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- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- China and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Reuters investigators report that Russia began production of thousands of Garpiya-A1 long-range combat drones used against Ukrainian civilian and military targets, that incorporate engines, parts, and technology from China. (Reuters)
- Humanitarian impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency reports that due to the ongoing war, Ukraine's death rate is now the highest in the world at 18.6 per thousand people, while its birth rate is the lowest at six children born per thousand people. (Kyiv Post)
- China and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Business and economy
- 2024 Boeing machinists strike
- More than 30,000 Boeing factory workers go on strike for the first time since 2008 after rejecting a labor contract. (CNBC)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Pacific typhoon season
- The death toll from Typhoon Yagi in northern Vietnam increases to 233 people, with 103 others still missing and over 800 injured. (AP)
- Borno State flooding
- One person is presumed dead and at least four others are injured in an explosion and subsequent fire at a gas station in Orofino, Idaho, United States. (AP)
- A Bulgarian Air Force L-39 Albatros jet crashes during an air show at Graf Ignatievo Air Base in Bulgaria, killing both pilots. (AP)
International relations
- Russia–United Kingdom relations
- Russia revokes the accreditation of six British diplomats and accuses them of espionage. (BBC)
Law and crime
- Capital punishment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ecuadorian security crisis
- Maria Daniela Icaza, director of the Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil, the largest prison in Ecuador and the site of the country's deadliest prison riot in 2021, is fatally shot in her vehicle by suspected drug gang gunmen. (CBS News)
- China raises the retirement ages for the first time since 1978, to be implemented starting in 2025. The retirement age for men is raised to 63, and the women's is raised to 55 or 58 depending on their jobs. (NPR)
- Three people are killed in a suspected arson attack against a shop in Milan, Italy. (ANSA)
- Bedfordshire Police arrest an 18-year-old man on suspicion of murder after three people are found dead in a tower block in Luton, England, United Kingdom. (BBC News)
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