Portal:Current events/November 2021

Disasters and accidents

• 2021 Lagos high-rise collapse
  • At least 15 people are killed and several others are trapped when a high-rise building under construction in Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria, collapses. (BBC News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on The Walt Disney Company
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai
        • Shanghai Disney Resort suspends entry into Shanghai Disneyland and Disneytown and asks 33,863 visitors to take a nucleic acid test upon exiting, and another test after 24 hours, after a visitor from Hangzhou tested positive for COVID-19. (NBC News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia, COVID-19 vaccination in Indonesia
      • The Indonesian Drug and Food Control Agency issues an emergency use authorization for the Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine for children between the ages of 6 and 11 years. (VOI)
      • Indonesia becomes the first country in the world to approve the protein-based Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, which will be manufactured by the Serum Institute of India. (The New York Times)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Israel
      • Israel reopens its borders to vaccinated international travellers for the first time since March 2020, where they must have received two doses of any WHO-approved vaccine, a booster dose within the past six months, or only one dose if they have recovered from COVID-19. (La Prensa Latina)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
      • Japan lifts its 10,000 spectator attendance limit for large-scale events in 27 prefectures and allow events across the country to have 5,000 spectators or 50% venue capacity in order to restore social and economic activities amid decline of COVID-19 cases. (Kyodo News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
      • South Korea begins to implement a "Living with COVID-19" campaign with easing of movement restrictions and lifting operating hour restrictions for businesses as well as requiring proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test from the previous 48 hours in order to enter high-risk venues. This comes as 75% of the South Korean population has been fully vaccinated. (CNA)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand, Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic
      • Thailand reopens its international borders for the first time in 18 months to fully vaccinated travellers from 60 countries, where they are allowed to enter the country without quarantining, despite only 42% of the country's population being fully vaccinated. (BBC News)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
      • Greece reports a record 5,449 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 747,595. (Greek Reporter)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
      • The Ukrainian capital Kyiv begins to require vaccine certificates or negative test results in order to enter restaurants, cafés, gyms, entertainment facilities and shopping malls as well as to use public transportation in an attempt to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases. (Reuters)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic
    • Australia completely reopens its international borders to fully vaccinated citizens who are currently overseas. In the past, returning citizens were staggered through arrival caps and were required to pay for two weeks of quarantine. This will also allow fully-vaccinated Australians to leave and return to the country without an exemption. (The Guardian)
    • Australia fully reopens its maritime border with New Zealand for fully vaccinated travelers, who will be able to visit Australia without needing an exemption or quarantine. (The Guardian)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • The U.S. surpasses 46 million cases of COVID-19. (KIRO-TV)
  • The worldwide death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic surpasses five million. The actual death toll is suspected to be higher as some countries may not have reported all deaths. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• 2021 Jersey dispute, France–United Kingdom relations
  • French President Emmanuel Macron announces that his government will postpone the imposition of "tighter controls" on British imports initially scheduled for Tuesday midnight as negotiations between France, the UK, and the European Commission over the rights of French fishermen to fish in Jersey's territorial waters continue. (AFP via Expatica)
• Algeria-Morocco relations, Spain–Algeria relations
  • Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune orders the termination of its natural gas exports to Spain through the Maghreb–Europe Gas Pipeline as a diplomatic measure against Morocco. The pipeline, which supplies most of Spain's gas, runs through Morocco. (Euronews)

Law and crime

• Capital punishment in Iraq
  • A man is sentenced to death in Iraq for shooting two journalists dead while driving home in Basra in January. The court said that the man committed the murders "with the aim of destabilising security and stability and intimidating people for terrorist purposes". (Al Jazeera)
• United States federal judge Robert N. Scola Jr. of the Southern District of Florida dismisses seven of eight charges of money laundering against Colombian businessman Alex Saab, who is accused of moving $350 million out of Venezuela into accounts controlled in the U.S. and other countries. (AFP via RFI)

Politics and elections

• Politics of Nicaragua
  • President Daniel Ortega tightens his grip ahead of upcoming elections. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the United States would increase sanctions on Nicaraguan officials, accusing Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo of staging a "sham election" in the second poorest country in the Americas. (Reuters)
• Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda is sworn in as the Governor of Baja California, making her the first woman to represent Baja California. (San Diego Union Tribune)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Afghanistan conflict
  • Islamic State–Taliban conflict
    • 2021 Kabul hospital attack
      • A bomb explodes at the entrance of the Daoud Khan Military Hospital in Kabul, followed by gunfire and a second explosion. At least 25 people are killed and more than 50 others are wounded. Four of the attackers are killed and a fifth is arrested by the Taliban. (The Guardian)
• Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • 2021 Niger attacks
    • At least 69 people are killed as Islamic State in the Greater Sahara gunmen attack a delegation led by the mayor of Banibangou, in Niger. The mayor is among those killed. (Al Jazeera)
• Tigray War
  • Ethiopia declares a six-month state of emergency as the Tigray Defense Forces (TDF) and Oromo Liberation Army gain control over areas outside of Tigray and the TDF announces its intention to advance to the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Authorities in Addis Ababa, in a separate announcement earlier in the day, tell citizens to register arms and prepare to defend their neighbourhoods. (Reuters)
  • The United States bans embassy personnel from traveling outside of Addis Ababa and strongly suggests that U.S. citizens seriously reconsider travel to Ethiopia and that those who are currently in Ethiopia consider making preparations to leave the country. (U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia)

Business and economy

• The Taliban announces a complete ban on the use of foreign currency in transactions, threatening "legal action" against those who defy the ban. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• Five people are dead after a small cargo plane belonging to Optimum Aviation Ltd. crashes shortly after take-off from the airport in Juba, South Sudan. (AP)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria
      • Bulgaria reports a record 6,007 new cases and 310 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 608,499 and the nationwide death toll to 24,309. (Novinite)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
      • Greece reports a record 6,700 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 754,451. (Ekathimerini)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Romania
      • Romania reports a record 591 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 48,664. (Reuters)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
      • Russia reports a record 1,178 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 240,871. (Anadolu Agency)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Tonga
      • Tonga's main island of Tongatapu enters a seven-day lockdown that closes non-essential businesses and bans sales of alcohol and mass gatherings, except small funerals, after the country reports its first case of COVID-19 in a person who travelled from Christchurch, New Zealand on a repatriation flight last week. (New Zealand Herald)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Tuvalu, COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
      • A traveller from Tuvalu tests positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Auckland, New Zealand. Tuvalu had not previously reported any COVID-19 cases in the country. (RNZ)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina, COVID-19 vaccination in Argentina
    • Argentina begins administering booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 50 years old and people with immunization problems. (Infobae)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Bahrain
    • Bahrain's National Health Regulatory Authority approves the emergency use of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years old. (The Times of Israel)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
      • The U.S. CDC approves the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 and 11 years old. (Variety)

International relations

• Foreign relations of Madagascar, Foreign relations of Seychelles
  • Seychelles president Wavel Ramkalawan and Malagasy president Andry Rajoelina hold a bilateral meeting in Glasgow to discuss trafficking in the south of Seychelles and maritime security in the Indian Ocean. The two leaders also discuss ways to stop gold smuggling. (AllAfrica)

Politics and elections

• 2021 United States elections
  • 2021 United States gubernatorial elections
    • 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election, 2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election
      • Voters head to the polls in Virginia to either re-elect former Governor Terry McAuliffe or elect former Carlyle Group CEO Glenn Youngkin. In New Jersey, voters head to the polls to either re-elect Governor Phil Murphy or elect former state legislator Jack Ciattarelli to replace him. (KITV-TV)
      • Youngkin defeats McAuliffe, making him the first Virginia Republican to win a statewide race since Bob McDonnell in 2009. Winsome Sears will become the first woman of color to be elected Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. (AP) (The Washington Post)
  • 2021 United States House of Representatives elections
    • 2021 Ohio's 15th congressional district special election, 2021 Ohio's 11th congressional district special election
      • Voters head to the polls to replace Steve Stivers and Marcia Fudge. Fudge resigned in March in order to become U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. (Big News Network)
• 2021 Maine referendums
  • Maine voters approve three questions on ballot in 2021, which ban the construction of Hydro Québec's high-voltage line to Massachusetts that passes through the state, authorize issuing $100 million in infrastructure bonds and amend the Constitution of Maine to declare a right to produce and consume food of their choice for personal usage. (Bangor Daily News)
• Christian Schmidt, the United Nations' High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, issues a report warning that the country is likely to break apart and that there is a very high risk of the renewal of internal armed conflict. (The Guardian)

Sports

• In Major League Baseball, the Atlanta Braves defeat the Houston Astros to win the World Series. This marks the Braves' first World Series title since 1995. (The Guardian)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Afghanistan conflict
  • War in Afghanistan
    • List of drone strikes in Afghanistan
      • The U.S. military says that a drone strike conducted on August 29 that killed 10 Afghan civilians was not a result of criminal negligence, nor did it violate the law of war. (Business Insider India)
• Mapuche conflict
  • Two indigenous Mapuche people are killed and three more are injured in clashes with Chilean soldiers in Arauco Province. (Al Jazeera)
• 2021 Algeria–Morocco crisis
  • Algeria accuses Moroccan Armed Forces of being behind a truck bombing at the border area between Mauritania and the disputed territory of Western Sahara two days ago, killing three Algerian citizens. (Al Jazeera)
• War crimes in the Tigray War
  • A United Nations report accuses all sides in the Tigray War of committing war crimes on civilians, including torture, extrajudicial killings, gang rapes and arrests based on ethnicity. The head of the Human Rights office, Michelle Bachelet, especially accused the forces of Ethiopia and Eritrea for most of the human rights violations. (The Guardian)
• Iranian state media reports that the United States Navy attempted to capture an Iranian oil tanker. The oil tanker was boarded, commandeered and then returned by Iranian NEDSA marines in a helicopter operation. U.S. officials refute the report, saying that the Iranians had captured a Vietnamese flagged tanker and that U.S. forces were monitoring the situation. (Reuters)
• 2021 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
  • Around 40 fighters storm the city of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, singing songs calling for the liberation of the country and opening fire against security forces, killing two soldiers and a police officer. Six attackers are killed and 36 others are arrested. (Thomson Reuters Foundation)

Business and economy

• 2021 global energy crisis
  • 2021 United Kingdom natural gas supplier crisis
    • Six more private energy providers collapse in the United Kingdom amid rising natural gas prices, including CNG Energy, affecting around 41,000 customers. There are now fears that Bulb Energy, which supplies around 1.7 million people, could be at risk of imminent collapse. (Metro)
• The U.S. Commerce Department adds Israeli spyware firms Candiru and NSO Group to its trade blacklist for selling their services and tools to foreign governments to spy on government officials and journalists, and for trafficking tools used to hack computer networks respectively. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2021 Lagos high-rise collapse
  • The death toll from the collapse of a high-rise building under construction in Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria, increases to 22, as the search-and-rescue operations enter their third day. (Al Jazeera)
• A passenger bus plunges down a ravine in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, killing at least 22 people. (Dawn)
• A Belarusian-owned Antonov An-12 cargo plane crash-lands in Siberia, killing all nine people on board. (Reuters via The Straits Times)
• A magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Mendoza Province, Argentina, near the border with Chile at 00:17 ART. No casualties are reported but minimal damage to buildings is reported. (VolcanoDiscovery)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Metro Manila
        • The Metro Manila Council approves the lifting of the unified curfew over the National Capital Region, which was instituted in March 2020, beginning tomorrow. (Rappler)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia, COVID-19 vaccination in Saudi Arabia
      • The Saudi Food and Drug Authority approves the usage of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years old. (Arab News)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, COVID-19 vaccination in Italy
      • The Italian Medicines Agency recommends that anyone that received the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine should receive a booster dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines six months after they received their first dose due to a slow decline of efficacy against mild and moderate forms of the disease. (Yahoo! News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
      • Russia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 1,189 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 242,060. (Asian News International)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia
      • Slovenia reports a record 3,456 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. (Famagusta Gazette)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
    • COVID-19 pandemic in California
      • Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego administers the first vaccines to children between the ages of 5 and 11 years old after Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine was approved for use in children by the U.S. CDC. (KFMB-TV)
    • The United States begins administering the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to children between ages of 5 and 11 years old nationwide. (The Washington Post)
  • COVID-19 vaccine
    • The World Health Organization approves an emergency use listing for the Covaxin COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Indian biotech firm Bharat Biotech. (NDTV)
• 2020–2021 H5N8 outbreak
  • The World Organization for Animal Health reports an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu at a turkey farm in Slagelse, Denmark. (Reuters)
• The United Kingdom declares nationwide Avian Influenza Prevention Zone and orders bird-keepers to follow strict biosecurity measures after a number of cases of the disease were detected in wild birds. (The Independent)

International relations

• Belarus–Poland relations
  • Censorship in Belarus
    • Belarus declares the Polish free-to-air television channel Belsat TV an "extremist organisation", which could result in its employees and viewers facing up to seven years in prison. The network is banned in Belarus, though its viewers have continued to access it via the internet and VPNs. (Reuters)
  • Poland summons the Belarusian chargé d'affaires after Belarusian troops crossed into Polish territory overnight. A Polish government spokesman says that the Belarusian personnel advanced 300 metres (980 ft) into Poland and only returned across the border when they were confronted by a Polish patrol. (Deutsche Welle)
• Foreign relations of Antigua and Barbuda, Foreign relations of Tuvalu
  • A lawyer representing the governments of Antigua and Barbuda and Tuvalu says that a new commission is being formed to sue big polluters and claim damage reparations for climate change effects on those nations before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. (CBS News)
• Nuclear program of Iran
  • Deputy Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri announces that negotiations to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action will begin on November 29 in Vienna, Austria. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

• 2021 United States elections
  • 2021 United States gubernatorial elections
    • 2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election
      • Incumbent New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy defeats Republican former state legislator Jack Ciattarelli, making him the first Democrat to be re-elected since Brendan Byrne in 1977. (NJ) (Associated Press)
• Corruption in the United Kingdom
  • The House of Commons votes to approve a government-sanctioned amendment to replace the Commons Select Committee on Standards. The vote means that Tory MP Owen Paterson will avoid a 30-day suspension from parliament over an "egregious breach" of lobbying rules. The vote was widely condemned by opposition parties. (Sky News)

Sports

• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports
  • 2021 NFL season
    • Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers tests positive for COVID-19 and will miss the team's matchup against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. (CBS News)
  • 2021–22 NHL season
    • Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby and defenseman Brian Dumoulin both test positive for COVID-19. (Associated Press)

Business and economy

• Argentina–Brazil relations
  • After eight months of deficit, October becomes the second positive month for trade between Argentina and Brazil. Argentina ended a record seven years of surpluses as the market was boosted by iron and steel. (MercoPress)

Disasters and accidents

• 2021 Lagos high-rise collapse
  • The death toll from the collapse of a building three days ago in Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria, increases to 36. (Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia
      • Croatia reports a record 6,310 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 483,142. (Medical Xpress)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
      • Germany reports a record 33,949 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, surpassing the previous record of 33,777 new cases reported on December 18, 2020. (Euronews)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
      • Russia reports a record for the third consecutive day of 1,195 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 243,255. (Anadolu Agency)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia
      • Slovakia reports a record 6,713 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. (Reuters)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
      • Ukraine surpasses three million cases of COVID-19 after reporting a record 27,377 new cases in the past 24 hours. (Ukrinform)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, COVID-19 drug development
      • The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency grants conditional authorisation to Merck's molnupiravir, which can be used to treat symptomatic COVID-19 patients, making the United Kingdom the first country to approve the world's first COVID-19 antiviral oral drug. (BBC News)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
    • The Biden administration announces January 4, 2022 as a deadline for private companies to require their employees fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or face weekly testing in an effort to encourage private businesses to prevent the spread of COVID-19. (The New York Times)
• 2020–2021 H5N8 outbreak
  • The Netherlands reports an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu among ducks at a poultry farm in the central province of Flevoland. To reduce the spread of the virus, the Dutch government will kill 10,000 animals. (U.S. News & World Report)

Law and crime

• During his trial at Maidstone Crown Court in Kent, England, David Fuller admits two murders and the sexual abuse of at least 100 corpses. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2021 United States elections
  • 2021 New Jersey State Senate election
    • In an upset, truck driver Edward Durr defeats longtime New Jersey Senate president Stephen M. Sweeney to represent New Jersey's 3rd legislative district after the Associated Press called the race for him. (CBS News)
• Politics of Portugal
  • President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa calls a snap election for January 30 after the Socialist Party was defeated in a key budget vote last week. (Politico Europe)
• Pope Francis appoints Raffaella Petrini as the new secretary general of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, becoming the highest-ranking woman in the Roman Curia and the first woman to ever hold the position. (Vatican News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • 2021 Niger attacks
    • Gunmen attack a military outpost in the village of Anzourou, Tillabéri Region, Niger, killing fifteen soldiers. (Reuters)
• Tigray War
  • Nine factions opposed to the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed form a political and military alliance "to reverse the harmful effects of the Abiy Ahmed rule on the peoples of Ethiopia and beyond". (DW)
  • The United States urges its citizens to leave Ethiopia "as soon as possible", as rebels advance on the capital Addis Ababa. (The Independent)

Business and economy

• Economy of Brazil
  • The Ministry of Economy announces a measure to decrease the price of importation tariffs by 10%, amid an increase in inflation, which reached two digits in Brazil. The government also argued that the COVID-19 pandemic in the country has increased the prices of food. (Folha)

Disasters and accidents

• Freetown fuel tanker explosion
  • At least 99 people are killed and more than 100 injured by a fuel truck colliding with a truck causing an explosion in Freetown, Sierra Leone. (Reuters)
• Astroworld Festival crowd crush
  • Eight people are dead and hundreds more are injured during a stampede and crowd crush at the Astroworld Music Festival in Houston, Texas, United States. (USA Today)
• 2021 Piedade de Caratinga Beechcraft King Air crash
  • A plane crashes in Minas Gerais, Brazil, killing all five people on board, including singer Marília Mendonça. (BBC News)
• 2021 floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Heavy rain causes flash floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with evacuations, power outages, water-submerged roads, and the closing of an oxygen facility used for COVID-19 patients. (Seattle Times)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
      • COVID-19 vaccination in Germany
        • German Health minister Jens Spahn and regional health ministers agree to offer booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for all vaccinated people amid a fourth wave of the pandemic. (DW)
      • Germany reports a record for the second consecutive day of 37,120 new cases of COVID-19. (Bloomberg)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Austria
      • The Austrian government announces that it will ban people who are unvaccinated and those who have not recovered from COVID-19 from entering cafes, restaurants, hairdressers, hotels, events with more than 25 people, and ski lifts beginning on 8 November due to an increase in COVID-19 cases. (Reuters)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia
      • Croatia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 6,932 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 490,074. (N1)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
      • Greece reports a record for the second consecutive day of 6,909 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 774,265. (Ekathimerini)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
      • COVID-19 pandemic in the Northern Territory
        • Katherine enters a lockdown after the Northern Territory records its first locally-transmitted infection since the beginning of the pandemic. In Greater Darwin, unvaccinated residents are told to lockdown while fully vaccinated residents are exempt with the exception of being required to wear a mask. (ABC News Australia)
      • New South Wales and Victoria reopen their internal borders as more than 80% of both states' populations are fully vaccinated. (The Guardian)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
      • New Zealand reports a record 163 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. (New Zealand Herald)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Metro Manila
      • The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases places the National Capital Region into the lesser restriction of Alert Level 2 beginning today due to a decrease in the number of cases in the area. This will allow for the resumption of limited face-to-face classes, nightlife, and increased operations of government departments and agencies. (Rappler)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Colorado
      • Two hyenas at Denver Zoo test positive for COVID-19, marking the first time the virus has infected that animal worldwide. (The Hill)
  • COVID-19 drug development
    • A late-stage trial of the oral drug Paxlovid conducted by Pfizer shows an 89% reduction in hospitalizations and deaths. (Financial Times)
• Climate change
  • Researchers from James Cook University report that 98% of the Great Barrier Reef has been affected by coral bleaching as a result of climate change, which is more than was previously thought to have been affected. (The Guardian)
  • A protest is organized by Fridays for Future during the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, with Swedish activist Greta Thunberg delivering a speech. (The Washington Post) (The Independent)
• 2020–2021 H5N8 outbreak
  • France issues a nationwide high alert that requires all poultry farms to keep their flocks indoors, requires daily clinical monitoring of all farms, and enhanced conditions for bird transport, due to the spread of the current bird flu outbreak. (Politico)

Law and crime

• COVID-19 pandemic in France, Vaccine passports during the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Despite opposition from the predominantly right-wing senate, the National Assembly votes 118 to 89 to extend public health measures related to COVID-19, including the extension of Health Pass with its tightened sanctions against fraud, until 31 July 2022. (The Local France)
• It is revealed that a Russian diplomat was found dead outside the country's embassy in Berlin, Germany, on October 19. The diplomat had apparently fallen from an upper floor, but it was unclear how this occurred. (BBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Afghanistan conflict
  • Four women, including an activist, are killed by gunmen in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province. Two suspects are arrested. (France 24)
• Tigray War
  • A day after urging its citizens to leave Ethiopia, the U.S. government orders its embassy in Addis Ababa to evacuate non-emergency personnel due to armed conflict, civil unrest and potential supply shortages. (The Jerusalem Post)

Disasters and accidents

• Eleven people are killed and six others are injured in a fire at the intensive care unit of a hospital in Ahmednagar, India. (Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
      • Greece imposes new restrictions that require unvaccinated people to show a negative rapid or PCR test in order to enter retail stores, banks, public offices, mixed entertainment venues and hairdressers and also require unvaccinated children to show a negative self-test in order to enter any establishments that cater to a mixed clientele. (Ekathimerini)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
      • Russia reports a record 41,335 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 8,755,930. (Newsweek)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
      • Ukraine reports a record 793 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 71,635. (AP)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, COVID-19 vaccination in Australia
      • The number of people over the age of 16 years old who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in Australia surpasses 80%, which is the major milestone set by the federal government for its vaccination program. (ABC News Australia)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
      • New Zealand reports a record for the second consecutive day of 206 new cases of COVID-19, which is the first time that the country has reported more than 200 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. (New Zealand Herald)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica, COVID-19 vaccination in Costa Rica
    • Costa Rica issues a new mandate that would require children over the age of five years old to be vaccinated against COVID-19, making it one of the first countries to introduce such a mandate as part of its basic vaccination campaign. (Reuters)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
    • Malaysia reports its first two cases of the Delta subvariant AY.4.2 from two Malaysian students who returned from the United Kingdom on October 2 and tested positive on October 7. (New Straits Times)

Law and crime

• A man stabs passengers on an express train between the cities of Regensburg and Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany, injuring three people. (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Attempted assassination of Mustafa Al-Kadhimi
  • A drone is launched against the Baghdad home of Iraqi prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, injuring six members of his security personnel. Al-Kadhimi survives the assassination attempt. (Reuters)
• Aftermath of the October 2021 Sudanese coup d'état
  • Protests continue nationwide and an intensive civil disobedience movement begins in cities across the country, as pressure mounts on the military to transfer power back to civilian leaders. Police use tear gas to disperse the crowds. (Deutsche Welle)

Disasters and accidents

• Niger gold mine collapse
  • At least 18 people are killed during the collapse of an artisanal gold mine in Dan Issa, Maradi Region. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia
      • President Aleksandar Vucic receives a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Belgrade Fair. (N1)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine, COVID-19 vaccination in Ukraine
      • Ukraine receives 2,930,300 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine distributed through the COVAX initiative. (UNICEF)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
      • Health secretary Sajid Javid urges citizens to get a booster dose and continue to follow COVID-19 restrictions over Christmas, amid an increase in the number of cases in the country. (Politico)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
    • Japan reports no deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours for the first time since August 2020. (Asian News International)

Politics and elections

• 2021 Nicaraguan general election
  • Nicaraguans head to the polls to elect their president. Incumbent Daniel Ortega seeks his fourth term despite condemnation of the election by the international community due to many opposition candidates being arrested and imprisoned. (CNN)

Sports

• 2021 NASCAR Cup Series
  • Kyle Larson wins the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series championship. It is Larson's first career championship in NASCAR Cup competition. (NBC Sports)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Islamic terrorism in Europe
  • A knifeman attacks a policeman in Cannes, France, shouting that it was "in the name of the Prophet". The officer is not seriously wounded; the perpetrator is shot by other officers and is in critical condition. (Reuters via Arab News)
• 2021 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
  • Gunmen in the Democratic Republic of the Congo seize the villages of Tshanzu and Runyoni in North Kivu, near the borders with Uganda and Rwanda. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• Ukraine's oldest English language newspaper the Kyiv Post suspends publication after 26 years in print following a dispute between its owner and journalists. All of the newspaper's journalists have been fired with immediate effect. (The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

• Maradi school fire
  • Twenty-six children are killed and 13 others injured by a fire at a school in Maradi, Niger. (Al Jazeera)
• Three French climbers who went missing two weeks ago after attempting to reach Mingbo Eiger, near Mount Everest, are found dead by Nepali police. (NDTV)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Austria
      • Austria restricts access to restaurants, bars, hotels and social and cultural events to only those who have been vaccinated or who have recovered from COVID-19 due to an increase in the number of new cases and hospitalizations. (EURACTIV)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education
      • Belgium reinstates mandatory face mask policy for secondary schoolchildren and their teachers in Wallonia. (Le Vif)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in France, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education
      • France reinstates a mandatory face mask policy for primary schoolchildren in many departments and administrative areas across the country as authorities try to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases. (Times of Malta)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
      • Greece reports a record 7,335 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 792,239. (Anadolu Agency)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
      • Russia lifts its nationwide week-long paid holiday in most regions, which aimed to reduce the spread of COVID-19, despite still reporting high numbers of new cases and deaths. (The Times of India)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia
      • Slovakia closes hotels, bars, fitness centers, and restaurants, as well as limiting gatherings to 100 fully vaccinated people in 36 counties amid a record increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. (AP)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, COVID-19 vaccination in Australia
      • Australia begins administering booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 18 years old who received their second dose at least six months ago. (ABC News Australia)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Vanuatu
      • Vanuatuan prime minister Bob Loughman confirms that two Vanuatuan citizens who were repatriated from New Caledonia have the Delta variant and urges residents to get vaccinated. (RNZ)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore, COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia, Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic
      • Singapore and Malaysia announce that they will establish a Vaccinated Travel Lane beginning on November 29 between Singapore's Changi Airport and the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia for fully vaccinated international travellers. (CNA)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 pandemic in California
      • Los Angeles begins to implement the U.S. strictest vaccine mandate that required people to show their proof of full vaccination or negative COVID-19 test results in the previous 72 hours in order to enter most indoor venues and large outdoor events of more than 5,000 attendes. (NPR)
    • Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic
      • The United States reopens its land and air borders for fully vaccinated international travelers for non-essential purposes after a 20-month closure for 33 countries due to the pandemic. Vaccinated international travelers are required to present negative COVID-19 test results before they travel, and airlines are required to use a contact tracing system. (AFP via France 24)
• 2020–2021 H5N8 outbreak
  • Poland reports outbreaks of the H5N8 bird flu at one chicken and five turkey farms, with four of the outbreaks occurring in the eastern part of the country. (Reuters)
  • An outbreak of the H5 bird flu is reported at a small poultry unit near Alcester, Warwickshire, England. The infected birds will be culled. (BBC News)
• The WHO and UNICEF launch a four-day polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan backed by the Taliban, which aims to address the 3.3 million children who have not been vaccinated against polio since 2018. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• European migrant crisis
  • 2021 Belarus–European Union border crisis
    • A large crowd of migrants escorted by the Belarusian military attempts to break through the Belarus–Poland border near Bruzgi, Grodno Region. Several migrants are reported dead, with seven being found dead on the Polish side of the border, and a few more deaths are reported in Belarus. (The Guardian) (ITV)
  • Police in Star Dojran, North Macedonia discover 42 migrants hiding in a truck. Authorities say that most of the migrants were of Syrian descent and were likely travelling through Greece. (Ekathimerini)
• Foreign relations of Colombia
  • During a high-level state visit to Israel, Colombian Defense Minister Diego Molano declares Iran to be an enemy of Colombia despite both nations continuing to maintain diplomatic relations. (Infobae)
• Holy See–Switzerland relations
  • Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis meets with the State Secretary of the Vatican, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, to mark 100 years of the restoration of diplomatic relations between Switzerland and the Holy See. The joint declaration, according to the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, called for the promotion of “peace and human rights, the worldwide abolition of the death penalty, the protection of minorities, and interreligious dialogue.” (Swissinfo) (Catholic World News)

Politics and elections

• Former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, who has been on a hunger strike for 39 days, is moved to a prison hospital as his condition continues to deteriorate. (France 24)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Tigray War
  • According to a United Nations spokesperson, at least 16 UN staff and dependents have been detained in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission also said that it had received many reports of arrests of Tigrayans in the city, including elders and mothers with children. (Reuters)
  • The United Kingdom urges its citizens to leave Ethiopia and warns against all travel to the country amid fears that rebel forces will attack Addis Ababa and overthrow the Abiy Ahmed government. (BBC News)
• 2021 Tunisian political crisis
  • A man is killed as police in the town of Aguereb, Sfax Governorate, Tunisia, use tear gas against a protest outside a hospital where injured protesters are recovering. A police station is also set on fire. (Al Jazeera)
• Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • Security forces in Togo repel an attack at a security outpost in Kpendjal Prefecture in the far north of the country, pushing back the attackers to Burkina Faso. It is the first Islamist incident in Togo. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Freetown fuel tanker explosion
  • The death toll from the fuel tanker explosion in Freetown, Sierra Leone, which occurred four days ago, increases to 115. (BBC News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom
      • COVID-19 pandemic in England
        • Health Secretary Sajid Javid announces that frontline NHS workers in England will be required to be vaccinated beginning in April 2022 in order to keep their jobs or risk being fired. (Sky News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria
      • Bulgaria reports a record 334 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 25,408. (Radio Bulgaria)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in France
      • President Emmanuel Macron announces that beginning from December 15, people aged above 65 years old will be required to receive the booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in order to maintain their Health Pass. He also announces that people aged 50 to 64 years old will become eligible for the booster dose from early December. (CNBC)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
      • Greece reports a record for the second consecutive day of 8,613 new casea of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 801,208. (Anadolu Agency)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
      • Russia reports a record 1,211 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours after lifting workplace shutdowns, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 249,215. (The Moscow Times)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
      • Ukraine reports a record 833 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 73,390. (AP)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, COVID-19 vaccination in Canada
    • Health Canada authorizes the use of booster doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 18. (Global News)
• China reports an outbreak of African swine fever at a pig farm that contains 1,063 animals in the island province of Hainan. (U.S. News and World Report)

International relations

• 2021 Belarus–European Union border crisis, Poland–Russia relations
  • Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki blames Russian President Vladimir Putin for orchestrating the migrant crisis on the Belarus–Poland border, saying that the crisis "has its mastermind in Moscow". (BBC News)
  • Lithuania announces a state of emergency for the first time since its independence as neighbouring Poland sees attacks on its border. LRT
• Syria–United Arab Emirates relations
  • Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan meets with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, for the first time since the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War ten years ago, to discuss "ways to develop cooperation in different sectors that are of common interest". (France 24)
• Audrey Azoulay is re-elected for a second term as the Director-General of UNESCO. (AFP via The Times of Israel)

Law and crime

• Capital punishment in Singapore
  • Human rights organizations urge Singapore to cancel the execution of a 33-year-old Malaysian mentally impaired man who was convicted after being caught in 2010 with 42.72 grams of heroin. The court had postponed an initial execution date scheduled for last week and was expected to hang the man today. However, the court postponed the execution again after the man was diagnosed with COVID-19. (Al Jazeera)
• Pandora Papers
  • The process of impeachment against Chilean President Sebastián Piñera moves to the Senate after passing the lower-chamber overnight. In order to remove Piñera from power, the impeachment will need to pass the Senate with a two-thirds vote. (Reuters)
• A man threatens passers-by with a knife in Bislett, Oslo, Norway, before being shot dead by police. The motive behind the perpetrator's act is currently unknown, but is under investigation. (The Washington Post)

Business and economy

• At the COP26 Conference, twenty-four nations and a number of leading car manufacturers, including Ford, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo, agree to phase out new petrol and diesel cars by 2030, and end sale of fossil fuel vehicles by 2040. (The Guardian)
• YouTube removes the public "dislike" count from all YouTube videos, in an attempt to protect content creators from coordinated "dislike attacks". The change was met with near universal opposition. (Tech Crunch) (Make Use Of)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
      • COVID-19 vaccination in Germany
        • The Standing Committee on Vaccination recommends that people under the age of 30 should only receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine due to a higher risk of heart inflammation with the Moderna vaccine among younger people. (DW)
      • Germany reports a record 39,676 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. (AP)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia
      • Croatia reports a record 7,315 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 514,850. (Hindustan Times)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
      • Russia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 1,239 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the national death toll to 250,454. (SwissInfo)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina, COVID-19 vaccination in Argentina
    • Argentina receives a shipment of 896,200 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. (Infobae)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Israel, COVID-19 vaccination in Israel
    • Israel's pandemic advisory board approves the usage of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years old. (The Times of Israel)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco
    • Morocco lifts its nationwide nightly curfew from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., which was implemented in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19, due to an improved epidemiological situation in the country. (Morocco World News)
• 2020–2021 H5N8 outbreak
  • Japan announces that it will cull 143,000 chickens after reporting an outbreak of the "highly pathogenic avian influenza" at a poultry farm in Yokote, Akita Prefecture. (The Himalayan Times)

International relations

• Nicaragua–United States relations
  • U.S. President Joe Biden signs a bill into law, targeting sanctions "on the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, to restrict multilateral bank lending, and to target regime corruption". (Al Jazeera)
• China–United States relations
  • During the COP26 conference, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and Chinese climate envoy Xie Zhenhua announce that the United States and China have reached an agreement on combating climate change. (CNN)

Law and crime

• The lawyer for American journalist Danny Fenster says that Myanmar's authorities have charged him with terrorism and sedition, in addition to three charges that he had already been facing. Fenster's lawyer says that, under counterterrorism law, Fenster could face life imprisonment. (Al Jazeera)
• The European Commission rejects an appeal from Alphabet Inc., parent company of Google, regarding a €2.4 billion ($2.8 billion) fine charged against the corporation in 2017 for unfairly directing users to its own shopping services. (ABC News)

Politics and elections

• Politics of Sweden
  • Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven resigns after seven years in office, although he will continue to remain in office ad interim until a new government is formed. Minister for Finance Magdalena Andersson, who succeeded Löfven as leader of the Social Democratic Party on November 4, is expected to become the first female prime minister in the country's history. (ABC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Yemeni Civil War
  • Houthi forces storm the former United States embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, taking several Yemeni staffers hostage and removing "large quantities of equipment and materials" from the diplomatic facility. (National Review via Yahoo! News)
• Internal conflict in Myanmar
  • The Catholic cathedral Sacred Heart at Pekon in the Diocese of Pekhon in Burma’s Shan state was among several structures that were reportedly hit by military artillery fire on Nov. 9 amid continuing armed clashes between government and rebel forces. (Catholic News Agency) (Fides)

Business and economy

• Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
  • As many as 57,000 care home workers are fired or resign as the government's new "no jab, no job" mandate enters into force in England, which requires care home workers in England, including cleaners and receptionists, to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. (The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

• November 2021 India and Sri Lanka floods
  • Twenty-five people in Sri Lanka and 16 people in India are killed by floods that have been affecting both countries in recent days. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
      • Beijing imposes new restrictions on conferences and events, recommending that both be held remotely and also recommending that in-person conferences be managed as a "closed loop" after the city reported six new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. (Reuters)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Israel
      • Israel begins the world's first nationwide COVID-19 drill named "Omega Drill" consisting of three sessions that will test the country's preparation for the possible outbreak of a new and more lethal variant of the virus. (Bloomberg News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam
      • Vietnam surpasses one million cases of COVID-19. (VnExpress International)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in France
      • France reports a new strain of SARS-CoV-2, known as lineage B.1.X or B.1.640, which was first found on 15 October in a school in Bannalec in the north-western region of Brittany, where 24 people got infected; but it was only identified to be a separate strain until much later. The origin of the Bannalec outbreak seemed to be a man in Nantes who had come from abroad a few days before. No cases related to the strain were reported since October 26, but it remains under surveillance. (Jerusalem Post)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
      • Germany reports a record for the second consecutive day of 50,196 new cases of COVID-19. (CNBC)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
      • Following several record-breaking daily increases in new COVID-19 cases, including a record 16,364 new cases reported in the past 24 hours, the government deliberates on potential partial lockdown scenarios, which if enacted would be the first partial lockdowns in Western Europe since the summer. (AFP via Barron's)
    • European Union response to the COVID-19 pandemic
      • The European Medicines Agency approves the two antibody cocktails named Ronapreve made by Roche and Regeneron, and Regkirona made by Celltrion to treat severe COVID-19 patients. (Medical Xpress)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, COVID-19 vaccination in Australia
      • The number of people over the age of 16 years old in Australia who have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine surpasses 90%. (Seven News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Fiji
      • Fiji reopens its borders to travel partners, fully vaccinated tourists and diplomats, and people who pass a risk assessment. (RNZ Pacific)

International relations

• Belarus–Ukraine relations, 2021 Belarus–European Union border crisis
  • Ukraine deploys a further 8,500 soldiers and police officers, as well as 15 helicopters, to the border with Belarus to prevent possible attempts by stranded migrants to cross into the country in order to reach the European Union. (Voice of America)
  • Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says he "would recommend the leadership of Poland, Lithuanians and other empty-headed people to think before speaking," suggesting Belarus would halt natural gas supplies into Europe, if the EU pushes more sanctions. EU member states are to decide some time next week on new sanctions for human trafficking which led to the crisis. (BBC News)
• Mali–Russia relations
  • Malian Foreign Affairs minister Abdoulaye Diop says that Mali "may ask Russia for help" due to the country's security situation, with Diop also saying that "the very existence of the Malian state is under threat". (Reuters)
• Foreign relations of Tuvalu
  • Tuvaluan Justice, Communication and Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Kofe announces that the island nation will push to retain international recognition of its statehood and maritime borders in the event that rising sea levels completely submerge the country. (The Guardian)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Afghanistan conflict
  • Three people are killed and 15 others injured by a bombing during prayers at a mosque in Spin Ghar, Nangarhar Province. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• A Cessna 172 crashes in Hampton Township, New Jersey, United States, killing two people, including businessman and space tourist Glen de Vries. (USA Today)
• Two Russian paratroopers are killed during military drills near the Polish border in western Belarus. The Ministry of Defence says their parachutes failed to deploy properly "due to a sudden strong gust of wind" during their jumps. (Euronews)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
      • Thailand delays the reopening of nightlife entertainment venues to January 15 due to concerns about ventilation and inefficient prevention measures in pubs, bars and karaoke venues. (The Independent)
      • Thailand surpasses two million cases of COVID-19. (Asian News International)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
      • The government announces that they will obtain 1.6 million doses of Merck & Co.'s molnupiravir and have also increased hospital capacities for COVID-19 patients to 30% in order to prepare for a sixth wave of the pandemic. (Kyodo News)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark
      • Denmark reintroduces its digital pass that must be used in nightclubs, cafés, indoor seating at restaurants, and at outdoor events with more than 2,000 people as it reclassifies COVID-19 as "a socially critical disease" amid an increase in new cases. (AP)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
      • Dutch caretaker prime minister Mark Rutte announces a three-week partial lockdown that requires bars, restaurants, and shops to close at certain times and reintroduces 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) social distancing measures beginning tomorrow. The Netherlands is the first country in Western Europe to impose a lockdown since the summer. (The Guardian)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Mauritius
    • Mauritius imposes new restrictions that limit the number of people in large gatherings such as funerals, weddings, and rallies amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases despite high vaccination rates. (AFP via France 24)

International relations

• Eritrea–United States relations
  • The U.S. Treasury Department imposes sanctions on the Eritrean Military and other Eritrea-based entities and individuals in an attempt to bring an end to the Tigray War. The sanctions also blacklist the Eritrean ruling party People's Front for Democracy and Justice. (Reuters)
• 2021 Belarus–European Union border crisis, Belarus–Iraq relations
  • Iraq restricts direct flights to Belarus amid the migrant crisis in at the Belarus–Poland border. (Kurdistan 24)

Law and crime

• Aftermath of the 2021 United States Capitol attack
  • U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announces that former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon has been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice for refusing to testify before the January 6 select committee investigating the Capitol riot and also refusing to provide documents requested by the committee. (NBC News)
• Britney Spears conservatorship dispute
  • American singer Britney Spears is released from her 13-year conservatorship in accordance with a ruling by judge Brenda J. Penny of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, following allegations of abuse originating from fan speculation, media investigation, and public testimony. (AFP via Manila Bulletin)
• American journalist Danny Fenster is sentenced by a Myanmar military court to 11 years in prison, after being found guilty of three charges brought against him. (CNN)
• The European Commission announces its intention to bring the government of Portugal to the European Court of Justice over persistent violations of Directive 2008/50/EC, which limits the amount of certain emissions a country can produce in order to regulate air pollution. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• COVID-19 pandemic in Latvia, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on politics
  • The Saeima votes 62–7 with two abstentions and 29 absent lawmakers to ban MPs who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19 from voting and participating in the parliament, both for in-person and remote meetings. The restrictions will be in effect from November 15 until July 1. (ABC News) (Reuters)
• Politics of El Salvador
  • The Legislative Assembly begins to discuss president Nayib Bukele's proposal to regulate criticism of the government by civil organizations and media critics of the government. (El País)

Sports

• 2022 Winter Olympics, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports
  • China reports the first cases of COVID-19 among foreign athletes who will participate in the Winter Olympics, with two lugers from an unidentified nation testing positive. (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Afghanistan conflict
  • A magnetic bomb attached to a minivan explodes in Dasht-e-Barachi, a predominantly Hazara district of Kabul, killing six people and injuring seven others. (Reuters)
• Syrian civil war
  • Islamic State gunmen ambush a group of soldiers in Masrib, Deir ez-Zor, Syria, killing 13 of them and wounding others. (The New Arab)
• Tigray War
  • The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission publishes a report accusing the Tigray People's Liberation Front of killing more than 150 civilians in the Amhara Region between July and August. The report states that they were killed for either supporting the federal government or sheltering soldiers. (Al Jazeera)
• Gunmen ambush a convoy of paramilitary soldiers in Churachandpur, Manipur, India, killing five soldiers and two civilians. (Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Austria
      • Austria reports a record 13,152 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 948,100. (Kurier)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
      • Germany reintroduces free COVID-19 testing for all adults amid a record number of new cases. (The New York Times)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
      • Greece tightens its guidelines by requiring that no more than one person per nine square meters of floor space be allowed to enter into supermarkets. This new policy was implemented after a proposed policy that would require unvaccinated people to provide a mandatory rapid COVID-19 test in order to enter supermarkets was deemed too difficult to implement. (Ekathimerini)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
      • Russia reports a record 1,241 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 254,167. The country also surpasses nine million cases of COVID-19. (Azeri Press Agency)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Papua New Guinea
    • New Zealand sends doctors to Papua New Guinea, after Papua New Guinea formally requested international help to combat the worsening COVID-19 situation in the country. (RNZ)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • The U.S. surpasses 47 million cases of COVID-19. (WFTV)
• 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference
  • At COP26, diplomats from countries around the world reach a major agreement aimed at intensifying global efforts to fight climate change by calling on governments to return next year with stronger plans to curb planet-warming emissions and urging wealthy nations to "at least double" their funding in order to protect poorer nations from the hazards of a warming planet. Some activists are critical of the agreement, as it leaves unresolved the question of how much and how quickly each nation should cut its carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade, and it still leaves many developing countries short of the funds that they would need in order to cope with increasing weather disasters. However, the agreement makes reference to fossil fuels and their role in the climate crisis for the first time in the conference's history. (CNN) (The New York Times)

International relations

• 2021 Belarus–European Union border crisis
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin says that the threat made by Belarus to cut their gas supply to Europe would be a breach of the contract with Russia and that such a threat may have been made in a fit of temper by Belarus's president Alexander Lukashenko. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• November 2021 Guayaquil prison riot
  • Sixty-eight inmates are killed and 25 others injured in a prison riot in Guayaquil, Ecuador. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• Protests over responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 protests in Australia
    • Thousands of protesters associated with the right-wing United Australia Party march in Melbourne in opposition to vaccine mandates and newly introduced laws in the Victoria State Government which would transfer many pandemic-specific powers from the Chief Health Officer to the Premier and Health Minister. (The Guardian)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • Gunmen open fire at a military post near a gold mine in Inata, Soum Province, Burkina Faso, killing 19 gendarmes and a civilian. (Al Jazeera)
• Liverpool Women's Hospital bombing
  • A passenger is killed and his driver injured when a taxi explodes in front of the Liverpool Women's Hospital in Liverpool, England. Three men are subsequently arrested under the Terrorism Act. (BBC News)
• Syrian civil war
  • A bomb explodes near a vehicle carrying troops in Deir ez-Zor, Syria, killing four soldiers and a general. (The New Arab)
• Somali Civil War; Capital punishment in Somalia
  • Two Ugandan soldiers are sentenced to death and three more receive 39-year prison sentences in Somalia for killing seven civilians during a gun battle in Golweyn, Lower Shabelle, three months ago. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Astroworld Festival crowd crush
  • A 9-year-old boy, injured during a crowd crush at the Astroworld Music Festival, who had been in a medically-induced coma, dies, bringing the death toll to 10. (CNN)
• European migrant crisis
  • Eight sub-Saharan African migrants are found dead on a boat adrift off the southern coast of the Canary Islands, with 54 other men being rescued from the boat. (El País)
• A fire at a COVID-19 ward in Sliven, Bulgaria, kills three patients. (ABC News)
• A magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes Hormozgan Province, Iran, at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) and is felt in many southern Iranian cities. A man killed by a falling pole is the sole death reported. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Austria
    • Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announces a nationwide lockdown for those over the age of 12 years who are unvaccinated against COVID-19, which prohibits them from leaving their homes except for essential reasons beginning at midnight, amid a record increase in new COVID-19 cases. (AP)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt, COVID-19 vaccination in Egypt
    • The Egyptian government announces the start of clinical trials for COVI-VAX, which is the country’s first domestically-made COVID-19 vaccine. (Ahram Online)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Israel, COVID-19 vaccination in Israel
    • The Israeli Health ministry approves the usage of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, two weeks after the U.S. FDA grants its own approval, with vaccination expected to begin next week. (Haaretz)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Peru
    • Peru announces that people over the age of 18 years who want to enter indoor spaces must show a proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 beginning in December, either physical or virtual vaccination cards. (AFP via Barron's)

Politics and elections

• 2021 Bulgarian general election
  • Bulgarians go to the polls to elect the President and the National Assembly. (MSN)
• 2021 Argentine legislative election
  • Argentines go to the polls to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. (24/7 News Agency)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • The death toll from yesterday's mass shooting at a military post near a gold mine in Inata, Soum Province, Burkina Faso, increases to 32, including 28 gendarmes and four civilians, making the attack the deadliest against security forces in the country. (Reuters)
• Liverpool Women's Hospital bombing
  • Yesterday's taxi explosion in Liverpool, England, that killed the bomber and injured the driver outside the Liverpool Women's Hospital, is declared a terrorist incident by police. Mayor Joanne Anderson says that the driver locked the bomber inside the vehicle after noticing that the bomber was wearing an explosive device. (BBC News) (WalesOnline)
• Three al-Shabaab members escape from a maximum security prison in Kenya, including one of the perpetrators of the 2015 Garissa attack, in which 148 people were killed. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• Infrastructure policy of the Joe Biden administration
  • U.S. President Joe Biden signs the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law. (The Washington Post)

Disasters and accidents

• November 2021 Pacific Northwest floods
  • Merritt, British Columbia, Canada is evacuated after severe flooding inundated the city of about 7,000. Several highways throughout southern British Columbia were also washed out by heavy rain, leaving at least 10 people stranded. (CBC)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia, Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic
      • Cambodia begins to allow fully vaccinated foreign travellers to visit the country without a quarantine if they show a negative test result from the previous 72 hours and test negative again upon arrival, as the country currently has the one of world's highest COVID-19 vaccination rates. (AFP via Barron's)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India, Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic
      • India reopens its border to fully vaccinated foreign travellers on regular commercial flights after being closed for 18 months since March 2020 due to a decrease in the number of new COVID-19 cases. All travellers must follow COVID-19 protocols and show a negative test result from the previous 72 hours, except those from countries with mutual vaccine recognition. (AP)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka, COVID-19 drug development
      • Sri Lanka approves the use of the COVID-19 oral drug molnupiravir in the country. (Adaderana)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
      • Berlin begins to implement "2G" rule that limiting access to restaurants, cinemas, bars, and cultural and entertainment venues to those who are vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19 amid a rising number of COVID-19 cases across Germany. (VOA)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Latvia
      • Latvia ends its 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew and allows companies to fire employees who are unvaccinated against COVID-19. Unvaccinated people are also banned from taking their duties for parliament and entering shopping malls with a size greater than 1,500 square metres (16,000 sq ft). (Medical Xpress)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom
      • The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation approves the extension of age eligibility of COVID-19 vaccine booster doses in the United Kingdom to people between 40 and 49 years old and the second dose for teenagers between the ages of 16 and 17 years. (The Guardian)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Queensland
      • Queensland reopens its state border to fully vaccinated Australians travelling by plane, as 70% of the state's adult population are now fully vaccinated. (ABC News Australia)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt
    • Egypt begins to ban unvaccinated public sector employees and university students from entering workplaces and universities unless they show a negative PCR test from the previous 72 hours. (Arab News)

International relations

• China–United States relations
  • US President Joe Biden holds a virtual bilateral meeting with China's leader Xi Jinping. (AP News)
• Foreign relations of Kiribati
  • The government of New Zealand vows to help islanders in Banaba, Kiribati, to access fresh water, as the island suffers from frequent droughts and is dependent on rainfall. (RNZ)
• 2021 Belarus–European Union border crisis
  • The European Union says it will impose new sanctions on Belarus in response to the migrant crisis on the Belarus–Poland border. (CNN)

Politics and elections

• 2021 Argentine legislative election
  • With nearly all votes counted, the ruling Peronist government loses control of both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. This is the first time since the return to democracy in 1983 that Peronists do not have a majority in either house. (El Mostrador Chile)

Science and technology

• Russia carries out a direct-ascent anti-satellite weapon test on the defunct Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 1408, creating a cloud of debris that threatens the International Space Station. (SpaceNews)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • 2021 Niger attacks
    • Gunmen raid the camp of a self-defence militia in the village of Bakorat, Niger, killing 25 people. (Reuters)
• 2021 Uganda bombings
  • Three suicide bombers blow themselves up near a police station and the entrance of the Parliament in Kampala, killing three people and injuring 33 others. The Islamic State claims responsibility for the attacks. (Reuters)
• 2021 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
  • Fifteen Armenian soldiers are killed and twelve more are captured by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces during border clashes, amid mutual recriminations before a Russian-brokered ceasefire is agreed at 19:00 local time. (JAMnews)

Business and economy

• Gas prices for the United Kingdom and the European Union increase by 17% after the German energy regulator suspends the approval of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany. The regulator says that the pipeline needs to comply with German law before they can certify the €10 billion project. (BBC News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
      • President Rodrigo Duterte orders the lifting of the mandate to use face shields in areas under Alert 3 and lower levels, which includes the National Capital Region. However, face shields will continue to be used in areas under Alert level 5 and areas under granular lockdown. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
      • South Korea reports a new single-day record of 495 critical cases of COVID-19. (Yonhap News Agency)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia, COVID-19 drug development
      • Russia authorizes Pfizer to conduct clinical trials for its experimental COVID-19 drug named Paxlovid, which will continue until March 2023. (The Hill)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
      • Ukraine reports a record 838 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 77,895. (Anadolu Agency)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
    • New Zealand reports a record 222 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. (New Zealand Herald)
  • Deployment of COVID-19 vaccines
    • The number of Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses supplied worldwide surpasses two billion. (Medical Xpress)
  • COVID-19 drug development
    • Pfizer and the Medicines Patent Pool sign a global licensing agreement that will allow Pfizer's experimental COVID-19 oral drug Paxlovid to be manufactured under a royalty-free license in 95 low and middle-income countries. (The Wall Street Journal)
• 2020–21 H5N8 outbreak
  • Japan reports an outbreak of the H5N8 bird flu strain at a farm with about 11,000 egg-laying chickens in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture. (Reuters)
• A peer-reviewed study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine announces that an Argentinian woman has allegedly been "functionally cured" of HIV by her own immune system. If confirmed, the woman would be only the second individual in history whose own immune system successfully destroyed the disease without any form of stem-cell transplantation. (USA Today)
• Maryland reports their first case of monkeypox in a resident who traveled from Nigeria. (WJZ-TV)

International relations

• 2021 Belarus–European Union border crisis
  • Migrants at a temporarily closed checkpoint in Kuźnica, Poland, throw stones at Polish border guards, while attempting to destroy the border fence in order to break through the Belarus–Poland border. The guards respond with water cannons and tear gas in an attempt to disperse the mob. The Polish ministry accuses the Belarusian military of aiding the attacks along Poland's borders. (BBC News)
• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • British Prime Minister Boris Johnson states that the west will have to choose between reliance on Russian gas and supporting Ukraine amid reported buildups of the Russian military near the border with Ukraine. (The Guardian)
• Belarus–European Union relations
  • Researchers at the American cybersecurity firm Mandiant report that the Belarusian government has ties to the hacker group Ghostwriter, which was accused of targeting various German politicians and ministries in September and has since been accused of launching misinformation campaigns against Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Ukraine. (RFE/RL)

Law and crime

• The Mexican Secretariat of National Defense announces that Rosalinda González Valencia, the wife of Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera "El Mencho" Cervantes, is re-arrested. González was previously detained in 2018 for allegedly running the finances of the cartel, but was released on bail. (BBC News)
• According to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, nearly 1,000 hate crimes against Europe’s Christians were recorded in 2020. The organization documented 980 incidents against Christians, including arson attacks on Catholic churches, desecration and robbery of Eucharistic hosts, assaults on priests, and anti-Catholic graffiti on Church property by abortion activists. (Catholic News Agency)

Politics and elections

• Politics of Monaco
  • Princess Charlene of Monaco cancels all upcoming activities, including those of Monaco's national celebrations, due to ill health, according to a statement from the royal palace. The Princess is said to be suffering from "deep fatigue". (Reuters)
• Pandora Papers
  • The impeachment against Chilean President Sebastián Piñera is defeated in the Senate, after the motion fails to meet the minimum two-thirds threshold in a vote. (Bloomberg)

Science and technology

• Moons of Saturn
  • A new moon of Saturn, S/2019 S 1, is announced, bringing the total number of known moons to 83. (Minor Planet Center)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Aftermath of the October 2021 Sudanese coup d'état
  • Soldiers open fire on civilians in Khartoum, Sudan, protesting against last month's coup d'état, killing 14 people and injuring dozens more. This brings the total death toll of civilians killed during the protests to 38. (Al Jazeera)
• Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • The death toll from the attack at a military post in Inata, Soum Province, Burkina Faso, three days ago, increases to 53, including 49 gendarmes and four civilians. (Al Jazeera)
• 2021 Belarus–European Union border crisis; Estonia–Russia barrier
  • Estonia summons 1,700 reservists for a snap drill, which will include installing a 40-kilometer-long razor wire barrier along the border with Russia as the migrant crisis with Belarus intensifies. (Reuters)
• Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
  • Seven people are killed and 10 others are injured after clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• November 2021 Pacific Northwest floods
  • The Canadian government sends the Air Force to the Pacific coast to assist with supplies after torrential rains affected regions of British Columbia near Vancouver, causing damage to highways. Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair says that landslides and floods have blocked the town of Agassiz and residents are now being assisted by the military. (Al Jazeera)
• A Royal Air Force F-35 Lightning II jet crashes into the Mediterranean Sea during a routine operation. The pilot successfully ejects from the aircraft and has been rescued. (The Guardian)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland
        • The Northern Ireland Executive votes to introduce a COVID-19 vaccine passport beginning next month, which will contain a person's vaccination status or negative COVID-19 test result, and will be used to enter bars, restaurants and pubs. (BBC News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Austria
      • Austria reports a record 14,416 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 996,320. (ORF)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
      • Germany reports a record 52,826 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. (ABC News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
      • Russia reports a record 1,247 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 259,084. (Anadolu Agency)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, COVID-19 vaccination in Spain
      • Spain’s panel of vaccine experts approves the extension of the COVID-19 vaccine booster dose to people between the ages of 60 and 69 and healthcare workers. (The Washington Post)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina
    • COVID-19 vaccination in Argentina
      • Argentina receives a shipment of 800,000 doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine. (Ámbito)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
    • The Food and Drug Administration of the Philippines authorises emergency use of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, which will be included in the national vaccination program. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
      • White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients announces that 80% of people aged 12 and older have received their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. (USA Today) (WNCN-TV)

Law and crime

• American rapper Young Dolph is shot and killed at a bakery in Memphis, Tennessee, by an unidentified gunman. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• Former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, who has been on a hunger strike for 48 days, is in critical condition. Yesterday, Justice Minister Rati Bregadze denied Saakashvili transfer to a civilian clinic, from a prison hospital where he is being treated. (France 24)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Aftermath of the October 2021 Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan protests
  • Saad Hussain Rizvi, the leader of the far-right Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, is released from prison under a deal to end weeks of protests by his followers, which resulted in the deaths of dozens of people. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• 22nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards
  • The 22nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards are held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Colombian singer Camilo was the most awarded artist with four wins. (Billboard)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
      • COVID-19 vaccination in Germany
        • The Standing Committee on Vaccination recommends that a booster dose of an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine should be given to all adults over the age of 18 years. (Deutsche Welle)
      • Germany reports a record for the second consecutive day of 65,371 new cases of COVID-19. (Anadolu Agency)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Austria
      • Austria reports a record 15,145 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,011,465. (Kronen Zeitung)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
      • Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announces that beginning on November 22, unvaccinated people will be banned from entering all indoor venues for which they could previously present a negative test result, due to an increase in new COVID-19 cases. Mitsotakis also announces that vaccine passports will expire after seven months for people over the age of 60 years and urges people in this age group to receive a booster dose. (Greek Reporter)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
      • The Netherlands reports a record for the fourth consecutive day of 23,860 new cases of COVID-19. (Dutch News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
      • Russia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 1,251 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 260,335. (The Moscow Times)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Laos
      • Laos reports a record 1,041 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 58,798. (Vietnam Plus)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
      • South Korea reports a record 3,292 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 406,605. (The Korea Herald)
• A lab in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, is placed on temporary lockdown by the CDC after several vials labeled "smallpox" are discovered in a freezer. (CBS News)

International relations

• 2021 Belarus–European Union border crisis
  • Belarus suspends electricity supplies to Ukraine, in "accordance with the established procedure for interaction within the framework of contractual relations", according to a statement from the Belarusian Ministry of Energy. (Ukranews)

Law and crime

• At the Birmingham Crown Court in England, Zephaniah McLeod is sentenced to at least 21 years imprisonment for manslaughter and four counts of attempted murder after killing one person and wounding seven others during a 90-minute stabbing spree in September 2020. (BBC News)
• The New York Supreme Court vacates the convictions of Muhammad Abdul Aziz (formerly Norman 3X Butler) and the late Khalil Islam (formerly Thomas 15X Johnson) for the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X. The two men were convicted alongside Thomas Hagan (formerly Talmadge Hayer) in 1966. An investigation led by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. discovered that the FBI and the NYPD had withheld evidence that would have acquitted Aziz and Islam. (The New York Times)
• Vladimiro Montesinos, adviser to former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, is sentenced to 17-years in prison for the kidnapping of left-wing journalist Gustavo Gorriti. (MercoPress)

Politics and elections

• 2021 Tongan general election
  • Tongans go to the polls to elect their new government. (RNZ)

Disasters and accidents

• November 2021 Pacific Northwest floods
  • The provincial government of British Columbia, Canada, declares a state of emergency in response to ongoing risks from floods and mudslides. Effective immediately until December 1, citizens in affected regions, including the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island, are limited to 30 litres of diesel and gasoline purchased at fuel stations. Vehicles used for essential services, such as emergency response, commercial transport, and public transit, are exempt from this order and granted unlimited access to cardlock gas stations ordinarily used by the commercial trucking industry. Price gouging at retail gas stations and the resale of fuel is prohibited. Restrictions on non-essential travel along damaged highways are also set in place. (Global News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Austria
      • Austrian chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announces a full nationwide lockdown for the entire population starting on 22 November, amid a surge in new COVID-19 cases that has overwhelmed hospitals. Schallenberg also announces that COVID-19 vaccinations will become mandatory as of 1 February 2022. (The Independent)
      • Austria reports a record for the second consecutive day of 15,809 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,027,274. (Kronen Zeitung)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
      • The southern German state of Bavaria cancels all Christmas markets and imposes a lockdown in all districts that have a seven-day incidence rate of over 1,000 per 100,000 people amid a substantial increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases. However, schools and kindergartens will continue to remain open. (Deutsche Welle)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary
      • Hungary reports a record 11,289 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 998,488. (Budapest Business Journal)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
      • Russia reports a record for the third consecutive day of 1,254 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 261,589. (Interfax)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in North America
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, COVID-19 vaccination in Canada
      • Health Canada approves the usage of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years. (Global News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Grenada
      • Argentina officially announces that it will donate 11,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Grenada. (Memo)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
      • The U.S. CDC authorizes the booster dose of either Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for the general public, which means that all adults are eligible to receive their booster dose. (CNBC)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria
      • Restrictions are further eased for fully vaccinated Victorians as 90% of adults are now fully vaccinated. Mask wearing is still required in some indoor spaces and limits remain on daily visitor numbers to care facilities. Additionally, unvaccinated people continue to be banned from entering all non-essential businesses and also from employment in many industries. (The Guardian)

International relations

• Palestine–United Kingdom relations, Israel-United Kingdom relations
  • The United Kingdom outlaws Hamas, the Palestinian militant group which serves as the ruling party of the Gaza Strip, and declares the party as a terrorist group. Previously, only the party's armed wing was outlawed. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Kenosha unrest shooting
  • Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot three people during the unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States, in August 2020, is found not guilty on all counts. (NPR)
  • Hundreds of people march in Chicago, New York City and Portland to protest the verdict of the trial. (WCBS-TV) (WBBM-TV) (ABC News)

Politics and elections

• Vice Presidency of Kamala Harris
  • While U.S. President Joe Biden undergoes medical treatment, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is transferred presidential power for a short period of time, making her the first female acting president of the United States. (Forbes)
• Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announces that he is dissolving the Promised Day Brigade, the armed faction loyal to him. Yesterday, al-Sadr said that non-governmental militias should hand in their weapons. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong
      • Hong Kong authorises the usage of the Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine for children between the ages of 3 and 17 years. (The Guardian)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Iraq
      • Iraq receives 1.2 million doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine through the COVAX initiative. (AFP via Barron's)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, COVID-19 community quarantines in the Philippines
      • The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has fully implemented nationwide, the Alert Level System (ALS) formally replacing the previous community quarantine system that had been in place since March 2020. (Rappler)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium
      • Belgium begins to implement mandatory face masks in indoor places and outdoor events. The country is also enforcing teleworking four days a week for all companies until 12 December. (The Brussels Times)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic
      • The Czech Republic reports a record 22,936 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. (ABC News)
• Water crisis in Iran, 2016–2021 Iranian protests
  • Thousands of people gather at the Khaju Bridge in Isfahan to protest the government's water and energy policies. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Protests over responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
  • Three people are seriously injured after being shot by police during protests against COVID-19 measures in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Fifty-one people are also arrested, half of whom are less than 18 years old. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2021 Malacca state election
  • Barisan Nasional (BN) retains power, winning 21 out of 28 seats, defeating its rivals Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Perikatan Nasional (PN). (The Straits Times)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2021 Jerusalem shooting
  • A Hamas gunman opens fire in the alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City, killing an Israeli man and wounding three others, before being shot and killed by Israeli forces. (BBC News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia, COVID-19 vaccination in Russia
      • President Vladimir Putin receives his booster dose of the Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine. (The Hill)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia
      • Slovenia surpasses 400,000 cases of COVID-19. (UrduPoint)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Guadeloupe, Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
    • It is announced that France will deploy dozens of gendarmerie to Guadeloupe following occurrences of rioting and looting in the archipelago over COVID-19 measures. At least 31 people were arrested overnight. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin says that "the first message is that the state will stand firm". (Al Jazeera)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
    • Malaysia surpasses 30,000 deaths from COVID-19. (Malay Mail)

Law and crime

• Waukesha Christmas parade attack
  • Five people are killed and over 40 injured by a hit and run driver who drove through an early Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States. A person of interest is in custody. (ABC News)
• Protests over responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium
  • Belgian police fire tear gas and water cannons after violence broke out at the end of a mass demonstration in Brussels that involved 35,000 people against tougher COVID-19-related measures. (The Independent)
• The Taliban issues new guidelines for television broadcasts, mandating that female presenters and journalists wear Islamic coverings, banning entertainment considered blasphemous or insulting to Afghans, and prohibiting films that promote foreign cultural values, among others. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2021 Chilean general election
  • Chileans go to the polls to elect their new president, who will succeed outgoing president Sebastián Piñera. (Reuters)
  • Far-right populist José Antonio Kast of the Republican Party and former student protest leader Gabriel Boric of the left-wing coalition Apruebo Dignidad qualify for the second round, after winning 27.94% and 25.75% of the vote respectively. The second round will take place on December 19. (Reuters)
• Aftermath of the October 2021 Sudanese coup d'état
  • Abdalla Hamdok is reinstated as Prime Minister of Sudan following a political agreement with coup leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. (BBC News)

Sports

• 2021 World Rally Championship
  • Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia win the 2021 Championship, while Toyota secures the manufacturers' title.

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Tigray War; Oromo conflict
  • TDF–OLA joint offensive
    • Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, a former soldier, announces that he will lead his country's army from the battlefront beginning tomorrow. (The Washington Post)
• Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • Gunmen open fire at a security post in Sanmatenga, Burkina Faso, killing ten civilians and nine gendarmes. Another person is injured and a healthcare center is burned. (The Washington Post)

Business and economy

• 2021 United Kingdom natural gas supplier crisis
  • Bulb Energy, which supplies 1.7 million customers in the United Kingdom, collapses into administration, becoming the largest energy supplier to have ever collapsed. The company will also be the first energy supplier to be placed under "special administration", which means that the company will be run by the government regulator Ofgem. (The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

• Nine people die in a fire at a nursing home in the village of Royak, Dalgopol Municipality, Bulgaria. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Austria
      • Austria enters its fourth full nationwide lockdown that prohibits people from leaving their home except for specific reasons, while allowing schools to remain open, in order to reduce the number of new COVID-19 cases. (AP)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in France
      • Prime Minister Jean Castex tests positive for COVID-19. (Reuters)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
      • Greece begins to implement measures that ban people who are unvaccinated or who have not recovered from COVID-19 from entering indoor public places and also mandates the wearing of masks in all workplaces in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. (Ekathimerini)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia
      • Slovakia imposes a lockdown for those who are unvaccinated against COVID-19, which prevents them from entering non-essential shops. Slovakia is currently experiencing one of the world's highest infection rates. (Medical Xpress)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Israel, COVID-19 vaccination in Israel
      • Israel begins administering the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years. (The Times of Israel)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
      • Singapore partially eases its social gathering restrictions and will allow up to five vaccinated people to dine in at food and drink establishments, hawker centres, and coffee shops as the country moves to the endemic phase due to a decrease in the number of new COVID-19 cases. (Singapore Business Report)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya
    • The Kenyan government approves a measure requiring people to present proof of vaccination in order to enter businesses, restaurants and government offices. This is also to encourage vaccination in a country where only 5% of the population is vaccinated. (The New York Times)

International relations

• Bulgaria–United States relations, Bulgaria–Russia relations
  • The United States expresses a "deep concern" over Bulgarian President Rumen Radev's remarks, where he referred to Crimea as "Russian". Radev has expressed his views of maintaining "pragmatic ties" with Russia. The statement by the United States comes after Ukraine summoned the Bulgarian ambassador to Kyiv three days ago. (RFE/RL)

Politics and elections

• Aftermath of the 2021 Venezuelan regional elections
  • Opposition leader Juan Guaidó calls for unity and to rebuild the opposition's fragmented strategy, after suffering a heavy loss at the regional elections and losing 20 gubernatorial races to the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela. (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War in Donbas, Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Ukraine warns of "combat preparedness" of separatist forces in eastern Ukraine as the Russian military presence on the border increases, warning of a potential new conflict. The separatists began mobilization of reservists yesterday. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• Artefacts from the Battle of Magdala taken in 1868 are returned to Ethiopia by the United Kingdom. (WION)

Business and economy

• 2018–2021 Turkish currency and debt crisis
  • The Turkish lira falls to an all-time low of 13.44 to the U.S. dollar. The crash was primarily caused by president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's defense of the Central Bank's continued interest rate cuts amid soaring inflation. (CNBC)

Disasters and accidents

• 2021 Bulgaria bus crash
  • Forty-six people are killed and seven more are injured when a bus carrying Macedonian tourists returning from Istanbul crashes and catches fire near Bosnek, Pernik Province, Bulgaria. (The New York Times)
• Two people are killed and 16 others are injured by an explosion at an EDePro rocket engine plant near Belgrade, Serbia. (7 News)
• Six people are dead and ten others are missing after the ferry they were travelling on capsizes in Kinniya, Sri Lanka. (ABC News Australia)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland
    • COVID-19 vaccination in Switzerland
      • Swissmedic approves the extension of booster doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to people over the age of 16 years as well as high-risk people over the age of 12 years. (The Times of India)
    • COVID-19 drug development
      • The Swiss government signs a deal to reserve 8,640 doses of Merck & Co.'s antiviral drug molnupiravir beginning in January. (Reuters)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
    • Australia surpasses 200,000 cases of COVID-19. (Yahoo! News)

Law and crime

• Waukesha Christmas parade attack
  • An eight-year-old boy, injured during the attack in Waukesha, Wisconsin, dies, bringing the death toll to six. Several of the sixty-two injured still remain in critical condition. (CNN)
  • The suspect, 39-year-old Darrell Brooks, has been charged with six counts of first-degree intentional homicide, and the bail set at $5 million. (France 24)
• Colombian peace process
  • United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrives in Colombia to commemorate the fifth year of the signing of the peace deal between the government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. (MercoPress)
  • The Biden administration announces the delisting of the former FARC rebel group from the United States Department of State list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations where it had been listed since 1997. (Reuters)
• Sines v. Kessler
  • A U.S. federal jury finds the organizers of 2017's Unite the Right rally, which includes white supremacists Richard B. Spencer, Jason Kessler, and Christopher Cantwell, liable for the violence that occurred and are ordered to pay US$26 million to nine individuals that suffered "physical and emotional damages". However, the jury was deadlocked on whether to convict on two federal conspiracy charges. (DW) (CNN)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Tigray War
  • TDF–OLA joint offensive
    • The Greek foreign minstry urges Greek citizens to evacuate from Ethiopia. (Rkathimerini)
• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • British foreign secretary Liz Truss warns Russia that any attack on Ukraine would be a "grave mistake", and that the UK is working closely with its NATO allies to provide support to Ukraine. (Reuters)
  • Ukraine launches a "special operation" on the Belarusian border involving troops from the National Guard, police, and the armed forces, including anti-tank and airborne units, amid fears of a migrant crisis and also due to a Russian military build-up on its borders. (RFE/RL)
• Anglophone Crisis
  • Gunmen open fire at a school in Ekondo-Titi, Southwest Region, Cameroon, killing three children and a teacher. (AFP via Barron's)
• Syrian civil war
  • Israel carries out airstrikes in Homs, Syria, killing two civilians and injuring six soldiers and another civilian. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• English Channel migrant crossings
  • November 2021 English Channel disaster
    • Twenty-seven people drown after a dinghy carrying migrants sinks in the English Channel near Calais, France. (BBC News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Andorra
      • The Andorran government decrees to extend the access control with the immunity passport to restaurants, gyms, museums, hotels and hairdressers for those over 16 years of age. (Andorra Difusió)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic
      • The Czech Republic reports a record 25,864 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. (The Washington Post)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary
      • Hungary reports a record 12,637 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1.045 million. (Thomson Reuters Foundation)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
      • The Italian government signs a decree that will ban people who are not vaccinated or who have not recovered from COVID-19 from entering indoor venues (not including workplaces) from December 6 until January 15 and will also extend the vaccine mandate to teachers, police, and the military beginning on December 15. It also imposes the use of the "green pass" to all types of public transport, including for people with negative COVID-19 tests. (Reuters) (ANSA)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
      • The Netherlands reimposes mandatory 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) social distancing measures in places where COVID passports are not required, amid an increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases. (Euronews)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia
      • The Slovak government declares a 90-day state of emergency and will impose a two-week lockdown for the entire country beginning tomorrow, which will close all non-essential shops and restaurants and limit a person's movement to specific reasons only as the country reports a record 10,315 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. (Politico.eu)
    • European Union response to the COVID-19 pandemic
      • The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control recommends that the booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine should be given to all adults aged above 18 years six months after received their second dose, with priority given to those aged above 40 years. (The Wall Street Journal)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, COVID-19 drug development
      • It is announced that Merck & Co.'s antiviral drug molnupiravir will be available to Philippine patients after the Food and Drug Administration issued a compassionate special permit for the drug and an agreement was signed between the Office of the Vice President of the Philippines and a local health care provider. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore, COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia, Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
      • Singapore and Malaysia agree to the opening of a second quarantine-free vaccinated travel lane through the Johor–Singapore Causeway beginning on November 29 using designated bus lanes, which will mark the reopening of the land border between the two countries. (CNA)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
      • South Korea reports a record 4,116 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 425,065. (CNA)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, COVID-19 vaccination in Canada
    • Health Canada grants full approval for the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine, making Canada the first country to fully approve the single-dose vaccine. (The Hill)

International relations

• Ethiopia–Ireland relations
  • The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs advises all Irish citizens to leave Ethiopia immediately, due to the ongoing conflict. (RTÉ)

Law and crime

• 2015–present Polish constitutional crisis
  • 2015 Polish Constitutional Court crisis
    • In response to the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in Xero Flor w Polsce sp. z o.o. v. Poland, which found that the business was denied the right to fair trial because a judge of the Tribunal was appointed illegally, the Constitutional Tribunal declares that it is not a court within the meaning of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights and rules that the ECHR did not have the right to control the validity of appointments of the Tribunal's judges. (Reuters)
• Murder of Ahmaud Arbery
  • The three men who killed Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Georgia, United States, in February 2020 are found guilty of murder and aggravated assault. (BBC News)
• 2021 Solomon Islands unrest
  • Protesters take to the streets in Honiara, Solomon Islands, calling for the resignation of incumbent prime minister Manasseh Sogavare. A building within the Parliament complex is set on fire as protesters engage in looting and arson while law enforcement personnel fire tear gas into crowds. (RNZ) (RNZ)
• Two allies of Russian opposition leader and activist Alexei Navalny leave Russia, becoming the latest people to do so after many of Navalny's allies left the country in September. The two people are identified as a woman who helped Navalny represent his organization and a lawyer who said that he was under pressure. (Reuters)
• Australia designates the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah and the neo-Nazi paramilitary group The Base as terrorist organisations. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• Aftermath of the 2021 German federal election
  • The Social Democratic Party of Germany, the Free Democratic Party of Germany, and Alliance 90/The Greens agree to a "traffic light coalition" to form the next government with Olaf Scholz of the SPD as the next Chancellor, succeeding Angela Merkel. The government will be formally elected by the Bundestag in early December. (Politico)
• Sweden's Riksdag votes for Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson to become the first female prime minister of Sweden. However, Andersson resigned several hours later, after the Green Party quit the coalition. The Greens quit the coalition after the opposition budget was approved by the Riksdag. (Radio Sweden) (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Somali Civil War
  • November 2021 Mogadishu bombing
    • A car bombing targeting a UN convoy explodes outside a school in Mogadishu, killing eight people and injuring 17 others. Jihadist group al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack. (Al Jazeera)
• Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
  • Royal Danish Navy frigate HDMS Esbern Snare opens fire and kills four pirates in the Gulf of Guinea after being fired upon. Four other pirates are detained and taken aboard by Frogman Corps. The incident took place 25 to 30 nautical miles south of the territorial boundary of Nigeria. (Reuters)
• At least 35 people are killed during an eight-day fight over a dispute about camel looting between herders in Jebel Moon, Darfur, Sudan. Sixteen villages and thousands of homes are also set on fire. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• Listvyazhnaya mine disaster
  • A fire inside a coal mine in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, traps 285 miners underground. Forty-six miners are killed and 49 others are being treated for smoke inhalation in hospital. Five rescuers later die while searching for trapped miners, bringing the total death toll to 51. (DW) (CBC)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
      • The High Court of Justice of Catalonia approves the use of the COVID-19 immunity passport for restaurants, bars and fitness centers in the region. (El País)
      • Establishments in Aragon, such as restaurants and nightclubs, begin requiring certificates of immunity for entry. (Expansión)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic
      • The government declares a 30-day state of emergency and imposes new measures that will require bars and restaurants to close at 10 p.m., bans alcohol consumption at bars and restaurants, restricts the number of people at gatherings and events and bans Christmas markets. These measures will take effect tomorrow. (Radio Prague International)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in France
      • The French Minister of Social Affairs and Health announces a nationalized plan to provide a third booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccines to all adults beginning on 27 November, instead of enacting another nationwide state of lockdown in order to reduce the currently record-breaking spread of COVID-19. (Associated Press)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
      • Germany surpasses 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 and also reports a record 75,961 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. (ABC News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
      • The United Kingdom surpasses 10 million cases of COVID-19. (ITV News)
    • European Union response to the COVID-19 pandemic
      • Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
        • The European Commission issues recommendations that the issuance of the EU Digital COVID Certificate be shortened to nine months with a requirement to receive a booster dose. Furthermore, the commission recommends the acceptance of all COVID-19 vaccines listed under the Emergency Use Listing by the World Health Organization, including Chinese and Indian-produced vaccines. (Reuters)
      • COVID-19 vaccine
        • The European Medicines Agency officially approves the use of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years, becoming the first vaccine to be approved for these age groups in Europe. (Associated Press)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, COVID-19 vaccination in Australia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria
      • The number of people who have received a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Victoria surpasses 90%. (7 News)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina, COVID-19 vaccination in Argentina
    • Argentina receives 2.5 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, which includes 1.1 million doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and 1.3 million doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. (ANDigital)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Laos
    • Laos reports a record 1,504 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 67,322. (The Laotian Times)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa, SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant
    • South African scientists detect a new COVID-19 variant named Lineage B.1.1.529 that poses a "major threat" to efforts to reduce the spread of the virus, and blames the variant for the exponential rise of new cases in the country. (Deutsche Welle)
• The latest quinquennial National Family Health Survey in India finds that the population's total fertility rate has dropped to a point below the key replacement rate for the first time in the nation's history. (The Washington Post)

International relations

• COVID-19 pandemic in Israel, COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Israel bans entry of travellers from South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia and Eswatini and discourages its citizens from travelling to those countries due to the emergence of the Lineage B.1.1.529 variant. (Reuters)
• Turkey–United Arab Emirates relations
  • Turkey and the United Arab Emirates sign several investment accords during a high-level visit to Ankara by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, including a $10 billion investment fund to support the Turkish health and energy sectors. The Turkish and Emirati central banks also sign a cooperation agreement. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2021 Solomon Islands unrest
  • Rioters demanding the resignation of Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare set fire to buildings in Honiara's Chinatown neighborhood. Protesters have been defying a 36-hour lockdown imposed following unrest yesterday. (The Guardian)
  • Australia announces that it will deploy federal police and Australian Defence Force personnel to Honiara to aid with riot control and to secure infrastructure sites following a formal request for help from Prime Minister Sogavare. (SBS News) (Solomon Times)
  • Opposition leader Matthew Wale calls on the prime minister and his government to resign. (Solomon Times)
• Blasphemy in Pakistan
  • Four Muslim men are charged with blasphemy, after arguing with an Imam who refused to make a funeral announcement for a Christian man in the village of Khodi Khushal Singh, Punjab, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

• 2021 Romanian political crisis
  • The Parliament of Romania votes the investiture of Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă's grand coalition cabinet, thereby ending nearly the political crisis. (Politico)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2021 Solomon Islands unrest
  • Australian Federal Police take control of the Solomon Islands capital of Honiara following three days of civil unrest. A nighttime curfew begins at 7:00 p.m. local time while rioting and looting continues in the Chinatown suburb of the city. (Reuters)
  • Three people are found dead at a burnt-out store in the Chinatown suburb in Honiara. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Stocks and oil prices decline sharply amid growing concerns over the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. (FT) (CNBC)

Disasters and accidents

• 2021 Mexico bus crash
  • A passenger bus crashes on a highway in San José del Rincón, Mexico, killing 19 people and injuring 32 others. (ABC News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium
      • Belgium reports its first case of the Omicron variant in an unvaccinated person who travelled abroad. (Reuters)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic
      • The Czech Republic reports a record 27,717 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. (The Washington Post)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in France
      • France imposes mandatory mask wearing in all indoor venues and outdoor Christmas markets, even when a Health Pass is required for an event, due to an increase in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. (Euronews)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
      • Germany reports a record for the third consecutive day of 76,414 new cases of COVID-19. (Anadolu Agency)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong
      • Hong Kong reports its first two cases of the Omicron variant in a man who had travelled from South Africa this month, and later in another man staying across the hall in the same quarantine hotel. (The New York Times)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Israel
      • Israel reports its first case of the Omicron variant in a person who travelled from Malawi. (The Times of Israel)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
      • The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases approves the entry of fully-vaccinated foreign nationals from green-list countries beginning on December 1. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
  • SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant
    • The World Health Organization names the Lineage B.1.1.529 variant as "Omicron" and designates it as a "variant of concern" due to the variant's large number of mutations and an increased risk of reinfection. (The Hill)
    • Canada, the EU, Israel, Japan, Morocco, the Philippines, Singapore, Turkey, the UAE, the UK, and the U.S. ban flights from South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Malawi, and Eswatini due to the Omicron variant. (CNN)

International relations

• Russia–Ukraine relations
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accuses Russia of plotting a coup against him and says that Ukrainian tycoon Rinat Akhmetov was being enlisted to help plan the coup. Zelensky says that his country "is prepared for any scenario" as tensions rise. (The Washington Post)
• 2021 Belarus–European Union border crisis
  • Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko makes a public appearance at the Belarus–Poland border for the first time since the migrant crisis began. Lukashenko gives a speech to migrants, telling them that they are free to either return home or head west, saying, "If you want to go westwards, we won't detain you, choke you, beat you. It's up to you. Go through. Go." (Reuters)
• France–Italy relations
  • Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and French President Emmanuel Macron sign a treaty that strengthens the ties between the two countries "in areas including defence, migration, the economy, culture and trade". (Euractiv) (ANSA)

Law and crime

• Mass shootings in the United States
  • Three people are killed and four others injured during a mass shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. (NBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2021 social unrest in the French West Indies
  • France says that it is willing to discuss greater autonomy for Guadeloupe if "it is in the interests of the people who live there". The Caribbean archipelago has experienced violent demonstrations in recent days, and Guadeloupean officials have raised the issue of autonomy with France. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• • The World Trade Organization postpones its four-day Ministerial Conference, which was scheduled to be held on November 29 in Geneva, Switzerland, amid the emergence of the new Omicron variant that was declared a "variant of concern" by the WHO. (France 24)

Disasters and accidents

• 2021–22 European windstorm season
  • Three people are killed in the United Kingdom as Storm Arwen hits the British Isles. Widespread damage and travel disruptions are reported in Scotland and North East England, with 100,000 people losing power. (BBC News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium
      • Belgium imposes new anti-COVID-19 measures that close nightclubs, discos and dance halls, require businesses in the hospitality sector to close at 11 p.m., ban organised private parties, and limit the number of people at tables at bars and restaurants to six people unless they are from the same household, amid a fourth wave of the pandemic. (The Brussels Times)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Czech Republic
      • The Czech Republic reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a woman in Liberec who had been in Namibia. She had passed through South Africa and Dubai on her flight to the Czech Republic. (Deutsche Welle)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
      • Germany reports its first cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in two people in Bavaria who entered the country at Munich Airport on November 24. (Deutsche Welle)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
      • Italy reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a person who travelled from Mozambique. (Times of Malta)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
      • The United Kingdom reports its first cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in two people who travelled from southern Africa to Chelmsford and Nottingham. (BBC News)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh, Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
    • Bangladesh suspends the entry of travellers from South Africa amid fears of the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant first detected in Botswana. (Business Standard)

International relations

• European Migrant Crisis
  • Greece builds two new ''Closed Controlled Access Centers" for migrants. (ANSAmed)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Islamic State insurgency in Iraq
  • Five Peshmerga fighters are killed and four more are wounded during a shooting and bombing attack by the Islamic State in Diyala. (Al Jazeera)
• 2020–2021 Ethiopian–Sudanese clashes
  • Six Sudanese soldiers are killed during a confrontation with Ethiopian troops in a disputed border region. (Al Jazeera)
• Operation Barkhane
  • A convoy carrying French troops in Niger opens fire against locals in Téra, Tillabéri Region, who were protesting against the French presence in the country, killing two people and wounding 18 others. (The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

• 2021 Northern Peru earthquake
  • A 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes northern Peru at 131 kilometres (81 mi) of depth, killing one person and injuring 12 others. 75 homes are destroyed and around 220 damaged. The earthquake is felt as far south as Lima. President Pedro Castillo orders the deployment of relief and also viewed the area in a military aircraft. (Infobae)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
      • Indonesia bans foreigners who have travelled to South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique, Eswatini and Nigeria in the past 14 days amid the emergence of the Omicron variant. (BBC News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Israel
      • Israel closes its borders to all foreigners and requires citizens who have travelled outside the country to quarantine for three days for fully vaccinated people and seven days for unvaccinated people as part of an effort to reduce the spread of the Omicron variant. (France 24)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Maldives
      • Maldives bans entry to flights from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Lesotho, Malawi and Eswatini. (CNA)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
      • The Philippines bans entry to flights from Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Additionally, the entry of fully vaccinated foreign nationals from green-list countries that was expected to begin on December 1 is temporarily suspended. (Rappler)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco
      • The Moroccan government announces that it will suspend all incoming passenger flights for the next two weeks. (Al Jazeera)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Rwanda
      • Rwanda temporarily suspends all commercial flights to Southern Africa due to the emergence of the Omicron variant. (The New Times)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario
      • Canada reports its first cases of the Omicron variant in two people in Ontario who recently traveled to Nigeria. (Reuters)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
    • The Netherlands reports its first cases of the Omicron variant in 13 people who traveled from South Africa on November 26. (ABC News)
    • The Netherlands tightens its partial lockdown restrictions that require non-essential shops, sports facilities, and hospitality and cultural venues to close at 5 p.m., and chemists, supermarkets, and wholesalers to close at 8 p.m., amid a record number of new COVID-19 cases as well as concerns about the Omicron variant. (BBC News)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
    • Australia reports its first cases of the Omicron variant in two people who travelled from Southern Africa and are currently in quarantine in a hotel in New South Wales. (ABC News Australia)

Law and crime

• 2021 Iranian protests
  • Sixty-seven protesters are arrested in Isfahan during a protest against water shortages. (Deutsche Welle)

Politics and elections

• 2021 Czech legislative election
  • Petr Fiala is designated as Prime Minister of the Czech Republic to form a majority government following the October election. (Deutsche Welle)
• 2021 Honduran general election
  • Hondurans go to the polls to elect their next President. (NPR)
• 2021 Kyrgyz parliamentary election
  • Kyrgyzstan holds parliamentary elections after the annulment of the results of the October 2020 elections due to protests. (Al Jazeera)
• Aftermath of the 2021 Icelandic parliamentary election
  • Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir's second cabinet takes office after reaching an agreement with the Left-Green Movement, the Independence Party and the Progressive Party. (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Turkey offers to mediate between Ukraine and Russia over the conflict between the two nations. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
      • Portugal reports its first cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in 13 people associated with Belenenses SAD football club. (AP)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
      • Spain reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a person who travelled from South Africa. (El Pais)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden
      • Sweden reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a person who travelled from South Africa. (Reuters)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Israel
      • Miss Universe France 2021, Clémence Botino, a contestant at the Miss Universe contest in Eilat, Israel, tests positive for COVID-19. (L'Independant)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, COVID-19 vaccination in the Philippines
      • The Philippines launches a campaign to vaccinate 9 million people in three days in order to achieve 70% vaccination target and to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant. (The Straits Times)
  • International aid related to the COVID-19 pandemic
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Angola, COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya, COVID-19 pandemic in Barbados
      • Argentina donates 780,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Angola, Kenya and Barbados, which have all detected cases of the Omicron variant. (LMDiario)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan
      • Michigan reports 4,181 hospitalizations from COVID-19, a new single-day record. (The Detroit News)
  • History of COVID-19 vaccine development
    • BioNTech says that it is developing a vaccine to combat the Omicron variant. (Reuters)

International relations

• Foreign relations of Turkey
  • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reveals his intentions to rebuild his country's ties with Egypt and Israel. (TRT World)
• Holy See–Russia relations
  • Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, the president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue began a six-day journey to Russia on November 23. Guixot met with Orthodox, Muslim, civil leaders. The parties discussed religious liberty and other human rights of minorities. (Catholic World News)

Politics and elections

• 2021 Honduran general election
  • While votes are still being counted, both Xiomara Castro and Nasry Asfura declare that their respective tickets have won the presidential election. (Al Jazeera)
• Magdalena Andersson is re-elected as Prime Minister of Sweden by the Riksdag after she resigned last week. (Euronews)

Science and technology

• Jack Dorsey resigns as the CEO of Twitter and is succeeded by Chief technology officer Parag Agrawal. (CNBC)
• Researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico discover two new antibiotic molecules inside the venom of a scorpion from the Diplocentrus genus, which may hold the properties to stop several different kinds of harmful bacteria and tumour cells. (The Yucatan Times)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• ADF insurgency
  • Uganda launches airstrikes against Allied Democratic Forces and Islamic State – Central Africa Province positions in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. (ABC News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
      • COVID-19 pandemic in England
        • England begins to implement mandatory mask wearing in shops, banks, post offices and hairdressers, as well as on public transport as part of targeted measures to reduce the spread of the Omicron variant. (The Guardian)
        • Nottingham reports its second case of the Omicron variant in a student who attends the University of Nottingham. (BBC News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Andorra
      • The Executive Council of Andorra announces the closure of nightlife after midnight, the reintroduction of the mandatory wearing of face masks outdoors for those over 6 years of age, and the reduction of capacity at sporting events, gyms, stores, spas, churches, recreational sites and public transport. (Diari d'Andorra)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
      • COVID-19 vaccination in Greece
        • The government announces that anyone over the age of 60 who is not vaccinated will face a monthly fine of €100 beginning on January 16. (Kathimerini)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
    • Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
      • Japan closes its border to all newly arrived foreigners and requires its citizens to quarantine on arrival from countries where cases of the Omicron variant have been detected due to fears of the variant. (Bloomberg News)
    • Japan reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a man in his 30s who travelled from Namibia. (Radio France Internationale)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
    • Brazil reports its first "preliminary" cases of the Omicron variant in two people who travelled from South Africa. (AFP via Barron's)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Réunion
    • Réunion reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a 53-year-old man who travelled from Mozambique on November 19. (Voice of America)
  • COVID-19 vaccine, Variants of SARS-CoV-2
    • BioNTech CEO Uğur Şahin and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla both say that their vaccine is likely to be effective against severe disease resulting from the Omicron variant. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2021 Oxford High School shooting
  • Four students are killed and seven others injured in a mass shooting at a high school in Oxford, Michigan, United States. (Detroit Free Press)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Philippine presidential election
  • Bong Go withdraws his candidacy from the presidential election, stating that he is waiting for "a sign from God". (GMA Network)
• Republicanism in Barbados
  • Dame Sandra Mason is inaugurated as the first president of Barbados, as the country becomes the 34th republic in the Commonwealth of Nations. (The Guardian)
• 2021 Honduran general election
  • The ruling centre-right National Party concedes victory to leftist Xiomara Castro, marking a return for the left to power after Castro's husband Manuel Zelaya was overthrown in a 2009 coup. (Reuters)

Sports

• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports
  • 2021–22 NBA season
    • Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James tests positive for COVID-19 and will miss the team's matchup against the Sacramento Kings. (CNBC)