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- In cycling, Katarzyna Niewiadoma (pictured) wins the Tour de France Femmes.
- Doctors strike and protests occur across India after the rape and murder of a female physician in Kolkata.
- Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Prime Minister of Thailand after Srettha Thavisin is dismissed by the Constitutional Court.
- The World Health Organization declares the mpox epidemic to be a global health emergency.
August 22, 2024 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Eleven Palestinians are killed and six others are injured in an Israeli strike on a residential building in Beit Lahiya in the Gaza Strip. (DW)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
Disasters and accidents
- Three South Korean skiers are killed and two other people are injured when a van collides with another vehicle on a highway near Geraldine on the South Island in New Zealand. (DW)
Health and environment
Politics and elections
- 2024 Indonesian local election law protests, 2024 Indonesian local elections
- Thousands of people gather outside the House of Representatives in Jakarta as well as in other major cities in Indonesia, including Padang, Bandung, and Yogyakarta, to protest attempted changes to local elections law to benefit the ruling coalition, in defiance of two recent Constitutional Court decisions. (BBC News)
- Police fire tear gas and water cannons at protesters attempting to storm the House of Representatives, prompting the Parliament to delay and eventually cancel the vote. (AP News)
- 2024 Venezuelan presidential election
- The Supreme Court of Venezuela certifies the results of the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election, denying claims that opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia won the election (AP)
- Human rights in Afghanistan, Afghanistan and the United Nations
- The Taliban bars United Nations special rapporteur on human rights Richard Bennett from entering Afghanistan, accusing him of spreading propaganda in the country. (DW)
August 21, 2024 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- The Ukrainian military reports that it used United States-made weapons to destroy several pontoon bridges constructed by Russia following Ukraine's destruction of at least three bridges over the Seym river in Kursk Oblast. (Reuters)
- Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin states that Ukraine launched one of its largest drone attacks on the Russian capital, and claims that all drones were taken down without casualties or damage based on preliminary information. (Reuters)
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Pokrovsk offensive
- The Russian Ministry of Defense states it has fully captured the village of Zhelanne in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Anadolu Agency)
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledges advancements made by Russian Armed Forces on the Pokrovsk front, and announces the strengthening of regional Ukrainian positions in order to resist further advancements. (Reuters)
- Pokrovsk offensive
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
- Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger write to the United Nations Security Council to denounce Ukrainian support for rebel groups in the Sahel region of West Africa. (Reuters)
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict, Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Khalil al-Muqdah, a commander in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, is killed in an Israeli airstrike in Sidon, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
- Somali Civil War
- An Al-Shabaab suicide car bomber blows himself up near a security checkpoint on the Mogadishu–Afgoye highway in Somalia, killing five security officers and four civilians. Several others are injured. (Daily Post Nigeria)
Business and economy
- Unemployment in the United States
- The United States Department of Labor issues a significant estimate correction stating that the U.S. economy added 818,000 fewer jobs between April 2023 and March 2024 than what was initially reported in July, the largest estimate revision since 2009. (AP) (CNBC)
- Canada's two largest freight railroads Canadian Pacific Kansas City and Canadian National Railway announce a complete shutdown of services due to a contract dispute, shutting out its Teamsters-represented union workers. (Reuters) (AP)
- With regards to the rapid growth of the artificial intelligence market, Bloomberg alleges that technology companies are "concealing their actual carbon footprints" by invoking outdated emissions accounting rules. (Bloomberg)
Disasters and accidents
- Atchutapuram pharmaceutical factory explosion
- At least seventeen workers are killed and 41 others are injured, many from severe chemical burns, in an explosion at a pharmaceutical facility in Anakapalli, Andhra Pradesh, India. (Indian Express) (NDTV)
- Twenty-eight people are killed and 23 others are injured when a bus carrying Shia Pakistani pilgrims to the Arba'in pilgrimage in Iraq crashes and overturns in Yazd province, Iran. (Reuters)
- Four bodies are recovered from the superyacht Bayesian that sank two days ago, bringing the death toll to five. The search for the last missing person is ongoing. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- 2023–2024 mpox epidemic
- Thailand reports its first case of mpox in a 66-year-old European man who worked in an African country affected by the ongoing epidemic. (The New York Times)
- Several suspected cases of mpox clade 1b are reported in Somerset, England, United Kingdom. (Devon Live)
- Honduras reports five suspected cases of the new mpox clade. (Prensa Libre)
Law and crime
- Hungary and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Hungary–Ukraine relations
- A Hungarian law restricting or removing state support and accommodations for Ukrainian refugees not from regions directly affected by the Russian invasion comes into effect. (BBC News)
- Sanski Most school shooting
- Three staff members are killed in a mass shooting at a school in Sanski Most, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The perpetrator, who also worked at the school, is critically injured after shooting himself. (AP)
- Four people, including three children, are killed in a house fire in Bradford, England, United Kingdom. Police say that the fire was started deliberately and that a suspect has been arrested under suspicion of murder. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- International reactions to the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election
- The United States drafts a punitive sanctions list of sixty Venezuelan government officials from the country's National Electoral Council, Supreme Court, and counterintelligence police agency for alleged electoral fraud. (Reuters)
- The Ukrainian parliament approves the Rome Statute treaty established by the International Criminal Court, thereby allowing the country to become a state party once the government ratifies with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. (Ukrinform)
August 20, 2024 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- Russian military sources claim that Ukrainian forces have destroyed or damaged all three bridges over the Seym river in western Russia, potentially trapping Russian forces between the river, the Ukrainian border, and advancing Ukrainian forces. (AP)
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Ternopil residents are urged to remain indoors after Russian drone strikes an industrial facility, causing a large fire and an increased concentration of chlorine in the air. (Reuters) (The Kyiv Indepenent)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
- The Israel Defense Forces recover the bodies of six hostages who were kidnapped by Hamas in the initial October 7, 2023 attack, including Alex Dancyg, from the Khan Younis area in Gaza. (Reuters)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- At least twelve Palestinians, including two children, are killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school used to shelter displaced people in Gaza City. (Middle East Eye)
- Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- The Israeli Air Force launches airstrikes on the Hezbollah stronghold of Baalbek in the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon. (Haaretz)
- Four people are killed and two others are injured by Israeli strikes in Daraya, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. In response, Hezbollah launches 55 drone strikes on 3 IDF positions in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. (Arab News)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 20 bodies are recovered from the Lukenie River in Mai-Ndombe Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, following the capsizing of a boat carrying around 300 passengers over the weekend. At least 46 people are rescued and about 250 others remain missing. (AP)
Health and environment
- 2023–2024 mpox epidemic
- The Ivory Coast reports 21 new cases of mpox as well as the country's first death from mpox. (La Presse)
- A Liberia-flagged ship on the Paraná River near Rosario, Argentina, is quarantined after suspected cases of mpox are detected on the ship. The Argentine Health Ministry subsequently activates an emergency protocol against mpox. (Reuters) (CNN)
- Malawi declares mpox a public health emergency, following growing concerns and a reported probable case of mpox in the country. (MBC Malawi)
International relations
- Azerbaijan–Russia relations
- Azerbaijan formally applies to join the BRICS economic bloc following a meeting between President Ilham Aliyev and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Baku, Azerbaijan. Aliyev also approves US$120 million to expand Russian–Azerbaijani cargo trade. (AP)
- Germany–Iran relations
- Following the ordered closure of the Islamic Centre Hamburg in Hamburg, Germany, Iran orders the closure of two branches of a German language school in Tehran for "breaching Iranian law, committing various illegal actions and extensive financial violations." In response, Germany summons the Iranian ambassador. (DW)
- Haiti–United States relations, Illegal drug trade in Haiti
- The United States Treasury Department imposes sanctions on musician and former Haitian President Michel Joseph Martelly for allegedly using his influence to facilitate drug trafficking in the country as well as into the United States. (Al Jazeera)
- North Korea–South Korea relations
- A North Korean staff sergeant defects to South Korea after crossing the Korean Demilitarized Zone into Goseong County, Gangwon, and is taken into South Korean custody. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States
- Several pro-Palestinian demonstrators are arrested after protestors clashed with police near the Israeli consulate in Chicago, Illinois, United States, on the second night of the Democratic National Convention. (AP)
- Law of Ukraine "On the Protection of the Constitutional Order in the Field of Activities of Religious Organizations"
- Ukrainian lawmakers pass a bill to ban the activities of all Russia-associated religious groups across Ukraine, including the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, following arrests of dozens of the church's clerics on treason charges for alleged involvement in Russian espionage and the transfer of a cleric to Russia in a prisoner swap. (Reuters) (AP)
- Suspected serial killer Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, accused of murdering 42 women, escapes from police custody in Nairobi, Kenya. (Al Jazeera)
- The Taliban's virtue ministry dismisses 281 members of the security force for failing to grow a beard and announces that they also destroyed 21,328 musical instruments in the past year and prevented thousands of computer operators from selling "immoral and unethical" films in markets. (Al Arabiya)
Science and technology
- BMW recalls more than 720,000 vehicles due to an electrical issue with the vehicle's water pump that could potentially cause a vehicle fire. (AP)
August 19, 2024 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Pokrovsk offensive
- Ukrainian officials order the immediate evacuation of the remaining 53,000 citizens in Pokrovsk due to the advancement of the Russian Armed Forces. (Al Jazeera)
- Russia captures the city of Zalizne and the Vyimka railway station in Donetsk Oblast. (Reuters)
- Pokrovsk offensive
- Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Belarus announces that it has further increased its Belarus–Ukraine border presence against Ukraine significantly, adding aircraft and air defense forces following its accusations of Ukraine's military sending 120,000 troops to its border and conducting "aggressive policies". Ukraine denies Lukashenko's claims, stating its forces have not observed unusual movements of Belarusian troops on the border. (Reuters)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- An Israeli soldier is killed and several others are injured in Hezbollah rocket launches at IDF positions in Ya'ara and Biyadh Blida, with Burkan missiles and drone strikes in Western Galilee being intercepted by the Iron Dome. Hezbollah claims that it attacked and repelled Israeli soldiers attempting to infiltrate southern Lebanon through the Hadab Aita forest and had inflicted casualties. (Al Jazeera)
- Two Hezbollah militants are killed in Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
- Eight civilians are injured in an Israeli airstrike on a Hezbollah weapons facility in the eastern Beqaa Valley of Lebanon. (Reuters)
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Three soldiers and five Pakistani Taliban gunmen are killed during a shootout in Bajaur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)
Arts and culture
- Maria Branyas, the former world's oldest known living person dies at the age of 117 years and 168 days, making Tomiko Itooka the new current oldest living person. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- Two people are killed by flooding in Oxford, Connecticut, United States. (CNN)
- One person is killed and fifteen others are rescued when the United Kingdom-flagged superyacht Bayesian sinks near Palermo, Italy, due to a waterspout. Six others remain missing, including British entrepreneur Mike Lynch. (AP)
Health and environment
- 2023–2024 mpox epidemic
- Pakistan reports a case of mpox in Kashmir, bringing the total number of cases in the country to four. In response to the rapid increase of cases in the country, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announces that the country will begin screening people at entry points. (Hindustan Times) (Firstpost)
- The Philippine Department of Health reports its first case of mpox this year in a patient with no international travel history. (GMA Network)
- Health officials in Tainan City, Taiwan, report that they have confirmed three cases of mpox so far this year. (TVBS Taiwan)
Law and crime
- One person is killed and eight injured during a mass shooting against a vehicle carrying migrants in Tubutama, Sonora, Mexico. (AP)
- Russian president Vladimir Putin signs a decree making it easier for foreign nationals who support "traditional values" and "oppose neoliberalism" to seek asylum in Russia. (Anadolu Agency)
- Former US Representative George Santos pleads guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, which will carry a sentence of at least two years. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Kiribati parliamentary election
- Kiribati islanders vote in the second round of elections for the 44 members of the House of Assembly. (Radio New Zealand)
Science and technology
- A rocket engine for Rocket Factory Augsburg's launch vehicle RFA One explodes during a test launch at the SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland, United Kingdom. (BBC News)
- A rare blue supermoon appears in the sky. (Axios)
August 18, 2024 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroy a second bridge over the Seym river in Zvannoye. (BBC News)
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko reports that nearly one third of the Belarusian Army has been deployed along the Belarus–Ukraine border, in response to Ukraine stationing more than 120,000 troops at the border. However, Ukraine claims no movement of Belarusian troops has been observed. (Reuters)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- The Russian Ministry of Defence claims that Russian forces have captured the village of Svyrydonivka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Anadolu Agency)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Libyan crisis
- The Central Bank of Libya suspends all operations following the kidnapping of the head of its information technology department by an unknown party. (Reuters)
- A bomb explodes in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing one person and injuring another. (Sky News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 European floods
- 2024 Lebanese blackout
- Ongoing nationwide blackouts in Lebanon caused by fuel shortages provoke significant governmental conflict, with the Minister of Energy blaming the Central Bank for not paying Iraq for fuel imports and the Central Bank blaming Parliament for not authorizing emergency fund transfers for fuel payments. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
- 2024 Yemen floods
- More than 100 people are killed during nearly three weeks of persistent heavy rainfall and flooding across Yemen, with the country's national weather agency declaring a severe weather alert for future "very heavy thunderstorms". (Arab News)
- At least eight family members are killed when their van collides with a delivery truck in Sariaya, Quezon, Philippines. (The Philippine Star) (Xinhua)
Health and environment
- An oil spill originating from the El Palito refinery in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, is reported to have contaminated more than 225 km2 (87 sq mi) of the Gulf of Paria as well as most of Morrocoy National Park. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Kidnapping in Nigeria
- Twenty medical students from the University of Jos and the University of Maiduguri are kidnapped while traveling in Benue State, Nigeria. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Venezuelan presidential election
- 2024 Venezuelan protests
- Venezuelan opposition officials and supporters gather in cities across the country to protest against President Nicolás Maduro and the results of the 2024 presidential election. (Reuters)
- 2024 Venezuelan protests
- China–Vietnam relations
- President of Vietnam and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Tô Lâm arrives in China for a three-day state visit, Tô's first overseas visit since becoming president and general secretary. (CNA)
Sports
- 2024 UCI Women's World Tour
- In cycling, Katarzyna Niewiadoma wins the 2024 Tour de France Femmes by four seconds, her first win at the event after placing third at the 2022 and 2023 events. (CNN)
August 17, 2024 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- August 2024 Deir el-Balah attacks
- Eighteen people from the same family are killed in an airstrike in the town of Az-Zawayda in the Gaza Strip. (AP) (Reuters)
- August 2024 Deir el-Balah attacks
- Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war
- Three-phase Israel–Hamas war ceasefire proposal
- Israeli officials state that they are attempting to "lower expectations" of a ceasefire deal due to significant gaps between Israel and Hamas demands, after United States president Joe Biden stated that he was "optimistic" about the progress of US-mediated negotiations in Qatar. (Al Jazeera)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- Rockets launched by the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroy a Russian bridge over the Seym river in Glushkovo, Kursk Oblast. Russia's foreign ministry claims that the missiles were launched using Western-made rocket launchers and that the missiles killed volunteers who were evacuating Russian civilians. (Reuters)
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Budget of Germany, Germany–Ukraine relations
- Germany issues an indefinite ban on requesting or providing new military aid to Ukraine that has not already been approved in order to reduce federal budget spending. The moratorium results in a "tangible dispute" within the Scholz coalition government. (Politico) (The Kyiv Independent)
- Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis
- The International Atomic Energy Agency declares that the safety of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is deteriorating, following an investigation into an explosive drone strike that targeted a perimeter access road at the power plant. (Reuters)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Nabatieh attack
- Ten Syrian citizens, including two children, are killed in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Nabatieh, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
- Hezbollah reportedly strikes the Ayelet HaShahar kibbutz in Upper Galilee, Israel, wounding two Israeli soldiers in retaliation. (Reuters)
- Nabatieh attack
- Somali Civil War
- 2024 Mogadishu tea shop bombing
- At least 20 people are killed and ten others are injured in a bombing at a tea shop in Daynile District, Mogadishu, Somalia. (Aussiedlerbote) (IDil News)
- 2024 Mogadishu tea shop bombing
- Sudanese civil war
- Galgani massacre
- At least 85 people are killed in arson and looting attacks amid a rampage by Rapid Support Forces in the village of Galgani in Sennar State, Sudan. (AP)
- Galgani massacre
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Lebanese blackout
- The state electricity company of Lebanon Électricité du Liban runs out of fuel reserves and announces that it can no longer supply power to the country, leading to a complete nationwide blackout. (The National) (Iraqi News Agency)
- A 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off the eastern coast of Kamchatka Krai, Russia with a tsunami warning being issued. (Sky News)
- A Fouga Magister aircraft operated by the French Air Force performing an air show crashes off the coast of Le Lavandou, France, killing the pilot. (AFP via Euronews)
Law and crime
- Six people are arrested in connection to a mass shooting due to feuds that occurred last week in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica, which killed eight people and injured nine others. (AP)
- Four convicts escape in a prison break at a psychiatric hospital in Straubing, Bavaria, Germany. (DW)
Politics and elections
- For the first time, the Indonesian Independence Day ceremony is held simultaneously in Jakarta and Nusantara due to the relocation of the country's capital. (Detik)
August 16, 2024 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- Ukraine reports capturing 82 Russian settlements within an area of 1,150 square kilometres (440 sq mi) since the start of the Kursk incursion on August 6. (Reuters)
- Over 120,000 Russian citizens have been evacuated according to Russia, and at least 100 Russian soldiers are captured according to Ukraine. (AP)
- Russia accuses the United States and European nations of directly helping Ukraine in its incursion on Kursk Oblast by planning operations and providing military support, and states that their involvement "created all the prerequisites for Ukraine to lose its sovereignty and lose part of its territories". (Reuters)
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- A Russian Iskander-M ballistic missile strike on an airbase in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, destroys a MiG-29 jet that was equipped with Storm Shadow missiles. Ukraine's air force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat later confirms the loss of the aircraft on August 20. There are no casualties reported. (The Kyiv Independent)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israeli occupation of the West Bank
- One Palestinian is killed and many houses are burned down in a large organized Israeli settler raid on the village of Jit, Qalqilya Governorate, in the West Bank. (CNN) (Reuters)
- Israeli occupation of the West Bank
- Ituri conflict
- Sixteen people are killed and 20 more kidnapped during an attack by Allied Democratic Forces militants at agricultural lands in Mambasa, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
- Yemeni civil war
- Sixteen soldiers are killed and 18 more injured during a suicide car bombing in Mudiyah, Abyan Governorate, Yemen. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claims responsibility for the attack. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Pacific typhoon season
- Thousands of people are ordered to evacuate in northern Japan as Typhoon Ampil approaches the country. (AP)
- At least 54 people are killed in Chad after days of floods. (AL24News)
Health and environment
- 2024 Gaza Strip polio outbreak
- The first case of polio in the Gaza Strip in 25 years is confirmed, coming from an unvaccinated 10-month-old child in Deir al-Balah. (Euronews)
Law and crime
- Haitian crisis
- Eleven inmates are killed during shootouts with police after escaping from a jail in Saint-Marc, Haiti. (Al Jazeera)
- LGBT rights in Bulgaria
- Bulgaria passes a new amendment by a large parliamentary majority that bans “propaganda, promotion, and incitement” of LGBT “ideas and views” in schools, sparking criticism from several European LGBTQ+ organizations stating that the law will marginalize LGBTQ+ children. (Politico)
- The Argentine Federal Police dismantle an alleged Islamist terrorist organization planning attacks against Jewish community centers in Mendoza. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2024 United States presidential election
- Cornel West 2024 presidential campaign
- Independent presidential candidate Cornel West and his running mate Melina Abdullah are both disqualified from and refused entry on the 2024 Michigan presidential election ballot due to an improperly notarized form. (Washington Post)
- Cornel West 2024 presidential campaign
- 2024 Dominican Republic general election
- Luis Abinader is sworn in for a second term as President of the Dominican Republic. (Reuters)
- The Thai House of Representatives selects Paetongtarn Shinawatra as the new Prime Minister, replacing Srettha Thavisin who was dismissed by the Constitutional Court on Wednesday. (Bloomberg)
Science and technology
- Wow! signal, Search for extraterrestrial intelligence
- The Wow! signal is found to have likely been caused by a rare astrophysical event, the sudden brightening of a cold molecular cloud triggered by a stellar emission. (University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo)
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