Current events: 2024-08-09

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
      • August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
        • Russia declares a "federal-level" emergency in Kursk Oblast as Ukrainian forces continue to advance. (AP via ABC News)
        • Akhmat special forces commander Apti Alaudinov says Ukrainian troops "simply passed-by" their positions without engaging them, with Akhmat opting to retreat until more Russian reinforcements could arrive. Other reports indicate that Akhmat troops fled from Ukrainian forces. (The New Voice of Ukraine via MSN)
        • A Russian military convoy is destroyed on the E38 highway in Oktyabrsky District. (The Guardian)
        • Ukrainian troops capture the Gazprom gas facility in Sudzha. A video shows Ukrainian soldiers inside the natural gas facility, while much of the town appears to be under Ukrainian control. (Reuters via Al Arabiya)
      • Ukraine launches a "massive" drone attack on Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, with Lipetsk air base reportedly being on fire. Several villages are evacuated, while six people are reportedly injured. (Reuters)
    • Eastern Ukraine campaign
      • 2024 Kostiantynivka supermarket missile attack
        • A Russian missile attack on a supermarket in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, kills 14 people and injures 43 others. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Samer al-Hajj, a Hamas security official for the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, is assassinated by an Israeli drone strike in Sidon, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283
  • An ATR 72 aircraft operated by Brazilian airline Voepass Linhas Aéreas crashes in São Paulo state, Brazil, killing all 61 people on board. (AP) (G1 Globo)

Law and crime

• Prosecutors in China charges multiple funeral directors with selling over four thousand corpses over decades to two major medical companies. The corpses are reportedly primarily from Sichuan, Guangxi, and Shandong provinces. Police seized 18 tonnes of bones and 34,000 semi-finished products, while the thieves earned 380 million yuan ($53 million) before they were caught. (SCMP) (NOS) (Newsweek)

International relations

• Foreign relations of Mali, Foreign relations of Sweden, Mali–Russia relations
  • Mali orders the Swedish ambassador to leave within 72 hours, days after Sweden announced that development aid to Mali would be suspended over Mali's support to Russia. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• 2024 Venezuelan presidential election
  • Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro suspends the X social network in Venezuela for 10 days, accusing X's owner Elon Musk of promoting hatred.(AP)
• 2024 Vienna terrorism plot
  • The Austrian interior minister announce the arrest of an Iraqi suspect in connection with a foiled terror attack at a Taylor Swift concert. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• Hundreds of people protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, against violence targeting the Hindu minority. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2024 Summer Olympics
  • Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • French police arrest Egyptian wrestler Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed in Paris for alleged sexual assault. (BBC)

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