Lists are the best thing since sliced bread, even though lists are older than sliced bread. Anyway pretty much the only thing I edit is lists and typos here and there
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todo list
- add proper lists to the lists of Ukrainian oblast governors
- add proper lists to the lists of Afghan province governors (Balkh done)
Pages I've created
it ain't much, but it's honest work
- Russ Kun
the Russ Kun page was originally a redirect to another politician called Russell Kun, ends up Russ is a separate person - 2023 Sudanese Armed Forces-Rapid Support Forces confrontation
- Seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly
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- 8 July 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian strikes against infrastructure
- At least 20 people have been killed after Russia launched a massive missile attack, that hits residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in Kyiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Sloviansk and Kramatorsk including Ukraine's largest children's hospital Okhmatdyt. (BBC News)
- 8 July 2024 – Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2024 peace missions by Viktor Orbán, China–Hungary relations
- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán makes an unannounced "peace mission" to Beijing, China to meet with China's leader Xi Jinping following a similarly unannounced meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia. (The Hill)
- 7 July 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 27 Palestinians. In Gaza City, four are killed in a strike on a UNRWA school sheltering displaced people and six others are killed in a strike on a house. Two people are killed in the Sabra neighbourhood, and six others are killed in a strike on a residential building in Az-Zawayda. (Al Jazeera)
- 7 July 2024 – 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Beryl
- 120 counties in Texas, United States, are under a disaster declaration as Tropical Storm Beryl approaches the Gulf Coast. (The Guardian)
- 7 July 2024 –
- At least 14 people are killed and others are missing in flash floods and landslides caused by heavy rain in Nepal. (Al Jazeera)
- Thirteen people are injured when an elephant chases a crowd attending a Hindu religious festival in Kataragama, Sri Lanka. (Al Arabiya)
- The Iranian naval frigate IRIS Sahand capsizes during repairs in the port of Bandar Abbas, Iran. (Reuters)
- At least ten people are killed in a fire at a nursing home in Treinta y Tres, Uruguay. (Reuters)
- 7 July 2024 – Syrian-Turkish normalization
- President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan states his intention to invite President of Syria Bashar al-Assad for talks in Turkey with the intention of restoring relations between the two countries. (Reuters)
- 7 July 2024 – Niger–United States relations
- The U.S. military withdraws entirely from Niger's Air Base 201 in Niamey. (Reuters)
- 7 July 2024 – 2024 North America heat waves
- Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, reaches 120 °F (49 °C), the city's highest temperature of all time, and surpassing the previous record of 117 °F (47 °C) set in July 2021. (KTNV-TV) (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- 7 July 2024 – 2024 French legislative election
- French citizens vote in the second round of legislative elections for the 17th National Assembly of the Fifth French Republic. (Le Monde)
- Exit polls predict a hung parliament, with the left-wing New Popular Front alliance winning the most seats, followed by President Emmanuel Macron's centrist Ensemble coalition in second place, and the far-right National Rally in third place. (BBC News)
- French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announces that he will resign on July 8. (Reuters)
- 7 July 2024 – Israel–Hamas war protests in Israel
- Israeli protesters march and block highways across Israel, calling for a ceasefire, the return of all hostages, and for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down. (AP)
- 7 July 2024 – Alliance of Sahel States, ECOWAS
- ECOWAS states that it risks disintegrating from military and economic insecurity if Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso continue their exit to form their own confederation, following sanctions and severed diplomatic ties after each state's military coup. (Reuters)
- 7 July 2024 –
- Four volunteer NASA crew members finish the first 378-day Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog mission to simulate living on Mars at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, United States. (AP)
- Yaroslava Mahuchikh breaks the world record in women's high jump, which had stood for 37 years. (Reuters)
- 6 July 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- At least 16 Palestinians are killed by an Israeli strike on a school housing displaced Palestinians in Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza. (Reuters)
- 6 July 2024 – 2024 North America heat waves
- Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, investigates over 160 suspected heat-related deaths related to ongoing heat waves in Arizona, California, and Oregon. (AP)
- 6 July 2024 –
- An illegal gold mine collapses amid heavy rains in Sulawesi, Indonesia, killing 11 people and leaving 19 more missing. (Al Arabiya)
- Fourteen people are killed and another person is critically injured when an oil truck collides with a minibus in Rivne Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
- 6 July 2024 – Alliance of Sahel States
- Nigerien military junta president Abdourahamane Tchiani, Burkinabè President Ibrahim Traoré, and Malian President Assimi Goïta sign a reciprocal defence pact and mutually rejects ECOWAS, accusing it of being influenced by foreign interests. (Al Jazeera)
- 6 July 2024 – Germany–Hungary relations, 2024 peace missions by Viktor Orbán
- Hungary suddenly cancels a meeting between Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on 8 July in Budapest, after she planned to discuss Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán's uncoordinated meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. (Politico)
- 6 July 2024 –
- Four people are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting in Florence, Kentucky, United States. The perpetrator later commits suicide. (The Independent)
- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer officially cancels the Rwanda asylum plan, proposed by former prime ministers Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak. (Reuters)
- 5 July 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war
- At least seven Palestinians are killed during an Israeli military raid in Jenin in the West Bank that targeted a building that several militants had barricaded themselves in. (Reuters)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Medical journal The Lancet publishes a review study estimating the total death toll of Palestinians in Gaza to be at least 186,000 compared to the currently reported number of 38,000, due to the lack of reporting for indirect deaths, as well as the lack of operating hospitals and officials to report those deaths. (The Lancet) (NPR)
- 5 July 2024 – Sudanese civil war
- Sennar offensive
- The Rapid Support Forces captures Dinder, Sudan again, after it was briefly recaptured by the SAF on 4 July. The town was first captured by the RSF on 2 July. (Sudan Tribune)
- 5 July 2024 – Kivu conflict
- M23 offensive
- M23 rebels and the FARDC agree to a two-week humanitarian truce proposed by the United States. The positions of the two groups are separated by about 1 kilometre in Matembe. Access to many areas remains difficult for humanitarians. (Radio Okapi)
- 5 July 2024 –
- The European Union imposes tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles of up to 37.6%, prompting the Chinese Ministry of Commerce to investigate possible retaliatory tariffs on European pork and brandy imports. (Reuters)
- The Cabinet of Germany agrees on a 2025 budget plan, averting collapse of the current cabinet following party disagreements and pressure from The Greens to forego its "debt brake" to increase emergency borrowing for Ukraine aid. (AP)
- 5 July 2024 – Hurricane Beryl
- Hurricane Beryl makes landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico after killing twelve people in the Caribbean. (AP)
- 5 July 2024 –
- At least 89 people are killed and dozens are missing after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Mauritania. (Al Arabiya)
- Ten people are killed and 42 others are injured when a bus crashes into a bridge in São Paulo state, Brazil. (Reuters)
- Five people are killed and 83 others are injured by a tornado in the province of Shandong, China. (AP)
- The Mount Etna and Mount Stromboli volcanoes on the Italian island of Sicily erupt, forcing a temporary closure of Catania–Fontanarossa Airport. (Al Jazeera)
- 5 July 2024 – Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russia–Hungary relations, 2024 peace missions by Viktor Orbán
- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia, after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday, prompting condemnation among European Union member states. (Politico)
- 5 July 2024 – Attempted assassination of Lee Jae-myung
- A district court in Busan, South Korea, sentences the perpetrator in the stabbing of National Assembly member and former opposition leader Lee Jae-myung to 15 years in prison. (Al Jazeera)
- 5 July 2024 –
- Greece passes a law to allow a six-day work week for industries that operate on a 24-hour basis. Workers have the option of working an additional eight hours for 40% additional pay. (CBS News) (NPR)
- Catholic Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò is found guilty of schism for denying the legitimacy of Pope Francis and rejecting the Second Vatican Council, and is subsequently excommunicated by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. (Reuters)
- 5 July 2024 – 2024 United Kingdom general election
- Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak concedes defeat to Labour Party leader Keir Starmer, ending 14 years of Conservative government. (Sky News) (BBC News)
- Keir Starmer formally becomes Prime Minister after accepting an invitation from King Charles III to form a majority government. (Mirror) (BBC News)
- Rachel Reeves is appointed as the UK's first ever female Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Starmer ministry. (ITV News)
- 5 July 2024 – 2024 Iranian presidential election
- A second round run-off is held between reformist Masoud Pezeshkian and ultra conservative Saeed Jalili to become the 9th President of Iran. (Reuters)
- Masoud Pezeshkian wins the Iranian presidential run-off. (The Guardian)
- 4 July 2024 – Islamic terrorism
- Eighteen leaders of Jemaah Islamiyah announce the disbanding of the group, after 31 years of operation. The group committed several massacres in Indonesia, including the 2002 and 2005 Bali bombings. (Al Jazeera)
- 4 July 2024 – Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Hezbollah launches at least 200 rockets and a swarm of drones at Israeli territory and threatens to expand its targeting range, in retaliation for the killing of Mohammed Nasser, a top Hezbollah commander. (Reuters)
- 4 July 2024 – Israeli occupation of the West Bank
- Israel approves the construction of 5,295 settler homes in dozens of settlements in the West Bank, which are internationally recognized as violating international law. (AP)
- 4 July 2024 – Ituri conflict
- Six Chinese gold miners and two Congolese soldiers are killed during an attack against a gold mine in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Two other workers are kidnapped. CODECO claims responsibility for the attack. (AP)
- 4 July 2024 – Syrian civil war
- The Islamic State kills eight people, including two civilians, in an ambush on pro-government militiamen in Syria's Badiya desert. (Al Arabiya)
- 4 July 2024 –
- Hudson's Bay Company, the parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue, completes a merger and purchases luxury department stores Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman for $2.65 billion. (NPR)
- 4 July 2024 – Hurricane Beryl
- Hurricane Beryl causes a six- to nine-feet high storm surge and fierce winds along Jamaica's southern coast, killing at least one person before tracking towards the Cayman Islands. (CNN)
- 4 July 2024 –
- Twenty-five people drown in southeast Sudan while trying to flee fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces. (Khaleej Times)
- Three people are killed and seven others are injured when a pickup truck is driven into a crowd celebrating Independence Day in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States. (Reuters)
- Eleven people die and another 153 people are diagnosed with West Nile fever in an ongoing outbreak in Israel. (Anadolu Agency)
- 4 July 2024 – Germany–Turkey relations
- Germany summons Turkey's ambassador to Germany in a tit-for-tat move over footballer Merih Demiral's wolf salute gesture while celebrating a goal at a UEFA Euro 2024 match in Leipzig, Germany, on Tuesday. (CNN)
- 4 July 2024 –
- The Shanghai Cooperation Organization officially grants membership to Belarus. (Yahoo! News)
- 4 July 2024 – Violent incidents in reaction to the Israel–Hamas war
- Antisemitism during the Israel–Hamas war
- Greek anti-terrorism police arrest seven people over arson attacks against an Israeli-owned hotel and a synagogue in central Athens. (Reuters)
- 4 July 2024 – Mass shootings in the United States
- Fourth of July shootings
- Thirty-three people are killed in mass shootings at Fourth of July celebrations, with 11 people killed and 55 others injured in Chicago, Illinois, two people killed and three others injured in Huntington Beach, California, one person killed and six others injured in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and one person killed and five others injured in Boston, Massachusetts. (AP)
- 4 July 2024 – 2022 Oslo shooting
- Oslo District Court finds Iranian-born Norwegian Zaniar Matapour guilty of a shooting during pride celebrations in the Norwegian capital in 2022 and sentences Matapour to 30 years in prison. (CBC News)
- 4 July 2024 – LGBT rights in Cameroon
- Brenda Biya, daughter of Cameroonian President Paul Biya, publicly announces her same-sex relationship with an Instagram post of her kissing another woman. However, same-sex relationships are illegal in the country and are punishable by fines and possible prison time. (Them) (BBC News) (NOS)
- 4 July 2024 – M23 movement
- The Butembo military court in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, sentences 25 FARDC soldiers to death for allegedly fleeing fighting against M23 rebels. (Al Jazeera)
- 4 July 2024 –
- Belarus frees ten political prisoners including former opposition leader Ryhor Kastusioŭ. (Reuters)
- The Peruvian Congress votes 15–12 to pass a law introducing a statute of limitations on prosecuting crimes against humanity committed before July 2002. (ABC News)
- French film director Benoît Jacquot is charged with the rapes of actresses Julia Roy and Isild Le Besco between 1998 and 2000, and "rape, sexual assault and violence" committed between 2013 and 2018. (AP) (Le Monde)
- Tunisian opposition leader and founder of the Republican People's Union party Lotfi Mraïhi is arrested on suspicion of money laundering. (Al Jazeera)
- 4 July 2024 – 2024 United Kingdom general election
- Voters elect all 650 members of the United Kingdom House of Commons. Keir Starmer's Labour Party is projected to win a landslide victory according to exit polls. (NPR) (The Washington Post)
- Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is re-elected to the House of Commons as an independent MP. (The Guardian)
- Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-immigration and Eurosceptic Reform UK party, is elected for the first time to a parliamentary seat representing Clacton. (Reuters)
- Former Prime Minister Liz Truss loses her seat of South West Norfolk, becoming the first former prime minister to lose their seat in over a century since Arthur Balfour in the 1906 general election. (The Independent)