Portal:Current events/2019 November 3

November 3, 2019 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2019 Ethiopian clashes
- The death toll of recent clashes in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia rises to 86. (Reuters)
2019 Hong Kong protests
- Four people are injured at a mall as a knife-wielding man attacks a crowd in Hong Kong. The suspect, a pro-Beijing Mandarin speaker, is subdued and arrested by police. (BBC News)
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- At least nine Afghan security forces are killed in clashes with Taliban forces in northeastern Afghanistan. (WION)

Business and economy

Saudi Vision 2030
- Saudi Aramco announces it will go public on the Riyadh stock exchange, with shares totalling up to two percent of the firm's worth made available at its IPO launch. Valued at US$1.2 trillion, the company is being partially privatized to reduce the kingdom's economic dependence on oil. (BBC News)
McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook is fired for having a relationship with an employee. Current company president Chris Kempczinski immediately assumes his position. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

Thirty-three people are injured, four critically, when a FlixBus overturns at an exit near Amiens, France. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis
- Following similar measures by Argentina last month, the government of El Salvador expels diplomats of the government of Venezuela led by Nicolás Maduro. (BBC News)
2019 Iraqi protests
- Protestors storm the Iranian consulate in Karbala, where they set fires around the building and replaced the Iranian flag with an Iraqi one. (Al Jazeera)

Sports