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Revision as of 13:13, 24 November 2019 by Jim Michael (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) November 23, 2019 (2019-11-23) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks- November 2019 Syria bombings
- A car bomb detonates in Tell Abyad, Raqqa Governorate, killing ten people and wounding 25 others. (Reuters)
- 2019 Colombian protests
- Three Colombian police are killed and seven wounded by a car bomb in Santander de Quilichao, Cauca province. (The Guardian)
Health and environment
- Tonga and Fiji declare a state of emergency as part of an ongoing measles outbreak. Conditions worsen in Samoa where the death toll continues to rise and schools remain closed. There are 1,797 confirmed cases as of Saturday, with 153 detected on Friday alone. (BBC)
International relations
- 2019 Iranian fuel protests
- Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri warns regional states of dire consequences, claiming the protests are directly linked to the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Israel. (Reuters)
- Iran–Iraq relations
- The border between Iran and Iraq reopens, after being closed for a week due to mass protests in their respective countries. (Reuters)
- China–United States relations
Politics and elections
- 2019 Bougainvillean independence referendum
- People in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville vote to choose between more autonomy within Papua New Guinea or outright independence. However, the Papua New Guinea central government will have the final say on accepting independence. (RNZ)
- 2019 referendum on the creation of a Sidama region
- The Ethiopian electoral board announces that the referendum to grant autonomy to the Sidama Zone passed with 98.5% of the vote. (Reuters)
- Climate change policy, Harvard-Yale football game
- A non-violent protest was held at the Yale Bowl during the annual Harvard-Yale football game at halftime. The apparently scheduled protest included both Yale and Harvard students. The students were protesting the colleges' usage of endowments from fossil fuel companies. The game was delayed for about an hour. There were some arrests. (CNN) (The New York Times}