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Topics in the news
- The United Nations estimates the world population to have exceeded eight billion.
- At least six people are killed and 81 others injured in a bombing in Istanbul, Turkey.
- In rugby union, the Rugby World Cup concludes with New Zealand defeating England in the final (player of the match Ruahei Demant pictured).
- The Democratic Party retains control of the Senate following the U.S. midterm elections.
November 16, 2022
(Wednesday)
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- 2021–present United Kingdom cost of living crisis
- Inflation in the United Kingdom reaches a 41-year record high of 11.1%, pressuring the Bank of England to raise interest rates. (Bloomberg)
- 2021–present United Kingdom cost of living crisis
Science and Technology
- Artemis program
- NASA launches the Artemis 1 mission after months of delays. It is the first flight of the Space Launch System. (The New York Times)
November 15, 2022
(Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 missile explosion in Poland
- A missile strike kills two people in the village of Przewodów in eastern Poland. The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that it was a "Russian-made missile" and summons the ambassador of the Russian Federation to provide an explanation. (Reuters) (AP)
- United States President Joe Biden says that preliminary information suggests that it was "unlikely" that the missile that caused an explosion in Poland was fired from Russia. Polish President Andrzej Duda had earlier said that his government has no concrete evidence on who fired the missile, which he described as a "one-off" incident. (NPR) (Reuters)
- According to U.S. officials cited by the Associated Press, initial findings suggest that the missile that hit Poland was fired by Ukrainian forces at an incoming Russian missile. (Reuters)
- November 2022 nationwide missile strikes on Ukraine
- Russian missiles strike several cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, causing "critical" damage to energy facilities. (The Guardian)
- 2022 missile explosion in Poland
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- November 2022 Ariel attack
- Three Israelis are killed and three others are injured after a Palestinian militant carries out a vehicle-ramming attack and mass stabbing in the Ariel settlement in the occupied West Bank. (Times of Israel)
- The United States opens an investigation into the death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed in the West Bank in May. (Telam)
- November 2022 Ariel attack
- Yemeni Civil War
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 south eastern Australia floods
- Flooding continues in Australia, with over 220 people being rescued from floodwaters in New South Wales in the past 24 hours. (ABC News Australia)
Health and environment
- Day of Eight Billion
- The world population surpasses eight billion people, according to the United Nations. (The Times)
International relations
- 2022 G20 Bali summit
- The Group of Twenty begins its annual two-day summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Mahsa Amini protests
- Protests are held across Iran to mark the third anniversary of the 2019 protests. Protesters blocked streets and a large strike has been reported. (Iran International)
November 14, 2022
(Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Mali War
- Operation Newcombe
- The United Kingdom announces that it is withdrawing its troops from Mali citing "political instability" and the controversial relationship between the Assimi Goïta-led military junta and Russia's Wagner Group. (BBC News)
- Operation Newcombe
- Kurdish–Iranian conflict
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) strikes the headquarters of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan in Koy Sanjaq, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, with four missiles, killing at least one person. The IRGC says that it "targeted terrorist groups" with missiles and drones. (Al Jazeera)
- Israeli forces kill a 15-year-old Palestinian girl in the occupied West Bank. (Pagina12)
Disasters and accidents
- Sixteen people are killed and three others are injured after a road accident in Bordj Badji Mokhtar, Algeria. (Reuters)
International relations
- France–United Kingdom relations
- English Channel migrant crossings
- The United Kingdom and France sign a revised border control agreement to stop migrant boats from crossing the English Channel amid record numbers of migrants making the crossing. The agreement will increase the number of officers patrolling the French coast to 300 and have British police officers work with their French counterparts in control rooms and on beaches. (BBC News)
- English Channel migrant crossings
- Iran–European Union relations
- Sanctions against Iran
- The European Union adds 30 Iranian entities including news channel Press TV and cloud computing service Abr Arvan to its sanctions blacklist. (Taz)
- Sanctions against Iran
- Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Indonesia, the three countries with the largest tropical forest area, propose a trilateral alliance to collaborate on forest protection. (CNN)
Law and crime
- 2022 Istanbul bombing
- Turkish interior minister Süleyman Soylu says that 46 people, including the Syrian woman accused of planting the bomb, have been detained. Süleyman also accuses the Kurdistan Workers' Party of being behind the attack. (Al Jazeera)
November 13, 2022
(Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Terrorism in Turkey
- 2022 Istanbul bombing
- An IED explodes on İstiklal Avenue in Beyoğlu, Istanbul, killing six people and injuring 81 others. (Al Jazeera)
- Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu reports that a Syrian female suspect has been arrested. (ABC News Australia)
- 2022 Istanbul bombing
- Syrian civil war
- Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
- Israel launches missile strikes on Shayrat Airbase in Homs Governorate, central Syria, killing two soldiers and injuring three others, according to Syrian state television. (Reuters)
- Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
Law and crime
- Mahsa Amini protests
- The Islamic Revolutionary Court of Iran issues the first death sentence in connection with the protests. The sentenced person was convicted of burning a government office. (MSN)
- 2022 University of Virginia shooting
- Three people are killed and two others are injured by a mass shooting at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. (AP)
- Presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador
- Thousands of demonstrators march nationwide against the proposal of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the president of Mexico, to reform the autonomous National Electoral Institute. The proposals include the possibility of allowing the president and congress to choose the electoral councillors to be subsequently voted by the electorate. (The Washington Post)
- In Moscow, Idaho, United States, four University of Idaho students are found stabbed to death at a residence near the university's campus. (Idaho Statesman)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Slovenian presidential election
- Independent liberal Nataša Pirc Musar defeats her right-wing opponent Anže Logar in a run-off vote and will become the country's first female president. (Foreign Brief) (The Guardian)
Sports
- 2022 Formula One World Championship
- 2022 São Paulo Grand Prix
- British racing driver George Russell of Mercedes wins the first Formula One race of his career. (CNN)
- 2022 São Paulo Grand Prix
November 12, 2022
(Saturday)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Dallas airshow mid-air collision
- A Bell P-63 Kingcobra and a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress collide mid-air at an air show in Dallas, Texas, United States, killing six people. (CBS News)
- A bus falls into a canal in the Nile River Delta in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt, killing 21 people. (ABC News)
Health and environment
- Lebanon launches its first cholera vaccine campaign. (Arab News)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Bahraini general election
- Bahrainis head to the polls to elect the 40 members of the Council of Representatives. (SwissInfo)
- 2022 United States Senate elections
- Incumbent Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto defeats Republican challenger Adam Laxalt to win the 2022 United States Senate election in Nevada, securing the Democratic Party majority in the United States Senate for the upcoming 118th United States Congress. (NBC News)
Sports
- 2021 Rugby World Cup
- Hosts New Zealand win a record sixth Women's Rugby World Cup title after defeating England 34–31 in the final at Eden Park in Auckland. The final was a rematch of the 2017 edition, which New Zealand had also won. (CNN)
November 11, 2022
(Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
- Ukrainian troops enter the city of Kherson, the only Ukrainian regional capital captured by Russia during the invasion, ending the city's eight-month occupation by Russian forces. (CNN)
- Russian forces destroy the Antonivka Road Bridge as they retreat from the west of the Dnieper. (The New York Times)
- United States and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The Russian Foreign Ministry bans 200 U.S. citizens from entering Russia, including White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and three siblings of President Joe Biden. (Reuters)
- 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Business and economy
- 2022 food crises, Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The Food and Agriculture Organization forecasts that by the year's end, global spending on food imports will have increased by 10 percent from the previous year to reach "an all-time high" of US$1.94 trillion, due to currency depreciations and the war in Ukraine. "The bulk" of this increase in spending will be by high-income countries while food import "volumes are also expected to rise." (AFP via The Economic Times)
Disasters and accidents
- Twelve people are killed when a tank truck explodes in Ofu, Kogi State, Nigeria. (AP)
International relations
- Accession of East Timor to ASEAN
- East Timor is granted observer member status of the ASEAN bloc of nations, with a roadmap to membership established. The country welcomes the decision as it currently experiences high levels of unemployment and malnourishment. (AFP via The Bangkok Post)
- UN motion to seek ICJ opinion on the legal implications of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory
- The United Nations General Assembly Fourth Committee adopts a resolution to request the opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the effects of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. It will then proceed to the United Nations General Assembly for final approval. (Haaretz)
November 10, 2022
(Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Islamic terrorism in Europe, Terrorism in Belgium
- 2022 Brussels stabbing
- A police officer is killed and another is injured in a stabbing attack in Brussels, Belgium. The perpetrator is shot and injured. The incident is being investigated as a terrorist attack. (BBC News)
- 2022 Brussels stabbing
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
- The Ukrainian military says that it recaptured the city of Snihurivka in Mykolaiv Oblast, the last remaining city controlled by Russia in the oblast. (Voice of America)
- Ukrainian troops recapture the village of Kyselivka, advancing within nine miles of the city centre of Kherson. Explosions are reported near the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant. (The Guardian)
- Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- The Pentagon announces that it will send four AN/TWQ-1 Avenger surface-to-air missile systems, Stinger missiles, 400 grenade launchers, 100 humvees, and other artillery rounds and small arms ammunition to Ukraine as part of its latest $400 million weapons package to support the Ukrainian military. (The Hill)
- 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Moro conflict
- Three soldiers and four Moro Islamic Liberation Front militants are killed in a gunbattle in Basilan, Philippines. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
- Two people are killed after Hurricane Nicole makes landfall in Florida, United States, thereby bringing the death toll from the hurricane to eight. (The Wall Street Journal)
- Ten people are killed, nine of them Indians, and many others are injured after a fire occurs at a building housing migrant workers in Malé, Maldives. (Al Jazeera)
International relations
- 2022 G20 Bali summit
- The Russian embassy in Jakarta confirms that President Vladimir Putin will not attend the G20 summit in Bali on November 15–16. However, the embassy intends to have Putin attend the summit virtually. (AFP via The Manila Times)
Law and crime
- Treatment of women by the Taliban
- A Taliban spokesman for the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice says that the group has issued an edict banning women from gyms, public parks and fun fairs because people were ignoring segregation orders and women were not wearing hijabs appropriately. (ABC News) (AFP via The Guardian)
Science and technology
- NASA announces that an approximately 15 by 15 feet (4.6 m × 4.6 m) section of the Space Shuttle Challenger has been found by divers in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the first debris from the shuttle to be found since 1996. (AP)
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