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Current Events: 13 November 2020
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Disasters and accidents
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in North America
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois
- Illinois registers 15,415 new cases in the last 24 hours, a new single-day record, breaking a national record that was previously set by Florida on July 12, when that state reported 15,299 cases. (WBBM-TV)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Maryland
- COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan
- COVID-19 pandemic in Nevada
- COVID-19 pandemic in New York
- New York reports more than 5,000 new cases for the first time since April, when the state registers 5,401 cases. The positivity rate also reaches 2.65 percent. (The Hill)
- COVID-19 pandemic in North Dakota
- North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum issues a statewide face mask mandate and impose several business restrictions in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19. The new executive order will take effect tomorrow. (ABC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Oregon
- COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C.
- More than 130 Secret Service agents have been ordered to isolate or quarantine because they tested positive for the coronavirus or had close contact with infected co-workers. (The Washington Post)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin reports 7,777 new cases, a new single-day record. The state also surpasses 300,000 total confirmed cases. (WBAY-TV)
- Nationwide, more than 180,000 cases reported in the United States, a new world record. (Forbes)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
- COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
- The number of new confirmed cases in Italy surges to a record of 40,902 cases, pushing the nationwide total to 1.1 million cases as the government designates the Tuscany and Campania regions as high-risk "red zones". (ANSA) (BBC)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Russia reports a record 21,983 new cases in the past 24 hours, pushing the nationwide total since the start of the pandemic to 1.88 million cases. (The Moscow Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden
- Sweden, whose government took a lighter approach to the pandemic, including not enforcing lockdowns, reports 5,990 new cases, a new single-day record that pushes the nationwide total to 177,395 cases. (Dagensvimmerby)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland; COVID-19 vaccine
- COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
- The number of new confirmed cases in Ukraine surges to a record of 11,787 cases, pushing the nationwide total since the start of the pandemic to 512,652 cases. (Kyiv Post)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
- COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships
Law and crime
- Corruption in South Africa
- Terrorism in Germany
- Alcohol in Indonesia
- Twenty-one lawmakers from staunchly conservative Islamic parties, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) and the Development Unity Party (PPP), re-initiate their argument at the parliament to have the Bill on the Prohibition of Alcoholic Drinks passed into law. The bill has stalled in parliament ever since it was initiated by the same group in 2015. (Coconuts)
- A major police operation is conducted at the headquarters of Ubisoft Montreal following reports of a hostage situation. The employees remaining in the building are safely evacuated. Later, the police tell the local media that it was a false alarm. Police sources deem the 911 call that triggered the incident a hoax. (Le Journal de Montréal) (CBC)
- Recently unsealed court documents reveal that a teenager had been arrested last year for plotting an attack on an unidentified school in the Tasman District of New Zealand. He was in possession of an AR-15 style rifle, a modified shotgun, and homemade explosives. The suspect had pleaded guilty to charges of unlawful possession of restricted weapons and objectionable material and had been sentenced to two years of supervision. (Stuff)
Politics and elections
Sports
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