Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces the cancellation of Phase 2 of the United Kingdom's high-speed rail project High Speed 2.
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October 4, 2023 (Wednesday)
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Business and economy
Over 75,000 workers from Kaiser Permanente, an integrated managed care consortium in the United States, go on strike.
Disasters and accidents
The Lhonak Lake bursts its banks, causing major flooding and impacting 22,000 people. It its the worst such disaster in the region in over 50 years.
Large parts of the Teesta Dam have been washed away, with multiple large bridges also being destroyed.
At least 14 people are killed and 100 others are missing after a cloudburst causes severe flooding in Sikkim, India.
Health and environment
In his exhortation Laudate Deum, Pope Francis speaks out against climate change denial and in favor of fighting the climate crisis.
International relations
Law and crime
Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova is sentenced to eight and a half years in prison in absentia for interrupting a news broadcast with anti-war slogans.
Science and technology
Moungi Bawendi, Louis E. Brus, and Alexey Ekimov are awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on quantum dots.
Lars Schaade is appointed as the new President of the Robert Koch Institute.
Sports
In association football, FIFA awards the 2030 FIFA World Cup to Spain, Portugal, and Morocco, making it the first FIFA World Cup tournament to be hosted in North Africa. The opening ceremony will take place in Montevideo, Uruguay, to mark the 100th anniversary of the competition.
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