Wednesday

November 6, 2024

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israeli–Lebanese conflict

2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon

2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes

Israeli airstrikes on the Beqaa Valley in eastern Lebanon kill 55 people and injure 59 others. (L'Orient le Jour)

Israel–Hezbollah conflict

Hezbollah fires rockets at Tel Aviv, Israel, with one rocket striking the Ben Gurion Airport. (Yedioth Ahronoth)

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency

Twelve Jaish ul-Adl militants are killed, including the group's leader Salahuddin Farooqui, in a joint operation by Iran and Pakistan. (Tehran Times) (Sedaye Bourse)

Business and economy

The Institute of International Finance cautions that if the U.S. President-elect Donald Trump follows through with the tariffs he campaigned on, the result will be a renewal of inflation and higher U.S. banking loan interest rates. (CNBC)

Disasters and accidents

2024 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane Rafael approaches the south shore of Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane, triggering mass evacuations amid warnings of life-threatening flash flooding and storm surge. (Reuters)

2024 California wildfires

Amid extreme fire weather conditions and a particularly dangerous situation red flag warning, the Mountain Fire in Ventura County, California, United States develops and grows to 10,400 acres (4,209 ha; 16 sq mi; 42 km2) in less than eight hours. (CBS News)

Law and crime

Four people are killed and 25 more are rescued after human traffickers forced them from their boat into the water off the coast of Rhodes, Greece, and left. (Al Jazeera)

Protests against Donald Trump

Just Stop Oil protesters spray orange paint on the outside of the American Embassy in London, United Kingdom, following Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. (The Independent)

Politics and elections

2024 U.S. elections

2024 U.S. presidential election, Second presidency of Donald Trump

Republican candidate and former U.S. president Donald Trump is elected 47th President of the United States. Additionally, James David Vance will be elected as the 50th Vice President of the United States and will become the first millennial to be Vice President. (The Washington Post) (AP)

Donald Trump becomes the second President-elect since Grover Cleveland's 1892 re-election to serve non-consecutive presidential terms once he is inaugurated. He is the oldest person and first convicted felon to be elected president of the United States. (BBC) (The New York Times) (AP)

Vice President Kamala Harris concedes defeat to Donald Trump in a concession speech at Howard University and states that she and outgoing president Joe Biden will commit to a transition of power. (Time)

2024 U.S. Senate elections

The Republican Party wins a majority in the U.S. Senate. (Reuters)

2024 German government crisis

The Scholz cabinet collapses following the dismissal of finance minister Christian Lindner and the resignation of the remaining Free Democratic Party members. (Reuters)

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