Portal:Current events/2016 November 6

November 6, 2016 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Arts and culture

In an apparent rebuke against United States Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump, Pope Francis speaks a sermon in Spanish warning against "fear" and the "walls" that divide. (Washington Post)

Disasters and accidents

2009–16 Oklahoma earthquake swarms
- Buildings in Cushing, Oklahoma, U.S., sustain damage from a moderate 5.0-magnitude earthquake. (ABC News)
An explosion kills at least six people in Ivanovo, Russia. (RT)

Law and crime

As many as 200 prisoners take over parts of HM Prison Bedford in Bedford, England, amid reports of a riot and explosions inside the Category B men's prison. (BBC)

Politics and elections

Aftermath of the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016
- British Prime Minister Theresa May says the House of Commons must accept Brexit. (The Guardian)
Bulgarian presidential election, 2016
- Voters in Bulgaria go to the polls for a presidential election, with exit polls showing no candidate receiving the majority necessary to win outright, and Rumen Radev and Tsetska Tsacheva likely to face one another in a run-off on 13 November. (AP)
Nicaraguan general election, 2016
- Voters in Nicaragua go to the polls for a general election with polls suggesting that the President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega will be elected for a third successive term. Ortega's wife Rosario Murillo is running to be the Vice President of Nicaragua.(AP)
- Electoral council official says high turnout among 3.8 million registered voters. Later, opposition Broad Front for Democracy Party says there was a low turnout as citizens responded to the call for a boycott. (BBC) (AP via The Caledonian-Record)
In Hong Kong, police clash with protesters after more than 10,000 locals march against the Chinese government interpretation of the Basic Law in the Legislative Council oath-taking controversy. (South China Morning Post)
Hillary Clinton email controversy
- Federal Bureau of Investigation chief James Comey tells the United States Congress that he has found no evidence of criminality by Hillary Clinton in relation to a new batch of emails. (CNN) (BBC)

Sport

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