Portal:Current events/2021 November 4

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Business and economy

• Argentina–Brazil relations
• After eight months of deficit, October becomes the second positive month for trade between Argentina and Brazil. Argentina ended a record seven years of surpluses as the market was boosted by iron and steel. [https://en.mercopress.com/2021/11/04/argentina-s-trade-balance-with-brazil-ends-up-positive-for-2nd-straight-month (MercoPress)]

Disasters and accidents

• 2021 Lagos high-rise collapse
• The death toll from the collapse of a building three days ago in Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria, increases to 36. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/4/death-toll-in-nigeria-building-collapse-rises-to-more-than-30 (Al Jazeera)]

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
• COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
• COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia
• Croatia reports a record 6,310 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 483,142. [https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-11-covid-cases-croatia-high.html (Medical Xpress)]
• COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
• Germany reports a record 33,949 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, surpassing the previous record of 33,777 new cases reported on December 18, 2020. [https://www.euronews.com/2021/11/04/germany-reports-a-record-number-of-new-covid-19-cases (Euronews)]
• COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
• Russia reports a record for the third consecutive day of 1,195 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 243,255. [https://www.aa.com.tr/en/latest-on-coronavirus-outbreak/russia-registers-new-record-number-of-daily-coronavirus-deaths/2411788 (Anadolu Agency)]
• COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia
• Slovakia reports a record 6,713 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. [https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-slovakia/slovakia-reports-6713-new-covid-19-cases-record-daily-tally-idUSL8N2RV3BX (Reuters)]
• COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
• Ukraine surpasses three million cases of COVID-19 after reporting a record 27,377 new cases in the past 24 hours. [https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/3344578-covid-in-ukraine-daily-cases-hit-27377-as-of-nov-4.html (Ukrinform)]
• COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, COVID-19 drug development
• The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency grants conditional authorisation to Merck's molnupiravir, which can be used to treat symptomatic COVID-19 patients, making the United Kingdom the first country to approve the world's first COVID-19 antiviral oral drug. [https://www.bbc.com/news/health-59163899 (BBC News)]
• COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
• The Biden administration announces January 4, 2022 as a deadline for private companies to require their employees fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or face weekly testing in an effort to encourage private businesses to prevent the spread of COVID-19. [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/04/business/biden-vaccine-mandate-osha.html (The New York Times)]
• 2020–2021 H5N8 outbreak
• The Netherlands reports an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu among ducks at a poultry farm in the central province of Flevoland. To reduce the spread of the virus, the Dutch government will kill 10,000 animals. [https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-11-04/netherlands-reports-bird-flu-outbreak-among-ducks-at-poultry-farm (U.S. News & World Report)]

Law and crime

• During his trial at Maidstone Crown Court in Kent, England, David Fuller admits two murders and the sexual abuse of at least 100 corpses. [https://bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-59167648 (BBC News)]

Politics and elections

• 2021 United States elections
• 2021 New Jersey State Senate election
• In an upset, truck driver Edward Durr defeats longtime New Jersey Senate president Stephen M. Sweeney to represent New Jersey's 3rd legislative district after the Associated Press called the race for him. [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/edward-durr-new-jersey-senate-steve-sweeney/ (CBS News)]
• Politics of Portugal
• President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa calls a snap election for January 30 after the Socialist Party was defeated in a key budget vote last week. [https://www.politico.eu/article/portugal-headed-for-snap-election-marcelo-rebelo-de-sousa/ (Politico Europe)]
• Pope Francis appoints Raffaella Petrini as the new secretary general of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, becoming the highest-ranking woman in the Roman Curia and the first woman to ever hold the position. [https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2021-11/sr-raffaella-petrini-appointed-secretary-general-of-governorate.html (Vatican News)]

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