Portal:Current events/2016 November 23

Current events of November 23, 2016 (2016-11-23) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2016 India–Pakistan military confrontation
  • Pakistani officials say nine civilians have been killed after cross-border Indian shelling hit their passenger bus in Neelam Valley, northeast of Muzaffarabad, while three Pakistani soldiers were killed in other cross-border firing incidents. (Reuters), (The Washington Post)

Business and economy

• Economy of Brazil
  • The Brazilian Development Bank announces plans to repay up to $29 billion in loans to the Government of Brazil in order to stem a burgeoning deficit. (Reuters)
• Peabody Energy says it plans to file a reorganization plan in the middle of December because recent increases in the price of coal have eased conflicts among its creditors. (Reuters)

International relations

• Iran–United States relations
  • Ayatollah Khamenei warns that Iran will retaliate if sanctions that breach the Nuclear Deal are approved. (Huffington Post)

Law and crime

• White supremacist Thomas Mair is found guilty of the murder of British Member of Parliament Jo Cox and is sentenced to life imprisonment with a whole life order. (The Guardian)
• Serial killer Stephen Port is found guilty of four rape-murders. (BBC)
• Cameroon security forces arrest about 100 people after days of protests against alleged discrimination against the English-speaking minority. (Reuters via Trust)
• A Texas jury awards T. Boone Pickens and his Mesa Petroleum partners $140 million as a result of systemic underpayment of profits and ownership from 160 oil wells in Reeves and Pecos counties. (CNBC)

Politics and elections

• Presidential transition of Donald Trump
  • President-elect Donald Trump names South Carolina governor Nikki Haley as United States Ambassador to the United Nations. (BBC)
  • Former chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party Betsy DeVos is named as United States Secretary of Education. (The Detroit News)

Science and technology

• The $4B USS Zumwalt, thought to be the U.S. Navy's most technologically advanced vessel to date, suffers a large engineering malfunction while crossing the Panama Canal. This is the craft's second major malfunction since its launch less than a month prior. (CNN)
• Astronomers announce the discovery of a near 3000 cubic mile subterranean deposit of ice on Mars. Researchers claim it can easily be used as a sustainable resource for a manned mission to the red planet. (FOX News)