Revision as of 20:48, 8 August 2024 editAlsoriano97 (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users22,242 editsNo edit summaryTags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit← Previous edit | Revision as of 20:58, 8 August 2024 edit undoJohnj1995 (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users77,432 edits Botswana first gold medalNext edit → | ||
Line 21: | Line 21: | ||
'''Sports''' | '''Sports''' | ||
*] | *] | ||
**] | |||
***] wins the gold medal in ], earning ] its ] gold medal. | |||
**] | **] | ||
***] wins the silver medal in the ] |
***] wins the silver medal in the ] event, the first medal in the ] for ]. | ||
**] | **] | ||
***] wins the gold medal in ], breaking the ] and earning |
***] wins the gold medal in ], breaking the ] and earning ] its ] gold medal in ] and its first individual gold medal. | ||
<!-- All news items above this line -->}} | <!-- All news items above this line -->}} |
Revision as of 20:58, 8 August 2024
August 8, 2024 (2024-08-08) (Thursday)Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Debby
- Tropical Storm Debby makes its second landfall near Bulls Bay, South Carolina, United States. (AP)
- Hurricane Debby
- 2024 Hyūga-nada earthquake
- A 7.1-magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Kyushu, Japan. A tsunami advisory is issued for parts of Kyushu and Shikoku islands. (The Japan Times)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
- Non-cooperation movement
- Muhammad Yunus returns to Bangladesh to lead the interim government. (Reuters)
- Non-cooperation movement
- 2024 Catalan regional election
- The Parliament of Catalonia, in Spain, elects socialist candidate Salvador Illa as the new Catalan government president, ending the more than a decade separatist ruling. (Al Jazeera)
- 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 activates the operation "Gàbia" to arrest him with controls in the main roads. (The New York Times) (Cadena SER)
- A Mossos d'Esquadra agent is arrested for collaborating in the escape of Puigdemont after reappearing in Barcelona. (Antena 3)
Sports
- 2024 Summer Olympics
- Botswana at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Letsile Tebogo wins the gold medal in Men's 200 metres, earning Botswana its first ever gold medal. (Olympics)
- Ecuador at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Lucía Yépez wins the silver medal in the Women's freestyle 53 kg wrestling event, the first medal in the sport for Ecuador. (Olympics)
- Pakistan at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Arshad Nadeem wins the gold medal in Men's javelin throw, breaking the Olympic record and earning Pakistan its first ever gold medal in Athletics and its first individual gold medal. (DW)
- Botswana at the 2024 Summer Olympics