Portal:Current events/2016 November 30
November 30, 2016 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- Afghan security forces killed 16 militants from Taliban group in Ghazni. (TOLOnews)
- Aleppo offensive (November 2016)
- Syrian Civil Defense claim that more than 45 people have died as a result of heavy artillery bombardment of eastern Aleppo. (Reuters), (RFERL)
- Iran–Israel proxy conflict
- Colombian peace process
- The Congress of Colombia unanimously approves a peace deal between the Government and rebel group FARC to end the Colombian conflict. (Telesur TV)
Arts and culture
- A manuscript by the Austrian composer Gustav Mahler sells for about £4.5 million at Sotheby’s. (BBC)
Business and economy
- OPEC agrees to cut oil production by 1.2 million barrels a day. Key non-OPEC producers most notably Russia have also agreed to cut their production. Oil futures have risen by 9%. (Market Watch), (Market Watch)
- The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority announces it has fined Bank of America Merrill Lynch $7 million for failure to supervise the use of leverage in its brokerage accounts, especially in connection with Puerto Rico municipal bonds. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2016 Southeastern United States wildfires
- At least three deaths and several injuries caused by wildfires in Tennessee are reported near Dolly Parton's Dollywood resort. (BBC)
- The death toll from wildfires in Sevier County, Tennessee, rises to at least seven. (WBIR)
- Tornadoes of 2016
- Three people are dead after a tornado hits in Jackson County in the U.S. state of Alabama. Four other people are injured in neighboring De Kalb County. (WAFF), (NBC News)
- LaMia Airlines Flight 2933
Law and crime
- Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, the current governor of Jakarta, faces charges of blasphemy for allegedly insulting Islam. (The Washington Post )
- Hong Kong Legislative Council oath-taking controversy
- Two Hong Kong Youngspiration party Legislative Council election victors lose their appeal to take their seats in parliament by a High Court three-judge panel. Tomorrow, the High Court will hear the independence supporters' petition for a hearing by the Court of Final Appeal. (Time)
- The Indian Supreme Court orders all cinemas must play the national anthem, and the audience must stand during its performance, before a film is screened. Order is effective in 10 days. (BBC) (The Indian Express)
Politics and elections
- Haitian presidential election, round 2
- Jude Célestin, Jean-Charles Moïse and Maryse Narcisse vow to contest the election after violent riots spread in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. (CBC)
- Presidential transition of Donald Trump
- President-elect Donald Trump announces that his team has made a deal with Carrier Corporation that would save around 1,000 jobs at an Indiana factory. Carrier had planned to move production from a key factory in that state to Nuevo León, Mexico. (The New York Times) (CNBC)
- Trump intends to appoint billionaire Wilbur Ross as United States Secretary of Commerce. (NPR)
- Trump picks banker and businessman Steven Mnuchin to be his Secretary of the Treasury. (NPR)
- The government of Nepal proposes to amend the constitution to make it more inclusive. (The Washington Post)
- 2016 North Carolina gubernatorial election
- The recount in North Carolina continues amid pressure towards Republican candidate Pat McCrory to accept his defeat by Democratic nominee Roy Cooper. (The New York Times) (WCTI-TV)
- A federal judge orders the state of North Carolina to redraw its legislative districts citing gerrymandering. (Reuters)
- 2016 United States presidential election recounts
- Reform candidate Rocky de la Fuente files for a sample recount in parts of Nevada. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- Jill Stein files for recount in Michigan. (US News and World Report)
- 2016 United States elections, 115th United States Congress
- In Democratic Party congressional leadership elections, U.S. House minority leader Nancy Pelosi is re-elected, holding off the challenge by Tim Ryan. Democratic whip Steny Hoyer is also re-elected. Current caucus vice chair Joseph Crowley takes the caucus chairmanship. Linda Sánchez, in a three-way race, is elected the new vice chair. (ABC)
Science and technology
- South Africa launches the HVTN 702 trial for an experimental AIDS vaccine, which will involve over 5,400 men and women over the course of four years. (Al Jazeera)
Sport
- World Chess Championship 2016
- Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen defeats Russian challenger Sergey Karjakin to retain the World Chess Championship title. (BBC)