Current events: 2024-10-24

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • Five Israeli soldiers are killed and seven others are wounded in gun battles with Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • An Israeli airstrike in Gaza kills Muhammad Abu Attawi, a commander in Hamas' Nukhba forces who participated in the Nova music festival massacre, and had previously been accused by Israel of being a UNRWA employee. (Reuters) (The Times of Israel)
• Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
  • Islamist insurgents target an Indian Army vehicle with small arms fire near Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir, killing two soldiers and two civilian porters working with the military. Three soldiers are also injured in the attack. (The Indian Express)
• Mexican drug war
  • Two car bombs explode outside police stations in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, with the explosion in the city of Acámbaro injuring three police officers. (AP)

Business and economy

• Regulation of electronic cigarettes
  • The British government announces that disposable vapes will be banned in England and Wales from 1 June. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Pacific typhoon season
  • Tropical Storm Trami
    • Tropical Storm Trami (Kristine) makes landfall in northeastern Luzon, Philippines, killing at least 26 people. (BBC) (Reuters)
• At least three people are killed when a NNPC Limited Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopter crashes into the Atlantic Ocean in Nigeria. (Daily Maverick)

International relations

• North Korea–South Korea relations
  • Balloon propaganda campaigns in Korea
    • North Korea sends a wave of trash balloons over South Korea, with one balloon falling on the Blue House presidential compound in central Seoul. The balloon reportedly contained leaflets criticizing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon-hee. (ABC News)

Law and crime

• A mass stabbing in Cincinnati, Ohio leaves 4 people dead, including the perpetrator. (WLWT)

Politics and elections

• The European Parliament awards the Sakharov Prize to Venezuelan opposition leaders María Corina Machado and Edmundo González for their activism. (Reuters)

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