Portal:Current events/2024 August 14
August 14, 2024 (Wednesday)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
- Tropical Storm Ernesto strengthens into a hurricane north of Puerto Rico. (NBC News)
- 2024 mpox outbreak
- The World Health Organization officially declares a new global mpox outbreak of a separate and more lethal strain from that primarily present during the 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in thirteen countries, resulting in at least 524 reported deaths. (AP)
Law and crime
- The Constitutional Court of Thailand dismisses Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin for illegally appointing a minister to his cabinet. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Kiribati parliamentary election
- Kiribati citizens vote for the 45 members of parliament. (AP)