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Apollo-type asteroid 2024 YR4 triggers global planetary defence procedures for the first time and rises to the top of the Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale after recent observations confirmed it has a 1-in-77 (1.3%) chance of impacting Earth on 22 December 2032. Follow up observations in 2028 will provide a more refined estimation of the ...
February 2024 United States airstrikes in Iraq and Syria. A drone attack against a U.S. military base in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria, kills seven Syrian Democratic Forces soldiers and injures 18 others. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq claims responsibility for the attack. 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
2024 Minas Gerais road crash Forty-one people are killed and seven more are injured when a bus collides with a granite block that fell from a truck on a highway in Minas Gerais , Brazil . ( The Guardian ) (G1) ( O Globo )
2024 Portugal wildfires. Portugal asks the European Union for help to fight large wildfires in the northern and central regions of the country. International relations. Russian invasion of Ukraine. 2024 Kursk offensive. The Ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs invites the United Nations and the Red Cross to join humanitarian efforts in Kursk ...
Foreign interference in the 2024 United States elections The presidential campaign of former U.S. President Donald Trump files a formal complaint to the Federal Election Commission against the United Kingdom 's Labour Party , accusing the Labour Party of "blatant foreign interference" in the election to support the Kamala Harris presidential ...
Global Affairs Canada announces sanctions on four "extremist" Israeli settlers in the West Bank for engaging in violence against Palestinian civilians and their property. The Arab League calls for a United Nations peacekeeping force and international protection in the occupied Palestinian territories until a two-state solution is implemented.
2024 Pakistani general election, Arrest of Imran Khan. Pakistani police arrest thousands of supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan ahead of a planned protest to demand for the release of Khan and other members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, along with the resignation of the current government.
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.