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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 151426" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Jammu_and_Kashmir" target="_blank">Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Seven people are killed and five injured during a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shooting" target="_blank">mass shooting</a> at a camp for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction_worker" target="_blank">construction workers</a> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonamarg" target="_blank">Sonamarg</a>, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" target="_blank">India</a>-controlled <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_%28union_territory%29" target="_blank">Jammu and Kashmir</a>. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/21/gunmen-kill-seven-people-working-on-key-tunnel-project-in-indias-kashmir" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hezbollah_conflict_%282023%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Israel–Hezbollah conflict</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a> launches <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airstrike" target="_blank">airstrikes</a> on financial institutions allegedly linked to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah" target="_blank">Hezbollah</a>, including in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beirut" target="_blank">Beirut</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beqaa_Valley" target="_blank">Beqaa Valley</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-lebanon-10-20-2024-42ea48ce0f6a31d53a25dc50f16796bc" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_%282023%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Sudanese civil war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">An <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-76" target="_blank">Ilyushin Il-76</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_aircraft" target="_blank">cargo plane</a> crashes in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Darfur" target="_blank">North Darfur</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan" target="_blank">Sudan</a>, killing its crew of two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russians" target="_blank">Russians</a> and three Sudanese nationals. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces" target="_blank">Rapid Support Forces</a> claims to have shot down the aircraft and says it has recovered its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_recorder" target="_blank">flight recorder</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a> says its diplomats in the country are investigating the crash. <a href="https://sudantribune.com/article292339/" target="_blank">(Sudan Tribune)</a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/sudan-cargo-jet-shot-down-russia-rsf-war-2ddf073f44918eacd3d09357f0d39529" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Health and environment<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_malaria" target="_blank">History of malaria</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization" target="_blank">World Health Organization</a> declares <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" target="_blank">Egypt</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaria" target="_blank">malaria</a>-free after a 100-year effort. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2yl8pjgn2o" target="_blank">(BBC)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93India_relations" target="_blank">China–India relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" target="_blank">India</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" target="_blank">China</a> reach a breakthrough agreement on disengagement and border patrol along the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Indian_border_dispute" target="_blank">disputed</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_of_Actual_Control" target="_blank">Line of Actual Control</a>. <a href="https://zeenews.india.com/india/breaking-india-china-agree-to-end-border-crisis-in-a-big-breakthrough-win-for-modi-govt-2809842.html" target="_blank">(Zee News)</a> <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/india-china-agree-on-patrolling-deal-at-disputed-border/a-70552405" target="_blank">(DW)</a></li>
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</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Sipadan_kidnappings" target="_blank">2000 Sipadan kidnappings</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Justice_%28Philippines%29" target="_blank">Department of Justice</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines" target="_blank">Philippines</a> reports that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_Trial_Court" target="_blank">a trial court</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taguig" target="_blank">Taguig</a> has <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convicted" target="_blank">convicted</a> 17 leaders and members of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Sayyaf" target="_blank">Abu Sayyaf</a>, including two top officials of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajah_Sulaiman_Movement" target="_blank">Rajah Sulaiman Movement</a> who have been in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council" target="_blank">United Nations Security Council</a>'s Sanctions List, of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping" target="_blank">kidnapping</a> of 21 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Malaysia" target="_blank">tourists</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sipadan" target="_blank">Sipadan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia" target="_blank">Malaysia</a>, in 2000. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convict" target="_blank">convicts</a> are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_%28law%29" target="_blank">sentenced</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reclusi%C3%B3n_perpetua%23Philippines" target="_blank">reclusión perpetua</a>. <a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3283186/philippines-gives-abu-sayyaf-kidnappers-life-prison-malaysia-resort-abductions" target="_blank">(AFP via SCMP)</a> <a href="https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1235964" target="_blank">(PNA)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2024" target="_blank">Mass shootings in the United States in 2024</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Five members of a family are killed, including three teenagers, in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shooting" target="_blank">mass shooting</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_City" target="_blank">Fall City</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_%28state%29" target="_blank">Washington</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a>. <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/10/21/fall-city-washington-murders/75780678007/" target="_blank">(USA TODAY)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Car_Wash" target="_blank">Operation Car Wash</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A court in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru" target="_blank">Peru</a> sentence's former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian_president" target="_blank">Peruvian president</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Toledo" target="_blank">Alejandro Toledo</a> to 20 years and six months in prison for taking bribes. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/peru-ex-president-toledo-sentenced-two-decades-prison-accepting-bribes-2024-10-21/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Albania" target="_blank">Albanian president</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilir_Meta" target="_blank">Ilir Meta</a> is arrested on accusations of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption" target="_blank">corruption</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/albanias-ex-president-meta-detained-by-police-spokesman-says-2024-10-21/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul>Science and technology<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_known_prime_number" target="_blank">Largest known prime number</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mersenne_primes_and_perfect_numbers" target="_blank">List of Mersenne primes and perfect numbers</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A 52nd <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersenne_prime" target="_blank">Mersenne prime</a> is discovered, by Luke Durant participating in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Internet_Mersenne_Prime_Search" target="_blank">Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search</a> (GIMPS), 6 years after the last new Mersenne prime in 2018. The prime number is 41,024,320 digits in length, making it the largest known prime number. <a href="https://www.mersenne.org/primes/?press=M136279841" target="_blank">(Mersenne.org)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_October_21" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 151426, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Jammu_and_Kashmir']Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir[/URL] [LIST] [*]Seven people are killed and five injured during a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shooting']mass shooting[/URL] at a camp for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction_worker']construction workers[/URL] near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonamarg']Sonamarg[/URL], in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India']India[/URL]-controlled [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_%28union_territory%29']Jammu and Kashmir[/URL]. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/21/gunmen-kill-seven-people-working-on-key-tunnel-project-in-indias-kashmir'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hezbollah_conflict_%282023%E2%80%93present%29']Israel–Hezbollah conflict[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israel[/URL] launches [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airstrike']airstrikes[/URL] on financial institutions allegedly linked to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah']Hezbollah[/URL], including in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beirut']Beirut[/URL] and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beqaa_Valley']Beqaa Valley[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-lebanon-10-20-2024-42ea48ce0f6a31d53a25dc50f16796bc'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_%282023%E2%80%93present%29']Sudanese civil war[/URL] [LIST] [*]An [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-76']Ilyushin Il-76[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_aircraft']cargo plane[/URL] crashes in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Darfur']North Darfur[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan']Sudan[/URL], killing its crew of two [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russians']Russians[/URL] and three Sudanese nationals. The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces']Rapid Support Forces[/URL] claims to have shot down the aircraft and says it has recovered its [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_recorder']flight recorder[/URL]. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL] says its diplomats in the country are investigating the crash. [URL='https://sudantribune.com/article292339/']([I]Sudan Tribune[/I])[/URL] [URL='https://apnews.com/article/sudan-cargo-jet-shot-down-russia-rsf-war-2ddf073f44918eacd3d09357f0d39529'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Health and environment[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_malaria']History of malaria[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization']World Health Organization[/URL] declares [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt']Egypt[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaria']malaria[/URL]-free after a 100-year effort. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2yl8pjgn2o'](BBC)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93India_relations']China–India relations[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India']India[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China']China[/URL] reach a breakthrough agreement on disengagement and border patrol along the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Indian_border_dispute']disputed[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_of_Actual_Control']Line of Actual Control[/URL]. [URL='https://zeenews.india.com/india/breaking-india-china-agree-to-end-border-crisis-in-a-big-breakthrough-win-for-modi-govt-2809842.html'](Zee News)[/URL] [URL='https://www.dw.com/en/india-china-agree-on-patrolling-deal-at-disputed-border/a-70552405'](DW)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Sipadan_kidnappings']2000 Sipadan kidnappings[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Justice_%28Philippines%29']Department of Justice[/URL] of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines']Philippines[/URL] reports that [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_Trial_Court']a trial court[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taguig']Taguig[/URL] has [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convicted']convicted[/URL] 17 leaders and members of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Sayyaf']Abu Sayyaf[/URL], including two top officials of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajah_Sulaiman_Movement']Rajah Sulaiman Movement[/URL] who have been in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council']United Nations Security Council[/URL]'s Sanctions List, of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping']kidnapping[/URL] of 21 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Malaysia']tourists[/URL] from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sipadan']Sipadan[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia']Malaysia[/URL], in 2000. The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convict']convicts[/URL] are [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_%28law%29']sentenced[/URL] to [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reclusi%C3%B3n_perpetua%23Philippines']reclusión perpetua[/URL][/I]. [URL='https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3283186/philippines-gives-abu-sayyaf-kidnappers-life-prison-malaysia-resort-abductions'](AFP via [I]SCMP[/I])[/URL] [URL='https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1235964'](PNA)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2024']Mass shootings in the United States in 2024[/URL] [LIST] [*]Five members of a family are killed, including three teenagers, in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shooting']mass shooting[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_City']Fall City[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_%28state%29']Washington[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL]. [URL='https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/10/21/fall-city-washington-murders/75780678007/'](USA TODAY)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Car_Wash']Operation Car Wash[/URL] [LIST] [*]A court in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru']Peru[/URL] sentence's former [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian_president']Peruvian president[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Toledo']Alejandro Toledo[/URL] to 20 years and six months in prison for taking bribes. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/peru-ex-president-toledo-sentenced-two-decades-prison-accepting-bribes-2024-10-21/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]Former [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Albania']Albanian president[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilir_Meta']Ilir Meta[/URL] is arrested on accusations of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption']corruption[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/albanias-ex-president-meta-detained-by-police-spokesman-says-2024-10-21/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Science and technology[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_known_prime_number']Largest known prime number[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mersenne_primes_and_perfect_numbers']List of Mersenne primes and perfect numbers[/URL] [LIST] [*]A 52nd [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersenne_prime']Mersenne prime[/URL] is discovered, by Luke Durant participating in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Internet_Mersenne_Prime_Search']Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search[/URL] (GIMPS), 6 years after the last new Mersenne prime in 2018. The prime number is 41,024,320 digits in length, making it the largest known prime number. [URL='https://www.mersenne.org/primes/?press=M136279841'](Mersenne.org)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_October_21"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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