Portal:Current events/2019 November 21
November 21, 2019 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2019 Bolivian protests
- Bolivian riot police fire tear gas to break up a funeral procession that had turned into massive anti-government protest. (France 24) (International Business Times) (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Two USAF airmen are killed when two planes collide at Vance Air Force Base in Enid, Oklahoma, United States. (Associated Press)
- An explosion at a fireworks factory in the town of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Sicily, Italy, kills five people and injures two others. (Sky News)
International relations
- Cross-Strait relations
- After the running mate for the presidency of Taiwan for Tsai Ing-wen, William Lai, says he supports Taiwanese independence, China condemns the move as a "disaster" which crosses a red line China is not willing to accept. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 2019 Hong Kong protests
- The Hong Kong High Court denies the lift of a travel ban imposed on pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong, who was scheduled to travel to the United Kingdom to receive a human rights award from the two houses of the British Parliament. The judge cites the risk of absconding and says he can remain in the city to help restore peace. (The Independent)
- 2019 Chilean protests
- Amnesty International releases a report regarding human rights violations committed by the Carabineros and the Armed Forces against peaceful protesters. (Reuters)
- Investigations involving Benjamin Netanyahu
- Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu is officially indicted by Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. Netanyahu protests the allegations as being part of a political "witch-hunt" against him. (The Guardian)
- 2019 Iranian fuel protests
- The Supreme National Security Council gradually restores the internet to some provinces and parts of Tehran, after shutting it off nationwide five days ago to counteract protests. (Al Jazeera)
- Nine Extinction Rebellion protesters are arrested for storming U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office. (Washington Post)
Politics and elections
- Vanuatu backtracks on a controversial law that would have allowed immigration authorities to racially profile and closely follow people from the Middle East. (RNZ)
- 2019 Colombian protests
- Thousands of protestors take to the streets in Colombia demanding the resignation of President Iván Duque Márquez. The protests were instigated over controversial tax and labor reforms proposed by Congress, murders of indigenous leaders, and the government’s failure to implement the FARC peace deal. (Washington Post)