center in Khan Younis, Gaza. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry released the statement, saying the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Jordan, Qatar, the UAE, Indonesia, Palestine, Algeria, Mauritania, Sudan, Libya, Djibouti, Somalia, Lebanon and Oman condemned the attack in the strongest terms.

TREE NEWS reports: Chengdu ranked first among popular destinations in flight orders for travel between Nov. 14 and Nov. 20, Meituan data showed, making it the top choice for family autumn-break trips nationwide. The ranking covers bookings for that travel window. No booking volumes or year-on-year comparisons were disclosed.

TREE NEWS update: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said its aerospace force air-defense systems intercepted and destroyed a US MQ-1 drone over Qeshm Island on the afternoon of November 14 local time. The IRGC announced the interception on Thursday, giving no further details on the drone’s mission or the circumstances of the engagement.

TREE NEWS reports: President Donald Trump has told senior advisers he may hold off on a military strike against Iran if the United States is not subjected to any new provocation from Iran or Yemen’s Houthi forces, people familiar with the matter said. The reported guidance indicates the decision remains conditional on whether Washington faces fresh hostile action.

TREE NEWS reports: Goldman Sachs expects the MSCI Asia ex-Japan Index to return 19% in US dollar terms next year, driven by corporate earnings growth even as uncertainty in artificial intelligence may increase market volatility. The bank upgraded China H-shares and Indian equities to overweight while maintaining overweight views on South Korean and Japanese stocks.

TREE NEWS update: Ukraine said it attacked an oil pumping station in Russia’s Samara region. The statement gave no details on damage, casualties or which facility was hit, and Russia has not commented. The claim is the latest in a series of Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy infrastructure.

TREE NEWS update: The National Meteorological Center renewed an orange fog alert at 6 p.m. on Nov. 14, warning of heavy to dense fog across parts of nine provinces and regions including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Jiangxi and Guangxi from the night of Nov. 14 into the morning of Nov. 15. Visibility in some areas could drop below 50 meters, the center said.

TREE NEWS update: The 2026 China Capital Markets Academic Annual Conference opened in Shanghai on November 14. Zhou Xiaochuan, vice chairman of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, attended and delivered the opening speech. Wu Qing, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission and president of the China Capital Market Society, and Shanghai Mayor Zhu Zhongming also addressed the event.

TREE NEWS update: Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng attended the opening ceremony of the fourth APEC Business Advisory Council meeting in Shenzhen on November 14 and delivered remarks. He said the 33rd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting will soon be held in Shenzhen, setting direction and building momentum for Asia-Pacific cooperation, and urged the council to carry forward an entrepreneurial spirit of openness and innovation.

TREE NEWS update: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on July 14 that the United States proposed Ukraine give up the Donbas region in exchange for NATO membership, Ukraine’s national news agency reported. Zelensky made the remark to journalists. No further details of the proposal were provided.

TREE NEWS reports: Meituan data shows a concentrated autumn-break travel peak this weekend (Nov. 14-15), with bookings for family tickets such as “one adult and one child” and “two adults and one child” up 72% year-on-year. Theme parks and zoos are the most popular destinations, with theme parks accounting for 64% of the platform’s family-related activity orders.

TREE NEWS update: Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul jointly attended a China-Thailand business forum in Bangkok on November 14, Xinhua reported. The two leaders met with business representatives from both countries at the event, which was held during Li’s visit to Thailand.

TREE NEWS reports: The share of Bitcoin’s active supply held at a loss has surpassed the share in profit, analyst Darkfost said on November 14. Excluding coins unmoved for over 10 years, largely considered illiquid, fewer than 45% of supply is estimated to be in profit. Historically, a reading below 40% has tended to mark lows during market pullbacks, while a reading near 100% raises the risk of a reversal.

TREE NEWS reports: A report identifies Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s role in recasting a CIA warning in a memo tied to Jensen Huang’s exit, but does not resolve the espionage allegation or establish that Rubio invented it. The report links Rubio to the warning that preceded Huang’s departure, leaving the underlying allegation unresolved.

TREE NEWS reports: Alberto Conca, chief investment officer at Swiss wealth manager LFG+Zest, said European equities may continue to outperform as the market rally broadens, a call he made before Nvidia’s leadership change. Information technology accounts for over 35% of the MSCI US Investable Market Index but just 8.8% of the corresponding European index, which has broader exposure to financials, healthcare and energy. The protection is relative, investors noted, and European stocks could still be dragged down if a selloff spreads from US tech across Wall Street.

TREE NEWS update: Chinese Premier Li Qiang met Thai Parliament President and House Speaker Sophon Zarum on November 14 in Bangkok, with Deputy Parliament President and Senate Speaker Mongkol Surasajja also attending. Li said China is ready to deepen trade with Thailand, speed up the China-Thailand railway and encourage cooperation in new energy and electronic information, while urging the two legislatures to support major projects and provide legal safeguards.

TREE NEWS update: Jensen Huang resigned as Nvidia CEO on November 12 after the board opened an investigation on November 8 into his ties to a suspected Chinese spy, with CFO Colette Kress named interim CEO. Nvidia fell 2.01% to $162.85 on Friday, capping a 12.75% weekly drop, its longest weekly losing streak since 2012. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell 3.43% to 10,146.32 even as it gained 8.05% for the week, while the 10-year Treasury yield closed at 5.154% after October PPI rose 6.5% year over year.

TREE NEWS update: FAA Administrator Duffy on Friday denied that the agency’s AI tool caused a nationwide ground stop, blaming overloaded legacy telecom equipment for the halt. The FAA had announced on Nov. 10 that it would expand SMART to airspace covered by 22 centers.