Portal:Current events/2013 November 8
November 8, 2013 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Somali Civil War (2009–present):
- At least 11 people are killed in the Somalian capital Mogadishu after a bomb explodes in a carpark. (AFP via Yahoo News Australia)
Arts and culture
- UNESCO suspends the voting rights of the United States and Israel after both countries refused to pay their dues as a protest to the membership of the State of Palestine. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
- Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones in recorded history to make landfall, hits the Visayas in the Philippines, with at least three people dead. (BBC News) (AFP via Google) (Zee News)
- A 90-car Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway train carrying crude oil derails and explodes in western Alabama. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- A man is arrested for alleged involvement in the Wednesday bombing of the Chinese Communist Party in the city of Taiyuan in northern China. (The Telegraph)
- Reports indicate that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat had high levels of polonium in his body when he died. (BBC)
- Thieves steal six antiques worth billions of VND ($94 thousand) displayed at Hòa Khiêm Palace in Tomb of King Tự Ðức in Huế, Vietnam. (Tuoitrenews)
Sports
- Sheffield City Council announces plans to start the demolition of the Don Valley athletics stadium located in the city of Sheffield, England, on 21 November 2013. (BBC News)