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Revision as of 16:33, 8 August 2024
August 8, 2024 (2024-08-08) (Thursday)Disasters and accidents
- Hurricane Debby (2024)
- Tropical Storm Debby makes its second landfall at 50 mph (80 kph) near Bulls Bay, South Carolina. (AP)
- 2024 Hyūga-nada earthquake
- A 7.1 earthquake strikes off the coast of Kyushu, Japan. A tsunami advisory is issued for parts of Kyushu and Shikoku. (The Japan Times)
Politics and elections
- 2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis
- Former Catalan government president Carles Puigdemont returns to Barcelona after seven years of "self-exile", defying the arrest warrant issued by the Supreme Court. Catalan regional police Mossos d'Esquadra activates the operation "Gàbia" to arrest him with controls in the main roads. (The New York Times) (Cadena Ser)
- An agent of the Mossos d'Esquadra is arrested for collaborating in the escape of Puigdemont after reappearing in Barcelona. (Antena 3)
- Mohammed Yunus returns to Bangladesh to lead caretaker government. (Reuters)