South Africa South Africa launches the HVTN 702 trial for an experimental AIDS vaccine, which will involve over 5,400 men and women over the course of four years.
2016 U.S. presidential election In Democratic Party congressional leadership elections, U.S. House minority leader Nancy Pelosi is re-elected, holding off the challenge by Tim Ryan. Democratic whip Steny Hoyer is also re-elected. Current caucus vice chair Joseph Crowley takes the caucus chairmanship. Linda Sánchez, in a three-way race, is elected the new vice chair.
2016 North Carolina gubernatorial election A federal judge orders the state of North Carolina to redraw its legislative districts citing gerrymandering.
The recount in North Carolina continues amid pressure towards Republican candidate Pat McCrory to accept his defeat by Democratic nominee Roy Cooper.
Presidential transition of Donald Trump Trump picks banker and businessman Steven Mnuchin to be his Secretary of the Treasury.
President-elect Donald Trump announces that his team has made a deal with Carrier Corporation that would save around 1,000 jobs at an Indiana factory. Carrier had planned to move production from a key factory in that state to Nuevo León, Mexico.
Haitian presidential election, round 2 Jude Célestin, Jean-Charles Moïse and Maryse Narcisse vow to contest the election after violent riots spread in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince.
Supreme Court of India The Indian Supreme Court orders all cinemas must play the national anthem, and the audience must stand during its performance, before a film is screened. Order is effective in 10 days.
Hong Kong Legislative Council oath-taking controversy Two Hong Kong Youngspiration party Legislative Council election victors lose their appeal to take their seats in parliament by a High Court three-judge panel. Tomorrow, the High Court will hear the independence supporters' petition for a hearing by the Court of Final Appeal.
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, the current governor of Jakarta, faces charges of blasphemy for allegedly insulting Islam.
LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 The BBC reports that leaked audio recordings of air traffic tower tapes indicate that the LaMia Airlines flight was running out of fuel near the Colombian city of Medellin.
Tornadoes of 2016 Three people are dead after a tornado hits in Jackson County in the U.S. state of Alabama. Four other people are injured in neighboring De Kalb County.
2016 Southeastern United States wildfires The death toll from wildfires in Sevier County, Tennessee, rises to at least seven.
At least three deaths and several injuries caused by wildfires in Tennessee are reported near Dolly Parton's Dollywood resort.
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority announces it has fined Bank of America Merrill Lynch $7 million for failure to supervise the use of leverage in its brokerage accounts, especially in connection with Puerto Rico municipal bonds.
OPEC OPEC agrees to cut oil production by 1.2 million barrels a day. Key non-OPEC producers most notably Russia have also agreed to cut their production. Oil futures have risen by 9%.
Austrian A manuscript by the Austrian composer Gustav Mahler sells for about £4.5 million at Sotheby’s.
Peace talks The Congress of Colombia unanimously approves a peace deal between the Government and rebel group FARC to end the Colombian conflict.
Iran–Israel proxy conflict Allegedly Israeli fighter jets strike a suspected Hezbollah weapons convoy near Damascus, Syria.
Aleppo offensive (November 2016) Syrian Civil Defense claim that more than 45 people have died as a result of heavy artillery bombardment of eastern Aleppo.