Current events: 2024-07-03

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against infrastructure
    • Dnipro strikes
      • At least five people are killed and 53 others are injured when Russian drones and missiles hits civilian infrastructure in Dnipro, Ukraine. (BBC News)
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Battle of Chasiv Yar
      • Russian forces take control of the Novy district in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (CBS News)
    • One person is killed and at least 14 others are injured in Russian guided bomb and missile attacks across Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • NATO nations agree to grant Ukraine €40 billion (US$43 billion) in military aid in 2025. (Reuters)
  • Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis
    • Three kamikaze drones attack an electrical substation for the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, injuring eight workers, causing forest fires near the plant's switchyard, and leaving Enerhodar without power or water. (Reuters) (RFE/RL)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Israeli occupation of the West Bank
    • The Israeli government approves the seizure of {{conv|12.7|km2|sqmi}} of Palestinian land in the Jordan Valley, representing the largest land seizure in the West Bank in more than three decades. (AP)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Three people, including former senator Hidayat Ullah, are killed and two others are injured when their vehicle strikes a roadside bomb in Bajaur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Al Arabiya)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • An Israeli strike kills Mohammed Nasser, a top commander in Hezbollah, in Tyre, Lebanon. Nasser is one of the highest-ranking Hezbollah members to die in the conflict. (Al Arabiya)
  • Hezbollah launches a barrage of at least 100 Katyusha rockets, towards northern Israel, targeting Israeli military positions, in retaliation for the killing of Nasser. (Al Jazeera)

Arts and culture

• Scientists announce the discovery of the world's oldest cave painting, depicting three people gathered around a large red pig, estimated to be at least 51,200 years old, in Leang Karampurang cave in the Maros-Pangkep region, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 India-Bangladesh floods
  • At least sixteen people are killed and more than 300,000 others are displaced by floods and landslides in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, India. (The Independent)
• Hurricane Beryl
  • The death toll from Hurricane Beryl in the eastern Caribbean increases to nine, with deaths reported in Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Venezuela. (Reuters)
• Three people are killed and three others are missing after a fishing boat sinks off the coast of Marinha Grande, Portugal. (Al Arabiya)
• At least 26,000 people are forced to evacuate amidst dozens of large wildfires in Northern California, United States. (NPR)

Law and crime

• An Israeli soldier is killed and another is 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)
• The Supreme Court of Japan rules that the country's forced sterilization law, which was in effect from 1948 to 1996, was unconstitutional. (France 24)
• Sierra Leone outlaws child marriage, setting the legal age of marriage to 18 years. Offenders could face up to 15 years in prison and/or a fine of around US$4,000, with witnesses to child marriages also facing possible jail or fines. (CBS News)
• The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fines General Motors $145.8 million for excess emissions found in 5.9 million GM vehicles. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Israel–Hamas war protests in Australia
  • Pro-Palestinian protesters climb the roof of the Australian Parliament building in Canberra, Australia. (Al Jazeera)

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