Portal:Current events/2024 July 8: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Mr. Lechkar (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
m Update |
||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
**[[Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure (2022–present)|Russian strikes against infrastructure]] |
**[[Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure (2022–present)|Russian strikes against infrastructure]] |
||
***[[8 July 2024 Ukraine missile strikes]] |
***[[8 July 2024 Ukraine missile strikes]] |
||
****[[Russia]] launches a massive [[missile]] attack striking residential buildings and [[civilian]] [[infrastructure]] in cities across [[Ukraine]], including the [[Okhmatdyt]] children's hospital in [[Kyiv]]. |
****[[Russia]] launches a massive [[missile]] attack striking residential buildings and [[civilian]] [[infrastructure]] in cities across [[Ukraine]], including the [[Okhmatdyt]] children's hospital in [[Kyiv]]. At least 41 people are killed and 170 others are injured as a result of the strikes. [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cl4y1pjk2dzo (BBC News)] |
||
**[[Poland–Ukraine relations]] |
**[[Poland–Ukraine relations]] |
||
***[[President of Ukraine|Ukrainian President]] [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]] and [[Polish Prime Minister]] [[Donald Tusk]] sign a security agreement in [[Warsaw]], [[Poland]], allowing Poland to shoot down Russian missiles inside Ukrainian [[airspace]]. [https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3883098-zelensky-on-security-agreement-poland-will-be-able-to-shoot-down-russian-missiles-in-skies-over-ukraine.html (Ukrinform)] |
***[[President of Ukraine|Ukrainian President]] [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]] and [[Polish Prime Minister]] [[Donald Tusk]] sign a security agreement in [[Warsaw]], [[Poland]], allowing Poland to shoot down Russian missiles inside Ukrainian [[airspace]]. [https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3883098-zelensky-on-security-agreement-poland-will-be-able-to-shoot-down-russian-missiles-in-skies-over-ukraine.html (Ukrinform)] |
||
Revision as of 14:12, 9 July 2024
July 8, 2024 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian strikes against infrastructure
- 8 July 2024 Ukraine missile strikes
- Russia launches a massive missile attack striking residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in cities across Ukraine, including the Okhmatdyt children's hospital in Kyiv. At least 41 people are killed and 170 others are injured as a result of the strikes. (BBC News)
- 8 July 2024 Ukraine missile strikes
- Poland–Ukraine relations
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk sign a security agreement in Warsaw, Poland, allowing Poland to shoot down Russian missiles inside Ukrainian airspace. (Ukrinform)
- Russian strikes against infrastructure
- M23 offensive
- A United Nations report formally accuses the Uganda People's Defence Force of providing military support to the M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. However, Uganda denies the claims. The report also claims that between 3,000 to 4,000 Rwandan soldiers are fighting alongside the M23 rebels. (Reuters) (France 24)
Business and economy
- Thousands of Samsung Electronics workers begin a three-day strike in South Korea over demands for better pay and more annual leave. (Reuters)
- Paramount Global agrees to merge with Skydance Media in a $28 billion deal. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Beryl
- Three people are killed in Houston, Texas, United States, as Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Texas as a Category 1 hurricane. (NBC News) (Reuters)
- Hurricane Beryl
International relations
- Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2024 peace missions by Viktor Orbán, China–Hungary relations
- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán makes an unannounced "peace mission" to Beijing, China, to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping following an unannounced meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday. (The Hill)
- 2024 peace missions by Viktor Orbán, China–Hungary relations
- India–Russia relations
- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Moscow, Russia, for the first time since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
- Japan–Philippines relations
- Japan and the Philippines sign a Reciprocal Access Agreement which allows the deployment of Japanese forces to the Philippines for military exercises. (AP)
- Poland–United States relations
- The United States announces a second $2 billion loan to Poland to support modernization of its military. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Boeing 737 MAX groundings
- Boeing agrees to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge to avoid going on trial in the United States on charges related to two fatal crashes involving its 737 MAX aircraft in 2018 and 2019. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- 2024 French legislative election
- President Emmanuel Macron rejects the resignation of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who is requested to stay on temporarily to ensure the stability of the country. (AP)