Portal:Current events/2013 December 2

Current events of December 2, 2013 (2013-12-02) (Monday)

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)