Portal:Current events/2024 November 16

November 16, 2024 (Saturday)

Law and crime

2024 Wuxi stabbing attack
- Eight people are killed and 17 others are injured during a stabbing spree on the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology college campus in Yixing, Wuxi, East China. The suspect, a 21-year-old student, is arrested. (CNN) (Reuters)
The son of a restaurant owner barricades himself inside his father's business in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, taking workers as hostages. The hostages are later rescued without injuries, and the perpetrator is arrested. (BFM TV) (The Jerusalem Post)
Argentina orders the arrest of 61 Brazilian citizens currently residing in Argentina who are accused of rioting during the 2023 Brazilian Congress attack. The arrests were requested by Brazilian authorities. (Reuters)

Health and environment

2023–2024 mpox epidemic
- California confirms its first case of Clade I mpox in a patient who had returned from East Africa, becoming the United States' first confirmed case of the particular mpox strain. (Reuters)

Politics and elections