Portal:Current events/2014 November 26
November 26, 2014 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
- At least three people die in a new round of fighting between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists. (Xinhua)
Disasters and accidents
- A fire in a coal mine in China's Liaoning province kills 24 miners and injures another 52. (AFP via Channel News Asia)
- A heavy storm in the eastern United States causes poor road conditions, and delays and cancellations of airline flights ahead of the Thanksgiving holidays with up to 30 million people affected. (CNN)
Law and crime
- Vietnamese lawmakers approve a law allowing broad foreign ownership of property, as the government seeks to boost an ailing real-estate market and accelerate growth. (Financial Review)[permanent dead link]
- An Egyptian court sentences 78 teenage boys to between 2 and 5 years in jail for participating in rallies calling for the return of ousted President Mohammed Mursi. (AFP, Reuters vis Sydney Morning Herald)
Politics and elections
- Mexico's Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) founder Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas resigns amid internal political crisis resulting from the disappearance of the 43 students in September. (El País)
- 2014 Hong Kong protests
- More than 80 people are arrested as police dismantle a protest camp in the Mong Kok commercial district. (BBC)
- Student leaders Joshua Wong and Lester Shum are amongst those arrested. (Reuters)