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• Tigray military intervention
  • Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed accuses the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) of "criminal hubris and intransigence," claiming they rejected the federal government's efforts at "mediation, reconciliation, dialogue". Sudan closes its borders and the United Nations calls for immediate deescalation of tensions and peaceful resolution to the conflict. (CNN)
• War in Afghanistan
  • The Afghan military recaptures Kandahar Province's Arghandab district, killing 200 Taliban members in the process. (TOLO News)

• Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
  • Malaysia unveils RM322.5 billion expansionary 2021 Budget to boost its domestic economic activity, according to government reports, as it grapples with the economic fallout of the pandemic and rising political uncertainty. (Malay Mail)

• 2020 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Former Hurricane Eta, now a storm, leaves more than 50 people dead in Guatemala after causing flooding and landslides. The storm, currently a tropical depression, is expected to regain strength and head to Cuba and the coast of Florida this weekend. (BBC) (Orlando Sentinel)

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in France
      • France registers a record of 60,486 new cases over the past 24 hours. The record new cases pushing the nationwide total at 1.66 million, the fifth-highest in the world. (France 24)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
      • The number of daily cases in Germany hits a new record of 21,506 over the last 24 hours, the highest single-day increase since the beginning of the pandemic, according to data released by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). (Anadolu Agency)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
      • Italy registers 37,809 new cases in the past 24 hours, its single-day record since the start of the pandemic. In addition, the country reports 446 new deaths, the highest single-day number since April as four Italian regions enter lockdown. (ANSA)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Latvia
      • Latvia declares a four-week lockdown from November 9 to slow the spread of COVID-19. Under the new rules, social contact is discouraged and a maximum of ten people from no more than two households will be allowed to gather inside. Restaurants can serve only takeaway food and shops will limit the number of people inside. (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
      • Poland reports a record 445 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll since the pandemic began to 7,287 deaths. (TVN24)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Romania
      • Romania imposes a nationwide nighttime curfew and closes all schools for 30 days from November 9 after the number of daily infections surges over the past two weeks. All shops will close by 9:00 p.m. and people will have to stay home at 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. local time. It also widens the compulsory use of face masks to all outdoor spaces across the country and orders all indoor farm produce markets to close. (The Times of India)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
      • Russia reports 20,582 new infections in the past 24 hours, its single-day record since the pandemic began, bringing the cumulative nationwide total to 1.73 million cases. (Voice of America)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in India
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi
      • Delhi reports a record 7,178 new cases in the past 24 hours, pushing its cumulative case total to 423,381. (India.com)

• China–United States relations
  • China condemns U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's decision yesterday to remove the militant group East Turkestan Islamic Movement from his department's list of designated foreign terrorist groups. (Economic Times)
• Belarus–European Union relations, 2020 Belarusian protests
  • The European Union announces sanctions against Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, his son, police chief Ivan Tertel, and Chief of Staff Igor Sergeenko. (BBC)

• 2020 Palauan presidential election
  • Surangel Whipps Jr. wins the election for President after Raynold Oilouch concedes his defeat. Whipps Jr. is the brother-in-law of outgoing President Tommy Remengesau Jr. (RNZ)

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