Current events: 2024-08-11

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Kyiv strikes
    • Two people, including a 4-year-old child, are killed and three others are injured in a Russian KN-23 ballistic missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)

International relations

• Iran–European Union relations
  • Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian accuses the European Union of facilitating Israeli crimes against humanity and terrorism in the Gaza Strip by implementing double standards that destabilized the Middle East and increased the chances of global war, in a phone call with European Council President Charles Michel. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Rwandan general election
  • Incumbent Rwandan president Paul Kagame is sworn in for a fourth term in office. (Reuters) Sports
• 2024 Summer Olympics
  • The 2024 Summer Olympics conclude with the closing ceremony taking place in Paris. (BBC News)
  • The United States finish atop the medal table with 40 gold medals and 126 total medals, ahead of China who finished with 40 gold medals and 91 total medals, with silver medals being the tiebreaker. (BBC News)

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