Wednesday, October 9th, 2024 

British computer scientist Demis Hassabis and American chemist John M. Jumper are awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on protein structure prediction, and American biochemist and computational biologist David Baker, for his work on computational protein design.  (Nobel Prize) 

American physicist John Hopfield and British-Canadian computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton are awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks“. (The Guardian) 

A couple is killed by a Hezbollah rocket fired at Kiryat Shmona, Israel. (BBC)

The head of the Rapid Support Forces, Hemedti, accuses Egypt of being involved in airstrikes on the group’s troops. (Reuters) 

More than 5.5 million people remain under evacuation orders as Hurricane Milton is set to make landfall over Florida, United States, as one of the strongest ever storms to hit the state. (The New York Times) 

More than 5.5 million people are told to evacuate as Hurricane Milton is set to make landfall over Florida, United States, as one of the strongest ever storms to hit the state. (The New York Times) 

Hurricane Milton weakens into a category 4 hurricane as it is expected to make landfall in Florida in the early hours of Thursday. (CBS News) 

Tornadoes break out in several areas, including across Interstate 75, ahead of Hurricane Milton’s arrival. (BBC News) 

Five people are killed when a Beechcraft 95-B55 Baron crashes shortly after takeoff from Catalina Airport in Avalon, California, United States. (CTV News)

Six people are injured, two of them in a critical condition, after a stabbing attack in Hadera, Israel. The attacker is shot dead by Israel Police. (Times of Israel) 

Japan’s former longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada, is confirmed innocent after the prosecution waives his right to appeal. (NHK) 

The innocence of Japan’s former longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada, is confirmed after the prosecution waives its right to appeal. (NHK) 

American biologists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun are awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation“. (CNN) 

Tuesday,  October 8th, 2024 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls on the Lebanese people to “rise up” against Hezbollah and to “take back” their country with the help of Israeli forces, warning that failing to do so could turn Lebanon into another Gaza. (The Telegraph) 

The 146th Division of the Israel Defense Forces advances into southwestern Lebanon, opening up another front against Hezbollah. The Israeli Navy also announces a naval blockade extending for 60 kilometres (37 mi) along the Lebanese coast. (DW) 

The village of Yaroun in Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon, is reported to be mostly destroyed following days of heavy fighting between Hezbollah and Israeli forces. (CNN) 

Around 105 Hezbollah rockets hit the northern Israeli city of Haifa in the heaviest barrage fired at the city since the start of the war. (The Telegraph) 

The Israel Defense Forces say that they killed Suhail Hussein Husseini, the head of Hezbollah’s logistical headquarters and a member of the Jihad Council in an airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, yesterday. (Times of Israel) 

Seven people are killed in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Damascus, Syria. (Reuters) 

The Environmental Protection Agency sets a 10-year deadline to replace all lead water pipes in the United States. (AP) 

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation announces the arrest of an Afghan national in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for allegedly plotting an ISIS-related attack on Election Day in November. (AP) 

Monday,  October 7th, 2024 

Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis launch rockets and missiles towards Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Tiberias, Israel, on the anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israel. Twelve people are injured. (The Times of Israel) (Reuters) 

Hamas fires rockets at Tel Aviv on the anniversary of the 7 October attacks. (The Times of Israel) 

The European Space Agency spacecraft Hera is successfully launched on a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket by SpaceX from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States. The spacecraft will study the asteroid 65803 Didymos and evaluate the impact of the earlier Double Asteroid Redirection Test. (Space News) 

An oil terminal in Feodosia, the largest oil facility in Russian-occupied Crimea, catches fire following an overnight drone attack by Ukrainian forces. Russian state media reports that a state of emergency has been declared in Feodosia due to a “human-made disaster”. (Ukrainska Pravda) 

One person is killed and six others, including two children, are injured in Russian shelling that hit several apartment buildings in Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters) 

Russian missiles strike two cargo ships in the Port of Odesa, including a Palau-flagged ship carrying grain, killing a port worker and injuring five crew members. (Reuters) 

Hurricane Milton intensifies into a Category 5 hurricane with a minimum central pressure of 897 millibars. (National Hurricane Center) 

Pasco, Hillsborough, and Pinellas counties in Florida, United States, close schools and order evacuations of residential healthcare facilities in advance of Hurricane Milton’s arrival. (Tampa Bay Times) 

Ten people are killed and an unknown number of others are missing when a mine collapses in Central Province, Zambia. (AP) 

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reports more than 350 deaths from cholera in Nigeria this year, which is more than twice as many than in the same period last year. (DW) 

During a state visit by South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol to the Philippines, the Philippines and South Korea agree to upgrade their relations to a strategic partnership. (ABC News) 

Israelis, including hostage families, protest outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem. (NBC News)

Thousands of pro-Palestinian protests are held worldwide to mark the first anniversary of the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. (Reuters) 

The Parliament of Georgia initiates a motion to impeach pro-Western President Salome Zourabichvili over accusations of unauthorized overseas visits, ahead of the parliamentary election on October 26. (Reuters) 

Incumbent Tunisian President Kais Saied wins a second term with 90.7% of the vote in the presidential election. The Independent High Authority for Elections reports a voter turnout of 28.8%, the lowest since the 2011 Tunisian revolution. (Al Jazeera) 

The Pakistani government bans the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, a social movement for Pashtun human rights, calling the movement a “proscribed organization“. (Al Jazeera) 

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