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November 20

Law and crime

Philippine president Bongbong Marcos confirms the return of Mary Jane Veloso to the Philippines after 14 years on death row in Indonesia, after the government of Indonesia implemented a policy for the repatriation of foreign prisoners.
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Disasters and accidents

Two people are killed and over 570,000 people are without power as a bomb cyclone makes landfall over the West Coast of the United States. Nearly 100,000 people are without power in British Columbia, Canada.
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Business and economy

American aerospace company Boeing announces it will layoff 17,000 workers by the end of 2024, 10% of its global workforce, due to financial difficulties following the machinists strike.
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Armed conflicts and attacks

The United States vetoes a United Nations Security Council proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, citing its lack of a provision to immediately return hostages taken during the conflict.
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Thirty-six people are killed and over 50 injured after Israeli airstrikes in Palmyra, Syria.
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Twelve Pakistani soldiers are killed and several others are wounded when a suicide bomber targets a security post in Mali Khel, Buner District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The Hafiz Gul Bahadur faction of the Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for the attack.
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The United States, Italy, Greece, and Spain close their embassies in Kyiv, Ukraine, temporarily following threats of a "significant air attack" from Russia.
Source: The Washington Times external link

November 19

Science and technology

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Politics and elections

Georgian police reportedly break up tent camps while beating and detaining protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia, demonstrating against the allegedly rigged parliamentary election in October.
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Abkhazian President Aslan Bzhania resigns following negotiations with the opposition and is succeeded by Vice President Badra Gunba as acting president.
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The United States announces it recognizes Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González as the President-elect following the presidential election in July.
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Over 40,000 people gather in front of the New Zealand Parliament House in Wellington to protest against the Treaty Principles Bill that would change Māori people's rights, making it one of the largest protests in the country.
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Thousands of British farmers protest at the Houses of Parliament in London, United Kingdom, against a new inheritance tax on land ownership that includes farms.
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Armed conflicts and attacks

Ukraine launches ATACMS ballistic missiles at targets in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, according to the Russian Defence Ministry. It is the first time that Ukraine has used the American-supplied missiles to strike targets inside Russia.
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The United Kingdom and France both prepare new military packages containing long-range missiles to send to Ukraine following United States President Joe Biden's decision to allow deep strikes into Russian territory using American weapons.
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U.S. President Joe Biden approves of sending non-persistent anti-personnel mines to Ukraine, with Ukraine committing to not use them in areas with civilians.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree that allows Russia to use nuclear weapons in response to conventional attacks by a non-nuclear state supported by a nuclear power.
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Three Lebanese soldiers are killed and 17 other people are injured in an Israeli airstrike in Sarafand, Lebanon.
Source: Times of Israel external link
Twenty-eight suspected gang members are killed by police and residents in Pétion-Ville, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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Doctors Without Borders announces it will suspend operations in Port-au-Prince indefinitely following rape and death threats from Haitian police.
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Twelve soldiers are killed and others are wounded after a suicide car bombing targeting a security post in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Six Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group gunmen are killed in the ensuing shootout.
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Law and crime

Forty-five pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong are sentenced to prison terms of between four and 10 years over an unofficial primary held in 2020.
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Brazilian Federal Police arrest five people, including four G20 security guards, for their alleged involvement in a plot to assassinate President Lula da Silva and Vice President Geraldo Alckmin following the general election in 2022.
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The Tunisian coast guard announces that on the night of November 8, a patrol boat rammed and sank a boat carrying migrants on its coasts, killing 53 people.
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November 18

Law and crime

The C-Lion1 submarine communications cable across the Baltic Sea between Finland and Germany is damaged in what German officials suspect is sabotage.
Source: The Guardian external link
Three people are killed in a stabbing spree in Manhattan, New York, United States. The perpetrator is arrested.
Source: CNN external link

Business and economy

American airline Spirit Airlines files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after years of financial losses and a failed merger attempt with JetBlue.
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Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian forces launch a missile attack on the city of Odesa, Ukraine, for the second consecutive day, killing at least ten civilians, injuring dozens of others and damaging civilian infrastructure, including residential buildings.
Source: Ukrainska Pravda external link
Ukraine re-implements nationwide rolling blackouts primarily due to yesterday's destruction of energy infrastructure by Russian airstrikes.
Source: Reuters external link
Hezbollah launches more than 100 missiles at Israel, including Tel Aviv, killing one person and injuring dozens of others.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
Five people are killed and 24 others are injured in an Israeli airstrike on Zuqaq al-Blat, Beirut, Lebanon.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Hezbollah and Lebanon both agree to a United States proposal for a ceasefire. However, Israel has refused to comment.
Source: Reuters external link
Security forces raid a Lashkar-e-Islam hideout in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing ten militants and injuring several others.
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A Pakistani Taliban ambush on a military convoy in Khyber district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, kills eight soldiers and wounds three others. Several gunmen are also killed. Separately, seven police officers are kidnapped in Bannu.
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Three people are killed and another is injured when a land mine, believed to have been planted by Al-Shabaab, explodes on a highway between Afgooye and Wanlaweyn in Lower Shabelle, Somalia.
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Twenty gang members are killed by security forces in the Gaza Strip after armed looters hijacked almost 100 trucks bringing aid for the ongoing famine.
Source: The Guardian external link

Disasters and accidents

Three people are killed in an explosion at a fireworks factory in Ercolano, Italy.
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International relations

Denmark and Somalia reach an agreement to relieve more than $8.5 million of Somali debt.
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November 17

Disasters and accidents

Tropical Storm Sara makes landfall in Belize after causing flooding in Honduras.
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Typhoon Man-yi makes landfall in the Philippines as a Category 4 super typhoon, three days after Typhoon Usagi struck the country and becoming the sixth consecutive storm to affect Luzon in the past month. At least eight people are killed.
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Sports

In Canadian football, the Toronto Argonauts defeat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 41–24 to claim their 19th Canadian Football League title.
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In tennis, Jannik Sinner defeats Taylor Fritz, 6–4, 6–4 to win his first ATP Finals singles title.
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In motorcycle racing, Prima Pramac Racing driver Jorge Martín wins the 2024 MotoGP World Championship, becoming the first independent driver to win the title in the MotoGP era.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

Health and environment

One fatality and dozens of illnesses are linked to an of U.S.-grown organic carrots.
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Armed conflicts and attacks

Russia launches its largest aerial attack on Ukraine in months. According to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, around 120 missiles and 90 drones were launched, damaging energy infrastructure across the country, killing at least seven people, and causing widespread damage.
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Ten people are killed and 52 others are injured in a Russian missile strike on an apartment building in Sumy, Ukraine.
Source: Reuters external link
United States President Joe Biden lifts restrictions on the Ukrainian use of U.S. weapons for deep attacks inside Russia, with Ukrainian forces planning to use the weapons in long-distance attacks in the coming days.
Source: Reuters external link
Pope Francis calls for the global community to investigate whether Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
Source: CNN external link
At least 72 people are killed, a third of whom are children, in an Israeli strike against a residential building in Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza.
Source: AsiaOne external link
An Israeli airstrike on the Lebanese Ba'ath Party headquarters in Ras el-Nabaa, Beirut, Lebanon, kills seven people, including Hezbollah spokesman Mohammed Afif. Sixteen others are wounded. Three people are also killed and 29 more injured in another airstrike in Mar Elias.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

Law and crime

Two people are killed and nine others are injured in two shooting incidents near a parade route in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
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Politics and elections

Citizens of Senegal vote for the 165 seats of the National Assembly after President Bassirou Diomaye Faye dissolved the parliament in September.
Source: DW external link
Hundreds of people march in a protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin in Berlin, Germany, which was called by opposition leaders-in-exile Yulia Navalnaya, Vladimir Kara-Murza, and Ilya Yashin.
Source: DW external link