Portal:Current events/2014 November 20

November 20, 2014 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Arts and culture

International relations

North Korea threatens to conduct another nuclear test in response to a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution passed on Tuesday recommending the Security Council authorise a probe into human rights abuses. (BBC)

Law and crime

The New South Wales Independent Commission against Corruption charges former ministers Eddie Obeid and Ian Macdonald for offenses of misconduct in public office in relation to mining licences. (AAP via Sky News Australia)
A knife attack in a sanatorium dormitory in the Northern China resort of Beidahe kills seven people, including six nurses. (Reuters via The Globe and Mail)
Sinking of MV Sewol
- A South Korean court sentences Kim Han-sik, the chief executive of Chonghaejin Marine, operator of the MV Sewol, to ten years in jail for negligence and embezzlement. (Reuters)
The President of the United States Barack Obama announces executive orders to defer the deportations of a certain group of illegal immigrants: parents whose children are already U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents who have lived in the United States for five years or more. (Washington Post)

Politics and elections

The President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa calls an early election. (Washington Post)
Thousands of protestors gather in Mexico City for a national rally in memory of the 43 missing students. Demonstrators have also called for a nationwide strike. (BBC News)
Nicola Sturgeon becomes Scottish First Minister, after Alex Salmond's resignation.