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Advance US News Diary

November 21-27: Thanksgiving, World Cup, and Iran protests

November 18, 2022
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A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News. Delivered to your inbox on Fridays.

Leading the week 

There are a host of events taking place next week as Americans prepare to mark Thanksgiving (as well as the Native American National Day of Mourning) on Thursday (November 24), starting on Monday (November 21) with the traditional White House Turkey pardoning ceremony with President Joe Biden.

Joe Biden at Turkey pardoning
Joe Biden will preside over the 75th White House turkey pardon on Monday

Both the pardoned turkey and its alternate will live out the rest of their days at a ‘first-class retirement home’ at North Carolina State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Traffic jams are likely to peak on Wednesday (November 23) as an estimated 55 million Americans travel to spend the holiday with loved ones.  On Thursday itself, beyond arguing about politics, there’s the Macy’s parade – this year including a debut of a giant ‘Bluey’ balloon – as well as a triple header of Thanksgiving football. Black Friday rounds things off on, well, Friday (November 25) though in reality most deals are available all week.

As the 2022 World Cup in Qatar gets underway, the US play their first game of the tournament against Wales on Monday (November 21) with Secretary of State Antony Blinken due to attend the match. Controversy surrounding the Qatari government’s human rights abuses has not escaped the attention of the USMNT hierarchy, and a specially designed rainbow crest has been incorporated into the team’s onsite presence, although it will not be worn on the pitch. With coach Gregg Berhalter’s young side being relatively untested against teams outside the Concacaf region,  team captain Christian Pulisic – a relative veteran, even at 24 – will be relied upon to navigate the team through a difficult game on Friday (November 25) against 2018 semi-finalists England. From there, preparations begin for what will undoubtedly be a politically charged match against Iran to round off the group the following week.


Looking abroad

The UN Human Rights Council holds a rare special session on Iran on Thursday (November 24) to discuss the government’s violent suppression of protests prompted by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian arrested on September 13 for violating the country’s severe dress code. Her death has sparked unprecedented nationwide protests that have rocked authorities who have in turn responded with brutality, with at least 362 protesters believed to have been killed, including two young boys earlier this week. 

Mahsa Amini protest
Protesters hold up a photograph of Mahsa Amini, whose death has prompted widespread protests

On Friday (November 25), European Union interior ministers are due to gather for an extraordinary meeting to discuss migration following the high-profile row between France and Italy over Italy’s refusal to allow a boat carrying rescued migrants to dock in its territory. The incident happened shortly after new far-right Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni took office and suggests the debate over burden-sharing among EU nations regarding migrants and asylum seekers is likely to heat up again. Friday’s meeting will come two days after the European Parliament’s debate on the subject, scheduled for Wednesday (November 23).


 

Also look out for...

November 21

Twitter offices due to reopen to remaining staff  

Jill Biden receives White House Christmas Tree 

Kamala Harris meets with new Filipino President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr.  

France hosts international support conference for Moldova 

November 22

Oral arguments in DOJ’s appeal over appointment of special master in Mar-a-Lago records case 

Cyril Ramaphosa begins UK state visit 

Astana format talks on Syria conflict begin in Kazakhstan

November 23

Lloyd Austin takes part in Cambodia ADMM-Plus talks  

Vladimir Putin takes part in CSTO summit in Armenia

November 25

NYC ban on foie gras takes effect 

Mexico hosts Pacific Alliance Summit

November 26

Small Business Saturday 

Local elections in Taiwan 

Monkey Buffet Festival (Thailand)

Statistics, Reports and Results

November 22

OECD Economic Outlook 

European Semester Autumn Package

Results from: Best Buy, Nordstrom 

November 23

Fed minutes  

Advance Report on durable goods 

Results from: Deere & Company

November 24

Interest rate decisions in Turkey, South Africa, South Korea 

ECB minutes

November 25

Turkey Financial Stability Report 

Mexico Q3 GDP

Anniversaries and Awareness Days

November 21

World Television Day 

Nine years ago: Ukraine’s Maidan protests began

November 22

Lebanon National Day 

Eight years ago: Tamir Rice killed

November 24

Evolution Day 

One year ago: COVID-19 Omicron variant identified in South Africa

November 25

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Buy Nothing Day 

November 26

Holodomor Memorial Day (Ukraine) 

One year ago: WHO declared Omicron a variant of concern


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