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Revision as of 03:49, 10 October 2024
October 9, 2024 (2024-10-09) (Wednesday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war
- At least four Palestinians are killed and one other is wounded when Israeli forces open fire on a vehicle in Nablus in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian factions call for a general strike on Thursday in response to the attack. (Al Jazeera)
- Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Two people are killed by a Hezbollah rocket fired at Kiryat Shmona, Israel. (BBC News) (MDA Israel)
- Sudanese civil war
- The head of the Rapid Support Forces, Hemedti, accuses Egypt of being involved in airstrikes on the group's troops during the ongoing civil war in Sudan. (Reuters)
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- One Frontier Corps official and two terrorists are killed and thirteen others are injured after a suicide bomber and a gunman attack a Frontier Corps post in Zhob, Balochistan, Pakistan. (Daily Ausaf)
Arts and culture
- Nansen Refugee Award
- Scalabrinian nun sister Rosita Milesi is awarded the Nansen Refugee Award by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for her work with refugees and internally displaced people in Brazil for over 40 years. (DW)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Milton
- More than 5.5 million people in Florida, United States, are currently under evacuation orders as Hurricane Milton weakens into a category 4 hurricane ahead of its expected landfall in the early hours of Thursday. (The New York Times) (CBS News)
- Several tornadoes are reported in Florida, including along Interstate 75, ahead of Hurricane Milton's landfall. (BBC News)
- Milton makes landfall as a category 3 hurricane near Siesta Key on Florida's Western Coast. (CBS News)
- Hurricane Milton
- Five people are killed when a Beechcraft Baron aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from the Catalina Airport in Avalon, California, United States. (CTV News)
International relations
- Ecuador–United States relations
- The U.S. State Department bans former president of Ecuador Rafael Correa and former vice president of Ecuador Jorge Glas from entering the United States on accusations of corruption. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 2024 Hadera stabbing attack
- Six people are injured, two critically, in a stabbing attack in Hadera, Israel. The attacker is shot dead by Israel Police. (Times of Israel)
- South Africa's genocide case against Israel
- Bolivia formally joins South Africa's case in the International Court of Justice regarding Israel's conduct in the Gaza Strip as genocide, stating it "has a responsibility to condemn the crime of genocide". (Al Jazeera)
- Japan's former longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada, is confirmed innocent after the prosecution waives their right to appeal the September 26th "not guilt" verdict from his re-trial. (NHK)
- Turkey bans the social media platform Discord after the platform allegedly refused to give government officials information related to "child sexual abuse and obscenity" and the murder of two women in Istanbul last week. (DW)
Science and technology
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry is jointly awarded to British computer scientist Demis Hassabis and American chemist John M. Jumper for their work on protein structure prediction, and to American biochemist and computational biologist David Baker for his work on computational protein design. (The New York Times) (Nobel Prize)
Sports
- In tennis, the Wimbledon Championships announces it will replace line judges with an electronic line judge system starting in the 2025 Wimbledon Championships, ending the tradition after 147 years. (Reuters)