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*[[Meta Platforms|Meta]] removes the [[Instagram]] accounts of [[Supreme Leader of Iran|Iranian Supreme Leader]] [[Ali Khamenei]] for violating its "Dangerous Organizations & Individuals policy". [https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/meta-suspends-khameneis-instagram-accounts (Middle |
*[[Meta Platforms|Meta]] removes the [[Instagram]] accounts of [[Supreme Leader of Iran|Iranian Supreme Leader]] [[Ali Khamenei]] for violating its "Dangerous Organizations & Individuals policy". [https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/meta-suspends-khameneis-instagram-accounts (Middle East Eye)] |
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*NASA's [[Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem|PACE]] mission is launched aboard a [[Falcon 9]] rocket to study Earth's ocean and atmosphere. [https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/02/trump-tried-to-kill-it-but-nasas-new-climate-satellite-is-finally-in-orbit/ (Ars Technica)] |
*NASA's [[Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem|PACE]] mission is launched aboard a [[Falcon 9]] rocket to study Earth's ocean and atmosphere. [https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/02/trump-tried-to-kill-it-but-nasas-new-climate-satellite-is-finally-in-orbit/ (Ars Technica)] |
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Revision as of 17:00, 8 February 2024
February 8, 2024 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Mobile phone services are temporarily suspended and thousands of troops are deployed to protect polling stations. Five policemen and two children are killed during two separate bombings, targeting a patrol and a polling station respectively. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Search operations are concluded in Baghdati, Imereti, Georgia, with the recovery of a body of the last individual killed in a landslide, bringing the toll to nine. (RFE/RL) (Agenda.ge)
- Five United States Marines are confirmed dead after a Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashes in San Diego County, California, United States on February 7. (NBC News)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Pakistani general election
- Pakistanis elect members of the 16th National Assembly. (Reuters)
Science and technology
- Meta removes the Instagram accounts of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei for violating its "Dangerous Organizations & Individuals policy". (Middle East Eye)
- NASA's PACE mission is launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket to study Earth's ocean and atmosphere. (Ars Technica)