Tuesday,  November 26th, 2024 

The World Chess Championship 2024 starts in Singapore with Ding Liren winning with black against Gukesh Dommaraju. (FIDE) 

In auto racing, Formula One announces that General Motors will join the grid as a constructor under the Cadillac Team beginning in the 2026 season. (Formula 1)

JAXA aborts a Epsilon S engine test after a fire breaks out at the Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima, Japan. (DW) (CNA) 

U.S. federal judge Tanya Chutkan of the District Court for the District of Columbia dismisses the two criminal cases by Jack Smith against President-elect Donald Trump, including the classified documents case and the case involving Trump’s efforts to overturn his defeat to President Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. (Politico) 

For the first time since the start of the conflict, the Israeli military issues evacuation orders for central Beirut, warning residents of four neighbourhoods to leave as soon as possible. (The Times of Israel) 

The Security Cabinet of Israel agrees to a 60-day ceasefire in Lebanon, and Netanyahu says that Hamas is left fighting alone. (CNN)

Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Sergei Shoigu pledges Russia’s intent to build closer ties with the Taliban Government of Afghanistan, and states that the United States should lead rebuilding efforts due to its part in the War in Afghanistan. (Reuters) 

Russian forces enter the strategic city of Kurakhove in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, with heavy fighting reportedly underway. (Al Arabiya) 

Germany’s largest steelmaker conglomerate ThyssenKrupp announces plans to layoff 11,000 workers, including 5,000 in Europe, by 2030. (DW) 

Six people, including four paramilitary soldiers, are killed in clashes between security forces and supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad, Pakistan. The protests, led by Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, are calling for the immediate release of Khan from prison. (Reuters) 

A winter storm floods refugee camps across the Gaza Strip, leading to several thousands of shelters being damaged or destroyed, worsening refugee exposure to cold and illness. (Reuters) 

Four people are found dead after the sinking of a tourist boat yesterday in Marsa Alam, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt. Nine others are still missing. (The Guardian) 

Ten people are killed by unidentified gunmen in Bria, Haute-Kotto, Central African Republic. (AP) 

Five people are killed and 20 others are reported missing after a motorboat capsizes in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria. (Reuters) 

Five people are killed and one more is in critical condition when a Cessna 206 Stationair aircraft crashes at Pico Blanco mountain near San Jose, Costa Rica. (DW)

Chief justice Andrew Cheung of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal rules to uphold housing and inheritance rights for same-sex couples in the country. (Al Jazeera) 

Bangladesh Police fire tear gas at more than 2,000 Hindus protesting against the arrest of a Hindu leader and ISKCON monk at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on sedition charges. (Hindustan Times)

Monday,  November 25th, 2024 

Foreign ministers of the G7 nations hold a meeting in Fiuggi and Anagni, Italy, to discuss ceasefire efforts between Israel and Lebanon as well as the International Criminal Court‘s arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif. (Digital Journal) 

The United Nations orders its staff to evacuate from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as clashes between armed gangs, police, and civilian vigilantes escalate in the city. Nonprofit organization Food for the Poor also ceases operations in Haiti due to gang disruptions. (Al Jazeera) 

The House of Representatives of Jubaland reelected incumbent President Ahmed Madobe for the third time amid tensions with the Somali federal government that resulted deployed armed forces to Ras Kamboni. (Horseed Media) 

Sixteen people are killed and six others are missing in flash floods caused by Tropical Low 01U in Sumatra, Indonesia. (The Irish Examiner) 

Sixteen people are missing and 28 others are rescued after a boat carrying tourists sinks off the coast of Marsa Alam, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt. (BBC News) 

One crew member is killed and three others are injured when a DHL Boeing 737-400F cargo plane operated by Swiftair crashes into the ground near a residential building while approaching Vilnius Airport in Lithuania. No one on the ground is injured. (Reuters)

Nine migrants, including six children, are killed and 39 others are rescued from a shipwreck off the coast of Samos, Greece. (The Express Tribune) 

Australian Parliament vetoes a bill that would authorize the Australian Communications and Media Authority to implement detailed surveillance on digital platforms and enforce anti-misinformation punitive measures on them, which opposition politicians condemn as “censorship laws” and a betrayal to democracy. (AP) 

Five people are killed in a mass shooting in Saint Andrew, Kingston, Jamaica. (AP) 

The Jubaland House of Representatives re-elects incumbent President Ahmed Madobe for the third time amid tensions with the Somali federal government that resulted in armed forces being deployed to Kamboni, Badhadhe District, Lower Juba, Somalia. (AFP) (Garowe Online) (The Eastleigh Voice) 

Microsoft reports widespread outages across Outlook, Teams, and other 365 programs. The outages are later resolved during the evening. (Forbes) (CNN) 

In cricket, batter Vaibhav Suryavanshi becomes the youngest player to sign with the Indian Premier League at the age of 13. (DW) (Hindustan Times) 

Sunday, November 24th, 2024 

Hezbollah launch over 300 missiles at Israel, targeting the Ashdod Naval Base in Ashdod for the first time and injuring eleven people. (Al Jazeera) 

Missing Israeli-Moldovan rabbi Zvi Kogan is found murdered in the United Arab Emirates, with three people later arrested for the murder. (The New York Times) 

The government of Israel approves a resolution to cut ties with and impose sanctions on the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, after the newspaper ran “many articles that hurt the legitimacy of the State of Israel and its right to self-defence”. (Al Jazeera) 

Pakistani police arrest thousands of supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan ahead of a planned protest to demand for the release of Khan and other members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, along with the resignation of the current government. The capital city of Pakistan, Islamabad, is placed under a security lockdown before the protest takes place. (DW)

Six people are killed and five injured after a mass shooting at a bar in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. (AP) 

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