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November 20, 2024 (Wednesday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Thirty-six people are killed and over 50 injured after Israeli airstrikes in Palmyra, Syria.

(Reuters)

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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.

(Miami Herald), (Hindustan Times)

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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.

(The New York Sun), (Reuters)

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The U.S., Italian, Greek, and Spanish governments close their embassies in Kyiv, Ukraine, temporarily following threats of a "significant air attack" from Russia.

(The Washington Times)

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The embassies of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan urge their citizens to leave areas near Ukrainian combat zones or to leave the nation altogether via designated land and air routes following escalating risk of Russian retaliatory attacks.

(The Times of Central Asia)

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British-produced Storm Shadow missiles are launched into Russian territory by Ukraine for the first time, following the Starmer cabinet approval.

(The Guardian)

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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.

(Assembly Magazine), (WAFB9)

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Ford announces that it will cut 4,000 jobs in Europe, with 2,900 in Germany, citing economic instability and conflicts with environmental regulations.

(Newsweek)

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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.

(CNN), (NBC News)

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International relations

Around 30 MPs in the Parliament of Canada, including New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh and Green Party leader Elizabeth May, joins New Zealand and Australia MPs in support of recognizing Palestine as a independent state.

(CBC)

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The Russian government denies accusations made by European governments of their involvement in sabotaging two submarine telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea as a means of hybrid warfare.

(DW)

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The Royal Danish Navy boards the Chinese cargo ship Yi Peng 3 in the Baltic Sea after it is suspected to be involved in the sabotage of the submarine cables.

(EurAsia Daily)

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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.

(South China Morning Post)

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Politics and elections

Labour Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner dismisses concerns brought on by protests in London from United Kingdom farmers against new agricultural inheritance taxation policies as "scaremongering".

(Sky News)

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Iraq imposes a two-day curfew nationwide as it conducts its first national census since 1987.

(Al Jazeera)

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November 19, 2024 (Tuesday)

1.9 minutes to read

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.

(BBC News)

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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.

(Reuters)

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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.

(Newsweek)

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Twenty-eight suspected gang members are killed by police and residents in Pétion-Ville, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

(Al Jazeera), (The Jamaica Observer)

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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.

(DW)

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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.

(Al Jazeera)

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Three Lebanese soldiers are killed and 17 other people are injured in an Israeli airstrike in Sarafand, Lebanon.

(Al Jazeera), (Times of Israel)

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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.

(AP)

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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.

(Reuters)

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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.

(Al Jazeera)

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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.

(Fanpage)

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Politics and elections

Abkhazian President Aslan Bzhania resigns following negotiations with the opposition and is succeeded by Vice President Badra Gunba as acting president.

(Abkhaz World), (Reuters)

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Georgian police reportedly break up tent camps while beating and detaining protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia, demonstrating against the allegedly rigged parliamentary election in October.

(DW)

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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.

(DW)

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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.

(Al Jazeera)

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