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, Ukraine in 2014. The verdict was delivered <i>in absentia</i> of the defendants.</p><div id="b60e" class="link-block"> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-kuala-lumpur-malaysia-netherlands-099084a82b49b77b116878e24fc63a18"> <div> <div> <h2>3 convicted in 2014 downing of Malaysian jet over Ukraine</h2> <div><h3>SCHIPHOL, Netherlands (AP) - A Dutch court on Thursday convicted three men of murder for their role in shooting down a…</h3></div> <div><p>apnews.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*ZJPUPe7bjfB_P69Z)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="e642">On this Day in History…</h2><ul><li>On this day, in 1494, French King Charles VIII occupies Florence, Italy.</li><li>On this day, in 1558, Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.</li><li>On this day, in 1962, President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.</li></ul><h1 id="c475">Wednesday, 16 Nov. 2022…</h1><h2 id="5372">Armed Conflicts and Attacks…</h2><p id="c887">Five people are killed and 15 others are injured in a mass shooting at a market in Izeh, Khuzestan province, Iran.</p><div id="e19b" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/least-four-killed-terrorist-attack-irans-khuzestan-province-state-media-2022-11-16/"> <div> <div> <h2>At least five killed in gun attack in Iran's Khuzestan province - state media</h2> <div><h3>DUBAI, Nov 16 (Reuters) - At least five people were killed in Iran's southwestern province of Khuzestan on Wednesday in…</h3></div> <div><p>www.reuters.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*id4aDOvW9qrtxjUz)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="7217">International Relations…</h2><p id="c428">The World Food Programme resumes its deployment of humanitarian aid to the Tigray Region for the first time since the signing of the peace agreement.</p><div id="e592" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20221116-wfp-says-its-first-aid-convoy-since-ethiopia-peace-deal-enters-tigray"> <div> <div> <h2>WFP says its first aid convoy since Ethiopia peace deal enters Tigray</h2> <div><h3>Addis Ababa (AFP) - The World Food Programme said its first aid convoy since the signing of a landmark peace deal…</h3></div> <div><p>www.rfi.fr</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*1_vdHC1dr7QFl1Pa)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="1e04">Law and Crime…</h2><p id="07a4">Twenty-five recruits of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department are injured, five of them critically, in a collision with a wrong-way driver in Whittier, California, United States. The driver is arrested.</p><div id="2224" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/several-victims-believed-to-be-la-county-sheriffs-injured-in-crash-driver-detained/#app"> <div> <div> <h2>25 LA County Sheriff's recruits injured in Whittier crash, driver identified and arrested</h2> <div><h3>CBS Los Angeles Several recruits with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department were injured when a Honda CRV hit a…</h3></div> <div><p>www.cbsnews.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*5YwVFcEg1_8lKq3i)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="5c16">On this Day in History…</h2><ul><li>On this day, in 1532, Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa at the Battle of Cajamarca.</li><li>On this day, in 1871, the National Rifle Association of America receives its charter from New York State.</li><li>On this day, in 1904, English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).</li></ul><h1 id="10d0">Tuesday, 15 Nov. 2022…</h1><h2 id="1d4f">Armed Conflicts and Attacks…</h2><p id="352f">A missile strike kills two people in the village of Przewodów in eastern Poland. President of the United States Joe Biden says that the missile blast in Poland was caused by a Ukrainian air defense missile. U.S. officials had earlier told the Associated Press that preliminary findings suggested that the missile that hit Poland was fired by Ukrainian forces at an incoming Russian missile.</p><div id="a0e9" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/ukraine-crisis-poland-blast-missiles/poland-blast-caused-by-missile-fired-by-ukrainian-forces-at-incoming-russian-missile-ap-idUSKBN2S60AQ"> <div> <div> <h2>Poland blast caused by missile fired by Ukrainian forces at incoming Russian missile - AP</h2> <div><h3>Nov 16 (Reuters) - Initial findings suggest that the missile that hit Poland was fired by Ukrainian forces at an…</h3></div> <div><p>www.reuters.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*e563meC_ARx48tGj)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="649b">International Relations…</h2><p id="bee9">The Group of Twenty begins its annual two-day summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia.</p><div id="ac4f" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/g20-summit-latest-biden-xi-meet-2022-11-14/"> <div> <div> <h2>G20 Summit: What you need to know now</h2> <div><h3>NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) nations deplored Russia's aggression in…</h3></div> <div><p>www.reuters.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*oCcRoejiXs9p_Fgc)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="dfa4">Politics and Elections…</h2><p id="f927">Former President Donald Trump announces he is running for the Republican Party’s nomination in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.</p><div id="eac2" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/15/politics/trump-2024-presidential-bid/index.html"> <div> <div> <h2>Former President Donald Trump announces a White House bid for 2024 | CNN Politics</h2> <div><h3>Former President Donald Trump, aiming to become only the second commander-in-chief ever elected to two nonconsecutive…</h3></div> <div><p>www.cnn.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*MsVEHvI8noBr_OBl)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="3358">On this Day in History…</h2><ul><li>On this day, in 1889, Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.</li><li>On this day, in 1938, Nazi Germany bans Jewish children from public schools in the aftermath of Kristallnacht.</li><li>On this day, in 1966, Pan Am Flight 708 crashes near Dallgow-Döberitz, East Germany, killing all three people on board.</li></ul><h1 id="469c">Monday, 14 Nov. 2022…</h1><h2 id="60ce">Armed Conflicts and Attacks…</h2><p id="2adf">The United Kingdom announces that it is withdrawing its troops from Mali citing “political instability” and the controversial relationship between the Assimi Goïta-led military junta and Russia’s Wagner Group.</p><div id="9351" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63627489"> <div> <div> <h2>UK withdraws troops from Mali early blaming political instability</h2> <div><h3>French troops had been in Mali at the request of the then-government, however, since seizing power in 2020, Mali's…</h3></div> <div><p>www.bbc.co.uk</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url

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(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*SyJm79pON0sYOGn1)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="2a52">International Relations…</h2><p id="41c5">The United Kingdom and France sign a revised border control agreement to stop migrant boats from crossing the English Channel amid record numbers of migrants making the crossing. The agreement will increase the number of officers patrolling the French coast to 300 and have British police officers work with their French counterparts in control rooms and on beaches.</p><div id="ba4d" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63615653"> <div> <div> <h2>UK strikes revised deal with France on Channel migrants</h2> <div><h3>The UK will pay France £8m more a year under a revised deal to try to stop people crossing the English Channel in small…</h3></div> <div><p>www.bbc.co.uk</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*75YqPxEgJ2mPf5zC)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="59df">Law and Crime…</h2><p id="51ca">Turkish interior minister Süleyman Soylu says that 46 people, including the Syrian woman accused of planting the bomb, have been detained. Süleyman also accuses the Kurdistan Workers’ Party of being behind the attack.</p><div id="f050" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/14/turkish-police-arrest-suspect-in-istiklal-bombing"> <div> <div> <h2>Turkish police arrest 46 people over Istanbul blast</h2> <div><h3>Turkish police have arrested 46 people over the explosion in central Istanbul that left at least six people dead and 81…</h3></div> <div><p>www.aljazeera.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*e_n9S7EGLmNLC7OL)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="10bb">On this Day in History…</h2><ul><li>On this day, in 1918, the Provisional National Assembly of the new republic of Czechoslovakia meets to devise a constitution.</li><li>On this day, in 1922, the British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom.</li><li>On this day, in 1979, US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive Order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.</li></ul><h1 id="d506">Sunday, 13 Nov. 2022…</h1><h2 id="c244">Armed Conflicts and Attacks…</h2><p id="ac0b">An IED explodes on İstiklal Avenue in Beyoğlu, Istanbul, killing six people and injuring 81 others.</p><div id="4163" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/13/turkey-istanbul-explosion-istiklal-several-injured"> <div> <div> <h2>Explosion in the heart of Turkey's Istanbul kills 6, wounds 81</h2> <div><h3>At least six people have been killed and 81 others wounded when an explosion rocked a busy pedestrian street in central…</h3></div> <div><p>www.aljazeera.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*sp4q1Z3ioXr8F-xz)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="2bc9">Law and Crime…</h2><p id="6cd7">Three people are killed and two others are injured by a mass shooting at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.</p><div id="6334" class="link-block"> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/shootings-virginia-charlottesville-university-of-4cd9f0a64201d2460de887674fdfa02b"> <div> <div> <h2>Suspect caught in fatal shooting of 3 U.Va. football players</h2> <div><h3>CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - A University of Virginia student and former member of the school's football team fatally…</h3></div> <div><p>apnews.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*17cRXGma19tXoZQX)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="b959">Politics and Elections…</h2><p id="0ed6">Independent liberal Nataša Pirc Musar defeats her right-wing opponent Anže Logar in a run-off vote and will become the country’s first female president.</p><div id="ad80" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/13/natasa-pirc-musar-expected-to-become-slovenia-first-female-president"> <div> <div> <h2>Nataša Pirc Musar to become Slovenia's first female president</h2> <div><h3>A liberal lawyer and former data privacy commissioner backed by Slovenia's centre-left government has been elected the…</h3></div> <div><p>www.theguardian.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*eAncHdiH-uOcRrLd)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="6e75">On this Day in History…</h2><ul><li>On this day, in 1922, the United States Supreme Court upholds mandatory vaccinations for public school students in <i>Zucht v. King.</i></li><li>On this day, in 1985, the volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.</li><li>On this day, in 2013, Hawaii legalizes same-sex marriage.</li></ul><h1 id="616f">Previously…</h1><div id="14af" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-week-in-brief-volume-xxx-2f1270952626"> <div> <div> <h2>A Week in Brief: Volume XXX</h2> <div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 6 Nov. to Saturday, 12 Nov. 2022</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*HDm_k9MDtthJAEeX.jpg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="fd99" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-week-in-brief-volume-xxix-31742930cbde"> <div> <div> <h2>A Week in Brief: Volume XXIX</h2> <div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 30 Oct. to Saturday, 5 Nov. 2022</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*JgF9oREpoTbIC65a)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="9011" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-week-in-brief-volume-xxviii-bd73dc7be017"> <div> <div> <h2>A Week in Brief: Volume XXVIII</h2> <div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 23 Oct. to Saturday, 29 Oct. 2022</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*9lpXIs9BzbN0sMNd.jpg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="4ed3" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-week-in-brief-volume-xxvii-dbf0bdfb83d3"> <div> <div> <h2>A Week in Brief: Volume XXVII</h2> <div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 16 Oct. to Saturday, 22 Oct. 2022</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*DegOosCBejmBY6os.jpg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="ba25" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-week-in-brief-volume-xxvi-4070591819a2"> <div> <div> <h2>A Week in Brief: Volume XXVI</h2> <div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 9 Oct. to Saturday, 15 Oct. 2022</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*2Rh5YZP18OuvuETs.jpg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

A WEEK IN BRIEF

A Week in Brief: Volume XXXI

A Week in Brief: Sunday, 13 Nov. to Saturday, 19 Nov. 2022

Germany offers to send combat jets to Poland

Saturday, 19 Nov. 2022…

Armed Conflicts and Attacks…

Iranian security forces open fire on anti-government protesters in Divandarreh, Kurdistan province, killing three people.

Health and Environment…

A representative from the European Union reports that the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change have agreed to establish a loss and damage fund for countries vulnerable to the effects of climate change on the final day of the conference.

Science and Technology…

A 1-metre (3.3-foot) near-Earth asteroid is discovered before falling as a harmless bolide over central Ontario, Canada, at 08:27 UTC. It is the sixth asteroid to be discovered before impacting Earth.

On this Day in History…

  • On this day, in 461, Libius Severus was declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the magister militum Ricimer.
  • On this day, in 1916, Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.
  • On this day, in 1994, the first British National Lottery draw is held. A £1 ticket gave a one-in-14-million chance of correctly guessing the winning six out of 49 numbers.

Friday, 18 Nov. 2022…

Armed Conflicts and Attacks…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Russian missile strikes have left at least 10 million Ukrainians without electricity as the death toll from yesterday’s missile strikes increases to seven with many more people injured.

Business and Economy…

It is announced that inflation in Japan increased by 3.6% in October, which is the highest level of inflation recorded in the country since 1982.

Law and Crime…

Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced by a court in the U.S. state of California to more than 11 years in prison on four counts of fraud, and for misleading investors on the reliability of her company’s technology. Her sentence will begin on April 27, 2023.

On this Day in History…

  • On this day, in 1863, King Christian IX of Denmark signs the November constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the German–Danish war of 1864.
  • On this day, in 1901, Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
  • On this day, in 1978, the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet makes its first flight, at the Naval Air Test Center in Maryland, United States.

Thursday, 17 Nov. 2022…

Armed Conflicts and Attacks…

Germany offers to deploy its Air Force jets to protect Polish airspace in response to Tuesday’s missile explosion in Przewodów, Lublin Voivodeship, that killed two people.

International Relations…

The French foreign ministry announces the temporary suspension of development aid to Mali, citing the controversial relationship between the Assimi Goïta-led military junta and Russia’s Wagner Group in the war.

Law and Crime…

A court in the Netherlands sentences two Russians, Igor Strelkov-Girkin and Sergey Dubinsky, and a Ukrainian pro-Russian separatist Leonid Kharchenko to life imprisonment for shooting down the Malaysia Airlines flight over Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine in 2014. The verdict was delivered in absentia of the defendants.

On this Day in History…

  • On this day, in 1494, French King Charles VIII occupies Florence, Italy.
  • On this day, in 1558, Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.
  • On this day, in 1962, President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.

Wednesday, 16 Nov. 2022…

Armed Conflicts and Attacks…

Five people are killed and 15 others are injured in a mass shooting at a market in Izeh, Khuzestan province, Iran.

International Relations…

The World Food Programme resumes its deployment of humanitarian aid to the Tigray Region for the first time since the signing of the peace agreement.

Law and Crime…

Twenty-five recruits of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department are injured, five of them critically, in a collision with a wrong-way driver in Whittier, California, United States. The driver is arrested.

On this Day in History…

  • On this day, in 1532, Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa at the Battle of Cajamarca.
  • On this day, in 1871, the National Rifle Association of America receives its charter from New York State.
  • On this day, in 1904, English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

Tuesday, 15 Nov. 2022…

Armed Conflicts and Attacks…

A missile strike kills two people in the village of Przewodów in eastern Poland. President of the United States Joe Biden says that the missile blast in Poland was caused by a Ukrainian air defense missile. U.S. officials had earlier told the Associated Press that preliminary findings suggested that the missile that hit Poland was fired by Ukrainian forces at an incoming Russian missile.

International Relations…

The Group of Twenty begins its annual two-day summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia.

Politics and Elections…

Former President Donald Trump announces he is running for the Republican Party’s nomination in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

On this Day in History…

  • On this day, in 1889, Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
  • On this day, in 1938, Nazi Germany bans Jewish children from public schools in the aftermath of Kristallnacht.
  • On this day, in 1966, Pan Am Flight 708 crashes near Dallgow-Döberitz, East Germany, killing all three people on board.

Monday, 14 Nov. 2022…

Armed Conflicts and Attacks…

The United Kingdom announces that it is withdrawing its troops from Mali citing “political instability” and the controversial relationship between the Assimi Goïta-led military junta and Russia’s Wagner Group.

International Relations…

The United Kingdom and France sign a revised border control agreement to stop migrant boats from crossing the English Channel amid record numbers of migrants making the crossing. The agreement will increase the number of officers patrolling the French coast to 300 and have British police officers work with their French counterparts in control rooms and on beaches.

Law and Crime…

Turkish interior minister Süleyman Soylu says that 46 people, including the Syrian woman accused of planting the bomb, have been detained. Süleyman also accuses the Kurdistan Workers’ Party of being behind the attack.

On this Day in History…

  • On this day, in 1918, the Provisional National Assembly of the new republic of Czechoslovakia meets to devise a constitution.
  • On this day, in 1922, the British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom.
  • On this day, in 1979, US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive Order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.

Sunday, 13 Nov. 2022…

Armed Conflicts and Attacks…

An IED explodes on İstiklal Avenue in Beyoğlu, Istanbul, killing six people and injuring 81 others.

Law and Crime…

Three people are killed and two others are injured by a mass shooting at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.

Politics and Elections…

Independent liberal Nataša Pirc Musar defeats her right-wing opponent Anže Logar in a run-off vote and will become the country’s first female president.

On this Day in History…

  • On this day, in 1922, the United States Supreme Court upholds mandatory vaccinations for public school students in Zucht v. King.
  • On this day, in 1985, the volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.
  • On this day, in 2013, Hawaii legalizes same-sex marriage.

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