Current events: 2024-10-15

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Business and economy

• The United States Department of Transportation fines the German airline Lufthansa $4 million for its mistreatment of Orthodox Jewish passengers during a flight in 2022. (AP)

Health and environment

• Climate change and food security in Africa
  • The World Food Programme says that millions of people in southern African countries are facing a food crisis, with more than 21 million children currently malnourished. (Reuters)

International relations

• Iran–European Union relations
  • The European Union sanctions fourteen Iranian individuals and firms, including Iran Air and several high-ranking members of the Quds Force, for allegedly transferring missiles and drones to Moscow in order to help Russia in its invasion of Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
• Israel–United States relations, Israel–Hamas war
  • The Biden administration sends a letter to the Israeli government, urging it to take action to improve the humanitarian crisis in Gaza within 30 days. (CNN)
• North Korea–South Korea relations
  • North Korea announces that they have destroyed portions of an unused road that linked North Korea with South Korea. (AP)
• Philippines–United Arab Emirates relations
  • Following a phone call with Emirati president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Philippine president Bongbong Marcos confirms that 143 Filipinos in the United Arab Emirates have been pardoned by the Emirati government. (Philippine News Agency)

Law and crime

• Highway 4 shooting
  • A police officer is killed and four others are injured in a mass shooting on Highway 4 near Ashdod, Israel. (Al Jazeera) (The Times of Israel)
• The Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is designated as a terrorist group by the Canadian government and is sanctioned by the U.S. government, due to the group's alleged ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. (CTV News)

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