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jmetaB02bb5fd349d9ac67e584bee65739d5041054e086146049ebb4825bdabf6f345454@c68dc37064cc06fa105a5d01c8d4bdddb4b215fad1e4b7a38759dada50418c91rss.itemmetarss.netMW<item><title>Current events: 2024-08-28</title><link>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_August_28</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/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_incursions_in_the_West_Bank_during_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war"&gt;Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Israeli_military_operation_in_the_northern_West_Bank" title="2024 Israeli military operation in the northern West Bank"&gt;2024 Israeli military operation in the northern West Bank&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" title="Israel Defense Forces"&gt;Israel Defense Forces&lt;/a&gt; launch a major &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_operation" title="Military operation"&gt;military operation&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank" title="West Bank"&gt;West Bank&lt;/a&gt;, primarily in the cities of &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenin" title="Jenin"&gt;Jenin&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulkarm" title="Tulkarm"&gt;Tulkarm&lt;/a&gt;, with at least ten &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians" title="Palestinians"&gt;Palestinians&lt;/a&gt; killed and several others injured. The Al-Israa Specialised Hospital and the Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital are surrounded, and ambulances are blocked from entering the hospitals. &lt;a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/8/28/israels-war-on-gaza-live-many-still-buried-after-day-of-israeli-strikes"&gt;(Al Jazeera)&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/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine"&gt;Russian invasion of Ukraine&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_in_Russia_during_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine"&gt;Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine" title="Armed Forces of Ukraine"&gt;Ukrainian&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_combat_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned combat aerial vehicle"&gt;drones&lt;/a&gt; strike an &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_terminal" title="Oil terminal"&gt;oil terminal&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamensky_District%2C_Rostov_Oblast" title="Kamensky District, Rostov Oblast"&gt;Kamensky District&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostov_Oblast" title="Rostov Oblast"&gt;Rostov Oblast&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"&gt;Russia&lt;/a&gt;, causing a large fire. &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine"&gt;Ukraine&lt;/a&gt; also launches &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_warfare" title="Drone warfare"&gt;drone attacks&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirov_Oblast" title="Kirov Oblast"&gt;Kirov Oblast&lt;/a&gt; for the first time, striking an oil depot in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotelnich" title="Kotelnich"&gt;Kotelnich&lt;/a&gt;. The &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_%28Russia%29" title="Ministry of Defence (Russia)"&gt;Russian Defence Ministry&lt;/a&gt; says that air defences have shot down eight drones over &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voronezh_Oblast" title="Voronezh Oblast"&gt;Voronezh Oblast&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-drones-set-oil-depot-russias-rostov-ablaze-russian-telegram-channels-2024-08-28/"&gt;(Reuters)&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/Somali_Civil_War_%282009%E2%80%93present%29" title="Somali Civil War (2009–present)"&gt;Somali Civil War&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Anod_conflict_%282023%E2%80%93present%29" title="Las Anod conflict (2023–present)"&gt;Las Anod conflict&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;At least nine people are killed in fighting between &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSC-Khatumo" title="SSC-Khatumo"&gt;SSC-Khatumo&lt;/a&gt; forces and &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somaliland" title="Somaliland"&gt;Somaliland&lt;/a&gt; troops near &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erigavo" title="Erigavo"&gt;Erigavo&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanaag" title="Sanaag"&gt;Sanaag&lt;/a&gt;, Somaliland. &lt;a href="https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/fresh-fighting-in-northern-somalia-leaves-5-dead"&gt;(Garowe Online)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.bbc.com/somali/articles/cq82447yz54o"&gt;(BBC News Somali)&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/Israel%E2%80%93Hezbollah_conflict_%282023%E2%80%93present%29" title="Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)"&gt;Israel–Hezbollah conflict&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Three &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad" title="Palestinian Islamic Jihad"&gt;Islamic Jihad Palestinian fighters&lt;/a&gt; and a &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah" title="Hezbollah"&gt;Hezbollah&lt;/a&gt; militant are killed in an &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" title="Israel"&gt;Israeli&lt;/a&gt; drone strike on a vehicle at a &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_checkpoint" title="Border checkpoint"&gt;checkpoint&lt;/a&gt; on the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon%E2%80%93Syria_border" title="Lebanon–Syria border"&gt;Lebanon–Syria border&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/8/28/israels-war-on-gaza-live-many-still-buried-after-day-of-israeli-strikes?update=3145614"&gt;(Al Jazeera)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;One injured in an Israeli airstrike on a truck transporting missiles near &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baalbek" title="Baalbek"&gt;Baalbek&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/8/28/israels-war-on-gaza-live-many-still-buried-after-day-of-israeli-strikes?update=3145614"&gt;(Al Jazeera)&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/Myanmar_civil_war_%282021%E2%80%93present%29" title="Myanmar civil war (2021–present)"&gt;Myanmar civil war&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatmadaw" title="Tatmadaw"&gt;Tatmadaw&lt;/a&gt; forces launch a major &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterattack" title="Counterattack"&gt;counteroffensive&lt;/a&gt; against rebels in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kachin_State" title="Kachin State"&gt;Kachin State&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar"&gt;Myanmar&lt;/a&gt;, following the fall of &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momauk" title="Momauk"&gt;Momauk&lt;/a&gt; to the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kachin_Independence_Army" title="Kachin Independence Army"&gt;Kachin Independence Army&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmar-junta-launches-major-counteroffensive-in-southern-kachin-state/"&gt;(Myanmar Now)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations"&gt;UN&lt;/a&gt; official says that the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arakan_Army" title="Arakan Army"&gt;Arakan Army&lt;/a&gt; has begun indiscriminately attacking the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Myanmar" title="Islam in Myanmar"&gt;Muslim&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_people" title="Rohingya people"&gt;Rohingya&lt;/a&gt; minority in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakhine_State" title="Rakhine State"&gt;Rakhine State&lt;/a&gt; after capturing much of the state, forcing thousands of people to flee. The rebel group is reportedly "rounding up groups" of Rohingya men and &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_%28projectile%29" title="Shell (projectile)"&gt;shelling&lt;/a&gt; Rohingya villages. &lt;a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/aug/22/myanmar-rohingya-muslim-minority-flee-bangladesh-massacres-arakan-army-rebels"&gt;(&lt;i&gt;The Guardian&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&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_Sudan_floods" title="2024 Sudan floods"&gt;2024 Sudan floods&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbaat_Dam_collapse" title="Arbaat Dam collapse"&gt;Arbaat Dam collapse&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The death toll from flooding across Sudan including the collapse of the Arbaat Dam near &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Sudan" title="Port Sudan"&gt;Port Sudan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan"&gt;Sudan&lt;/a&gt;, increases to 148 people. &lt;a href="https://sudantribune.com/article290115/"&gt;(&lt;i&gt;Sudan Tribune&lt;/i&gt;)&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_Pacific_typhoon_season" title="2024 Pacific typhoon season"&gt;2024 Pacific typhoon season&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hundreds of flights are cancelled and the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Meteorological_Agency" title="Japan Meteorological Agency"&gt;Japan Meteorological Agency&lt;/a&gt; issues an alert in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagoshima_Prefecture" title="Kagoshima Prefecture"&gt;Kagoshima Prefecture&lt;/a&gt; as &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Shanshan_%282024%29" title="Typhoon Shanshan (2024)"&gt;Typhoon Shanshan&lt;/a&gt; is expected to make landfall over southwestern &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"&gt;Japan&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/japan/japan-braces-typhoon-shanshan-heavy-rain-strong-winds-forecast-2024-08-28/"&gt;(Reuters)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Three people are injured and three others are reported missing due to heavy rains and landslides in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyushu" title="Kyushu"&gt;Kyushu&lt;/a&gt;, according to the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_and_Disaster_Management_Agency" title="Fire and Disaster Management Agency"&gt;Fire and Disaster Management Agency&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.msn.com/en-gb/weather/topstories/three-missing-after-typhoon-shanshan-brings-heavy-rain-to-japan/ar-AA1pzBOZ"&gt;(MSN)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Afghanistan%E2%80%93Pakistan_floods" title="2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods"&gt;2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The death toll from flooding in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan"&gt;Pakistan&lt;/a&gt; increases to 245 people. &lt;a href="https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/833686-rains-floods-claim-245-lives-in-27-days-ndma-"&gt;(Dunya 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_Yemen_floods" title="2024 Yemen floods"&gt;2024 Yemen floods&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;At least 33 people are killed by landslides and heavy rainfall in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Mahwit" title="Al Mahwit"&gt;Al Mahwit&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen"&gt;Yemen&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://nos.nl/artikel/2534887-tientallen-doden-door-noodweer-en-aardverschuivingen-in-jemen"&gt;(NOS)&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/Israel%E2%80%93United_States_relations" title="Israel–United States relations"&gt;Israel–United States relations&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_settler_violence" title="Israeli settler violence"&gt;Israeli settler violence&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State"&gt;United States Department of State&lt;/a&gt; imposes sanctions on &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_settler" title="Israeli settler"&gt;Israeli settler&lt;/a&gt; group Hashomer Yosh and a civilian security coordinator for the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitzhar" title="Yitzhar"&gt;Yitzhar&lt;/a&gt; settlement for &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremist" title="Extremist"&gt;extremist&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_settler_violence" title="Israeli settler violence"&gt;settler violence&lt;/a&gt; against Palestinians in the West Bank. &lt;a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/28/us-issues-more-sanctions-over-israeli-settler-violence-in-west-bank"&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;Law and crime&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_crisis_%282018%E2%80%93present%29" title="Haitian crisis (2018–present)"&gt;Haitian crisis&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_war_in_Haiti" title="Gang war in Haiti"&gt;Gang war in Haiti&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_National_Police" title="Haitian National Police"&gt;Haitian National Police&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya_Police" title="Kenya Police"&gt;Kenya Police&lt;/a&gt;, along with other foreign police forces as part of the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multinational_Security_Support_Mission_in_Haiti" title="Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti"&gt;Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti&lt;/a&gt;, launch a joint operation to oust violent gangs from parts of the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti" title="Haiti"&gt;Haitian&lt;/a&gt; capital city &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port-au-Prince" title="Port-au-Prince"&gt;Port-au-Prince&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://apnews.com/article/haiti-gangs-police-military-kenyans-shooting-ad2ffb474743ad035974e81bc5c0e87e"&gt;(AP)&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/1Malaysia_Development_Berhad_scandal" title="1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal"&gt;1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland"&gt;Swiss&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Criminal_Court_of_Switzerland" title="Federal Criminal Court of Switzerland"&gt;Federal Criminal Court&lt;/a&gt; convicts two PetroSaudi executives to six and seven years in prison respectively for embezzling more than US$1.8 billion from the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia"&gt;Malaysian&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_development" title="Business development"&gt;strategic development&lt;/a&gt; firm &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1Malaysia_Development_Berhad" title="1Malaysia Development Berhad"&gt;1Malaysia Development Berhad&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/28/swiss-court-convicts-two-executives-of-embezzling-1-8bn-from-1mdb"&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/2023_Quran_burnings_in_Sweden" title="2023 Quran burnings in Sweden"&gt;2023 Quran burnings in Sweden&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"&gt;Swedish&lt;/a&gt; prosecutors charge &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salwan_Momika" title="Salwan Momika"&gt;Salwan Momika&lt;/a&gt; and Salwan Najem with four counts of "&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incitement_to_ethnic_or_racial_hatred%23Sweden" title="Incitement to ethnic or racial hatred#Sweden"&gt;offences of agitation against an ethnic or national group&lt;/a&gt;" after the two &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quran_desecration" title="Quran desecration"&gt;desecrated&lt;/a&gt; the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quran" title="Quran"&gt;Quran&lt;/a&gt; and made derogatory remarks about &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim" title="Muslim"&gt;Muslims&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm"&gt;Stockholm&lt;/a&gt; last year. &lt;a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/28/sweden-charges-men-over-2023-quran-burnings-condemned-by-muslim-countries"&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/Arrest_of_Pavel_Durov" title="Arrest of Pavel Durov"&gt;Arrest of Pavel Durov&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_France" title="Government of France"&gt;French&lt;/a&gt; prosecutors formally &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indictment" title="Indictment"&gt;indict&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram_%28software%29" title="Telegram (software)"&gt;Telegram&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer"&gt;CEO&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Durov" title="Pavel Durov"&gt;Pavel Durov&lt;/a&gt; with &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complicity" title="Complicity"&gt;complicity&lt;/a&gt; in distribution of &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_exploitation" title="Child exploitation"&gt;child exploitation&lt;/a&gt; media and &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_drug_trade" title="Illegal drug trade"&gt;drug trafficking&lt;/a&gt; and ban him from leaving &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" title="France"&gt;France&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-28/telegram-ceo-charged-in-france-for-alleged-criminal-use-of-app?embedded-checkout=true"&gt;(Bloomberg)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&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/LXVI_Legislature_of_the_Mexican_Congress" title="LXVI Legislature of the Mexican Congress"&gt;LXVI Legislature of the Mexican Congress&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Two &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_of_the_Republic_%28Mexico%29" title="Senate of the Republic (Mexico)"&gt;senators&lt;/a&gt; elected from the defunct &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_of_the_Democratic_Revolution" title="Party of the Democratic Revolution"&gt;Party of the Democratic Revolution&lt;/a&gt; (PRD) in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"&gt;Mexico&lt;/a&gt; defect to the ruling &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Regeneration_Movement" title="National Regeneration Movement"&gt;Morena&lt;/a&gt; party, leaving Morena and its allies one seat short of a &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermajority" title="Supermajority"&gt;supermajority&lt;/a&gt; in both chambers of &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_%28Mexico%29" title="Congress (Mexico)"&gt;Congress&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://apnews.com/article/mexico-senate-congress-ruling-party-majority-8564bc2307ed3aa6b2750eaf125384a5"&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;Science and technology&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The U.S. &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration" title="Federal Aviation Administration"&gt;Federal Aviation Administration&lt;/a&gt; temporarily grounds all &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX" title="SpaceX"&gt;SpaceX&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_9" title="Falcon 9"&gt;Falcon 9&lt;/a&gt; launches and orders an investigation following a &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booster_%28rocketry%29" title="Booster (rocketry)"&gt;booster rocket&lt;/a&gt; fire incident at the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Force_Station" title="Cape Canaveral Space Force Station"&gt;Cape Canaveral Space Force Station&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida" title="Florida"&gt;Florida&lt;/a&gt;, United States. &lt;a href="https://apnews.com/article/spacex-launch-accident-booster-db396897fbb90d00ef18be886b3b1ce0"&gt;(AP)&lt;/a&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_Paralympics" title="2024 Summer Paralympics"&gt;2024 Summer Paralympics&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Summer_Paralympics_opening_ceremony" title="2024 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony"&gt;opening ceremony&lt;/a&gt; for the 2024 &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Paralympics" title="Summer Paralympics"&gt;Summer Paralympics&lt;/a&gt; is held at &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_de_la_Concorde" title="Place de la Concorde"&gt;Place de la Concorde&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris" title="Paris"&gt;Paris&lt;/a&gt;, France. &lt;a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/08/28/paris-2024-paralympics-opening-ceremony-photos"&gt;(Axios)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0000</pubDate></item>