Current events: 2024-11-28

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • The Russian Defence Ministry claims that Russian forces have taken the village of Nova Illinka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure, Ukrainian energy crisis
    • Russia launches a massive missile and drone attack on civilian and critical infrastructure in Ukraine, injuring at least five people and causing blackouts for more than a million households. (CNN)
• Syrian civil war
  • Northwestern Syria offensive
    • More than 130 Syrian Army soldiers are killed and dozens of others are captured as rebel forces led by Tahrir al-Sham advance to within 10 kilometres of Aleppo, Syria. (Reuters)
    • Rebel forces cut off the strategic M5 Motorway which connects Aleppo to Damascus and also capture the district of Khan al-Asal near Aleppo. (i24 News) (The Guardian)
    • An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps brigadier is killed in a shootout in Aleppo. (Rudaw)
    • Russian and Syrian warplanes strike rebel-held positions across Idlib Governorate. Separately, at least 17 people are killed in airstrikes on the towns of Atarib and Darat Izza in Aleppo Governorate. (Reuters) (SOHR)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024–25 Australian region cyclone season
  • Landslides and flash floods caused by Cyclone Robyn kill at least 27 people and injure dozens of others in North Sumatra, Indonesia. (Reuters)
• 2024 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
  • At least twelve people, including four children, are killed and more than 250,000 people are evacuated due to flooding and landslides caused by Deep Depression BOB 08 in Sri Lanka. (DW)
• 2024 South Korean snowstorm
  • At least six people are killed in traffic accidents and more than 140 flights are canceled in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, due to a winter storm in the country, marking the third heaviest snowfall in Seoul since 1907. (AP) (Yonhap) (Newsweek)
• 2024 Ugandan landslides
  • Fifteen people are killed and 113 others are missing in landslides in Bulambuli, Uganda. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• Georgia–European Union relations, Potential enlargement of the European Union
  • Accession of Georgia to the European Union
    • Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze temporarily suspends the country's accession to the European Union until 2028 and accuses the European Parliament of blackmail. (Al Jazeera) (Politico)

Law and crime

• The Chinese Communist Party suspends the Director of the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission Admiral Miao Hua from his post following a corruption investigation. (CNA)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Romanian presidential election
  • The Constitutional Court of Romania requests a recount of all votes cast in the first round of the presidential election following a complaint by candidate Cristian Terheș. (AP)
• The Australian House of Representatives passes a bill to restrict social media access for people under the age of 16 years. (NBC News)

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