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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 143954" data-attributes="member: 524">Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Gofa_landslides" target="_blank">2024 Gofa landslides</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 229 people are killed after landslides bury two villages in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gofa_Zuria" target="_blank">Gofa Zuria</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia" target="_blank">Ethiopia</a>. <a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/07/23/death-toll-from-ethiopia-landslides-rises-to-229" target="_blank">(Al Arabiya)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two people are killed and 13 more are injured after a balcony collapses in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naples" target="_blank">Naples</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" target="_blank">Italy</a>. <a href="https://www.rainews.it/amp/articoli/2024/07/crollo-a-scampia-una-vittima-e-cinque-feriti-6c3cede8-974b-4f7d-9e14-669f681c5daa.html" target="_blank">(Rai News)</a> <a href="https://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2024/07/23/two-dead-13-wounded-in-naples-balcony-collapse_cc92ad9a-1179-4faf-9999-e7596064b2ad.html" target="_blank">(ANSA)</a></li>
</ul>Health and environment<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_in_climate_change" target="_blank">2024 in climate change</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernicus_Climate_Change_Service" target="_blank">Copernicus Climate Change Service</a> records that 21 July 2024 was the hottest day in recorded history, and estimates it to be the hottest day in the past 100,000 years with a global average <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_temperature" target="_blank">surface air temperature</a> of 17.09°C (62.76°F). <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/world-registers-hottest-day-ever-recorded-july-21-monitor-says-2024-07-23/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/07/23/hottest-day-ever-recorded-climate-change/" target="_blank">(Washington Post)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A study by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswaldo_Cruz_Foundation" target="_blank">Oswaldo Cruz Foundation</a> finds thirteen <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_sharpnose_shark" target="_blank">Brazilian sharpnose sharks</a> off the coast of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil" target="_blank">Brazil</a> with high levels of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine" target="_blank">cocaine</a> in their muscles and livers. Experts believe the cocaine is making its way into the waters via <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clandestine_chemistry" target="_blank">illegal labs</a> where the drug is manufactured or through excrement of drug users. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cek9mr43x1xo" target="_blank">(BBC)</a></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_visits_by_Viktor_Orb%C3%A1n_to_Russia_and_China" target="_blank">2024 visits by Viktor Orbán to Russia and China</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Hungarian_Presidency_of_the_Council_of_the_European_Union" target="_blank">2024 Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" target="_blank">European Union</a> deprives <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary" target="_blank">Hungary</a> of its ability to host the next set of foreign and defense ministry meetings as a &quot;symbolic signal&quot; against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Orb%C3%A1n" target="_blank">Viktor Orbán</a>'s uncoordinated meeting in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" target="_blank">Vladimir Putin</a> and in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" target="_blank">China</a>, moving the meetings from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest" target="_blank">Budapest</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels" target="_blank">Brussels</a>. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgr542l753po" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a> <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/hungary-eu-presidency-ukraine-war-russia-b2584140.html" target="_blank">(The Independent)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_French_pension_reform_law" target="_blank">2023 French pension reform law</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Left" target="_blank">leftist</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_France_Insoumise" target="_blank">France Unbowed</a> party introduces legislation to reverse pension changes and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retirement_age" target="_blank">legal retirement age</a> increase from 62 to 64 signed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_France" target="_blank">French President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Macron" target="_blank">Emmanuel Macron</a> in 2023. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far-right_politics" target="_blank">far-right</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Rally" target="_blank">National Rally</a> party offers support for the legislation's advancement. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/french-leftist-party-planning-law-scrap-macrons-pension-reform-2024-07-23/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Palestinian_reconciliation_agreement" target="_blank">2024 Palestinian reconciliation agreement</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah%E2%80%93Hamas_reconciliation_process" target="_blank">Fatah–Hamas reconciliation process</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Various factions in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a> government, including rivals <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah" target="_blank">Fatah</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas" target="_blank">Hamas</a>, sign a declaration in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing" target="_blank">Beijing</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" target="_blank">China</a>, to end their divisions and form a unity government. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/hamas-fatah-meet-with-media-china-after-reconciliation-talks-2024-07-23/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Donald_Trump" target="_blank">Attempted assassination of Donald Trump</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director_of_the_United_States_Secret_Service" target="_blank">United States Secret Service director</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberly_Cheatle" target="_blank">Kimberly Cheatle</a> resigns, citing security lapses that led to former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" target="_blank">president</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a>'s attempted assassination. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/23/us-secret-service-director-resigns-after-trump-rally-shooting-reports" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_law_in_Ukraine" target="_blank">Martial law in Ukraine</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobilization_in_Ukraine" target="_blank">Mobilization in Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkhovna_Rada" target="_blank">Ukrainian parliament</a> agrees to extend martial law and nationwide military mobilization for an additional 90 days starting on 12 August 2024, following their initial extensions in May 2024. <a href="https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-rada-mobilizatsia-voennyi-stan/33047462.html" target="_blank">(RFE/RL)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_July_23" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 143954, member: 524"] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Gofa_landslides']2024 Gofa landslides[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least 229 people are killed after landslides bury two villages in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gofa_Zuria']Gofa Zuria[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia']Ethiopia[/URL]. [URL='https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/07/23/death-toll-from-ethiopia-landslides-rises-to-229'](Al Arabiya)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]Two people are killed and 13 more are injured after a balcony collapses in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naples']Naples[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy']Italy[/URL]. [URL='https://www.rainews.it/amp/articoli/2024/07/crollo-a-scampia-una-vittima-e-cinque-feriti-6c3cede8-974b-4f7d-9e14-669f681c5daa.html'](Rai News)[/URL] [URL='https://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2024/07/23/two-dead-13-wounded-in-naples-balcony-collapse_cc92ad9a-1179-4faf-9999-e7596064b2ad.html'](ANSA)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Health and environment[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_in_climate_change']2024 in climate change[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernicus_Climate_Change_Service']Copernicus Climate Change Service[/URL] records that 21 July 2024 was the hottest day in recorded history, and estimates it to be the hottest day in the past 100,000 years with a global average [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_temperature']surface air temperature[/URL] of 17.09°C (62.76°F). [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/world-registers-hottest-day-ever-recorded-july-21-monitor-says-2024-07-23/'](Reuters)[/URL] [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/07/23/hottest-day-ever-recorded-climate-change/'](Washington Post)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]A study by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswaldo_Cruz_Foundation']Oswaldo Cruz Foundation[/URL] finds thirteen [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_sharpnose_shark']Brazilian sharpnose sharks[/URL] off the coast of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil']Brazil[/URL] with high levels of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine']cocaine[/URL] in their muscles and livers. Experts believe the cocaine is making its way into the waters via [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clandestine_chemistry']illegal labs[/URL] where the drug is manufactured or through excrement of drug users. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cek9mr43x1xo'](BBC)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_visits_by_Viktor_Orb%C3%A1n_to_Russia_and_China']2024 visits by Viktor Orbán to Russia and China[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Hungarian_Presidency_of_the_Council_of_the_European_Union']2024 Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union']European Union[/URL] deprives [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary']Hungary[/URL] of its ability to host the next set of foreign and defense ministry meetings as a "symbolic signal" against [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Orb%C3%A1n']Viktor Orbán[/URL]'s uncoordinated meeting in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL] with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin']Vladimir Putin[/URL] and in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China']China[/URL], moving the meetings from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest']Budapest[/URL] to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels']Brussels[/URL]. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgr542l753po'](BBC News)[/URL] [URL='https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/hungary-eu-presidency-ukraine-war-russia-b2584140.html'](The Independent)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_French_pension_reform_law']2023 French pension reform law[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Left']leftist[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_France_Insoumise']France Unbowed[/URL] party introduces legislation to reverse pension changes and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retirement_age']legal retirement age[/URL] increase from 62 to 64 signed by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_France']French President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Macron']Emmanuel Macron[/URL] in 2023. The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far-right_politics']far-right[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Rally']National Rally[/URL] party offers support for the legislation's advancement. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/french-leftist-party-planning-law-scrap-macrons-pension-reform-2024-07-23/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Palestinian_reconciliation_agreement']2024 Palestinian reconciliation agreement[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah%E2%80%93Hamas_reconciliation_process']Fatah–Hamas reconciliation process[/URL] [LIST] [*]Various factions in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Palestine']Palestinian[/URL] government, including rivals [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah']Fatah[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas']Hamas[/URL], sign a declaration in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing']Beijing[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China']China[/URL], to end their divisions and form a unity government. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/hamas-fatah-meet-with-media-china-after-reconciliation-talks-2024-07-23/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Donald_Trump']Attempted assassination of Donald Trump[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director_of_the_United_States_Secret_Service']United States Secret Service director[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberly_Cheatle']Kimberly Cheatle[/URL] resigns, citing security lapses that led to former [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States']president[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump']Donald Trump[/URL]'s attempted assassination. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/23/us-secret-service-director-resigns-after-trump-rally-shooting-reports'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_law_in_Ukraine']Martial law in Ukraine[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobilization_in_Ukraine']Mobilization in Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkhovna_Rada']Ukrainian parliament[/URL] agrees to extend martial law and nationwide military mobilization for an additional 90 days starting on 12 August 2024, following their initial extensions in May 2024. [URL='https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-rada-mobilizatsia-voennyi-stan/33047462.html'](RFE/RL)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_July_23"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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