Current events: 2023-11-21

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Israel–Lebanon border clashes
    • Three civilians, including two journalists, are killed after Israeli shelling hit a media crew in Tayr Harfa, Lebanon. (The Times of Israel)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Operation 1027
    • The Arakan Army assaults Pauktaw, Rakhine State, for a second time. The town had switched hands twice between the rebel group and the military. (The Irrawaddy)
• War in Sudan
  • Darfur campaign
    • The Rapid Support Forces seize the Sudanese Armed Forces 20th Infantry Division headquarters in Ed Daein, East Darfur, effectively capturing the city. (Sudan Tribune)

Business and economy

• Cryptocurrency company Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao pleads guilty to money laundering violations in the United States. The company will pay $4.3 billion in fines and Zhao will step down as CEO. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Brazzaville stampede
  • Thirty-seven people are killed and several others are injured in a stampede at a stadium in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, during a military recruitment event. (AFP via Barron's)
• The bodies of four missing teenagers are found in an overturned car near Tremadog in North Wales, United Kingdom. (BBC News)

International relations

• Argentina–China relations
  • The Chinese Foreign Ministry warns Argentina against severing ties as a "serious mistake", after president-elect Javier Milei vowed to do so. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Mass shootings in the United States
  • Three people are killed and one is injured critically in a shooting over a property dispute in Custer County, Colorado. (ABC News)

Science and technology

• Malligyong-1
  • North Korea claims success in launching its first spy satellite. (AP) (Reuters)

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