Current events: 2024-11-13

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Indo-Pakistani smog
  • New Delhi registers its 15th consecutive day with a "very poor" recorded air quality index due to significant air pollution causing zero meter visibility smog. (The Hindu)
• 2024 Spanish floods
  • Thousands of Spaniards living near river banks are evacuated following the issuing of AEMET's maximum weather alert in Malaga Province, Costa del Sol, and Valencia caused by a new cold drop system. (The Independent)

International relations

• Israel–Turkey relations
  • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announces that Turkey has severed all diplomatic relations with Israel and will not develop any in the future. Their embassy in Tel Aviv, however, continues to operate. (Newsweek) (Middle East Eye)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States elections
  • 2024 United States House of Representatives elections
    • The Republican Party will retain the U.S. House of Representatives, giving President-elect Donald Trump a trifecta during the first two years of his second term. (NBC News)
  • Second presidential transition of Donald Trump
    • Outgoing President Joe Biden meets with Trump in the White House and pledges a peaceful transition of power. (Reuters)
• 2024 Somaliland presidential election
  • Citizens of Somaliland vote for the President between incumbent Muse Bihi Abdi of the Kulmiye party, House of Representatives speaker Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi of the Waddani party, and Faysal Ali Warabe of the Justice and Welfare Party. (VOA) (DW)

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