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jmetaB026b15852f11584896b9c8ca4a6c2ead50ce584e75a9f7139bccb41b06b0138da2@c68dc37064cc06fa105a5d01c8d4bdddb4b215fad1e4b7a38759dada50418c91rss.itemmetarss.netM,a<item><title>Current events: 2024-08-05</title><link>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_August_5</link><description> &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Armed conflicts and attacks&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spillover_of_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war"&gt;Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_on_U.S._bases_in_Iraq%2C_Jordan%2C_and_Syria_during_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria during the Israel–Hamas war"&gt;Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria during the Israel–Hamas war&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Al-Asad_Airbase_missile_attack" title="2024 Al-Asad Airbase missile attack"&gt;2024 Al-Asad Airbase missile attack&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;At least five &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Armed_Forces" title="US Armed Forces"&gt;United States personnel&lt;/a&gt; are injured when two missiles strike the joint &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States"&gt;American&lt;/a&gt;–&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"&gt;Iraqi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Asad_Airbase" title="Al Asad Airbase"&gt;Al Asad Airbase&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Anbar_Governorate" title="Al-Anbar Governorate"&gt;al-Anbar Governorate&lt;/a&gt;, Iraq. &lt;a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-personnel-hurt-attack-against-base-iraq-officials-say-2024-08-05/"&gt;(Reuters)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Israel–Hamas war"&gt;Israel–Hamas war&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_razing_of_cemeteries_and_necroviolence_against_Palestinians" title="Israeli razing of cemeteries and necroviolence against Palestinians"&gt;Israeli razing of cemeteries and necroviolence against Palestinians&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" title="Israel"&gt;Israel&lt;/a&gt; returns 89 &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decomposition" title="Decomposition"&gt;decomposed&lt;/a&gt;, unidentifiable &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian" title="Palestinian"&gt;Palestinian&lt;/a&gt; bodies to the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Ministry_of_Health" title="Gaza Ministry of Health"&gt;Gaza Ministry of Health&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/5/israel-returns-decomposed-bodies-of-89-palestinians-to-gaza"&gt;(Al Jazeera)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Iran%E2%80%93Israel_conflict" title="2024 Iran–Israel conflict"&gt;2024 Iran–Israel conflict&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ahead of expected retaliation against &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" title="Israel"&gt;Israel&lt;/a&gt; for the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Ismail_Haniyeh" title="Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh"&gt;assassination of Ismail Haniyeh&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" title="Iran"&gt;Iran&lt;/a&gt; issues a &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOTAM" title="NOTAM"&gt;NOTAM&lt;/a&gt;, advising aircraft to change their routes over the country due to potential dangers en route. &lt;a href="https://jpost.com/breaking-news/article-813352"&gt;(&lt;i&gt;The Jerusalem Post&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M23_offensive_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" title="M23 offensive (2022–present)"&gt;M23 offensive&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Nearly 100 &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congolese_National_Police" title="Congolese National Police"&gt;Congolese National Police&lt;/a&gt; officers flee to &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda" title="Uganda"&gt;Uganda&lt;/a&gt; as fighting between &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_23_Movement" title="March 23 Movement"&gt;M23&lt;/a&gt; rebels and the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo"&gt;Congolese military&lt;/a&gt; intensifies. &lt;a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/congolese-police-officers-flee-uganda-fighting-intensifies-2024-08-05/"&gt;(Reuters)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_conflict" title="Papua conflict"&gt;Papua conflict&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Papua_Movement" title="Free Papua Movement"&gt;Separatist fighters&lt;/a&gt; shoot and kill a &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"&gt;New Zealander&lt;/a&gt; helicopter pilot in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Papua" title="Central Papua"&gt;Central Papua&lt;/a&gt; province, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia"&gt;Indonesia&lt;/a&gt;, shortly after landing in the village of Alama. The four &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papuans" title="Papuans"&gt;indigenous Papuans&lt;/a&gt; onboard the aircraft are later released. &lt;a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/6/rebels-in-indonesias-papua-kill-new-zealand-pilot-in-second-plane-attack"&gt;(Al Jazeera)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sea_crisis" title="Red Sea crisis"&gt;Red Sea crisis&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi_movement" title="Houthi movement"&gt;Houthis&lt;/a&gt; claim an attack on the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberia" title="Liberia"&gt;Liberia&lt;/a&gt;-flagged container ship MV &lt;i&gt;Groton&lt;/i&gt; in the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Aden" title="Gulf of Aden"&gt;Gulf of Aden&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/4/yemens-houthis-claim-first-attack-on-container-ship-in-two-weeks"&gt;(Al Jazeera)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Business and economy&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_stock_market_decline" title="2024 stock market decline"&gt;2024 stock market decline&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"&gt;Japan&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikkei_225" title="Nikkei 225"&gt;Nikkei 225&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_market_index" title="Stock market index"&gt;stock market index&lt;/a&gt; falls by more than 12%, suffering its worst two-day decline ever and its largest daily percentage drop since &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Monday_%281987%29" title="Black Monday (1987)"&gt;Black Monday&lt;/a&gt; in October 1987. &lt;a href="https://apnews.com/article/japan-stocks-nikkei-markets-yen-9fc2c2d7b2f85be89e8dd2db4054b9c5"&gt;(AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/global-markets-wrapup-1-2024-08-04/"&gt;(Reuters)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average" title="Dow Jones Industrial Average"&gt;Dow Jones Industrial Average&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%26P_500" title="S&amp;P 500"&gt;S&amp;amp;P 500&lt;/a&gt;, and the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasdaq_Composite" title="Nasdaq Composite"&gt;Nasdaq Composite&lt;/a&gt; all fall by 3%, registering their biggest three-day declines since June 2022. &lt;a href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-futures-tumble-recession-fears-grip-investors-2024-08-05/"&gt;(Reuters)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Disasters and accidents&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Atlantic_hurricane_season" title="2024 Atlantic hurricane season"&gt;2024 Atlantic hurricane season&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Debby_%282024%29" title="Hurricane Debby (2024)"&gt;Hurricane Debby&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;At least six people are killed in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida" title="Florida"&gt;Florida&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States"&gt;United States&lt;/a&gt;, by severe weather caused by Hurricane Debby. &lt;a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4xxdknr94o"&gt;(BBC News)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Wolayita_landslide" title="2024 Wolayita landslide"&gt;2024 Wolayita landslide&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;At least thirteen people are killed by a rainfall-triggered &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landslide" title="Landslide"&gt;landslide&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolayita_Zone" title="Wolayita Zone"&gt;Wolayita&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia"&gt;Ethiopia&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://apnews.com/article/ethiopia-landslide-wolaita-7376c519571f6c017adecfa937d238f2"&gt;(AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;International relations&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Venezuelan_presidential_election" title="2024 Venezuelan presidential election"&gt;2024 Venezuelan presidential election&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_2024_Venezuelan_presidential_election" title="International reactions to the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election"&gt;International reactions to the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union"&gt;European Union&lt;/a&gt; joins the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States"&gt;United States&lt;/a&gt; and several &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America"&gt;Latin American&lt;/a&gt; nations in refusing to accept the claimed &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Venezuelan_presidential_election" title="2024 Venezuelan presidential election"&gt;Venezuelan presidential election&lt;/a&gt; victory of Incumbent President &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicol%C3%A1s_Maduro" title="Nicolás Maduro"&gt;Nicolás Maduro&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.kyivpost.com/post/36897"&gt;(&lt;i&gt;Kyiv Post&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"&gt;Brazil&lt;/a&gt; becomes the representative of the interests of &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina"&gt;Argentina&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru" title="Peru"&gt;Peru&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela"&gt;Venezuela&lt;/a&gt;, after Venezuela expels the Argentinian and Peruvian diplomats following tensions in the aftermath of the presidential election. &lt;a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-venezuela-reach-deal-after-diplomatic-ruptures-following-contested-2024-08-05/"&gt;(Reuters)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war"&gt;International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_impact_of_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Economic impact of the Israel–Hamas war"&gt;Economic impact of the Israel–Hamas war&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"&gt;United Kingdom&lt;/a&gt; provisionally suspends all arms exports to &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" title="Israel"&gt;Israel&lt;/a&gt;, pending a policy review. &lt;a href="https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/arms-export-licences-to-israel-suspended-by-uk-government-h17rhdf2"&gt;(&lt;i&gt;The Jewish Chronicle&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Law and crime&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_riots" title="2024 United Kingdom riots"&gt;2024 United Kingdom riots&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rioting takes place in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth"&gt;Plymouth&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham"&gt;Birmingham&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" title="England"&gt;England&lt;/a&gt;, while &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_Service_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Police Service of Northern Ireland"&gt;police&lt;/a&gt; are attacked with &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov_cocktail" title="Molotov cocktail"&gt;molotov cocktails&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast"&gt;Belfast&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland"&gt;Northern Ireland&lt;/a&gt;, as the number of people arrested rises to 400. &lt;a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyvpp3e7mn4o"&gt;(BBC News)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Venezuelan_presidential_election" title="2024 Venezuelan presidential election"&gt;2024 Venezuelan presidential election&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Venezuelan_protests" title="2024 Venezuelan protests"&gt;2024 Venezuelan protests&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Ministry_of_Venezuela" title="Public Ministry of Venezuela"&gt;Venezuelan Attorney General&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarek_William_Saab" title="Tarek William Saab"&gt;Tarek William Saab&lt;/a&gt; opens a criminal investigation into opposition officials &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmundo_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Urrutia" title="Edmundo González Urrutia"&gt;Edmundo González&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Corina_Machado" title="María Corina Machado"&gt;María Corina Machado&lt;/a&gt; for calling on the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Bolivarian_Armed_Forces_of_Venezuela" title="National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela"&gt;Armed Forces&lt;/a&gt; to abandon their support for &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Venezuela" title="President of Venezuela"&gt;President&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicol%C3%A1s_Maduro" title="Nicolás Maduro"&gt;Nicolás Maduro&lt;/a&gt; throughout the protests and riots in the country. &lt;a href="https://www.dw.com/en/venezuela-opens-investigation-into-opposition-figures/a-69864495"&gt;(DW)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Google_LLC_%282020%29" title="United States v. Google LLC (2020)"&gt;&lt;i&gt;United States v. Google LLC&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Columbia" title="United States District Court for the District of Columbia"&gt;District of Columbia District&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Judge" title="United States District Judge"&gt;Judge&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amit_Mehta" title="Amit Mehta"&gt;Amit Mehta&lt;/a&gt; finds &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google" title="Google"&gt;Google&lt;/a&gt; guilty of violating the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Antitrust_Act" title="Sherman Antitrust Act"&gt;Sherman Antitrust Act&lt;/a&gt; by illegally maintaining a &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly" title="Monopoly"&gt;monopoly&lt;/a&gt; over &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_search" title="Internet search"&gt;internet search&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/05/business/google-loses-antitrust-lawsuit-doj/index.html"&gt;(CNN)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/05/doj-google-monopoly-trial-judgment/"&gt;(&lt;i&gt;The Washington Post&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda_Police_Force" title="Uganda Police Force"&gt;Uganda Police&lt;/a&gt; arrest and charge fourteen &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda" title="Uganda"&gt;Ugandan&lt;/a&gt; opposition officials and lawmakers with &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism" title="Terrorism"&gt;terrorism&lt;/a&gt; charges for participating in anti-&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Uganda" title="Politics of Uganda"&gt;government&lt;/a&gt; and anti-&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Uganda" title="Corruption in Uganda"&gt;corruption&lt;/a&gt; protests last month. &lt;a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/uganda-charges-opposition-lawmakers-supporters-over-protest-2024-08-05/"&gt;(Reuters)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanoi" title="Hanoi"&gt;Hanoi&lt;/a&gt; People's Court in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam"&gt;Vietnam&lt;/a&gt; sentences &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo_Airways" title="Bamboo Airways"&gt;Bamboo Airways&lt;/a&gt; chairman and real estate business &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycoon" title="Tycoon"&gt;tycoon&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinh_Van_Quyet" title="Trinh Van Quyet"&gt;Trinh Van Quyet&lt;/a&gt; to 21 years in prison for &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraud" title="Fraud"&gt;defrauding&lt;/a&gt; investors of 3.6 trillion &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VN%C4%90" title="VNĐ"&gt;VNĐ&lt;/a&gt; (US$144 million). &lt;a href="https://www.dw.com/en/vietnam-billionaire-tycoon-gets-21-year-sentence-for-fraud/a-69860013"&gt;(DW)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://apnews.com/article/vietnam-billionaire-trinh-van-quyet-corruption-7837dbdce0d4820668565537d3e2c2fe"&gt;(AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Politics and elections&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Bangladesh_quota_reform_movement" title="2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement"&gt;2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-cooperation_movement_%282024%29" title="Non-cooperation movement (2024)"&gt;Non-cooperation movement&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Bangladesh" title="Prime Minister of Bangladesh"&gt;Prime Minister of Bangladesh&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Hasina" title="Sheikh Hasina"&gt;Sheikh Hasina&lt;/a&gt; resigns and flees to &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal"&gt;West Bengal&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://news.sky.com/story/bangladesh-prime-minister-resigns-after-deadly-protests-reports-13191184"&gt;(Sky News)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Protestors storm the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganabhaban" title="Ganabhaban"&gt;prime minister's residence&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatiya_Sangsad" title="Jatiya Sangsad"&gt;National Parliament&lt;/a&gt; building in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaka" title="Dhaka"&gt;Dhaka&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh"&gt;Bangladesh&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/who-is-bangladesh-army-chief-who-announced-hasinas-resignation-2024-08-05/"&gt;(Reuters)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/bangladesh-riots-sheikh-hasina-residence-ganabhaban-raided-parliament-stormed-19455009.htm"&gt;(CNBC)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_Army_Staff_%28Bangladesh%29" title="Chief of Army Staff (Bangladesh)"&gt;Chief of Army Staff&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waker-uz-Zaman" title="Waker-uz-Zaman"&gt;Waker-uz-Zaman&lt;/a&gt; announces the formation of an &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interim_government" title="Interim government"&gt;interim government&lt;/a&gt; in Bangladesh and vows to launch an investigation into the government crackdowns. &lt;a href="https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20240805-bangladesh-protesters-storm-pm-sheikh-hasina-palace-after-she-flees-quotas-students"&gt;(France 24)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sports&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Summer_Olympics" title="2024 Summer Olympics"&gt;2024 Summer Olympics&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_pole_vault" title="Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault"&gt;Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics" title="Sweden at the 2024 Summer Olympics"&gt;Sweden&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armand_Duplantis" title="Armand Duplantis"&gt;Armand Duplantis&lt;/a&gt; wins his second consecutive gold medal, breaking his own &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_athletics" title="List of world records in athletics"&gt;world record&lt;/a&gt; with a jump of {{convert|6.25|m|ftin}}. &lt;a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/05/sport/mondo-duplantis-pole-vault-world-record-paris-olympics-spt-intl/index.html"&gt;(CNN)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics" title="Colombia at the 2024 Summer Olympics"&gt;Colombia at the 2024 Summer Olympics&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81ngel_Barajas" title="Ángel Barajas"&gt;Ángel Barajas&lt;/a&gt; wins the silver medal in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnastics_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_horizontal_bar" title="Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar"&gt;Men's horizontal bar&lt;/a&gt;, earning &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia"&gt;Colombia&lt;/a&gt; its first ever medal in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnastics_at_the_Olympics" title="Gymnastics at the Olympics"&gt;gymnastics&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://remezcla.com/sports/angel-barajas-makes-history-colombia-first-ever-olympics-medal-gymnastics/"&gt;(Remezcla)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerns_and_controversies_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics" title="Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics"&gt;Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium"&gt;Belgium&lt;/a&gt; withdraws from the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triathlon_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Mixed_relay" title="Triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Mixed relay"&gt;Mixed relay&lt;/a&gt; triathlon event after triathlete &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Michel" title="Claire Michel"&gt;Claire Michel&lt;/a&gt; becomes ill days after she swam in the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seine" title="Seine"&gt;Seine&lt;/a&gt; river during the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triathlon_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s" title="Triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's"&gt;women's triathlon event&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://cnn.com/2024/08/04/sport/belgium-withdraws-mixed-relay-triathlon-seine-spt/index.html"&gt;(CNN)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0000</pubDate></item>