September 4, 2024 (Wednesday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

A civilian is killed and seven others are injured in Israeli airstrikes and shelling in southern Lebanon.

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At least seven people are killed and 53 others are injured when Russian drones and missiles hit buildings in Lviv, Ukraine.

(Reuters)

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Arts and culture

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announces that Venezuela will celebrate an early Christmas on 1 October.

(NBC News)

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Disasters and accidents

Seven people are rescued and at least 21 others remain missing after a boat carrying Syrian migrants from Libya capsizes off the coast of Lampedusa in the Pelagie Islands of Italy.

(Al Jazeera)

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Health and environment

Twenty percent of the Brasília National Forest in Brazil is destroyed by a wildfire that investigators suspect was started deliberately.

(Reuters)

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Law and crime

SpaceX removes its employees from Brazil amid ongoing legal issues between CEO Elon Musk and the Brazilian Supreme Court over Musk's social media company X.

(The Wall Street Journal)

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The second phase of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry concludes, with the report noting "systematic dishonesty" of manufacturers and the failures of the government leading up to the fire.

(BBC News)

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Dismissed mayor of Bamban, Philippines, Alice Guo is arrested by the Directorate General of Immigration in Tangerang, Indonesia, after fleeing from the Philippines amid an ongoing Senate inquiry.

(The Guardian), (Rappler)

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Jonathan Meijer files a lawsuit against Netflix for allegedly portraying him negatively for his serial sperm donation in its documentary series The Man With 1,000 Kids.

(DW)

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Four people are killed and nine people are wounded in a mass school shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, United States.

(CNN)

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The Internet Archive loses its court appeal in a copyright lawsuit over its digital library of ebooks and documents that major publication companies have worked to shut down over claims of lost revenue.

(Jurist), (The New York Times)

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Politics and elections

Ukrainian foreign affairs minister Dmytro Kuleba resigns from office amid a cabinet reshuffle.

(Left Bank), (The Washington Post)

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The New Zealand Māori Council selects Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō as the new Queen following the death of her father King Tūheitia in August.

(DW)

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In Canada, New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh announces that he has terminated the confidence and supply agreement his party made with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government in 2022.

(CBC News)

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Science and technology

A small 1.5-metre (4.9 ft) asteroid, 2024 RW₁, is predicted to fall harmlessly as a fireball over the island of Luzon in the Philippines at approximately 16:40 UTC (00:40 local time), the ninth asteroid to be successfully discovered before impacting Earth.

(New Scientist)

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September 4, 2024 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Arts and culture

Disasters and accidents

Health and environment

Law and crime

Politics and elections

Science and technology