Portal:Current events/2014 November 15

Current events of November 15, 2014 (2014-11-15) (Saturday)

Disasters and accidents A chemical leak at a DuPont plant in LaPorte, Texas leaves four workers dead. (NBC News) A 5.4 magnitude earthquake causes serious damage in the Lake Region of Kyrgyzstan. (Reuters) A 7.1 magnitude earthquake occurs in waters off Kota Ternate in Indonesia with the potential to trigger a tsunami to hit Indonesia and the Philippines. (AP) Later reports state that the threat of a tsunami has passed. (NOAA) International relations The ninth G-20 summit gets underway in the Australian city of Brisbane. (AP via NBC News) Italian MP, Romina Mura, complains on the Turkish embassy for their views on the Armenian Genocide. (Armenpress)