Portal:Current events/2024 November 16

November 16, 2024 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Insurgency in Balochistan
- Seven paramilitary soldiers are killed and 18 are wounded by a Balochistan Liberation Army attack on a checkpoint in Kalat District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

Health and environment

2023–2024 mpox epidemic
- California confirms its first case of Clade I mpox in a person who travelled to East Africa, becoming the first confirmed case of Clade I mpox in the United States. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

At least 13 people are killed and 80 rescued after a building collapses in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (Reuters)

International relations

APEC Peru 2024
- At the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru, outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping for their final meeting before Biden leaves office on January 20th. During the meeting, Biden and Xi talk about topics like cyber crime, trade, Taiwan, and Russia. Xi also said that his team will work with the incoming Trump administration. (Reuters)

Law and crime

2024 Wuxi stabbing attack
- Eight people are killed and 17 others are injured in a stabbing spree at the Wuxi Institute of Technology in Yixing, Jiangsu, China. The suspect, a 21-year-old student, is arrested. (CNN) (Reuters)
A man barricades himself inside his father's restaurant in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, taking restaurant employees as hostages. The hostages are later rescued and the man is arrested. (BFM TV) (The Jerusalem Post)
Argentina orders the arrest of 61 Brazilian citizens currently living in Argentina who are accused of participating in the January 8 Brazilian Congress attack. (Reuters)

Politics and elections