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Current events (Wikipedia Portal)

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Last update: 2024-07-09 05:06:01

July 9, 2024 (2024-07-09) (Tuesday)

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July 8, 2024 (2024-07-08) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks


  • Russian invasion of Ukraine
      □ Russian strikes against infrastructure
          ☆ 8 July 2024 Ukraine missile strikes
              ○ 37 people are killed and 170 others are injured after Russia
                launches a massive missile attack that hit residential
                buildings and civilian infrastructure in cities across Ukraine,
                including the Okhmatdyt children's hospital in Kyiv. (BBC News)
      □ Poland–Ukraine relations
          ☆ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Polish Prime Minister
            Donald Tusk sign a security agreement in Warsaw, Poland, allowing
            Poland to shoot down Russian missiles inside Ukrainian airspace.
            (Ukrinform)
  • M23 offensive
      □ A United Nations report formally accuses the Uganda People's Defence
        Force of providing military support to the M23 rebel group in eastern
        Democratic Republic of the Congo. However, Uganda denies the claims.
        The report also claims that between 3,000 to 4,000 Rwandan soldiers are
        fighting alongside the M23 rebels. (Reuters) (France 24)

Business and economy


  • Thousands of Samsung Electronics workers begin a three-day strike in South
    Korea over demands for better pay and more annual leave. (Reuters)
  • Paramount Global agrees to merge with Skydance Media in a $28 billion deal.
    (AP)

Disasters and accidents


  • 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
      □ Hurricane Beryl
          ☆ Three people are killed in Houston, Texas, United States, as
            Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Texas as a Category 1 hurricane.
            (NBC News) (Reuters)

International relations


  • Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
      □ 2024 peace missions by Viktor Orbán, China–Hungary relations
          ☆ Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán makes an unannounced "peace
            mission" to Beijing, China, to meet with President of China Xi
            Jinping following an unannounced meeting with Russian President
            Vladimir Putin on Friday. (The Hill)
  • India–Russia relations
      □ Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi visits Moscow, Russia, for the
        first time since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Al
        Jazeera)
  • Japan–Philippines relations
      □ Japan and the Philippines sign a Reciprocal Access Agreement which
        allows the deployment of Japanese forces to the Philippines for
        military exercises. (AP)
  • Poland–United States relations
      □ The United States announces a second $2 billion loan to Poland to
        support modernization of its military. (Reuters)

Law and crime


  • Boeing 737 MAX groundings
      □ Boeing agrees to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge to
        avoid going on trial in the United States on charges related to two
        fatal crashes involving its 737 MAX aircraft in 2018 and 2019. (BBC
        News)

July 7, 2024 (2024-07-07) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks


  • Israel–Hamas war
      □ Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
          ☆ Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 27 Palestinians. In Gaza
            City, four are killed in a strike on a UNRWA school sheltering
            displaced people and six others are killed in a strike on a house.
            Two people are killed in the Sabra neighbourhood, and six others
            are killed in a strike on a residential building in Az-Zawayda. (Al
            Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents


  • 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
      □ Hurricane Beryl
          ☆ 120 counties in the U.S. state of Texas are under a disaster
            declaration as Tropical Storm Beryl approaches the Gulf Coast. (The
            Guardian)
  • At least 14 people are killed and others are missing in flash floods and
    landslides caused by heavy rain in Nepal. (Al Jazeera)
  • Thirteen people are injured when an elephant chases a crowd attending a
    Hindu religious festival in Kataragama, Sri Lanka. (Al Arabiya)
  • The Iranian naval frigate IRIS Sahand capsizes during repairs in the port
    of Bandar Abbas, Iran. (Reuters)
  • At least ten people are killed in a fire at a nursing home in Treinta y
    Tres, Uruguay. (Reuters)

International relations


  • Niger–United States relations
      □ The U.S. military withdraws entirely from Niger's Air Base 201 in
        Niamey. (Reuters)
  • Syrian–Turkish normalization
      □ Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan states his intention to invite
        Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for talks in Turkey with the intention
        of restoring relations between the two countries. (Reuters)

Health and environment


  • 2024 North America heat waves
      □ Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, reaches 120 °F (49 °C), the city's
        highest temperature of all time, and surpassing the previous record of
        117 °F (47 °C) set in July 2021. (KTNV-TV) (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Politics and elections


  • 2024 French legislative election
      □ French citizens vote in the second round of legislative elections for
        the 17th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. (Le Monde)
      □ Exit polls predict a hung parliament, with the left-wing New Popular
        Front alliance winning the most seats, followed by President Emmanuel
        Macron's centrist Ensemble coalition in second place, and the far-right
        National Rally in third place. (BBC News)
      □ Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announces that he will resign on July 8.
        (Reuters)
  • Confederation of Sahel States, ECOWAS
      □ ECOWAS states that it risks disintegrating from military and economic
        insecurity if Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso continue their exit to form
        their own confederation, following sanctions and severed diplomatic
        ties after each state's military coup. (Reuters)
  • Israel–Hamas war protests in Israel
      □ Israeli protesters march and block highways across Israel, calling for
        a ceasefire, the return of all hostages, and for Prime Minister
        Benjamin Netanyahu to step down. (AP)

Science and technology


  • Four volunteer NASA crew members finish the first 378-day Crew Health and
    Performance Exploration Analog mission to simulate living on Mars at the
    Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, United States. (AP)

Sports


  • Yaroslava Mahuchikh breaks the world record in women's high jump, which had
    stood for 37 years. (Reuters)