Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock market index falls by over 12%, suffering its worst two-day decline in history and its largest daily percent drop since Black Monday in October 1987. (AP)(Reuters)
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigns and flees the country after deadly anti-government protests. (Sky News)
Protestors storm the Prime Minister’s residence in Dhaka. (France 24)
Chief of Army Staff Waker-uz-Zaman announces the formation of an interim government. (Reuters)
Sunday, August 4th, 2024
More than 150 people are arrested following violent far-right riots targeting mosques and migrant infrastructure throughout the United Kingdom. (BBC)
Malaysia issues a travel warning urging its citizens to not visit the United Kingdom due to ongoing violent riots. (Yahoo! UK)
Mali cuts all diplomatic relations with Ukraine for providing intelligence to Tuaregrebels that enabled them to ambush and kill large numbers of Wagner Group mercenaries and Malian troops. (CNN)
At least 91 people are killed in violent clashes between anti-government protesters and police units across Bangladesh, as protestors call for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign. (Al Jazeera)
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces that the country has received its first F-16 fighter aircraft from NATO allies. (The New York Times)
Russia captures the village of Novoselivka Persha in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Times of India)
At least four people are killed and 18 others are injured in an Israeli strike on the al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip. (AP)
Two people are killed and two others are injured in a stabbing spree in Holon, Israel. The Palestinian perpetrator is subsequently shot and killed by Israeli police. (Reuters)
Novak Djokovic defeats Carlos Alcaraz in the Men’s singles final to win the Olympic gold medal, becoming the third male player to achieve a singles Career Golden Slam. (BBC News)
Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini win the gold medal in the Women’s doubles tournament, earning Italy its first gold medal in the sport and making Errani the oldest tennis player to achieve a Career Golden Slam. (CNA)
Kaylia Nemour wins the gold medal in the Women’s uneven bars, the first gold medal in gymnastics for Algeria. (NPR)
A record prolonged heat wave persists over Antarctica, with temperatures reaching 50 °F (28 °C) higher than average in some areas during the middle of winter. (CNN)
The Japanese Meteorological Agency issues excessive heat warnings for 37 of the 47 prefectures amid heat waves where at least 59 people have died from heat stroke since April. (NHK)
S&P Global downgrades Ukraine’s credit rating to “SD” for ‘selective’ default after Ukraine was unable to pay a US$34 million international bond payment, and also stating that Ukraine’s credit rating could fall to “D”, which would represent a complete default following restructuring of Ukraine’s debt. (Reuters)
The Biden administration provisionally suspends all migrant permits allowing Venezuelans, Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans to enter and stay in the United States for up to two years following suspicions of fraud by several migrant financial sponsors. (AP)
At least fifteen people are killed in an Israeli attack on a school sheltering displaced people in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City. (Al Jazeera)
The United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, urges its citizens to leave the country amid increasing tensions in the Middle East. (BBC News)
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam elects PresidentTô Lâm as the new General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, succeeding Nguyễn Phú Trọng, who died on July 19. (CNA)
Thea LaFond wins the gold medal in the Women’s triple jump, earning Dominica its first ever Olympic medal. (Barron’s)
Carlos Yulo wins the gold medal in Men’s floor gymnastics, the Philippines’ first medal in the sport and the country’s second ever gold medal. (ESPN)
American swimmer Katie Ledecky wins her ninth gold medal, tying with Soviet artistic gymnast Larisa Latynina‘s record of most gold medals by a female Olympian. (Reuters)
Friday, August 2nd, 2024
Rioting occurs in Sunderland, England, United Kingdom, as hundreds of right-wing protesters attempt to march on a mosque and clash with riot police in the city centre. A police station is set on fire by rioters. (BBC News)
Several global financial markets fall significantly, with the Dow Jones falling by 610 points after the United States Department of Labor reported that the unemployment rate increased to 4.3% in July, the highest since October 2021. (AP)
Argentina recognizes Edmundo González as President-elect of Venezuela, becoming the third country to do so after the United States and Peru. (AFP via Barron’s)
Several civil rights groups denounce proposals made by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to grant British police nationalized live facial recognition technology and surveillance to charge people police consider significantly likely to participate in far-right riots, condemning the opportunism of the proposals, their potential racial and gender inaccuracy, and their possible use to target future legal protests. (The Guardian)
Turkey blocks internet access to Instagram, following comments made by Turkish communications director Fahrettin Altun that condemned Meta Platforms for taking down Instagram posts offering condolences or expressing sorrow towards the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh. (Reuters)
Thirty-seven people are killed and 212 others are injured in a mass shooting and suicide bombing by Al-Shabaab militants near the Beach View Hotel on Lido Beach in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Reuters)
United States President Joe Biden deploys multiple U.S. military warships, troops, and other military assets to the Middle East to support Israel against potential attacks from Iran and its proxies. (Financial Times)(The Washington Post)
A man is arrested by national police in Dublin, Ireland, following attacks on Government Buildings, The Custom House, and Áras an Uachtaráin. (RTÉ)
Four men, including a police officer, are found shot to death near Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico. (AP)
The United States Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission file a joint lawsuit against TikTok and its parent company ByteDance for violating a law prohibiting companies to collect and use personal information of children under the age of 13. (Reuters)
Protests against President Bola Tinubu‘s economic reforms continue across Nigeria, as security forces fire tear gas at protestors and the goverment orders curfews across several northern states. (Al Jazeera)
Novak Djokovic defeats Lorenzo Musetti to advance to the finals of the Men’s singles tournament, becoming the only player to reach the finals four times, and the oldest finalist in Olympic tennis history. (ESPN)
Carlos Alcaraz defeats Félix Auger-Aliassime to advance to the finals of the Men’s singles tournamnet, becoming the youngest finalist in Olympic tennis history at 21 years old. (CBS News)
Russia and several Western nations, including Germany and the United States, conduct a major prisoner exchange mediated by Turkey, with ten prisoners being transferred to Russia, thirteen to Germany, and three to the United States. Journalist Evan Gershkovich, former marine Paul Whelan, and Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza are among those freed. (AP)(Al Jazeera)
Intel announces plans to lay off 15% of its workforce in order to reduce its operating costs. (AP)
Turkey blocks internet access to Instagram, following comments made by Turkish communications director Fahrettin Altun that condemned Meta Platforms for taking down Instagram posts offering condolences or expressing sorrow towards the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh. (Reuters)
At least fifteen Palestinians are killed and 29 others are injured in an Israeli strike on a school in the Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza City. (Reuters)
South Korea reports that as many as 1,500 people may have been killed by floods in North Korea caused by the remnants of Typhoon Gaemi. (Terra Daily)
The death toll from the landslides caused by torrential rains in Kerala, India, increases to 296 people, with at least 240 others still missing. (Onomanorama)
The Moldovan government expels a Russian diplomat from the country over alleged espionage. (The Moscow Times)
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses the nation following civil unrest in Southport, Hartlepool, and Whitehall, accusing the “far-right” of being behind the violence. Starmer also warns social media platforms to crackdown on misinformation. (The Guardian)
Fourteen protestors are killed, four other protestors are injured and at least 31 protestors and a journalist are arrested during nationwide protests that turned violent in Nigeria amid a cost-of-living crisis, which protestors blame on President Bola Tinubu‘s new reforms. (Al Jazeera)
China and India conduct the 30th round of talks in New Delhi, India, to resolve the ongoing border disputes, by agreeing to speed up negotiations over the border disputes and to maintain peace and tranquility in border regions. (South China Morning Post)
A criminal court in Guinea sentences former president and military leader Moussa Dadis Camara to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity while suppressing the opposition rally in Conakry in 2009. (Al Jazeera)
Eleven people are killed by heavy downpours and flooding in Delhi and North India and over 250 people are declared missing in and around the Himalayas, with rainfall reaching 183 mm (7 inches) in some regions. (Reuters)
The death toll in the landslides caused by torrential rains in Kerala, India, increases to 194, with at least 187 people still missing. (Al Jazeera)
Wednesday, July 31st, 2024
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico threatens to suspend Slovakia’s diesel exports to Ukraine if the Ukrainian government continues to suspend pipeline oil transport from Russian oil company Lukoil, which Slovakia claims is causing a national energy crisis. (The Kyiv Independent)
Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh is assassinated in a missile strike in Tehran, Iran, after attending the inauguration ceremony of Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian. Hamas and Iran blame Israel for the assassination; however, the Israeli government officially declines to comment on the assassination. (Al Jazeera)
Qatar and Egypt warn that peace negotiations are in jeopardy because of the recent assassination. (Reuters)
Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Ismail al-Ghoul and his cameraman are killed in an Israeli airstrike while conducting a news broadcast near Ismail Haniyeh’s home in the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
A source close to Hezbollah tells AFP that the body of top commander Fuad Shukr has been recovered, nearly 24 hours after he was killed in an Israeli strike on southern Beirut, Lebanon. (Al Arabiya)(Reuters)
Ukraine demands that Russia explain the death of Ukrainian POW Oleksandr Ishchenko in Russian captivity, who was being tried with 21 other captured Ukrainian troops for being part of the Azov Brigade that Russian prosecutors allege is far-right affiliated. (Reuters)
The United States halts US$95 million in assistance to the country of Georgia due to its government passing a law on “foreign agents”, which US officials referred to as “anti-democratic” and a “draconian measure to stifle dissent”. (Reuters)
At least 19 people are killed during a suicide bombing by Boko Haram at a market in Konduga, Borno State, Nigeria. (Punch)
Mali announces that it carried out joint airstrikes with Burkina Faso on insurgents in and around Tinzaouaten. The CSP-PSD says that a Burkinabé drone strike killed dozens of civilians. (Reuters)
China surpasses the United States for the record of most gold medals in Olympic diving. (NBC News)
Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh is assassinated in Tehran, Iran, after participating in the inauguration ceremony of the Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian. (Al Jazeera)
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, military junta leader of Sudan, survives an assassination attempt carried out with a drone strike while he was visiting a military base in Gibet. Five people are killed. (Middle East Monitor)
Israel launches a missile attack on southern Beirut, Lebanon, killing at least four civilians and injuring 80 others. Senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr is claimed by Israel to be the main target. He was in the area at the time of the attack, but his fate is currently unknown. (Anadolu Agency)(Al Jazeera)
Twenty-six people are arrested in Madrid, Málaga, and Toledo by Spanish police for operating a sex trafficking ring that abused over 600 women. Thirty-two women were freed during the operation. (AP)
The Cavite provincial government in the Philippines declares a “state of calamity” after an oil spill from the sunk MT Terra Nova reaches the shores of eight municipalities, requiring implementation of a no-catch zone and relief aid to be given to ~25,000 fishers. (GMA Network)
The Mirola 1 is discovered to have ran aground near the coast of Bataan, becoming the third vessel to spill oil into Manila Bay in one week. (GMA Network)
Tuesday, July 30th, 2024
Tesla recalls more than 1.8 million vehicles due to a hood issue that could increase the risk of a crash. An over-the-air software update for the issue was made available in June. (Quartz)
The US carries out an airstrike near Hillah, Iraq killing four members of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units. Iraq condemned the strike saying the US-led military coalition committed a “heinous crime” by targeting security sites and said the attacks were a serious violation of the coalition’s mission and mandate. (Reuters)
British Islamic preacher Anjem Choudary is sentenced to life in prison with a minimum sentence of 28 years for directing the al-Muhajiroun militant network. (ABC News)
The Russian defense ministry says that its forces have taken control of the settlement of Pivdenne in Donetsk region, Ukraine. (Reuters)
Riots occur in the evening in response to a previous mass stabbing in Southport, Merseyside. The right-wing English Defence League was present in front of a mosque, despite not having existed for over a decade.
Angolan President João Lourenço announces that the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda have agreed to a ceasefire following Angola–mediated talks. (TRT Afrika)
The Turkish defense ministry says that it targeted Kurdish militants in northern Iraq with air strikes, killing 13 people. (Reuters)
Unidentified gunmen open fire on a bulletproof vehicle carrying local staff working for a United Nations development agency in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. No casualties have been reported. (TOI)
Rex Airlines, Australia‘s third-largest airline, suspends all domestic Boeing 737 flights and enters voluntary administration. (AFR)
Spain‘s competition watchdog fines online travel agency Booking.com with a record €413 million fine for “abusing its dominant position” in the past five years. (France 24)
The death toll from torrential rains and floods caused by remnants of Typhoon Gaemi in Hunan, China, increases to 22. (Yahoo! Canada)
The World Health Organization reports that it is now “very likely” that poliovirus has infected Gazan citizens and is spreading among the population. The statement was released shortly after the Gaza Health Ministry declared a polio epidemic in the territory. (Reuters)
At least 162 people are killed, 191 others are injured, and more than 89 others are missing in landslides in Wayanad district, Kerala, India. (The Times of India)
Algeria withdraws its ambassador from France after France declared its support for the Western Sahara Autonomy Proposal, which was proposed by Morocco in 2007. (RFI)
Turkey and Armenia resume talks aimed at normalizing diplomatic relations and agree to simplify visa rules for some passport holders. (Al Arabiya)
The Taliban suspends relations with 14 Afghan overseas diplomatic missions and announces that they will no longer accept consular documents issued by these missions. (RFE/RL)
Kyrgyzstan says that 94% of its border with Tajikistan has been agreed upon by officials from both countries. (RFE/RL)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces the allocation of $500 million to fund the Philippine military. (DW)
Freddy Superlano, a leading figure in Venezuela‘s opposition coalition, is arrested as the death toll from ongoing anti-Maduro protests increases to four. (Al Arabiya)
A federal investigation commissioned by U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland discovers that sixty-five federal American Indian boarding school sites have unmarked or marked gravesites, and confirms that “at least” 973 Native American children died at boarding schools, primarily from abuse and illness. (AP)
Interpol announces that more than 200 people have been arrested and more than US$1.6 billion of illegal drugs and precursor chemicals seized as part of a two-month operation against narcotics trafficking conducted across Europe, North America, and Africa. (ABC News)
Ukrainian army sergeant Oleh Chaus reports that the Russian army captured the eastern Donetsk villages of Prohres and Vovche, citing insufficient weapon supplies, deficient training, and decreased motivation as causes of the setback. (AP)
French police arrest a far-left extremist who may have been behind an attack on the TGV long-distance train network ahead of the opening of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. (DW)
Major international flagship airlines including Lufthansa, Turkish Airlines, and Ethiopian Airlines cancel or delay flights at Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport in Lebanon due to threats of Israeli retaliation towards Hezbollah. (Al Jazeera)
Protesters taking part in a march in Gwadar, Pakistan, attack security forces deployed to guard them, killing a soldier and injuring 16 others, according to the Pakistani Army. (Reuters)
At least two people are killed and as many as 100 others are injured when a passenger train carrying 800 people collides with a Kamaz truck near Volgograd, Russia, and partially derails. (Al Arabiya)
The Guatemalan government grants temporary resident permits to over 200 Mexicans, mostly children, on humanitarian grounds as they escape drug violence. (AP)
Panama suspends diplomatic relations with Venezuela and withdraws its diplomatic personnel from the country until a full review of the presidential election results is concluded. (Reuters)
Three children are killed and ten other people are injured in a mass stabbing at a dance school in Southport, Merseyside, England. A teenager is subsequently arrested. (BBC News)
French police report multiple sabotage acts targeting telecommunications operators in parts of the country, affecting 11,000 clients, with the incidents being treated as vandalism. (DW)(Politico)
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken states that the U.S. government has “serious concerns” that the Venezuelan election results do not reflect “the will nor the votes of the Venezuelan people” and demands that Venezuelan electoral authorities publish fair and transparent election results, adding that the United States and the international community will “respond accordingly”. (AP)
Venezuela recalls its diplomats in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Peru, and Uruguay after those countries oppose the election results. (TRT World)
At least one person is killed as protests occur throughout Venezuela due to the disputed election results. (AP)
Thousands of environmentalists and opposition group members protest across Serbia against a European Union–Serbian government lithium mining project meant to reduce its dependency on Chinese lithium that would seize and raze several rivers and forests. (AP)
Slovak deputy prime minister Tomáš Taraba announces that he will boycott the Olympics closing ceremony in response to being offended by what he called “progressivepolitical theater” hosted by “drag queens” during the opening ceremony. (Anadolu Agency)
Olympics organizers cancel second triathlon training over Seine water quality. (France 24)
Monday, July 29th, 2024
United Arab Emirates grants firm lottery license for first time in potential move towards casinos. (Al Arabiya)
Far Right Israelis storm Sde Teiman detention camp after the Israel Defense Forces Detains nine reservists on suspicion of abusing a Palestinian detainee. (Haaretz)
Turkey’s parliament approved a law aim to euthanize some of the country’s four million stray dogs. (South china morning post)
Sakina Muhammad Jan become the first person to be jailed under Australia’s forced marriage laws, for ordering her 21-year-old daughter to wed a man who would later murder her. (BBC)
French police arrest a far left activist who may have been behind an attack on the long-distance train network ahead of the opening of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (DW)
Wagner Group said that its fighters and Malian soldiers took losses in heavy fighting against Tuareg rebels near Mali’s border with Algeria. (France 24)
Human Rights Watch report a widespread acts of sexual violence in the capital Khartoum, including gang rape and forced marriages commited by the army and Rapid Support Forces. (Reuters)
Pakistan’s army said protesters taking part in a march in the southwestern city of Gwadar attacked security forces deployed to guard them, killing one soldier and injuring 16 others. (Reuters)
French police reports a sabotage acts targeting telecommunications operators in six areas in France. (DW)
At least two people were killed and up to 100 people injured when a passenger train carrying 800 people collided with a Kamaz truck, derailing eight carriages in Russia. (Al Arabiya)
Eight people, some of whom are children, are stabbed in Southport, Merseyside, England. (BBC News)
A study by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation finds thirteen Brazilian sharpnose sharks off the coast of Brazil with high levels of cocaine in their muscles and livers. Experts believe that the cocaine is making its way into the waters via illegal labs where the drug is manufactured or through the excrement of drug users. (BBC News)
NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars finds a rock containing spotted features which are possible fossilized records of microbes, though non-biological processes cannot yet be ruled out. (Space.com)
Hackers from the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine escalate “massive” cyberattacks on Russia’s largest banks, prohibiting any cash or credit transactions. Cyberattacks also target Russian public transport systems, internet and mobile providers, and social networks. (Kyiv Post)
A former top United States official states that the Department of Defense covertly admits to conducting a mass disinformation campaign targeting the Philippines using social media bots and fake accounts to discredit the safety of Chinese CoronaVac vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic, following public denial of involvement in June. (Reuters)
Several nations, including the United States, Australia, and multiple European nations release travel advisories urging all their citizens not to travel to Lebanon, and for those residing there to leave as soon as possible in anticipation of an Israeli attack against Hezbollah. (Anadolu Ajansı)
Malaysia formally applies to become a member of the BRICS economic bloc and geopolitical organization. (Anandolu Ajansi)
Fifteen people are killed and six others are injured by a landslide caused by remnants of Typhoon Gaemi in Hengyang, Hunan, China. (AP)
The Park Fire in California, United States, spreads to more than 350,000 acres, with at least 134 structures being destroyed by the wildfires. (NBC News)
The Philippine coast guard finds and seals diesel fuel cargo leaks from the MTKR Jason Bradley, the second vessel to sink in the Manila Bay in one week, following the MT Terra Nova‘s sinking. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
At least twelve people are killed by extensive flooding throughout Kassala State in eastern Sudan that submerged several internal displacement camps. (ILKHA)
Russian President Vladimir Putin threatens to position long-range missiles that could strike throughout Europe following the United States’s announcement of plans to set up long-range missiles in Germany beginning in 2026. (Reuters)
Venezuelans vote to elect their president. Incumbent Nicolás Maduro is standing for reelection for a third consecutive term. (BBC News)
Incumbent President Nicolás Maduro is declared the winner of the Venezuelan 2024 presidential election by the National Electoral Council. Opposition parties claim that there are irregularities in the election results. (AP)
The National Electoral Council announces, at a point where 20% of ballots were yet to be counted, that Maduro’s 7-point lead is “irreversible”, a mathematically impossible claim. (BBC)
Eleanor Harvey wins a bronze medal in fencing at the 2024 Olympics, making it the first medal Canada has ever won in fencing. (TSN)
Twelve people, all children, are killed in rocket strikes on the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Israel claims that Hezbollah is responsible for the attack, but Hezbollah denies any involvement. (Reuters)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows that Hezbollah will “pay a heavy price” which “it has not paid so far” in response to the attack. (Barron’s)
Russian forces capture the village of Lozovatske in Donetsk Oblast. (Anadolu Agency)
More than fifty people, including fifteen children, are killed in Israeli attacks on a school used to shelter displaced people in Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
At least 22 people are killed and 75 others are injured in a Rapid Support Forces attack on Al-Fashir, North Darfur, Sudan. (Reuters)
Seven people are killed and others injured after a stampede during a concert at the Stade des Martyrs stadium in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
Eight people are killed and five others are injured when a vehicle hits pedestrians in Changsha, Hunan, China. The perpetrator is arrested. (AP)
In response to the spying incident involving the Canada women’s national soccer team coaching staff using drones to spy on the New Zealand team, FIFA deducts six points from Canada in the Paris Olympics women’s football tournament and bans three coaches for one year, including head coach Bev Priestman. (Al Jazeera)
Friday, July 26th, 2024
A German man who is sentenced to death in Belarus for photographing Belarusian military sites in Ukraine urges Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko to pardon him in a television appearance. (DW)
The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, an ethnic armed organization, claims to have captured Lashio, the location of an important regional military base, and Mogok, the center of the country’s gem-mining industry. The country’s ruling military junta denies the claims. (AP)
A plane crashes in Campbell County, Wyoming, United States, just north of Gillette, starting a wildfire and killing all seven people onboard, including three members of the gospel group The Nelons. (WSB-TV)
China and India agree to cooperate in withdrawing all their troops from their disputed border, with aims of peacefully achieving “complete disengagement” from the border conflict as quickly as possible. (AP)
The United Kingdom drops its challenge to the International Criminal Court’s issuance of arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. (Reuters)
U.S. President Joe Biden adds Lebanon to the Deferred Enforced Departure list, temporarily protecting Lebanese citizens residing in the United States from deportation for 18 months, in response to growing tensions between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. (Detroit Free Press)
The European Union sends its first transfer of €1.5 billion (US$1.63 billion) in proceeds from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine for military and infrastructure support. The Kremlin denounces the transfer as “illegal” under international law and pledges legal retaliation. (Reuters)
Finland reports that a Russian Navy vessel from its Baltic Sea fleet trespassed on Finnish territorial waters in the eastern Gulf of Finland. (Reuters)
Italy appoints an ambassador to Syria after 12 years, becoming the first G7 country to do so. (Reuters)
Arson attacks on TGV infrastructure disrupts rail services in France. (The Guardian)
United States Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle resigns, citing security lapses that led to former president Donald Trump’s attempted assassination. (The New York Times)
The White House and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris issue statements strongly condemning vandalism and American flag burning during pro-Palestinian and anti-Benjamin Netanyahu protests in Washington, D.C., yesterday, with Harris calling the protests “despicable acts” by “unpatriotic protesters”. (Politico)
In the United States, California Governor Gavin Newsom delivers an executive order directing state agencies to remove homeless encampments throughout the state. (AP)
A Palestinian governmental body announces that senior Hamas leader Mustafa Muhammad Abu Ara has died in Israeli prison after being arrested in October 2023. (Reuters)
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