Current events: 2024-11-14

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • The Russian Defence Ministry claims that Russian forces have captured the village of Voznesenka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Anadolu Agency)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • Seven people are killed, including two soldiers, in explosions in Harnai District and Ziarat District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (TRT World)
• Haitian crisis
  • Doctors Without Borders reports that at least two patients are killed after police officers and vigilantes attacked ambulances in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Semafor) (CNN)
• Syrian civil war
  • Sixteen people are killed and 15 more injured during Israeli airstrikes against residential buildings in Damascus, Syria that Israel claim are associated with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• The Onion, an American media company known for its satirical news content, acquires InfoWars, with the intent of rebranding the site into a parody of itself. (The New York Times)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Pacific typhoon season
  • More than 24,000 people are evacuated as Typhoon Usagi makes landfall in Baggao, Cagayan province, Philippines. (DW)

Health and environment

• A study published in the medical journal The Lancet reports that the number of adults who have diabetes globally has risen from 200 million people to about 800 million people since 1990. In 2022, around 40% of adults with diabetes were not receiving treatment for the disease. (DW) (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
  • Sri Lankans vote in a snap election for the 225 members of the 17th Parliament of Sri Lanka. (Morning Star) (DW)

Science and technology

• Bluesky, which is seen as a competitor to X (formerly known as Twitter), reports an outage as millions of users register for the platform in the wake of the 2024 United States presidential election. (Business Insider)

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