October 7, 2024 (Monday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

One person is killed and six others, including two children, are injured in Russian shelling that hit several apartment buildings in Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

(Reuters)

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Russian missiles strike two cargo ships in the Port of Odesa, including a Palau-flagged ship carrying grain, killing a port worker and injuring five crew members.

(Reuters)

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An oil terminal in Feodosia, the largest oil facility in Russian-occupied Crimea, catches fire following an overnight drone attack by Ukrainian forces. Russian state media reports that a state of emergency has been declared in Feodosia due to a "human-made disaster".

(Ukrainska Pravda)

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Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis launch rockets and missiles towards Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Tiberias, Israel, on the anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israel. Twelve people are injured.

(The Times of Israel), (Reuters)

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Disasters and accidents

Hurricane Milton intensifies into a Category 5 hurricane with a minimum central pressure of 897 millibars.

(National Hurricane Center)

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Pasco, Hillsborough, and Pinellas counties in Florida, United States, close schools and order evacuations of residential healthcare facilities in advance of Hurricane Milton's arrival.

(Tampa Bay Times)

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Ten people are killed and an unknown number of others are missing when a mine collapses in Central Province, Zambia.

(AP)

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Health and environment

American biologists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun are awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation".

(CNN)

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reports more than 350 deaths from cholera in Nigeria this year, which is more than twice as many than in the same period last year.

(DW)

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International relations

During a state visit by South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol to the Philippines, the Philippines and South Korea agree to upgrade their relations to a strategic partnership.

(ABC News)

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Politics and elections

The Pakistani government bans the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, a social movement for Pashtun human rights, calling the movement a "proscribed organization".

(Al Jazeera)

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Israelis, including hostage families, protest outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's official residence in Jerusalem.

(NBC News), (ABC News)

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The Parliament of Georgia initiates a motion to impeach pro-Western President Salome Zourabichvili over accusations of unauthorized overseas visits, ahead of the parliamentary election on October 26.

(Reuters)

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Incumbent Tunisian President Kais Saied wins a second term with 90.7% of the vote in the presidential election. The Independent High Authority for Elections reports a voter turnout of 28.8%, the lowest since the 2011 Tunisian revolution.

(Al Jazeera)

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Thousands of pro-Palestinian protests are held worldwide to mark the first anniversary of the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip.

(Reuters)

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The Federal Parliamentary Assembly elects Taye Atske Selassie as the new President of Ethiopia, succeeding Sahle-Work Zewde.

(BBC News)

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