Portal:Current events/2016 November 2

November 2, 2016 (Wednesday)

Disasters and accidents

Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
- New analysis by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau suggests that no-one was controlling Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 as it plunged into the southern Indian Ocean in 2014. (AP via Fox News)
Chinese state media reports that all 33 miners trapped underground have been found dead on Monday after a gas explosion at Jinshangou Coal Mine in Laisu Town of Yongchuan District in Chongqing, and preliminary investigations have been started. (AP) (Xinhua)

International relations

Philippines–United States relations, Philippine Drug War
- United States State Department blocks the sale of firearms to the Philippines due to concerns of human rights violations. (CNN), (Reuters)

Politics and elections

Park Geun-hye seeks to appoint Kim Byong-joon as the new Prime Minister of South Korea in a bid to restore confidence after a political scandal. Kim Byong-joon replaces sacked prime minister Hwang Kyo-ahn. (AP), (CNN)

Law and crime

2016 shootings of Des Moines police officers
- Two police officers are shot and killed in separate "ambush-style" attacks in Urbandale and Des Moines, Iowa. A suspect in both shootings was identified and was captured by police two hours later. (CNN)

Sport

Qui Nguyen wins the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas, Nevada. (ESPN)
2016 World Series
- In American Major League Baseball, the Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians 8–7 in 10 innings, winning the Series 4–3 and claiming their first MLB title since 1908. The Cubs' Ben Zobrist is named series MVP. Cubs win game 7 and the title in the early hours of November 3rd, 2016. (AP via ESPN)

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