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10
Economy / Jobs / Business

Russian invasion of Ukraine The World Bank approves a new financial intermediary fund consisting of grants from the United States, Japan, Canada, and other coun

Russian invasion of Ukraine The World Bank approves a new financial intermediary fund consisting of grants from the United States, Japan, Canada, and other countries coupled with interest from frozen Russian assets to give to Ukraine as part of a $50 billion loan. (Reuters) Ukraine's Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War confirms the death of journalist Victoria Roshchyna, who had been held prisoner by Russia since August 2023. (The Kyiv Independent)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Oct 10, 2024
Oct
10
Immigration / Law / Policy

Sudanese civil war October 2024 Sudan airstrikes Sudanese human rights group Emergency Lawyers reports that over 500 Sudanese civilians have been killed in airs

Sudanese civil war October 2024 Sudan airstrikes Sudanese human rights group Emergency Lawyers reports that over 500 Sudanese civilians have been killed in airstrikes conducted by the Sudanese Armed Forces on multiple civilian areas held by the Rapid Support Forces. (Reuters) (Dabanga Sudan)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Oct 10, 2024
Oct
10
War / Conflict / Security

Israel–Hezbollah conflict 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon An Israeli Merkava tank opens fire on a UNIFIL checkpoint in southern Lebanon, injuring two peacekeep

Israel–Hezbollah conflict 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon An Israeli Merkava tank opens fire on a UNIFIL checkpoint in southern Lebanon, injuring two peacekeepers. Israeli troops also open fire on two other UN positions near the Blue Line, although no casualties are reported. (BBC News) At least 22 people are killed in Israeli airstrikes on two different areas in central Beirut, Lebanon. (AP)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Oct 10, 2024
Oct
10
Immigration / Law / Policy

October 2024 Sudan airstrikes Sudanese human rights group Emergency Lawyers reports that over 500 Sudanese civilians have been killed in airstrikes conducted by

October 2024 Sudan airstrikes Sudanese human rights group Emergency Lawyers reports that over 500 Sudanese civilians have been killed in airstrikes conducted by the Sudanese Armed Forces on multiple civilian areas held by the Rapid Support Forces. (Reuters) (Dabanga Sudan)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Oct 10, 2024
Oct
11
War / Conflict / Security

2024 Nobel Peace Prize This year's Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors group Nihon Hidankyo for "its efforts to achieve a world free

2024 Nobel Peace Prize This year's Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors group Nihon Hidankyo for "its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again". (The Washington Post) (Nobel Prize)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Oct 11, 2024
Oct
11
Immigration / Law / Policy

France–Israel relations, Israel–Hezbollah conflict France summons the Israeli ambassador to France over recent attacks against United Nations peacekeepers in Le

France–Israel relations, Israel–Hezbollah conflict France summons the Israeli ambassador to France over recent attacks against United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon, calling the attacks a violation of international law and asking Israel to explain itself. (Le Monde)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Oct 11, 2024
Oct
11
War / Conflict / Security

This year's Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors group Nihon Hidankyo for "its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and

This year's Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors group Nihon Hidankyo for "its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again". (The Washington Post) (Nobel Prize)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Oct 11, 2024
Oct
11
Health / Disasters

2024 Peru wildfires The Global Wildfire Information System states that 10,400 wildfires have been reported in Peru so far this year, more than twice as many as

2024 Peru wildfires The Global Wildfire Information System states that 10,400 wildfires have been reported in Peru so far this year, more than twice as many as were reported in 2020, and that the wildfires burned an area nearly 2.5 times larger than those in 2020. (Reuters)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Oct 11, 2024
Oct
11
Health / Disasters

2024 South American wildfires 2024 Peru wildfires The Global Wildfire Information System states that 10,400 wildfires have been reported in Peru so far this yea

2024 South American wildfires 2024 Peru wildfires The Global Wildfire Information System states that 10,400 wildfires have been reported in Peru so far this year, more than twice as many as were reported in 2020, and that the wildfires burned an area nearly 2.5 times larger than those in 2020. (Reuters)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Oct 11, 2024
Oct
11
War / Conflict / Security

Battle of Toretsk The military administrator of the city of Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, reports that more than half of the city has been taken by Russia

Battle of Toretsk The military administrator of the city of Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, reports that more than half of the city has been taken by Russian Armed Forces, with the Armed Forces of Ukraine fighting back at eight different locations. (Reuters)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Oct 11, 2024
Oct
11
Politics / Government

Eastern Ukraine campaign Battle of Toretsk The military administrator of the city of Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, reports that more than half of the city

Eastern Ukraine campaign Battle of Toretsk The military administrator of the city of Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, reports that more than half of the city has been taken by Russian Armed Forces, with the Armed Forces of Ukraine fighting back at eight different locations. (Reuters)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Oct 11, 2024
Oct
11
Immigration / Law / Policy

Israel–Hezbollah conflict Two United Nations peacekeepers are injured when Israeli forces fire at a watchtower at their headquarters in southern Lebanon.

Israel–Hezbollah conflict Two United Nations peacekeepers are injured when Israeli forces fire at a watchtower at their headquarters in southern Lebanon. (Euronews) The Lebanese Armed Forces reports that two of its soldiers were killed in an Israeli strike on one of its positions in southern Lebanon. (Al Arabiya) A drone launched from Lebanon damages a building and causes a power outage in Herzliya, Israel. (Crisis 24) (MTV Lebanon) Israel destroys an Iranian Red Crescent Society field hospital on the Lebanon–Syria border. (Xinhua)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Oct 11, 2024
Oct
11
Politics / Government

Russian invasion of Ukraine Eastern Ukraine campaign Battle of Toretsk The military administrator of the city of Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, reports tha

Russian invasion of Ukraine Eastern Ukraine campaign Battle of Toretsk The military administrator of the city of Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, reports that more than half of the city has been taken by Russian Armed Forces, with the Armed Forces of Ukraine fighting back at eight different locations. (Reuters)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Oct 11, 2024
Oct
12
Immigration / Law / Policy

As a response to Germany tightening border controls and following a call for EU-wide solutions by its Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, Prime Minister of Poland D

As a response to Germany tightening border controls and following a call for EU-wide solutions by its Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk issues a request to the European Union to accept a provisional suspension of migrants' right to asylum in order to control irregular immigration from Belarus, which human rights activists condemn as unconstitutional. (Reuters) (Euronews)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Oct 12, 2024
Oct
12
Immigration / Law / Policy

Belarus–European Union border crisis, Human rights in Poland As a response to Germany tightening border controls and following a call for EU-wide solutions by i

Belarus–European Union border crisis, Human rights in Poland As a response to Germany tightening border controls and following a call for EU-wide solutions by its Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk issues a request to the European Union to accept a provisional suspension of migrants' right to asylum in order to control irregular immigration from Belarus, which human rights activists condemn as unconstitutional. (Reuters) (Euronews)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Oct 12, 2024
Oct
12
Major Trends

A 52nd Mersenne prime is discovered by a participant of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, six years after the last new Mersenne prime was discovered in

A 52nd Mersenne prime is discovered by a participant of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, six years after the last new Mersenne prime was discovered in 2018. The prime number is 41,024,320 digits in length, making it the largest known prime number. (Mersenne.org)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Oct 12, 2024
Oct
12
War / Conflict / Security

Israel–Hezbollah conflict 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon Israel's military orders the residents of 23 villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate to areas north

Israel–Hezbollah conflict 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon Israel's military orders the residents of 23 villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate to areas north of the Awali River. (Reuters) The UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura, Lebanon, is hit by an Israeli airstrike. (CTV News) (BBC News)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Oct 12, 2024
Oct
12
War / Conflict / Security

Local media outlets report that Ukrainian military recruitment officers raided shopping centers, bars, restaurants, and a large concert venue across several Ukr

Local media outlets report that Ukrainian military recruitment officers raided shopping centers, bars, restaurants, and a large concert venue across several Ukrainian cities including Kyiv, Dnipro, and Kharkiv to detain men not in compliance with conscription orders. (AP)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Oct 12, 2024
Oct
12
War / Conflict / Security

Russian invasion of Ukraine Ukrainian conscription crisis Local media outlets report that Ukrainian military recruitment officers raided shopping centers, bars,

Russian invasion of Ukraine Ukrainian conscription crisis Local media outlets report that Ukrainian military recruitment officers raided shopping centers, bars, restaurants, and a large concert venue across several Ukrainian cities including Kyiv, Dnipro, and Kharkiv to detain men not in compliance with conscription orders. (AP)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Oct 12, 2024
Oct
12
War / Conflict / Security

Ukrainian conscription crisis Local media outlets report that Ukrainian military recruitment officers raided shopping centers, bars, restaurants, and a large co

Ukrainian conscription crisis Local media outlets report that Ukrainian military recruitment officers raided shopping centers, bars, restaurants, and a large concert venue across several Ukrainian cities including Kyiv, Dnipro, and Kharkiv to detain men not in compliance with conscription orders. (AP)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Oct 12, 2024
Oct
13
Immigration / Law / Policy

Gaza war United States support for Israel in the Gaza war United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin authorizes the deployment of a Terminal High Altitude

Gaza war United States support for Israel in the Gaza war United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin authorizes the deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile defense system to Israel to help boost the country's air defences. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters) An Israeli attack on a school used to shelter displaced Palestinians kills at least 22 people, including fifteen children, in the Nuseirat refugee camp in northern Gaza. (BBC News)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Oct 13, 2024
Oct
13
Economy / Jobs / Business

2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon Israeli attack on Ramyah UNIFIL post Two Israel Defense Forces Merkava tanks forcibly enter a UNIFIL base in Ramyah, Bint Jbeil

2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon Israeli attack on Ramyah UNIFIL post Two Israel Defense Forces Merkava tanks forcibly enter a UNIFIL base in Ramyah, Bint Jbeil District, Lebanon. The tanks fire rounds at the base, injuring fifteen United Nations peacekeepers. (BBC News) Israeli airstrikes destroy an Ottoman-era market in Nabatieh, Lebanon, killing at least one person and injuring four others. (AP)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Oct 13, 2024
Oct
13
Economy / Jobs / Business

Sudanese civil war Battle of Khartoum, October 2024 Sudan airstrikes At least 23 people are killed and 40 others are injured in a Sudanese Armed Forces airstrik

Sudanese civil war Battle of Khartoum, October 2024 Sudan airstrikes At least 23 people are killed and 40 others are injured in a Sudanese Armed Forces airstrike on a marketplace in an area of Khartoum, Sudan, currently controlled by the Rapid Support Forces. (DW)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Oct 13, 2024
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