Sunday, August 11th, 2024 

French police arrest Egyptian wrestler Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed for allegedly groping a woman at a café. (BBC News) 

In the first-ever men’s breakdancing event at the Olympics, Philip “Phil Wizard” Kim of Canada wins the B-Boys gold medal, with Danis “Dany Dann” Civil of France winning the silver and Victor Montalvo of the United States winning the bronze. (CBC News) 

Prosecutors in China charge multiple funeral directors with selling more than 4,000 corpses to two major medical companies over several decades. Police seized 18 tonnes of bones and 34,000 semi-finished products, with the thieves having earned around 380 million yuan (US$53 million) before they were arrested. (SCMP) 

In China, multiple funeral directors have been charged with selling more than 4000 corpses over decades to two major medical companies, subsidiaries of a state-owned company. The scandal is being censored in China. (Newsweek) 

The United States declares the Netzah Yehuda Battalion eligible for US military assistance. The unit is known for establishing illegal outposts on Palestinian land, and was removed from its traditional posting in the West Bank in 2022 due to human rights violations against Palestinians. (Al Jazeera) 

Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian accuses the European Union of facilitating Israeli crimes against humanity and terrorism in the Gaza Strip by implementing double standards that destabilized the Middle East and increased the chances of global war, in a phone call with European Council President Charles Michel. (Al Jazeera) 

Two people, including a 4-year-old child, are killed and three others are injured in a Russian KN-23 ballistic missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Reuters) 

Incumbent Rwandan president Paul Kagame is sworn in for a fourth term in office. (Reuters) 

The United States finish atop the medal table with 40 gold medals and 126 total medals, ahead of China with 40 gold medals and 91 total medals. (BBC News) 

The 2024 Summer Olympics conclude with the closing ceremony taking place in Paris. (BBC News) 

Saturday, August 10th, 2024 

Russia introduces a “counter-terrorist regime” in Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk Oblasts in response to the ongoing incursion, resulting in travel restrictions and an increased security presence. (Novinite)

The state-run Russian news agency TASS reports that over 76,000 residents have evacuated from Kursk Oblast this week. (DW) 

Ukrainian forces enter Belgorod Oblast for the first time during the ongoing incursion, reportedly capturing the village of Poroz. (Kyiv Independent) 

The Ukrainian Navy strikes and heavily damages a Russian offshore natural gas platform in the Black Sea being used by the Russian Armed Forces. (Reuters) 

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko increases Belarus’s defensive presence on the Belarus–Ukraine border after accusing Ukraine of illegally sending about a dozen intercepted drones across the border into Belarusian airspace. (RFE/RL) 

One worker is killed and several others are injured in a Russian missile strike on a “critical infrastructure facility” in Kramatorsk. (Ukrainska Pravda) 

Israeli rockets strike the Al-Tabaeen school in Gaza City during Fajr morning prayers, killing more than 93 Palestinians and injuring 47 others, several of whom were trapped in the building as it was damaged by a fire. (Al Jazeera) (Times of Israel) 

Over seventy people are killed in an Arakan Army drone attack on Rohingya people fleeing Myanmar. (Reuters) 

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces governmental deliberations toward banning a traditionally Russia-linked branch of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine in order to strengthen the country’s “spiritual independence“. (Reuters) 

Eighteen people are killed and fourteen others are rescued after a landslide at a rubbish dump in Kampala, Uganda. (Al Jazeera) 

Chief Justice of Bangladesh Obaidul Hassan resigns following an ultimatum from protesters and is briefly succeeded by Md. Ashfaqul Islam on an acting basis. Syed Refat Ahmed is later appointed Chief Justice by President Mohammed Shahabuddin. (AP) (Dhaka Tribune)

Officials of the Donald Trump campaign report that it was hacked by anonymous sources, with the campaign formally blaming “foreign sources”, specifically claiming that Iran was behind the hacking. (WNBC-TV) 

Tens of thousands of environmentalist and anti-Aleksandar Vučić protesters demonstrate in Belgrade, Serbia, to protest a European Union–backed plan to develop Europe’s largest lithium mine in the Jadar valley. (AP) 

Thousands of anti-racism protesters march in cities across the United Kingdom to protest against far-right riots, political figures, and the Reform UK party. (DW) 

A petrol bomb is thrown towards an Islamic centre in Newtownards. (BBC) 

Chermen Valiev wins a bronze medal in Men’s freestyle 74 kg wrestling, earning Albania its first ever Olympic medal. (KOHA) 

Three swimmers for Germany fall ill with vomiting and diarrhea and require outpatient treatment after swimming in the Seine as part of Olympic competitions. (AP) 

Rikuto Tamai of Japan wins a silver medal in Men’s 10 metre platform diving, earning the country its first ever Olympic medal in the sport. (Reuters) 

Svetlana Osipova of Uzbekistan wins a gold medal in taekwondo, becoming the first female athlete from the country to win a gold medal in the sport. (Kun.uz) 

Imane Khelif wins the gold medal in the Women’s 66 kg boxing event, after facing controversy and harassment related to a 2023 gender evaluation by the International Boxing Association, which is no longer recognized by the IOC. (Al Jazeera) 

Friday,  August 9th, 2024 

In the first-ever breakdancing event at the Olympics, Ami Yuasa of Japan wins the B-Girls gold medal, with Dominika “Nicka” Banevič of Lithuania winning the silver and Liu “671” Qingyi of China winning the bronze. (AP) 

The Austrian interior minister announces the arrest of an Iraqi man in connection with a foiled terror attack at American singer Taylor Swift‘s concerts in Vienna, which were cancelled in response to the attack. (The Guardian) 

Akhmat special forces commander Apti Alaudinov says that Ukrainian troops “simply passed-by” their positions without engaging them, with Akhmat troops choosing to retreat until more Russian reinforcements could arrive. Other reports indicate that Akhmat troops fled from Ukrainian forces. (The New Voice of Ukraine via MSN) 

Russia declares a “federal-level” emergency in Kursk Oblast as Ukrainian forces continue to advance. (AP via ABC News) 

A Russian military convoy is destroyed on the E38 highway in Oktyabrsky District. (The Guardian) 

Ukrainian troops capture the Gazprom gas facility in Sudzha. A video shows Ukrainian soldiers inside the natural gas facility, with much of the town reportedly under Ukrainian control. (Reuters via Al Arabiya) 

Ukraine launches a “massive” drone attack on Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, with Lipetsk air base reportedly on fire. Several villages are evacuated, with six people reportedly injured. (Reuters) 

A Russian missile attack on a supermarket in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, kills 14 people and injures 43 others. (Reuters) 

The United States announces it will send Ukraine a $125 million military aid package, including FIM-92 Stinger missiles, artillery ammunition, and anti-armor systems. (Reuters) 

Israeli troops launch a new assault on Khan Yunis, with airstrikes killing at least 21 Palestinians in the city and Israeli troops initiating ground operations in the city for the third time since the war’s beginning. (AP) 

Samer al-Hajj, a Hamas security official for the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, is assassinated by an Israeli drone strike in Sidon, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera) 

The United States finances Israel with $3.5 billion to spend on U.S. weapons and military equipment. (Reuters) 

The Biden administration partially lifts a three-year-old ban on American weapons sales to Saudi Arabia. (Reuters) 

A Voepass Linhas Aéreas ATR 72-500 aircraft crashes in Vinhedo, São Paulo, Brazil, killing all 62 people on board. (AP) (G1 Globo) 

Nine people are killed and 26 others injured after a bus crash in Polatlı, Turkey. (AP) 

A military court in Sierra Leone sentences 24 soldiers to prison terms ranging from 50 to 120 years for their roles in a failed coup attempt in November 2023. (Reuters) 

Mali orders the Swedish ambassador to leave within 72 hours, days after Sweden announced that development aid to Mali would be suspended over Mali’s support for Russia. (Al Jazeera) 

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro suspends the X social network in Venezuela for 10 days, accusing X’s owner Elon Musk of promoting hatred. (AP) 

Hundreds of people protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, against violence targeting the country’s Hindu minority. (Reuters) 

The End