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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 143304" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" target="_blank">Israel–Hamas war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_invasion_of_the_Gaza_Strip" target="_blank">Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 57 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian" target="_blank">Palestinians</a> are killed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a> bombardments in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafah" target="_blank">Rafah</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Younis" target="_blank">Khan Younis</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_City" target="_blank">Gaza City</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-strikes-across-gaza-kill-least-13-people-palestinian-health-officials-2024-07-16/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Muscat_mosque_shooting" target="_blank">2024 Muscat mosque shooting</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State" target="_blank">Islamic State</a> claims responsibility for the shooting that killed four <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shi%27ite" target="_blank">Shi'ite</a> worshippers in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscat" target="_blank">Muscat</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oman" target="_blank">Oman</a>, yesterday. This is the first attack carried out by the Islamic State in Oman. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn38vx7g2e5o" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah%E2%80%93Israel_conflict" target="_blank">Hezbollah–Israel conflict</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Three <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrians" target="_blank">Syrian</a> children are killed by an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a> attack on the village of Umm al-Tut in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Lebanon" target="_blank">Southern Lebanon</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/three-syrian-children-killed-israeli-strike-southern-lebanon-nna-agency-says-2024-07-16/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 23 people are killed and 13 others are injured when a bus veers off a cliff and crashes in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Ayacucho" target="_blank">Ayacucho Region</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru" target="_blank">Peru</a>. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/16/bus-crash-kills-at-least-20-people-in-perus-andes" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Heavy rainfall across the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_United_States" target="_blank">Midwestern United States</a> causes a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dam_failure" target="_blank">dam failure</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_County%2C_Illinois" target="_blank">Washington County</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois" target="_blank">Illinois</a>, prompting an immediate evacuation order in the nearby city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville%2C_Illinois" target="_blank">Nashville</a>. <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/07/16/dam-failure-nashville-illinois/74423733007/" target="_blank">(USA Today)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A malfunction causes an emergency shutdown of one of the four <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reactor" target="_blank">reactors</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostov_Nuclear_Power_Plant" target="_blank">Rostov Nuclear Power Plant</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostov_Oblast" target="_blank">Rostov Oblast</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a>. Background <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation" target="_blank">radiation</a> levels are reported as normal. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/malfunction-shuts-one-four-units-russian-nuclear-power-plant-2024-07-16/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul>Health and environment<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">State <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukrainian</a> electrical grid operator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrenergo" target="_blank">Ukrenergo</a> begins emergency power shutdowns in seven <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Ukraine" target="_blank">Eastern</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Ukraine" target="_blank">Central Ukraine</a> oblasts amid a record <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_wave" target="_blank">heat wave</a> and equipment failures worsened by ongoing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_strikes_against_Ukrainian_infrastructure_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Russian attacks</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-starts-emergency-power-cuts-amid-record-heatwave-2024-07-16/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania" target="_blank">Romania</a> approves the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culling" target="_blank">culling</a> of 481 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_brown_bear" target="_blank">bears</a> in the country, after a 19-year-old woman was killed by a bear last week in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpathian_Mountains" target="_blank">Carpathian Mountains</a>. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/16/romania-to-cull-500-bears-to-curb-overpopulation-after-deadly-attack" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republic%E2%80%93Ukraine_relations" target="_blank">Czech Republic–Ukraine relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republic" target="_blank">Czech Republic</a> announces plans to facilitate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_CZ_Group" target="_blank">Colt CZ Group</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_rifle" target="_blank">assault rifle</a> production and the construction of an ammunition factory in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a>. <a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/czech-ukraine-ammunition-factory-shmyhal/33038684.html" target="_blank">(RFE/RL)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia%E2%80%93Russia_relations" target="_blank">Estonia–Russia relations</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvia%E2%80%93Russia_relations" target="_blank">Latvia–Russia relations</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuania%E2%80%93Russia_relations" target="_blank">Lithuania–Russia relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_states" target="_blank">Baltic states</a> announce their exit from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a>'s and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus" target="_blank">Belarus</a>'s electricity grid along with plans to synchronize their grid with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Europe" target="_blank">continental Europe</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronous_grid_of_Continental_Europe" target="_blank">grid</a> on February 9, 2025. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/baltics-russia-belarus-europe-electricity-transmission-a42f86ca20b7d878dc17c7cafed861bc" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
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</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo_War" target="_blank">Kosovo War</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo_Specialist_Chambers" target="_blank">Kosovo Specialist Chambers</a> criminal tribunal sentences former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo_Liberation_Army" target="_blank">Kosovo Liberation Army</a> member Pjetër Shala to 18 years in prison for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes" target="_blank">war crimes</a> committed during the war. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/16/kosovo-war-crimes-tribunal-sentences-former-kla-member-to-18-years" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a> <a href="https://www.koha.net/en/arberi/426256/pjeter-shala-denohet-me-18-vjet-burgim" target="_blank">(Koha Ditore)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Six people are found dead at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Hyatt_Erawan_Bangkok" target="_blank">Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok</a> hotel in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangkok" target="_blank">Bangkok</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand" target="_blank">Thailand</a>, in a suspected <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison" target="_blank">poisoning</a> incident. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/thailand-bangkok-hotel-deaths-fef64b28304c8dcb201bd40c8dd09862" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" target="_blank">German</a> authorities in four <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Germany" target="_blank">states</a> search the properties of management and shareholders of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far-right_politics_in_Germany_%281945%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">right-wing extremist</a> magazine <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_%28German_magazine%29" target="_blank">Compact</a>, seizing assets and evidence after the magazine was banned by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Ministry_of_the_Interior_%28Germany%29" target="_blank">interior ministry</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-bans-right-wing-compact-magazine-searches-properties-four-states-2024-07-16/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">American</a> senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Menendez" target="_blank">Bob Menendez</a> is found guilty on all counts, including acting as a foreign agent, in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Menendez%232023_indictment" target="_blank">federal corruption trial</a>. <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/sen-bob-menendez-federal-corruption-trial-verdict/story?id=111295557" target="_blank">(ABC News)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Police_of_Paraguay" target="_blank">Police</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraguay" target="_blank">Paraguay</a> seizes more than four tons of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine" target="_blank">cocaine</a>, worth $240 million, at a river port in the capital city <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asunci%C3%B3n" target="_blank">Asunción</a>, the largest cocaine seizure in the country's history. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/paraguay-cocaine-trafficking-drugs-gangs-criminal-port-seizure-belgium-415cff9f6a4739f0d1cb0d728b2c7ad5" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Former governor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_ez-Zor_Governorate" target="_blank">Deir ez-Zor Governorate</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria" target="_blank">Syria</a>, and director of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adra_Prison" target="_blank">Adra Prison</a> Samir Ousman al-Sheikh is arrested by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI" target="_blank">FBI</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" target="_blank">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" target="_blank">California</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a>. al-Sheikh has been accused of torturing and killing political dissidents while serving as prison director and governor. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/us/politics/syrian-official-arrested-adra-prison.html" target="_blank">(The New York Times)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_French_legislative_election" target="_blank">2024 French legislative election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_President" target="_blank">French President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Macron" target="_blank">Emmanuel Macron</a> approves the resignation request of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_France" target="_blank">Prime Minister</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Attal" target="_blank">Gabriel Attal</a>, who will continue to serve as head of the transitional <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caretaker_government" target="_blank">caretaker government</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/france-prime-minister-resign-government-macron-c3a908360a18641ff5879ced259f7726" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Welsh_government_crisis" target="_blank">2024 Welsh government crisis</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaughan_Gething" target="_blank">Vaughan Gething</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resign" target="_blank">resigns</a> as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Minister_of_Wales" target="_blank">First Minister of Wales</a>. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/16/vaughan-gething-resigns-first-minister-wales" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya_Finance_Bill_protests" target="_blank">Kenya Finance Bill protests</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya_Police" target="_blank">Kenya Police</a> fire <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear_gas" target="_blank">tear gas</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_cannon" target="_blank">water cannons</a> at anti-government protestors as protests continue in cities across <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya" target="_blank">Kenya</a>, calling for the removal of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Kenya" target="_blank">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ruto" target="_blank">William Ruto</a>. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/16/new-antigovernment-protests-kick-off-in-kenya-with-calls-for-ruto-to-quit" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta_Metsola" target="_blank">Roberta Metsola</a> is re-elected as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_European_Parliament" target="_blank">President of the European Parliament</a> with the highest number of votes ever registered for a candidate in the history of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament" target="_blank">European Parliament</a>. <a href="https://timesofmalta.com/article/metsola-reelected-european-parliament-president-strongestever-vote.1095413" target="_blank">(Times of Malta)</a></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_July_16" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 143304, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war']Israel–Hamas war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_invasion_of_the_Gaza_Strip']Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least 57 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian']Palestinians[/URL] are killed by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israeli[/URL] bombardments in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafah']Rafah[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Younis']Khan Younis[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_City']Gaza City[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-strikes-across-gaza-kill-least-13-people-palestinian-health-officials-2024-07-16/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Muscat_mosque_shooting']2024 Muscat mosque shooting[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State']Islamic State[/URL] claims responsibility for the shooting that killed four [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shi%27ite']Shi'ite[/URL] worshippers in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscat']Muscat[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oman']Oman[/URL], yesterday. This is the first attack carried out by the Islamic State in Oman. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn38vx7g2e5o'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah%E2%80%93Israel_conflict']Hezbollah–Israel conflict[/URL] [LIST] [*]Three [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrians']Syrian[/URL] children are killed by an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israeli[/URL] attack on the village of Umm al-Tut in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Lebanon']Southern Lebanon[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/three-syrian-children-killed-israeli-strike-southern-lebanon-nna-agency-says-2024-07-16/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*]At least 23 people are killed and 13 others are injured when a bus veers off a cliff and crashes in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Ayacucho']Ayacucho Region[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru']Peru[/URL]. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/16/bus-crash-kills-at-least-20-people-in-perus-andes'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [*]Heavy rainfall across the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_United_States']Midwestern United States[/URL] causes a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dam_failure']dam failure[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_County%2C_Illinois']Washington County[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois']Illinois[/URL], prompting an immediate evacuation order in the nearby city of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville%2C_Illinois']Nashville[/URL]. [URL='https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/07/16/dam-failure-nashville-illinois/74423733007/']([I]USA Today[/I])[/URL] [*]A malfunction causes an emergency shutdown of one of the four [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reactor']reactors[/URL] at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostov_Nuclear_Power_Plant']Rostov Nuclear Power Plant[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostov_Oblast']Rostov Oblast[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL]. Background [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation']radiation[/URL] levels are reported as normal. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/malfunction-shuts-one-four-units-russian-nuclear-power-plant-2024-07-16/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Health and environment[/B] [LIST] [*]State [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukrainian[/URL] electrical grid operator [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrenergo']Ukrenergo[/URL] begins emergency power shutdowns in seven [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Ukraine']Eastern[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Ukraine']Central Ukraine[/URL] oblasts amid a record [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_wave']heat wave[/URL] and equipment failures worsened by ongoing [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_strikes_against_Ukrainian_infrastructure_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']Russian attacks[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-starts-emergency-power-cuts-amid-record-heatwave-2024-07-16/'](Reuters)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania']Romania[/URL] approves the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culling']culling[/URL] of 481 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_brown_bear']bears[/URL] in the country, after a 19-year-old woman was killed by a bear last week in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpathian_Mountains']Carpathian Mountains[/URL]. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/16/romania-to-cull-500-bears-to-curb-overpopulation-after-deadly-attack'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republic%E2%80%93Ukraine_relations']Czech Republic–Ukraine relations[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republic']Czech Republic[/URL] announces plans to facilitate [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_CZ_Group']Colt CZ Group[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_rifle']assault rifle[/URL] production and the construction of an ammunition factory in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL]. [URL='https://www.rferl.org/a/czech-ukraine-ammunition-factory-shmyhal/33038684.html'](RFE/RL)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia%E2%80%93Russia_relations']Estonia–Russia relations[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvia%E2%80%93Russia_relations']Latvia–Russia relations[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuania%E2%80%93Russia_relations']Lithuania–Russia relations[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_states']Baltic states[/URL] announce their exit from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL]'s and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus']Belarus[/URL]'s electricity grid along with plans to synchronize their grid with the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Europe']continental Europe[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronous_grid_of_Continental_Europe']grid[/URL] on February 9, 2025. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/baltics-russia-belarus-europe-electricity-transmission-a42f86ca20b7d878dc17c7cafed861bc'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo_War']Kosovo War[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo_Specialist_Chambers']Kosovo Specialist Chambers[/URL] criminal tribunal sentences former [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo_Liberation_Army']Kosovo Liberation Army[/URL] member Pjetër Shala to 18 years in prison for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes']war crimes[/URL] committed during the war. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/16/kosovo-war-crimes-tribunal-sentences-former-kla-member-to-18-years'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [URL='https://www.koha.net/en/arberi/426256/pjeter-shala-denohet-me-18-vjet-burgim']([I]Koha Ditore[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*]Six people are found dead at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Hyatt_Erawan_Bangkok']Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok[/URL] hotel in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangkok']Bangkok[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand']Thailand[/URL], in a suspected [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison']poisoning[/URL] incident. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/thailand-bangkok-hotel-deaths-fef64b28304c8dcb201bd40c8dd09862'](AP)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany']German[/URL] authorities in four [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Germany']states[/URL] search the properties of management and shareholders of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far-right_politics_in_Germany_%281945%E2%80%93present%29']right-wing extremist[/URL] magazine [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_%28German_magazine%29']Compact[/URL][/I], seizing assets and evidence after the magazine was banned by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Ministry_of_the_Interior_%28Germany%29']interior ministry[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-bans-right-wing-compact-magazine-searches-properties-four-states-2024-07-16/'](Reuters)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']American[/URL] senator [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Menendez']Bob Menendez[/URL] is found guilty on all counts, including acting as a foreign agent, in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Menendez%232023_indictment']federal corruption trial[/URL]. [URL='https://abcnews.go.com/US/sen-bob-menendez-federal-corruption-trial-verdict/story?id=111295557'](ABC News)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Police_of_Paraguay']Police[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraguay']Paraguay[/URL] seizes more than four tons of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine']cocaine[/URL], worth $240 million, at a river port in the capital city [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asunci%C3%B3n']Asunción[/URL], the largest cocaine seizure in the country's history. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/paraguay-cocaine-trafficking-drugs-gangs-criminal-port-seizure-belgium-415cff9f6a4739f0d1cb0d728b2c7ad5'](AP)[/URL] [*]Former governor of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_ez-Zor_Governorate']Deir ez-Zor Governorate[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria']Syria[/URL], and director of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adra_Prison']Adra Prison[/URL] Samir Ousman al-Sheikh is arrested by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI']FBI[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles']Los Angeles[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California']California[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL]. al-Sheikh has been accused of torturing and killing political dissidents while serving as prison director and governor. [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/us/politics/syrian-official-arrested-adra-prison.html']([I]The New York Times[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_French_legislative_election']2024 French legislative election[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_President']French President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Macron']Emmanuel Macron[/URL] approves the resignation request of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_France']Prime Minister[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Attal']Gabriel Attal[/URL], who will continue to serve as head of the transitional [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caretaker_government']caretaker government[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/france-prime-minister-resign-government-macron-c3a908360a18641ff5879ced259f7726'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Welsh_government_crisis']2024 Welsh government crisis[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaughan_Gething']Vaughan Gething[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resign']resigns[/URL] as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Minister_of_Wales']First Minister of Wales[/URL]. [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/16/vaughan-gething-resigns-first-minister-wales']([I]The Guardian[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya_Finance_Bill_protests']Kenya Finance Bill protests[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya_Police']Kenya Police[/URL] fire [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear_gas']tear gas[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_cannon']water cannons[/URL] at anti-government protestors as protests continue in cities across [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya']Kenya[/URL], calling for the removal of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Kenya']President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ruto']William Ruto[/URL]. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/16/new-antigovernment-protests-kick-off-in-kenya-with-calls-for-ruto-to-quit'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta_Metsola']Roberta Metsola[/URL] is re-elected as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_European_Parliament']President of the European Parliament[/URL] with the highest number of votes ever registered for a candidate in the history of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament']European Parliament[/URL]. [URL='https://timesofmalta.com/article/metsola-reelected-european-parliament-president-strongestever-vote.1095413']([I]Times of Malta[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_July_16"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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