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Ten people are killed when a car hits pedestrians on a road in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China. (Mehr News Agency) Politics and elections. 2024 Japanese general election. Shigeru Ishiba is sworn in as the 103rd prime minister of Japan following the first runoff vote in thirty years. (Kyodo News) (Mainichi) Haitian crisis.
Armed conflicts and attacks. Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war. Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria. February 2024 United States airstrikes in Iraq and Syria. A drone attack against a U.S. military base in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria, kills seven Syrian Democratic Forces soldiers and injures 18 others.
Portal. : Current events/2024 April 9. The largest humanitarian aid airdrop since the war began takes place over the northern Gaza Strip, with at least 14 aircraft from nine nations taking part in the operation. (BBC News) Six police officers are killed and two more injured during an ambush by Jaish ul-Adl gunmen in Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran.
2024 Hualien earthquake. A magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes off the coast of Taiwan, prompting tsunami warnings for Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A large section of the uninhabited Guishan Island collapses into the ocean. Nine people are killed in Taiwan, including four by rockfalls, with more than 930 others injured.
Editor's note: This page reflects the news on the campaign trail for the 2024 election Tuesday, Nov. 5. For the latest news and results from the presidential election, read USA TODAY's live ...
The year 2024 is notable for the large number of elections being held worldwide: more than 100 countries from around the world, [2] home to nearly half of the global population, [3] will vote, including eight of the world's 10 most populous nations – Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Pakistan, Russia, and the United States; in ...
At least ninety people are killed and over three hundred others are wounded in a strike on the al-Mawasi humanitarian zone, in what the IDF states was a targeted strike against Al-Qassam Brigades leader Mohammed Deif and high-commander Rafa’a Salameh. (AP) (Al Jazeera) (The Times of Israel) July 2024 al-Shati refugee camp attack.
2024 Noto earthquake. The death toll from the magnitude 7.6 earthquake in the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, on January 1, increases to 215 people, with 28 others still missing. (NHK) Ten people are killed and six others are missing after an accident at a coal mine in Pingdingshan, Henan, China.