Portal:Current events/2019 November 5
November 5, 2019 (Tuesday)
Law and crime
- The Cook Islands announces it retains a ban on homosexuality practised by men and that it is now extended to women as well. Homosexuals face up to seven years of imprisonment in the islands. (RNZ)
Politics and elections
- President of Kiribati Taneti Mamau decries his loss of majority in parliament and labels the members of Kiribati First party as "traitors". (RNZ)