Portal:Current events/2016 November 15

November 15, 2016 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian Civil War
- Between four and 20 people are reported killed by government and Russian airstrikes that hit rebel held areas, five hospitals, and a mobile clinic in Aleppo, says U.S. State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau. Syria and Russia deny targeting Aleppo. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters) (CBS News)

Business and economy

The global bonds sell-off continue amid uncertainty over Donald Trump as stock markets continue to rise to record levels. (BBC)

International relations

Brexit aftermath
- There is no plan for Brexit, according to a critical leaked memo from the consulting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited. The document indicates Whitehall is working on 500 Brexit-related projects. Both Deloitte and the British Government confirm the document is an internal working document from Deloitte that was compiled without government approval or assistance. (BBC)
- Scottish independence
  - Scotland is considering launching its own passports to maintain the decades-old freedom of movement between Scotland and the rest of the European Union, even if it is lost by England and Wales.(Herald Scotland) (Evening Times)

Law and crime

Russia arrests Economic Development Minister Alexey Ulyukaev for allegedly seeking a bribe to approve the sale of 50 per cent of Bashneft to state-run oil producer Rosneft last month. (Bloomberg)
Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City suspends all arrival and departure flights after at least one person is shot in the airport's parking lot. Local media report that victim has been transported in "emergency condition" to a nearby hospital. (Reuters)
Six students, including the suspect, are stabbed at Mountain View High School in Orem, Utah. The suspect is taken into custody, and there are no reports of life threatening injuries. (Washington Post)
Police in Anchorage, Alaska, link a gun that a suspect used in the attempted murder of a police officer, to five unsolved homicides in the city which occurred over the summer. The suspect was killed during the murder attempt. (Alaska Dispatch News)
The families of those killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings of 2012 ask the Connecticut Supreme Court to reverse a lower court dismissal of their lawsuit against Remington Arms, maker of the Bushmaster rifle used by murderer Adam Lanza. (Reuters)
Egypt's court of cassation overturns the death sentence on Mohamed Morsi and five other members of the Muslim Brotherhood. The court orders a retrial of six men for their roles in releasing the prisoners from the Wadi el-Natrun prison. (BBC)

Politics and elections

Presidential transition of Donald Trump
- Ben Carson, former GOP presidential candidate, current advisor to President-elect Donald Trump and retired neurosurgeon, has decided to not accept a Cabinet position in the Trump administration. (Reuters)
- Trump business interests
  - Three Trump Place buildings on New York City's Upper West Side are each changing its name to their street addresses in response to a residents' petition, and to assume a neutral building identity, according to the landlord Equity Residential's spokesperson. (New York Post)(The Real Deal)