Portal:Current events/2020 November 28
November 28, 2020 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Tigray conflict
- Mekelle offensive
- Federal forces say that they have seized the town of Wukro in Ethiopia's Tigray Region as they advance on the region's capital Mekelle. Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) leader Debretsion Gebremichael confirms that government forces had started an operation to capture Mekelle, saying his forces are "ready to die in defence of our right to administer our region". (BBC News)
- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says that the Ethiopian military is in "full control" of Mekelle after entering the regional capital with limited resistance and are now searching for Tigrayan officials. Chief of General Staff Birhanu Jula Gelalcha says government forces have now "completely controlled Mekelle", and that 7,000 Northern Command members being held hostage by the TPLF have been freed. (Al Jazeera)
- The U.S. Embassy in Asmara reports several explosions in the Eritrean capital. The TPLF has previously fired rockets at the capital during the conflict. (AP)
- Mekelle offensive
- Assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists
- Assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
- Iranian president Hassan Rouhani vows to "respond" to Israel, whom the regime has accused of orchestrating the killing, "at the proper time." (CNBC)
- The supercarrier USS Nimitz is deployed to the Persian Gulf from its station in Bahrain. The U.S. Navy maintains that the ship's deployment was not related to "any specific threat." (Reuters)
- Assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
- Boko Haram insurgency
- Koshebe massacre
- Boko Haram jihadists attack a farm in Jere, Borno State, Nigeria, killing at least 43 people. The massacre reportedly occurred during the morning, when most workers were harvesting rice. (Reuters)
- Koshebe massacre
Arts and culture
- College of Cardinals
- Wilton Daniel Gregory, Archbishop of Washington, becomes the first African American to earn the rank of cardinal. (The Washington Post)
Disasters and accidents
- A major search and rescue operation is underway following a collapse at a gold mine in Bindura, Zimbabwe. Around 30 miners remain unaccounted for since the collapse, while six men have emerged alive from the mine. (The Guardian)
- The city of Nuoro, on the island of Sardinia, Italy, is affected by flooding and subsequent mudflows caused by heavy rains, killing at least three people. (BBC News)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in North America
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in Oregon
- Oregon reports a new single-day record of 1,669 cases, bringing the total number of cases to 72,506. (The Oregonian)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan
- Michigan surpasses 9,000 confirmed deaths from COVID-19. (MLive.com)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Colorado
- Governor Jared Polis and his husband Marlon Reis test positive for COVID-19 and enter quarantine at their home. (KUSA-TV)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio
- COVID-19 pandemic in Oregon
- COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
- COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec
- COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta
- Alberta reports 1,731 cases, a new single-day record. (Edmonton Journal)
- The number of cases in Canada exceeds 360,000. (Global News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
- Mexico reports 12,081 new cases in the past 24 hours, a new single-day record since the pandemic began. (The Yucatan Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in France
- Hairdressers and other non-essential shops in France reopen for the first time since October after the country eases its second nationwide lockdown. (The Guardian)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
- Greece reports a record 121 new deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 2,223. (Ekathimerini)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary
- Hungary surpasses 200,000 total cases of COVID-19. In addition, a record of 152 new deaths in the last 24 hours is also reported. (Hungary Today)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
- Turkey reports a record 182 new deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 13,373. The country also reports 30,103 new cases, including asymptomatic cases, a new record since the pandemic after asymptomatic cases are included. (Swiss Info)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
- Ukraine surpasses 700,000 total cases of COVID-19 after a record 16,294 new cases are reported in the past 24 hours. (Kyiv Post)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Belarus
- Belarus reports 1,691 cases in the past 24 hours, a new single-day record, bringing the total number of cases to 133,324. (Xinhua News Agency)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces that Nadhim Zahawi will be appointed as the country's vaccine rollout minister. (BBC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in France
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
- Japan reports 2,684 new cases in the past 24 hours, a new single-day record since the beginning of the outbreak. (Nippon.com)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Myanmar
- Myanmar extends their restrictions for another 15 days until December 15, according to an announcement made by de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in the country. The current restrictions are due to end on November 30. (Bloomberg)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
- COVID-19 vaccine
- The first batch of one million doses of Sinopharm's vaccine arrives in Casablanca, Morocco. Morocco has ordered an initial 10 million doses. (North Africa Post)
- The first doses of Pfizer's potential vaccine are flown to the United States from Belgium. (The Hill)
- COVID-19 pandemic in North America
- Avian influenza
- 2020 H5N8 outbreak
- South Korea's Agriculture Ministry reports the first case of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza among domestic poultry at a duck farm in the city of Jeongeup, North Jeolla Province. (The Korea Times)
- 2020 H5N8 outbreak
International relations
- Egypt–South Sudan relations
- Abdel Fattah el-Sisi visits South Sudan, making him the first President of Egypt to do so. (San Francisco Chronicle)
- European migrant crisis, France–United Kingdom relations
- UK Home Secretary Priti Patel and French Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin announce an agreement to curb illegal migrant crossings in the English Channel. As part of the measures, costing the UK an additional 31.4 million euro, French border patrol officers will double their patrols on French beaches beginning next week, while enhancing surveillance, including increasing the use of drones to detect migrant boats. (BBC News) (La Voix du Nord)
- Montenegro–Serbia relations
- Montenegro and Serbia expel their respective ambassadors following controversial comments by Serbian ambassador Vladimir Bozovic, who described the Kingdom of Montenegro's decision to merge with the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1918 as a "liberation". He was accused of "interfering in Montenegro's internal affairs" and was given 72 hours to leave the country by the Montenegrin government. (BBC News)
Law and crime
Politics and elections
- COVID-19 pandemic
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on politics
- Protests against Benjamin Netanyahu
- Protesters gather at the Beit Aghion residence in Jerusalem to call for the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country and also while he is on trial for corruption. (Toronto Star)
- Aftermath of 2020 Malaysian political crisis
- Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin says that he would call for a general election once the COVID-19 pandemic is over due to a "difficult and challenging situation" faced by his Perikatan Nasional government which has a slim majority in Parliament. (The Straits Times)
- Protests against Benjamin Netanyahu
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on politics
Sports
- 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Female American football players
- Sarah Fuller of Vanderbilt becomes the first female athlete to play in a Power Five college football game. (BBC News)