Portal:Current events/2016 November 23

November 23, 2016 (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

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

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)