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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Sunday, June 30th, 2024 

The Biden administration extends Temporary Protected Status to 309,000 Haitian refugees in the United States until February 2026, offering them deportation relief and work permits. (Reuters) 

Maldivian Minister of the Environment Fathima Shamnaz Ali Saleem and three others are arrested for allegedly performing black magic on President Mohamed Muizzu. (Hindustan Times) 

Thousands of left-wing protesters gather in cities across France to protest the National Rally‘s lead in election polls, while showing support for the New Popular Front left-wing alliance. (France 24)

French citizens vote in the first round of legislative elections for the 17th National Assembly of the Fifth French Republic. (AP) 

A man attacks a police officer guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, with a crossbow before being shot and killed. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić calls the incident a terrorist attack against Serbia. (Reuters) 

Thousands of Haredi Jewish men protest in Jerusalem, Israel, against a recent Supreme Court ruling that ordered the conscription of Haredi yeshiva students, clashing with Israel Police. (AP) 

A Chinese Tianlong-3 rocket is accidentally launched during a static fire test in Gongyi, Henan, China, causing the rocket to crash and explode. No casualties are reported. (CNN) 

The film Inside Out 2 surpasses $1 billion in worldwide box office earnings in less than three weeks, the fastest of any animated film in history. (Reuters) 

At least six Palestinians are killed in Rafah in the Gaza Strip, as Israeli tanks re-enter Shuja’iyya and parts of northern Gaza, displacing more than 60,000 people. (Reuters) 

M23 rebels take control of Kirumba, the largest town in Lubero Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo, as they continue north. (VOA) 

At least one person is killed and ten others are injured when a Russian guided bomb hits a postal sorting hub in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Bloomberg) 

At least four people are killed and two others are missing after landslides and torrential floods in Ticino and Valais, Switzerland. (Reuters) 

Uruguayans vote to elect the presidential candidates for all political parties that are running in the general election on October 27. (Reuters) 

Hurricane Beryl undergoes rapid intensification and strengthens into a Category 4 hurricane, becoming the earliest Category 4 Atlantic hurricane on record. (AP) 

Saturday, June 29th, 2024 

British police arrest 27 Just Stop Oil activists accused of planning to disrupt airports during the upcoming summer holidays. (Reuters) 

George Alvarez, the perpetrator of the 2023 Brownsville crash in Texas, United States, that killed eight people and injured ten others is found guilty of eight counts of intoxication manslaughter and ten counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and is sentenced to sixty years in prison. (CTV News) 

Over 100,000 German protesters and 1,000 police officers clash at an Alternative for Germany event in Essen, Germany. Police use pepper spray and batons on protesters. (BBC News) 

Several hundred people march in Paris, France, to honour Nahel Merzouk and protest against police brutality and far-right parties. (Al Jazeera) 

M23 rebels take control of Kayna, Luofu, Kanyabayonga, and surrounding areas after heavy fighting with FARDC. Almost the entire population of Kanyabayonga, including refugees it had taken in from Rutshuru, flee the rebel advance. The town is considered a pathway to the cities of Butembo and Beni.  (VOA) 

Thirty people are killed in Borno State, Nigeria, by bomb blasts at a hospital, wedding and funeral. (CNN) 

Five large bombs planted by ISIL are discovered in the walls of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri, Mosul, Iraq. (Al Jazeera) 

At least twelve people, including four children, are killed by Russian attacks in Ukraine. (Al Jazeera) 

The Rapid Support Forces launch an assault and capture the town of Singa, the capital of Sennar State, Sudan. (VOA) 

Five Indian soldiers are killed in Ladakh, India, after their tank sinks in abruptly increased water levels in the Shyok River during a military exercise. (AP) 

Tropical Storm Beryl intensifies into Hurricane Beryl, becoming the first hurricane in the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. (Reuters) 

Saeed Jalili and Masoud Pezeshkian advance to the Iranian presidential run-off, amid record-low voter attendance. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera) 

Mauritanians vote between incumbent Mohamed Ould Ghazouani and six other candidates for President, in the first of two rounds of voting. (Reuters) 

Friday,  June 28th, 2024 

At least one person is killed and twelve others are injured when a Russian missile hits a nine-storey residential building in Dnipro, Ukraine. (Reuters) 

The Russian Ministry of Defence claims that its forces have taken control of the village of Rozdolivka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Anadolu Agency) 

Philippine troops claim to have killed at least 10 suspected communist guerrillas, including three commanders, near a village in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. (ABC News) 

The Argentine Chamber of Deputies approves economic reform measures proposed by President Javier Milei, which include investment incentives, the privatization of numerous state-owned entities, and tax overhauls. (Reuters) 

Four people are killed and nine others are injured when a minivan crashes into a nail salon in Deer Park, Long Island, New York, United States. (CBS News) 

A roof at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, collapses amid heavy rains killing one person, injuring eight others, and leading to the cancellation of some domestic flights. (Reuters) 

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes off the coast of central Peru, injuring 23 people. (Bloomberg) 

The U.S. military dismantles the Gaza floating pier for the third time due to bad weather. (AP) 

A mass shooting in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States kills two people, an 18-year-old and a 15-year-old and leaves three other people injured including two 19-year-olds and a 20-year-old. (Killeen Daily Herald) 

Indonesian officials arrest and intend to deport 103 Taiwanese nationals suspected of running a cybercrime operation in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia. (Al Jazeera) 

Iranians vote in a snap presidential election following the death of president Ebrahim Raisi. (AP) 

Mongolians vote for members of the State Great Khural. This is the first election since the Khural was expanded to 126 seats and the first to use parallel voting. The ruling Mongolian People’s Party loses its supermajority but claims victory, maintaining a slim simple majority. (AP) 

Thousands of Japanese people protest at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo over multiple alleged sexual assault cases involving U.S. service members against Japanese people on Okinawa Island. (Al Jazeera) 

In ice hockey, the first day of the draft for the National Hockey League is held at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., with the San Jose Sharks selecting Macklin Celebrini with the first overall pick. (ESPN) 

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes the area near the coast of central Peru around 00:36 am local time. Eleven people are reported injured. (Bloomberg) 

Water quality tests on the Seine river show highly elevated levels of the E.Coli bacteria, raising concerns of it being unfit for use in outdoor Olympics swimming events. (France 24) 

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uesday,  June 25th, 2024 

 Julian Assange is freed after pleading guilty to US espionage charge. (Reuters) 

Julian Assange enters a plea deal with the U.S. Justice Department, in which he will be found guilty on one federal charge in exchange for his release back to Australia. (ABC News) 

China’s Chang’e 6 lunar exploration mission successfully returns to Earth after taking rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon. (AP) 

Officials in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, issue an evacuation warning due to flooding on the Blue Earth River breaching the Rapidan Dam, pushing it into an “imminent failure condition” upstream of several cities. Flooding also collapses a railroad bridge connecting South Dakota and Iowa and kills two people.  (AP) 

The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Russia’s chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov and former defence minister Sergei Shoigu. (The Guardian) 

At least four people are killed and 40 others are injured when Russian Iskander-M ballistic missiles hit Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters) 

The European Union formally launches accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova. (Barron’s) 

Israeli forces bomb Gaza where one strike killed 10 family members of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh. (RFI) 

The Supreme Court of Israel rules that the Israel Defense Forces and the government of Israel are legally bound to conscript yeshiva students. (Times of Israel) 

Lawmakers from the Haredi community criticise the decision. (The Jerusalem Post) 

The Parliament Building in Nairobi is set ablaze and ten protesters are shot dead. (Reuters) 

Monday,  June 24th, 2024 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects the U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal for the war in Gaza, instead committing to continuing the war and “the goal of eliminating Hamas.” (TIME) 

More than 150,000 Israelis rally and march in Tel Aviv to protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government, calling for new elections, the return of hostages, and a ceasefire. (Al Jazeera) 

Eleven Palestinians, including the director of Gaza’s Ambulance and Emergency Department, are killed in Israeli airstrikes on the al-Shati refugee camp, Bani Suhaila, and Gaza City. (Reuters) 

The Houthis claim to have carried out a joint military operation with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq to target four vessels in the Port of Haifa, Israel. (Al Jazeera) 

The death toll from the attack on a synagogue and Orthodox church in Derbent and Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia, yesterday, increases to 20, with 46 others injured. (Reuters) 

At least 16 people are killed and 13 others are injured in Dagestan, Russia, when gunmen open fire on a synagogue and an Orthodox church in Derbent and on a traffic police post in Makhachkala. (Al Arabiya) 

Eight people are killed in a fire in an office building in Fryazino, Moscow Oblast, Russia. (BBC News) 

Twenty-two people are killed and two others are injured in a fire at a lithium battery factory in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, South Korea. (Reuters) 

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland reports that Scottish wildcat kittens have been born in the Cairngorms National Park, in a “major milestone” for the conservation of the critically endangered population. (The Guardian) 

Trial courts in Metro Manila, Philippines, dismiss the remaining charges filed against former senator Leila de Lima during the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte, including the last of the three involving her alleged conspiracy in the illegal drug trade, as well as another on her disobedience to a summons for a House hearing. (BBC News) 

Violence and riots resume in New Caledonia after eight pro-independence activists were flown to France for pre-trial detention yesterday. Protesters burn police vehicles, block roads, and set fire to the town hall in Koumac. (Al Jazeera) 

One person is killed and ten others are injured in Russian strikes on civilian infrastructure in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters) 

Eight Palestinians are killed in IDF airstrikes that hit a UNRWA-run vocational college in Gaza City that was being used to distribute aid. (Reuters) 

North Macedonia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs urges all its citizens in Lebanon to leave as soon as possible due to “deteriorating security” in the region from escalating conflicts. (Sloboden Pečat) 

Independence leader Christian Tein and seven other activists are flown to France for pre-trial detention after being arrested for inciting violence and riots in New Caledonia. (Al Jazeera) 

On the Grand Duke’s Official Birthday, Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg announces that his son and heir Guillaume will assume royal duties beginning in October, in preparation for Henri’s eventual abdication. (Luxembourg Times) 

In ice hockey, the Florida Panthers win the 2024 Stanley Cup Finals, beating the Edmonton Oilers in 7 games, making it their first championship in franchise history. The win comes after losing the previous year’s Stanley Cup Finals against the Vegas Golden Knights. The Panthers also avoid becoming the 5th team in National Hockey League history to lose a series despite having a 3-0 series lead, and the 2nd to do so in the Stanley Cup Finals since the 1941–42 Detroit Red Wings. (The Washington Post) 

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