Current events: 2024-07-02

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel-Hamas war
  • Siege of Khan Yunis
    • An Israel Defense Forces 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)
  • Accusations of United States complicity in Israeli war crimes in the Israel–Hamas war
    • 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)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Two people are killed and nine others are injured when Russian artillery and drones hit Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters) (Ukrinform)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Hathras stampede
  • At least 116 people are killed in a stampede at a religious gathering in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, India. (Hindustan Times)
• Kobayashi red yeast rice scandal
  • 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)
• Floods in northern Myanmar trap thousands of people in their homes and cause power outages and disruptions to telephone services. (Barron's)

International relations

• Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Hungary–Ukraine relations
    • 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)
• Panama–United States relations
  • Panama and the United States sign a deal to reduce the flow of migration to the southern United States border through the Darién Gap, with the United States covering the costs of repatriating migrants who enter Panama illegally. (DW)

Law and crime

• Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election
  • 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)
• Australia issues statements to several social media and search engine websites ordering the websites to draft and enforce guidelines to prevent minors from seeing inappropriate material before October 3 or face national restrictions. (Reuters)
• The United States Department of Homeland Security deports 116 Chinese migrants back to China to deter illegal migration across the Southern border, representing the nation's first "large charter flight" deportation in the past five years. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2023–2024 Dutch cabinet formation
  • In the Netherlands, the Schoof cabinet is installed with Dick Schoof taking office as the new prime minister. (Rijksoverheid) (BBC News)
• 2023–2024 Georgian protests
  • Protestors march in Tbilisi, Georgia, and surround 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)
• Kenya Finance Bill protests
  • 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)

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