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One Hezbollah militant is killed. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera) Two Israeli soldiers are killed and eight others are injured in Hezbollah drone and anti-tank missile attacks on the Israel–Lebanon border. (The Times of Israel) Israel–Hamas war. Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war.
September 18. AD 96 – Nerva, the first of the " Five Good Emperors " of ancient Rome, came to power following the assassination of his predecessor Domitian. 1809 – The second Theatre Royal, Covent Garden (interior pictured), opened in London after the original was destroyed by fire. 1875 – The Indianola hurricane dissipated over ...
Current History is the oldest extant United States -based publication devoted exclusively to contemporary world affairs. The magazine was founded in 1914 by George Washington Ochs Oakes, brother of The New York Times ' publisher Adolph Ochs, in order to provide detailed coverage of World War I. Current History was published by the New York ...
This is a list of protests and unrest in the United States between 2020 and 2023 against systemic racism towards black people in the United States, such as in the form of police violence. [1][2][3] Following the murder of George Floyd, unrest broke out in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area on May 26, 2020, and quickly spread across the country ...
Major current events: Typhoon Yagi over the South China Sea. Typhoon Yagi (satellite image shown) leaves more than 200 people dead across six Asian countries. Michel Barnier is appointed prime minister of France by President Emmanuel Macron, leading to nationwide anti-government protests. An attempted jailbreak at Makala Central Prison in ...
The " In the news " (ITN) section on the Main Page serves to direct readers to articles that have been substantially updated to reflect recent or current events of wide interest. ITN supports the central purpose of Wikipedia —making a great encyclopedia. Unlike Wikipedia's sister project Wikinews, Wikipedia is not an online newspaper and does ...
Each day, a summary (roughly 975 characters long) of one of Wikipedia's featured articles (FAs) appears at the top of the Main Page as Today's Featured Article (TFA). The Main Page is viewed about 4.7 million times daily. TFAs are scheduled by the TFA coordinators: Wehwalt, Dank and Gog the Mild. WP:TFAA displays the current month, with easy ...
List of ongoing armed conflicts. Map of ongoing armed conflicts (number of combat-related deaths in current or previous year): Major wars (10,000 or more) Wars (1,000–9,999) Minor conflicts (100–999) Skirmishes and clashes (1–99) The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world.