A dozen resigned United States government officials release a joint statement denouncing U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration for its “undeniable complicity” in war crimes against Palestinian civilians by violating U.S. laws to continue sending Israel weapons. (Reuters) 

Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024 

In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of the United States rules 6-3 that former President Donald Trump is granted immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts taken as president in exercising constitutional powers. (CNN) 

Trump v. United States (2024) In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of the United States rules 6–3 that presidents have presumed absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts taken in exercising constitutional powers while serving as president, and have no immunity for “unofficial acts”. (CNN) 

The Israeli government approves the seizure of 12.7 square kilometers (4.9 square miles) of Palestinian land in the Jordan Valley, representing the largest land grab in the West Bank in more than three decades. (AP) 

An Israeli strike kills Mohammed Nasser, a top commander in Hezbollah. He is considered to be one of the highest-ranking figures from the group to die during the conflict. (Al Arabiya) 

An Israeli soldier is killed and another was injured in a stabbing attack at a mall in Karmiel, Israel. (Reuters) 

Investigators in Germany and Sweden arrest eight suspects allied with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government over alleged participation in crimes against humanity in Syria. (France 24) 

Russian forces take the Novy district in Chasiv Yar in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (CBS) 

Five people, including a former senator, are killed when a vehicle carrying them struck a roadside bomb in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Al Arabiya) 

Three people have died and three others are missing after a fishing boat sank off the coast of Marinha Grande, Portugal. (Al Arabiya) 

The Supreme Court of Japan rules that Japan’s defunct forced sterilization law, active from 1948 to 1996, was unconstitutional. (France 24) 

Sierra Leone outlaws child marriage, with offenders facing up to 15 years in prison or a fine of around $4,000, or both. Witnesses to such marriages will also face jail or a fine. (CBS News) 

At least sixteen people are killed by floods and landslides in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh states in India, while over 300,000 more are displaced. (The Independent) 

The death toll from Hurricane Beryl rises to seven in the eastern Caribbean. (Reuters) 

Tuesday,  July 2nd, 2024 

Seventy-six more deaths and at least 500 hospitalizations in Japan are linked to use of red yeast rice supplements distributed by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, causing kidney disease and other severe conditions. (Asahi TV) 

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visits Kyiv, Ukraine, for the first time since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, proposing a ceasefire plan which is rejected by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (Kyiv Independent) 

Two people are killed and nine others are injured when  Russian  artillery  and drones hit Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters) 

A Kazakh dissident has died two weeks after being shot outside his home in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Al Jazeera) 

An Israeli airstrike kills at least nine people in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, hours after Israel ordered a mass evacuation of parts of the city. (AP) 

An Israel Defense Forces airstrike kills at least nine people in Khan Younis, Gaza, hours after Israel ordered a mass evacuation. (AP) 

At least 121 people are killed in a stampede at a religious gathering in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, India. (India Today) 

Floods in northern Myanmar have trapped thousands of people in their homes and cut electricity and phone lines. (Barron’s) 

St James’s University Hospital nursing assistant Mohammad Farooq is convicted at Sheffield Crown Court of crimes relating to plotting lone wolf attacks on RAF Menwith Hill in North Yorkshire and his Leeds workplace. (BBC News) 

The United States Department of Homeland Security deports 116 Chinese migrants back to China to deter illegal migration across the Mexico–United States border, representing the nation’s first “large charter flight” deportation in the past five years. (AP) 

Serial killer Lucy Letby is convicted of an attempted murder in a retrial at Manchester Crown Court in Manchester, England. (BBC News) 

Protestors march in Tbilisi, Georgia, surrounding the Georgian Parliament Building in protest of the Georgian Dream party, the law on foreign agents, and in support of Georgia joining the EU. (Al Jazeera) 

Protests against the controversial rejected Kenyan finance bill and President William Ruto continue in major cities in Kenya, with the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights reporting at least 39 people killed and 361 injured in the protests. (Al Jazeera) 

In the Netherlands, the Schoof cabinet is installed with Dick Schoof taking office as the new prime minister. (Rijksoverheid) 

Panama and the United States sign a deal to curb the flow of migration to the southern United States border through the Darién Gap. The United States will cover the costs of repatriating migrants who enter Panama illegally. (DW) 

Australia issues statements to several social media and search engine websites commanding them to draft and enforce guidelines to prevent minors from seeing inappropriate material by 3 October, or else the companies will face national restrictions. (Reuters) 

Former New York City Mayor and lawyer Rudy Giuliani is disbarred in the U.S. state of New York for his efforts in attempting to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election. (AP) 

Monday,  July 1st, 2024 

Anti-Turkish riots occur in Turkish-occupied Northern Syria following anti-Syrian riots that occurred in Kayseri, Turkey, yesterday. (Middle East Monitor) 

Four people are killed and over 20 are injured as Turkish soldiers open fire against protestors in Afrin. (Syriahr) 

The Israel Defense Forces order a mass evacuation of Palestinians from the entire eastern half of Khan Yunis and surrounding areas in anticipation of a new ground assault on the city. (AP) 

Hurricane Beryl intensifies to a category 5 hurricane, becoming the earliest on record in the basin, and kills at least one person on the Windward Islands. (CNN) 

An Air Europa Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft experiences severe turbulence while flying from Madrid, Spain, to Montevideo, Uruguay, injuring 30 people and forcing the flight to divert to Natal, Brazil. (BBC News) 

A car driving the wrong way in central Seoul, South Korea, strikes pedestrians waiting at a traffic light, killing nine people and injuring four others. (AP) 

Bolivia summons its ambassador to Argentina after President of Argentina Javier Milei called the recent coup attempt “fraudulent” and implied that the coup was staged. (Reuters) 

A court in Pakistan sentences a Christian man to death for sharing hateful content against Muslims on social media after anti-Christian mob attacks burned dozens of homes and Christian churches in 2023. (AP) 

Ukrainian officials uncover a plan to storm Ukraine’s parliament and seize control from the current government on Constitution Day, and arrest four individuals implicated in the plot. (DW) 

Mexican authorities discover the bodies of nineteen men who were shot dead in and near a dump truck abandoned in La Concordia, Chiapas state near the Guatemalan border. (AP) 

A mass shooting in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States kills three people and injures two others. An adult suspect has been arrested. (GVA) 

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa unveils his cabinet made up of seven parties. (AP) 

Russia occupies the villages of Novopokrovske in the Donetsk region and Stepova Novoselivka in the Kharkiv region. (Al Arabiya) 

The Australian Government raises the visa fee for international students from A$710 (US$473) to A$1,600 (US$1,068) in an attempt to curb record levels of migration claimed to exacerbate pressure on the Australian housing market. (Reuters) 

Sam Mostyn is sworn in as the 28th Governor-General of Australia. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 

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