Portal:Current events/2014 November 13
November 13, 2014 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:
- The Nigerian-based militant group seizes control of the northeastern town of Chibok, Borno State. (BBC)
Health
- Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa
- The World Health Organization reports that the death toll in the three worst affected countries in West Africa - Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone - has passed 5,000. (Reuters)
International relations
- Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
- The investigation team extends its deadline by another nine months to August 2015 due to difficulties in accessing the crash site. (The Australian)
- United Nations
- Cuba defends North Korea by circulating an amendment to a European-Japanese draft resolution recommending the referral of North Korea to the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- A doctor is arrested, believed responsible for the deaths of 13 women in a state-run sterilization clinic in Chhattisgarh, India. (BBC)
- A spokeswoman for the public prosecutor in Switzerland confirms existence of open criminal investigations regarding several people who may have taken part in manipulation of the currency exchange markets; such investigations are also underway in the United States and Britain. (Reuters)
- A United States Secret Service report outlines numerous security failures that enabled Omar Gonzalez to enter the White House. (Washington Post)
Science
- Comet landing
- The Philae landing craft is now "stable" after bouncing hundreds of metres from its initial touchdown, and is sending pictures from the surface of the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. (BBC)
Sports
- In cricket, Rohit Sharma of India sets a new record of 264 runs in an ODI innings, leading India to a 153-run victory over Sri Lanka in the fourth ODI of Sri Lanka's current tour. (ESPNcricinfo)
- In Major League Baseball, the two MVPs are announced:
- In the National League, Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who had previously won the league's Cy Young Award as its most outstanding pitcher, becomes the first NL player to sweep both awards since Bob Gibson in 1968. (ESPN)
- In the American League, Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout wins the award in a unanimous vote. At age 23, he becomes the youngest player ever to be unanimously named MVP. (ESPN)