02 December 2013 Current Affairs
- Arts and culture
- The Right Livelihood Award, sometimes understood as a critique of the Nobel Prize, is presented at a ceremony in the Swedish Parliament building to Dr. Paul Walker, Raji Sourani, Denis Mukwege, and Hans Herren. (Right Livelihood Award)
- French artist Laure Prouvost wins the 2013 Turner Prize for a video installation set in a mock tea party. (AFP via Yahoo News)
- Disasters and accidents
- Typhoon Haiyan:
- The death toll in the Philippines is confirmed over 5,700. (ABS-CBN)
- 2013 Glasgow helicopter crash:
- Nine people are now confirmed dead following Friday’s crash. (FOX News)
- A five-story building under construction collapses in the Brazilian city of Guarulhos with no casualties. (AFP via Yahoo News)
- International relations
- Pope Francis meets with the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu at the Vatican to discuss global affairs including the nuclear program of Iran. (USA Today)
- Law and crime
- In the New Hampshire’s U.S. District Court, the former medical technician David Kwiatkowski is sentenced to 39 years in prison for infecting unknown numbers of patients in various states with hepatitis C through the reuse of his contaminated syringes. (FOX News)
- Politics and elections
- Prime Minister of Somalia Abdi Farah Shirdon is voted out of office by the Federal Parliament of Somalia from a vote of 184-65. (The New York Times)
- Science and technology
- Chinese space program:
- China launches the Chang’e 3 lunar probe incorporating a robotic lander and Jade Rabbit rover. (Reuters via India Today)
