Portal:Current events/2022 November 6
Appearance
November 6, 2022
(Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- Syrian government forces shell a camp for displaced persons in rebel-held Idlib Governorate, killing six occupants and injuring dozens of others. (SF Gate)
- 2022 Haitian crisis
- Following increased international pressure, Haitian gang leader Jimmy Chérizier announces the end of a blockade that his gang had imposed on a key fuel station, leading to severe shortages. (ABC News)
- One person is killed and ten others are wounded in a bus bombing in Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat, Mindanao, Philippines. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- Precision Air Flight 494
- A Precision Air airliner with 43 persons aboard crashes into Lake Victoria, Tanzania. Nineteen occupants are killed; the others are rescued. (Al Jazeera)
- An explosion at a fireworks show in Huejutla, Hidalgo, Mexico, injures 17 people. (AP)
- Twenty people are injured in a building collapse in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP)
- Three people are killed and 32 others are injured in a bus crash in Bolu Province, Turkey. (AP)
Law and crime
- The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reports arresting alleged People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran members in three provinces. (Tasnim)
Sports
- 2022 MotoGP World Championship
- Francesco Bagnaia wins the 2022 MotoGP World Championship for Ducati at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia. (CNN)
- 2022 NASCAR Cup Series
- Joey Logano wins the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway, and wins his second career Cup Series championship. (Yahoo! Sports)