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- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine is prioritized as first among the list of countries to receive ordered deliveries of MIM-104 Patriot missile systems from the United States. (CNN)
- United States officials announce that they will allow Ukraine to use US weapons to strike Russian forces within Russia, removing the prior limit of only allowing strikes across the Kharkiv front. (Politico)
- United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Sudanese civil war
- The Rapid Support Forces captures Al-Fulah, the capital of West Kordofan, Sudan, after the Sudanese Armed Forces withdraw from the city after several hours of fighting. (Al Jazeera)
Arts and culture
- The Israel Antiquities Authority announces the discovery of a 3,300-year-old ship and its cargo, one of the oldest known examples of a ship sailing far from land. The ship was discovered last year by a company drilling for natural gas off the coast of Northern Israel. (NBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Hajj disaster
- At least 1,081 pilgrims are now confirmed to have died from heat-related causes during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. (France 24)
- 2024 Tamil Nadu alcohol poisonings
- At least 36 people are killed and more than 60 others are hospitalized after consuming tainted liquor in Tamil Nadu, India. (Reuters)
- A cruise ship rescues 68 migrants and finds five bodies in a wooden dinghy that was drifting off the Canary Islands, Spain. (ABC News)
- At least two people are killed and nine others are injured when a passenger train collides with a train on a test run near Santiago, Chile. (AP)
- Kuwait announces temporary power cuts in parts of the country during peak consumption hours, saying that the country is struggling to meet increased demand caused by extreme summer heat. (Al Arabiya)
International relations
- Outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is announced as the next Secretary General of NATO, beginning his term on October 2. (Politico)
Law and crime
- Vandalism of Stonehenge
- The orange powder paint sprayed on Stonehenge by Just Stop Oil activists yesterday is removed with a "specialist handheld blower", leaving no visible damage. (BBC News)
- Two Just Stop Oil activists film themselves cutting through a metal fence and spraying orange paint on two private jets at Stansted Airport in Essex, United Kingdom. Police arrest the activists for criminal damage. (BBC News)
- A man accused of desecrating the Quran is removed from a police station in Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, by a mob who burn and kill the man. (Al Arabiya)
Science and technology
- The International Union for Conservation of Nature announces that the Iberian lynx has been upgraded from endangered to vulnerable for the first time since 1986, after a 2023 census showed a population of 2,021 animals. (BBC News)
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