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Revision as of 19:57, 5 August 2024
August 5, 2024 (2024-08-05) (Monday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- M23 offensive
- Nearly 100 Congolese National Police officers flee to Uganda as fighting between M23 rebels and the FARDC intensifies. (Reuters)
- Red Sea crisis
- The Houthis claim an attack on a Liberia-flagged container ship MV Groton in the Gulf of Aden. (Al Jazeera)
- Iran issues a flight warning notice to pilots, advising aircrafts to change their routes over the country due to dangers en route. (The Jerusalem Post)
- Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria during the Israel–Hamas war
- Two missiles strike the joint U.S.—Iraqi Al-Asad Airbase. (Reuters)
Arts and culture
- The metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, His Eminence, Cardinal Sean Patrick O'Malley, O.F.M.Cap., retires after 20 years of service to the Church in Boston and more than 15 years as a Cardinal. Pope Francis, in response, names the Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, Richard Henning, to succeed him. (AP News) (Holy See)
Business and economy
- 2024 stock market decline
- Japan's Nikkei 225 stock market index falls by over 12%, suffering its worst two-day decline in history and its largest daily percent drop since Black Monday in October 1987. (AP) (Reuters)
International relations
- International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war, Economic impact of the Israel–Hamas war
- The United Kingdom halts all arms exports to Israel. (The Jewish Chronicle)
Law and crime
- Uganda Police arrests and charges fourteen Ugandan opposition officials and lawmakers with terrorism charges for their participation in anti-government and anti-corruption protests last month. (Reuters)
- The United States District Court for the District of Columbia finds Google guilty of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act. (CNN) (Washington Post)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
- Non-cooperation movement
- Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina resigns and flees to West Bengal, India, as protestors storm the prime minister's residence in Dhaka. (Reuters)
- Chief of Army Staff Waker-uz-Zaman announces the formation of an interim government in Bangladesh and vows to launch an investigation into the government crackdowns. (Sky News) (France 24)
- Non-cooperation movement
Sports
- 2024 Summer Olympics
- Colombia at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Ángel Barajas wins the silver medal in Men's horizontal bar, earning Colombia its first ever medal in gymnastics. (Remezcla)
- Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Belgium withdraws from the Mixed relay triathlon event after triathlete Claire Michel falls ill days after she swam in the River Seine during the women’s triathlon event. (CNN)
- Colombia at the 2024 Summer Olympics