Chinese police announce that the driver of the bus that plunged into the
Yangtze River in
Chongqing,
China, on October 28 was arguing and fighting with a passenger moments earlier, causing the accident.
(BBC)
The state of
Tennessee executes
Edmund Zagorski, a man convicted of the April 1983 murders of John Dotson and Jimmy Porter, making it the first time the state has executed an inmate by
electrocution since 2007. Zagorski requested that he be executed via electrocution.
(NBC News),
(ABC News)
The Spanish
Attorney General seeks jail terms for Catalan independence leaders for the crime of rebellion with the highest requested penalty being 25 years against
Oriol Junqueras. The State's Advocacy is asking for prison sentences for only the lesser crimes of sedition and embezzlement.
(Reuters)
An Indonesian Diving Rescue Team member dies while searching the debris from the passenger jet that crashed earlier this week near
Jakarta.
(ABC News)
A lorry loses control at a toll station in
Lanzhou,
China, killing at least 15 people and injuring 44 others.
(BBC)
Colten Treu faces charges of
vehicular homicide and drug related charges after he drove his car into a group of Girl Scouts collecting trash by the road, killing 3 and a mother along a Wisconsin highway
(KSTP) Treu claimed his passenger was huffing
Dust-Off and caused the accident by grabbing the wheel as he saw the scouts
(Oxygen)
Heavy floods affect
Palermo in
Sicily, Italy, killing twelve people. The total death toll of the floods and strong winds in the country rises to 31 people.
(Teleacras)
69.1 tonnes of C9
aromatic hydrocarbon are leaked into the ocean at a port in
Quangang District,
Quanzhou, China when a petrochemical company loads the cargo from its terminal into a chemical tanker and the aged hose coupling gasket breaks. Nearby
aquaculture farms are contaminated, resulting in huge loss. Many fishermen and residents get sick from the leaked chemical, and 52 of them are hospitalized. Local authorities are accused of playing down the severity of the leakage. Discussion of the accident is suppressed on
Weibo after the accident has become a hot topic. The company lies that the amount of leakage is 6.97 tonnes.
(Splash 247)(Sing Tao Daily)(Shanghaiist)(Global Times)
A kidnapping occurs at a school in
Bamenda, the capital of the
North-West region of
Cameroon, with at least seventy-eight students and three staff taken, including the principal. The Anglophone Crisis is a conflict between separatists and the government of Cameroon.
(BBC)
In
Port Hedland,
Australia, authorities deliberately
derail a
runaway train after the driver left the train for an inspection. The assemblage consisted of four locomotives and two hundred sixty-eight wagons, was operated by
BHP Billiton on the
Pilbara Railways, and traveled ninety-two kilometers. The train was en route from
Newman to Port Hedland.
(ABC Australia)
Seo Ji-hyeon, a leading figure of the
Me Too movement in
South Korea, files a suit against former South Korean chief prosecutor Ahn Tae-keun and the
government for physical and psychological distress.
(YJC)
In two separate incidents, there are a total of at least seventeen migrants killed after they attempted to cross the
Mediterranean Sea from
North Africa to
Spain.
(Reuters)
A pair of buildings collapsed yesterday in
Marseille,
France, with today four people being found dead while others remain missing.
(The Guardian)
Authorities find the bodies of two other men in the two collapsed buildings in
Marseille,
France, two days ago, bringing the death toll to six.
(The Journal.ie)
Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi, sentenced to death by
hanging in 2010 and recently acquitted, is released from prison. Bibi has reportedly boarded a plane; however, its destination was not known. Several countries have offered her asylum.
(BBC)
At least 12 people, including a police sergeant, are killed while ten others are injured by a gunman at the Thousand Oaks Borderline Bar and Grill in
Thousand Oaks,
California at around 11:15 p.m. PST (
UTC-8). The gunman committed suicide at the end of the attack after a stand-off with police.
(BBC)
The
FBI and police find new clues in the search for Ashley Summers, who had been missing from her residence in
Cleveland, Ohio since 2007.
(Fox 8)
A riot at a high-security prison in
Khujand,
Tajikistan, known for holding convicted terrorists, including
ISIL members, leaves at least 27 people dead.
(Reuters)
A federal judge in
Montana orders a suspension of construction on the
Keystone XL pipeline, citing an inadequate review of the potential environmental impact of the pipeline.
(NPR)(Great Falls Tribune)
China's
Xinhua News Agency unveils the world's first
AI news anchor. Xinhua says the AI presenters can work "24 hours a day", thus reducing news production costs.
(BBC)
One person is killed and two others are injured by a knife-wielding man in
Melbourne, Australia. The suspect, a 31-year-old Australian resident originally from
Somalia, randomly stabbed pedestrians after exiting his burning, crashed utility truck that held multiple gas canisters. He was shot and killed attempting to stab responding police. The
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility.
(ABC News)(The Age)(NPR)
At least 11 people have been killed and more than 150,000 evacuated as two big wildfires rage in
California, the
Camp Fire in
Butte County and the Hill Fire in
Ventura.
(BBC)
Flash floods caused by heavy rain in
Petra,
Jordan, kill 11 people while 24 others are injured.
(BBC)
Two additional bodies are found in the rubble of the two buildings that collapsed four days ago in
Marseille,
France, bringing the final death toll to eight.
(LCI)
State judges order election officials from
Broward and
Palm Beach Counties to release absentee ballot information as they continue to count the ballots.
(WINK News)
The
American Civil Liberties Union files a lawsuit in response to President Trump's proclamation that denies asylum to immigrants who enter the country illegally.
(USA Today)
The town of
Paradise, California, with a population of 27,000, is largely burned down. More than 6,700 buildings have been destroyed, making it California's most destructive wildfire since record-keeping began.
(CBC)
Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea reports 14 additional bodies have been found in the city of
Paradise bringing the death toll to 23; Honea added there are 110 outstanding reports of missing people.
(AP via MSN.com)
Two people have been confirmed killed by the
Woolsey Fire, which has burned 70,000 acres and hundreds of homes near Los Angeles.
(BBC)
The death toll of the ebola virus outbreak in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo that started in August, rises to 200 people. This is the deadliest ebola outbreak in the history of the country.
(BBC)
A landslide leaves at least 10 people dead while eleven others are injured in
Niterói,
Brazil.
(The Guardian)
Law and crime
RCMP confirm one of two explosions at the Strathcona County Community Centre in
Sherwood Park,
Alberta on November 6th was deliberate, and the other was accidentally set off. They also disclose the suspect shot himself and later died from his wounds. No one else was hurt in the incident, and a motive for the incident is still under investigation.
(CTV News)
Florida Secretary of StateKen Detzner orders machine recounts in the
U.S. Senate race and
the state's governor and agriculture commissioner races as required by law when the lead is less than 0.5 percent. Results are due by 3 p.m. EST Thursday. Should the results still be within 0.25 percentage points, a manual recount will be triggered, with results due on November 18.
(CNBC)(NPR)
Seven Palestinians, including commander Nour Baraka and three other militants, are killed during a raid by the
Israel Defense Forces in the southeastern
Gaza Strip, that was supported by air attacks. One IDF officer was killed and another was injured. Over a dozen rockets were subsequently fired from Gaza, three of which were shot down.
(KUNA)(BBC)(Al Jazeera)
Ten people are injured after a man steals a car by stabbing its owner and drives into pedestrians on a sidewalk and at a shopping mall in
Brăila,
Romania.
(Star Tribune)
A 50-year-old former strawberry farm supervisor is arrested in
Queensland in connection with 230 reports of sewing needles found hidden in strawberries. The "strawberry scare" spread throughout the country and to
New Zealand, and devastated Australia’s multimillion-dollar strawberry industry.
(BBC)(The Mail)
A rocket fired from
Gaza strikes an apartment building in
Ashkelon, killing a man and injuring two others. The victim was a middle aged Palestinian
illegal immigrant from
Hebron. This is the first person killed on Israeli soil due to Palestinian rocket fire since 2014.
(Ynetnews)
Four suspects have been arrested for the murders of eight members of a family in 2016. Police believe custody of a child plays a role in this case. One of the suspects has a child with one of the victims.
(CNN)
Residents of the city of
Calgary head to the polls to vote on a non-binding
plebiscite to determine if the city should make a bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.
(CTV News)
The unofficial results suggest the No vote is in the lead, and only a 40% voter turnout. Official results will be released Friday, November 16.
(City of Calgary)
The death toll in the
Camp Fire rises to 56, with the statewide total at 59. Authorities release the names of 130 people who are missing, including many in their 80s and 90s, with the potential that dozens more are unaccounted for.
(CBS News)
Prime Minister
Frank Bainimarama of the
FijiFirst party wins a second term. Bainimarama's party holds on to a slim majority of seats in the parliament.
(Stuff NZ)
The death toll in the
Camp Fire rises to 71, with the statewide total at 74. The number of missing and unaccounted-for people rises to more than 1000.
(CNN)
At least 42 people have died while more than 20 others are injured in a deadly fire aboard a bus in
Zimbabwe.
(BBC)
A total of eight people die when a strong winter storm strikes the eastern
United States, causing tens of thousands of people to lose power.
(CNN)
Democratic gubernatorial candidate
Stacey Abrams ends her campaign, acknowledging that
Brian Kemp will be the next
Governor of Georgia. In a speech at her election headquarters in
Atlanta, Abrams emphasized that her statement was not a concession, and announced her intention to file a federal lawsuit against the
state of Georgia for alleged mismanagement during the election.
(CNN)
Science and technology
The first genetic analysis of
hemimastigotes reveals they are distinct enough from other forms of life to be classified in a separate supra-kingdom.
(CBC)
Hundreds of thousands protest against fuel taxes in France by blocking roadways. One person is killed and more than 200 are injured in subsequent altercations.
(The New York Times)
The medical records of
British monarchGeorge III are released, solving the mystery of the King's illness, which has plagued historians for hundreds of years. Doctors say he would have been diagnosed with
bipolar disorder had he lived today.
(People)
Boko Haram fighters loyal to ISIS attacked a
military base in the Nigerian town of Metele, killing at least 118 soldiers while at least 153 others were missing after the attack, the militants also seized tanks, armored vehicles, artillery, weapons, and ammunition
(Reuters)
Hundreds of residents take to the streets in the
Mexican city
Tijuana, in protest of the arrival of thousands of migrants trying to get to the
United States.
(BBC)
Nissan chairman and former CEO
Carlos Ghosn is arrested in
Japan for breaching the country's financial trading laws, prompting Nissan to recommend that he and director Greg Kelly step down for misconduct. Ghosn is also the chairman and CEO of
Renault.
(The Irish Times)
Chris Watts of
Frederick, Colorado, is sentenced to three consecutive terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing his pregnant wife Shanann and their two young daughters.
(CBS News)
A policeman is stabbed near the Grand Place in
Brussels historic centre by a man carrying two small kitchen knives. The attacker is shot in the chest and in a critical condition while the policeman suffers non-life threatening injuries.
(ABCNEWS)
France's "Yellow Vest" protests over
fuel taxes enter their fourth day as around 10,000 people continue to block roads around the country.
(The Local)
Ivanka Trump, elder daughter of U.S. President
Donald Trump, is found to have used a private e-mail account to handle government business e-mails.
(BBC)
Workers of the
Haft Tappeh sugar mill company in the ancient city of
Shush, southwest Iran, continued their strike and protests to the unpaid salaries for the 15th consecutive day.
(Al Arabiya)
After nine consecutive draws, a record for the 132-year-old championship,
Magnus Carlsen and
Fabiano Caruana are tied 4½ points each in the best-of-12-games match.
(The Guardian)
An Israeli-American man, Michael Kadar, is sentenced to 10 years in prison in Israel for making 2,000 hoax bomb threats that forced evacuations of Jewish community centers in the United States. The threats, made by phone and email in 2016 and 2017, raised concern that antisemitism was on the rise in the United States.
(Reuters)
Chinese state media report that five people are killed and 18 others are injured after a car plowed into children outside a primary school in
Huludao,
Liaoning,
China.
(Toronto Star)
Lee Jae-rock, a
South Korean pastor and leader of
Manmin Central Church, is sentenced to 15 years in prison over 42 counts of sexual harassment and sexual assault against eight of his followers. According to the
Seoul Central District Court, the victims could not resist his advances "due to their absolute faith in the infallibility of the accused."
(CNN)
After ten consecutive draws, a record for the 132-year-old championship,
Magnus Carlsen and
Fabiano Caruana are tied 5 points each in the best-of-12-games match.
(The Guardian)
Witnesses say that gunmen in pickup trucks attacked a police station in
Tazirbu, southeast
Libya. At least five people were killed and several civilians were abducted.
(AP via WETM TV18)
Workers at
Amazon distribution centers in Germany and Spain protest labour conditions in a strike coinciding with the
Black Friday shopping peak.
(AP via WSFA)(Reuters)
The
LondonMetropolitan Police Service releases video footage of police cars being driven into suspected criminals on scooters. They say the tactic isn't new.
(BBC)
U.S. President
Donald Trump announces that migrants seeking asylum at the southern border will wait in Mexico while their claims are processed in U.S. courts. Mexico's incoming foreign minister
Marcelo Ebrard denies an agreement has been reached, and says "(no) specific proposal" has been received from the United States.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador's administration will take power next Saturday, December 1.
(USA Today)(BBC)
Referendum voters in Taiwan reject
a proposal to allow same-sex marriage. A March 2017
Constitutional Court ruling found the ban on these unions unconstitutional and ordered parliament to change the law within two years. Earlier, the government said the results of this vote would not affect its complying with the court's decision.
(BBC)
After eleven consecutive draws, a record for the 132-year-old championship,
Magnus Carlsen and
Fabiano Caruana are tied 5.5 points each in the best-of-12-games match.
(The Guardian)
Russia stops three
Ukrainian Navy vessels from passing under the
Kerch Strait Bridge by blocking it with a cargo ship. Russia claims they violated her territorial waters and ignored warnings. The navy vessels and their crews are seized after shots were fired. Russia says three Ukrainians were wounded. According to
Ukraine, six of their sailors are wounded. Ukraine denies their ships did anything wrong.
(Reuters)(AP)
At least 21 people have died, 180 have been injured and tens of thousands have been displaced by heavy rains that have affected
Iraq.
(Times Now)
A 6.3
magnitude earthquake strikes near
Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran, and close to the
Iraqi border. A person died in Iraq while more than 700 others are injured.
(BBC)
Two more bodies are found in
Paradise and one in nearby
Magalia, raising the death toll to 85. Another 249 people are still missing.
(CNN)
The chemical spill accident in
Quangang District,
Quanzhou, China on November 4 is found to be 10 times worse than initially reported. According to the government of Quanzhou, the actual leak of C9 aromatics was 69.1 tonnes instead of 6.97 tonnes understated by the Fujian Donggang Petrochemical Company. Several officials of Quangang District have been suspended from their posts and seven company employees have been arrested by the police in connection with the cover-up.
(Global Times)
The
San Ysidro Port of Entry, the largest border crossing on the
Mexico–United States border, is closed after U.S. border patrol agents fire tear gas at asylum-seeking Central American migrants attempting to enter into the United States. The events were triggered by Mexican police breaking up a migrant protest, resulting in a rush toward the border.
(Reuters)
Taliban insurgents ambush a police convoy in the western
Farah Province, killing 20 officers, including the newly appointed provincial police chief.
(The Guardian)
American rapper
6ix9ine pleads not guilty to
racketeering and firearms charges and is denied bail as his trial date is set for September 4, 2019.
(Fox News)
A court in
Milan,
Italy, examines evidence submitted by the campaign group
Global Witness, that alleges bribery around the attribution of the OPL 245 oil prospecting license in 2011 led to a loss for the
Nigerian state estimated at US$6 billion.
(BBC)
A Chinese scientist claims to be the first person to edit the genome of a human baby, by targeting an immune-receptor which is used by HIV (
CCR5). This has provoked denial from the hospital and international outcry.
(CNN)(AP)
After twelve consecutive draws,
Magnus Carlsen and
Fabiano Caruana will enter a tie-breaker on Wednesday, for the first match in WCC history to have no decisive games before the tie-breaker.
(The Guardian)
A series of
U.S. airstrikes kills at least 30
Afghan civilians, including 16 children, in
Garmsir District,
Helmand Province. Additional civilians were left injured or buried in the rubble. The target of the strikes was a suspected
Taliban compound. The United States' strategy aims to push the Taliban into talks.
(Reuters)
At least 10 people are killed and 19 are wounded in an attack on a compound of the
G4S security contracting company in the Afghan capital
Kabul. The Taliban's strategy seeks to strengthen its position before any formal negotiations.
(Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
A chain reaction of exploding trucks triggered by a blast during the delivery of
acetylene gas at a chemical plant in
Zhangjiakou,
China, kills 23 people and injures at least 22 others.
(Reuters)
Vietjet Air flight VJ 356 crashed upon landing at Buon Ma Thuot International Airport while carrying 207 passenger and crew. Six people were injured but all survived.
(VnExpress)
The
German chemical and pharmaceutical company
Bayer is to cut 12,000 jobs by the end of 2021 as part of an overhaul following its acquisition of
Monsanto earlier in 2018.
(CNN)
After
Kremlin spokesman
Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday the meeting between U.S. President
Donald Trump and Russian President
Vladimir Putin during the summit is still on, while flying to
Argentina, President Trump tweets that, after conferring with his top National Security advisers, he decided to cancel the meeting, adding that it was not a good time
since Russia has not returned the ships and sailors to
Ukraine. Less than an hour earlier, Trump said that he would "probably" meet Putin and that he believed it was "a good time to have the meeting."
(USA Today)(Reuters)(USA Today²)
German police raid
Deutsche Bank's offices in
Frankfurt in connection with
money laundering allegations that two staff members helped clients set up off-shore businesses as
tax havens. Police officers, prosecutors and tax inspectors search six of the bank's offices and seize numerous written and electronic business documents. Deutsche Bank says the investigation stems from the 2016
Panama Papers leak.
(CNBC)
Voters in
Georgia elect
Salome Zurabishvili as
president. She will be the first woman elected to hold the position when she assumes office on 16 December 2018.
(BBC)
A severe storm system brings tornado watches and warnings throughout the U.S. states of
Oklahoma,
Texas,
Arkansas, and
Missouri. A "large and dangerous" tornado is confirmed near
Gore, Oklahoma. Several other tornadoes are seen by storm chasers.
(4029 News)
Ukraine bans
Russian men aged between 16 and 60 from entering the country following the imposition of
martial law. President
Petro Poroshenko says the ban is to prevent the formation of "private armies" in Ukraine. Russia says it does not plan to retaliate.
(BBC)