Portal:Current events/2016 November 22

November 22, 2016 (Tuesday)

Business and economics

Disasters and accidents

2016 Fukushima earthquake
- A 6.9 magnitude earthquake off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture injures 15 people, and triggers a 1 meter tsunami that causes a temporary power disruption at Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant. (weather.com) (BBC) (News Corp via the West Australian)
A 56-vehicle pile-up on the G5 Beijing–Kunming Expressway in China's northern Shanxi province, leaves at least 17 people dead and 37 others injured. (BBC)
2016 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Otto impacts Panama. A tropical storm watch is issued for Nicaragua from Bluefields to Sandy Bay Sirpi. (NOAA)
European migrant crisis
- Rescuers recovered 8 bodies and saved 1400 migrants adrift on the Mediterranean Sea today. (IANS via the Indian Express)
- A German court acquits seven Islamists who formed a "Sharia police force" in the city of Wuppertal in 2014 after determining that they were not violating a law against "intimidating or militant uniforms". (RT) (Deutsche Welle)

Law and crime

Former Egyptian Interior Minister Habib el-Adly is placed under house arrest on embezzlement charges. (Daily News Egypt)

Politics and elections

Presidency of Donald Trump
- Trump's aide Kellyanne Conway announces that the president-elect will not seek new charges against Hillary Clinton for possible crimes related to her email server. (New York Times)

Sports

In ice hockey, the identity of the Las Vegas team that will become the NHL's 31st franchise in the 2017–18 season is unveiled as the Vegas Golden Knights. (ESPN)