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November 6, 2018 (Tuesday)

Arts and culture

Demographics of Colombia
- With the previous Colombia census thirteen years ago, the National Administrative Department of Statistics registered 45.5 million Colombians and legal foreign residents living in the country. This latest census reveals that there are five million fewer people in Colombia than previously estimated. (El Tiempo)

Disasters and accidents

European migrant crisis
- In two separate incidents, there are a total of at least seventeen migrants killed after they attempted to cross the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa to Spain. (Reuters)
A pair of buildings collapsed yesterday in Marseille, France, with today four people being found dead while others remain missing. (The Guardian)

Law and crime

Based upon information from the General Directorate for Internal Security, French authorities arrest five men and one woman suspected of planning an attack on French President Emmanuel Macron. Police report the suspects are radical far right citizens. (Reuters)
2017 New York City attempted bombing
- A jury in the Manhattan Federal Court finds Akayed Ullah guilty of a pipe bomb attack on the Port Authority Bus Terminal in December 2017. (New York Daily News)

Politics and elections

Antiguan constitutional referendum, Grenadian constitutional referendum
- Referenda are held in Antigua and Barbuda and Grenada to decide whether to maintain the UK-based Judicial Committee of the Privy Council as the final court of appeal, or to adopt the appellate jurisdiction of the Caribbean Court of Justice. (Antigua News Room)
United States elections, 2018
- United States principalities hold midterm elections in all 435 House districts, for 35 Senate seats (including two special elections in Minnesota and Mississippi), for 39 state and territorial governships, and for numerous state and local races. (The Guardian), (NPR)
- The Democrat Party takes control of the House, while the Republicans Party increases their majority in the Senate. (FiveThirtyEight)

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 *[[United States elections, 2018]]
 **[[United States]] principalities hold midterm elections in all 435 [[United States House of Representatives|House]] districts, for 35 [[United States Senate|Senate]] seats (including two [[List of special elections to the United States Senate|special elections in Minnesota and Mississippi]]), for 39 state and territorial governships, and for numerous state and local races. [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2018/sep/17/midterms-2018-vote-election-date-senate-house-who-will-win-candidates-all-you-need-to-know-explained (''The Guardian'')], [https://www.npr.org/2018/11/05/664395755/what-if-the-polls-are-wrong-again-4-scenarios-for-what-might-happen-in-the-elect (NPR)]
-**[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] take control of the House, while [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] increase their majority in the Senate. [https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/2018-election-results-coverage/ (FiveThirtyEight)]
+**The [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat Party]] takes control of the House, while the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans Party]] increases their majority in the Senate. [https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/2018-election-results-coverage/ (FiveThirtyEight)]
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