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An opening is seen in the fuselage of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 MAX on January 7, 2024 in Portland, Oregon. A door-sized section near the rear of the plane blew off 10 minutes after Flight ...
It is reported that 12 children have died this month in Khartoum, Sudan, due to city-wide malnutrition. (Sudan Tribune) Disasters and accidents. 2024–2025 floods in Southeast Asia and South Asia. At least three people are killed and more than 84,000 people are displaced by flooding in Malaysia, primarily in Kelantan.
2024–25 Australian bushfire season. Residents of the Grampians region of Victoria, Australia, evacuate due to bushfires, with more than 41,000 hectares (100,000 acres) already burnt by the bushfires. 2024 Lobitos oil spill
Armed conflicts and attacks. Syrian civil war. Syrian opposition. Hadi al-Bahra, President of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, says that the coalition will dissolve once a national conference is convened and a constituent assembly is elected, and demands that the current transitional government be "credible, inclusive and not founded on sectarian bases".
Armed conflicts and attacks. Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine lowers the age of conscription from 27 years to 25. (The Guardian) (The New York Times)Business and economy. The United States Army Corps of Engineers begins dredging the San Juan Bay in Puerto Rico to open space for a new natural gas terminal that is expected to add $400 million to the local economy.
The 2024 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary is held. Joe Biden's name does not appear on the ballot due to a scheduling dispute between the Democratic National Committee and the state government. 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries. The 2024 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary is held.
Armed conflicts and attacks. Israel–Hamas war. Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis. Hamas says that 33 hostages have been killed in the 14 months since the war started. (The Israel Defense Forces say that Israeli-American soldier Omer Maxim Neutra, previously believed to be a living hostage, was killed during the October 7 attacks last year and his body was kept in Gaza.
2024 Iran–Israel conflict. October 2024 Iranian strikes against Israel. Iran launches a wave of ballistic missile attacks against Israel in retaliation for the 2024 Hezbollah headquarters strike, killing a Palestinian civilian and injuring two others.