2024-07-16 6e21f0817db3b7f7a00f4f11dd49b7f8d15421ac 27 European Parliament 36 /wiki/european%20parliament President of the European Parliament 13 /wiki/president%20of%20the%20european%20parliament Roberta Metsola 1 /wiki/roberta%20metsola European Parliament President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola Roberta Metsola /feed/2024/07/16/roberta-metsola-is-re-elected-as-president-of-the-european-parliament-with-the-highest-number-of-votes-ever-registered-f Times of Malta 16 3613a3334212664d8fa3ffd1b35d841d774725ce 7 https://timesofmalta.com/article/metsola-reelected-european-parliament-president-strongestever-vote.1095413 2024 Roberta Metsola is re-elected as President of the European Parliament with the highest number of votes ever registered for a candidate in the history of the European Parliament. 2024-07-16 8214bd3255c3603109bd787de3b2f946ec6fe460 26 Kenya 71 /wiki/kenya Kenya Finance Bill protests 1 /wiki/kenya%20finance%20bill%20protests Police 2 /wiki/kenya%20police President 116 /wiki/president%20of%20kenya William Ruto 172 /wiki/william%20ruto tear gas 14 /wiki/tear%20gas water cannon 37 /wiki/water%20cannon Kenya Kenya Finance Bill protests Police President William Ruto tear gas water cannon Kenya Finance Bill protests /feed/2024/07/16/police-fire-tear-gas-and-water-cannons-at-anti-government-protestors-as-demonstrations-continue-in-cities-across-kenya Al Jazeera 16 6d82e48acd2a983cf04b76b8f731831d50f511bd 7 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/16/new-antigovernment-protests-kick-off-in-kenya-with-calls-for-ruto-to-quit 2024 Police fire tear gas and water cannons at anti-government protestors as demonstrations continue in cities across Kenya, calling for the removal of President William Ruto. 2024-07-16 7c1cbd85eb6b94848555cb8ce7041e7b7a9ee5b9 25 2024 Welsh government crisis 1 /wiki/2024%20welsh%20government%20crisis First Minister of Wales 116 /wiki/first%20minister%20of%20wales Senedd 14 /wiki/senedd Vaughan Gething 37 /wiki/vaughan%20gething resign 71 /wiki/resign vote of no confidence 2 /wiki/vote%20of%20no%20confidence 2024 Welsh government crisis First Minister of Wales Senedd Vaughan Gething resign vote of no confidence 2024 Welsh government crisis /feed/2024/07/16/six-weeks-after-losing-a-vote-of-no-confidence-in-the-senedd-vaughan-gething-resigns-as-first-minister-of-wales The Guardian 16 f0859e5c4542a52a0d49b2589089be9e8efe1b27 7 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/16/vaughan-gething-resigns-first-minister-wales 2024 Six weeks after losing a vote of no confidence in the Senedd, Vaughan Gething resigns as First Minister of Wales. 2024-07-16 64efd32684880ef0d376004e1cd136a6c966141c 24 2024 French legislative election 1 /wiki/2024%20french%20legislative%20election Emmanuel Macron 14 /wiki/emmanuel%20macron French President 2 /wiki/french%20president Gabriel Attal 71 /wiki/gabriel%20attal Prime Minister 37 /wiki/prime%20minister%20of%20france caretaker government 116 /wiki/caretaker%20government 2024 French legislative election Emmanuel Macron French President Gabriel Attal Prime Minister caretaker government 2024 French legislative election /feed/2024/07/16/french-president-emmanuel-macron-approves-the-resignation-request-of-prime-minister-gabriel-attal-who-will-continue-to AP 16 fe1834db7f878759c2379c17d1d2f1f703d372d9 7 https://apnews.com/article/france-prime-minister-resign-government-macron-c3a908360a18641ff5879ced259f7726 2024 French President Emmanuel Macron approves the resignation request of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who will continue to serve as head of the transitional caretaker government. 2024-07-16 0c061cf7248418f02fe6b5eb4df201ece1f7371f 23 Chinese 1 /wiki/chinese%20people Guo Wengui 13 /wiki/guo%20wengui U.S. jury 36 /wiki/juries%20in%20the%20united%20states fraud 70 /wiki/fraud racketeering 115 /wiki/racketeering Chinese Guo Wengui U.S. jury fraud racketeering Chinese /feed/2024/07/16/chinese-businessman-guo-wengui-is-found-guilty-by-a-us-jury-on-multiple-fraud-charges-accused-of-running-a-racketeeri The Guardian 16 b66b4b0f50ed6f38f61783328c4039a8bbe01ea8 7 https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/16/guo-wengui-fraud-trial 2024 Chinese businessman Guo Wengui is found guilty by a U.S. jury on multiple fraud charges, accused of running a racketeering enterprise from 2018 to 2023 that defrauded thousands of investors out of over $1 billion. 2024-07-16 c50848746f8f5fa922dbd366ce1a73270ef4cdeb 22 Asunción 70 /wiki/asuncion Paraguay 13 /wiki/paraguay Police 1 /wiki/national%20police%20of%20paraguay cocaine 36 /wiki/cocaine Asunción Paraguay Police cocaine Police /feed/2024/07/16/police-in-paraguay-seize-more-than-four-tons-of-cocaine-worth-240-million-at-a-river-port-in-asuncion-the-largest-co AP 16 b25c6e1961f9658eabb28358a68d259dc4ff3386 7 https://apnews.com/article/paraguay-cocaine-trafficking-drugs-gangs-criminal-port-seizure-belgium-415cff9f6a4739f0d1cb0d728b2c7ad5 2024 Police in Paraguay seize more than four tons of cocaine, worth $240 million, at a river port in Asunción, the largest cocaine seizure in the country's history. 2024-07-16 4ed5f188f93823ec028f715d3beb40bbe9f63967 21 Compact 70 /wiki/compact%20(german%20magazine) German 1 /wiki/germany interior ministry 115 /wiki/federal%20ministry%20of%20the%20interior%20(germany) right-wing extremist 36 /wiki/far-right%20politics%20in%20germany%20(1945-present) states 13 /wiki/states%20of%20germany Compact German interior ministry right-wing extremist states German /feed/2024/07/16/german-authorities-in-four-states-search-the-properties-of-management-and-shareholders-of-the-right-wing-extremist-magaz Reuters 16 a28e8aa3a05b7bfd8ce581049e4fa9cd388a541c 7 https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-bans-right-wing-compact-magazine-searches-properties-four-states-2024-07-16/ 2024 German authorities in four states search the properties of management and shareholders of the right-wing extremist magazine "Compact", seizing assets and evidence after the magazine was banned by the interior ministry. 2024-07-16 cc60a2273df4bc51670ac76664e6291abdefa3b4 20 Adra Prison 36 /wiki/adra%20prison California 171 /wiki/california Deir ez-Zor Governorate 1 /wiki/deir%20ez-zor%20governorate FBI 70 /wiki/federal%20bureau%20of%20investigation Los Angeles 115 /wiki/los%20angeles Syria 13 /wiki/syria Adra Prison California Deir ez-Zor Governorate FBI Los Angeles Syria Deir ez-Zor Governorate /feed/2024/07/16/former-governor-of-deir-ez-zor-governorate-syria-and-director-of-the-adra-prison-samir-ousman-al-sheikh-is-arrested-by The New York Times 16 a48bd609e7320fefa618c13fb18cc750c21e023e 7 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/us/politics/syrian-official-arrested-adra-prison.html 2024 Former governor of Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria, and director of the Adra Prison Samir Ousman al-Sheikh is arrested by the FBI in Los Angeles, California, United States. Al-Sheikh has been accused of torturing and killing political dissidents while serving as prison director and governor. 2024-07-16 9e626bb65a36343f958050c90c42d1fceee42022 19 American 1 /wiki/united%20states Bob Menendez 36 /wiki/bob%20menendez federal corruption trial 70 /wiki/bob%20menendez#2023%20indictment senator 13 /wiki/us%20senate American Bob Menendez federal corruption trial senator American /feed/2024/07/16/american-senator-bob-menendez-is-found-guilty-on-all-counts-including-acting-as-a-foreign-agent-in-a-federal-corruptio ABC News 16 4b85195f4760c1a90c7d14dca4372233e8bc47ee 7 https://abcnews.go.com/US/sen-bob-menendez-federal-corruption-trial-verdict/story?id=111295557 2024 American senator Bob Menendez is found guilty on all counts, including acting as a foreign agent, in a federal corruption trial. 2024-07-16 49b2fc39459965582bb5d412c53a5418246267b5 18 American 13 /wiki/us Bangkok 70 /wiki/bangkok Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok 36 /wiki/grand%20hyatt%20erawan%20bangkok Thailand 115 /wiki/thailand Vietnam 1 /wiki/vietnam cyanide poisoning 171 /wiki/cyanide%20poisoning American Bangkok Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok Thailand Vietnam cyanide poisoning Vietnam /feed/2024/07/16/six-vietnamese-and-american-people-are-found-dead-at-the-grand-hyatt-erawan-bangkok-hotel-in-bangkok-thailand-in-a-sus AP 16 888b0bdfdc112e3593c1668eda5f2e97cef4916a 7 https://apnews.com/article/thailand-hotel-death-poisoning-cyanide-795719445377c5be993a792aeba48586 2024 Six Vietnamese and American people are found dead at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, in a suspected cyanide poisoning incident. 2024-07-16 3dd8944193a8a3b182a706d54b4f28d96aaed7b5 17 Kosovo Specialist Chambers 2 /wiki/kosovo%20specialist%20chambers Kosovo War 1 /wiki/kosovo%20war Liberation Army 14 /wiki/kosovo%20liberation%20army war crimes 37 /wiki/war%20crimes Kosovo Specialist Chambers Kosovo War Liberation Army war crimes Kosovo War /feed/2024/07/16/the-kosovo-specialist-chambers-criminal-tribunal-sentences-former-liberation-army-member-pjeter-shala-to-18-years-in-pri Al Jazeera 16 24ae8da3dff1f3ca12045cda5215f4512a5904de 7 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/16/kosovo-war-crimes-tribunal-sentences-former-kla-member-to-18-years 2024 Koha Ditore 16 d021672e639a7333764327855643952fbe05fb84 7 https://www.koha.net/en/arberi/426256/pjeter-shala-denohet-me-18-vjet-burgim 2024 The Kosovo Specialist Chambers criminal tribunal sentences former Liberation Army member Pjetër Shala to 18 years in prison for war crimes committed during the war. 2024-07-16 90980cf520b31729d1c3e06f0f042d809d3fdb40 15 $ 172 /wiki/united%20states%20dollar American 71 /wiki/united%20states Associated Press 2 /wiki/associated%20press Gaza Strip 406 /wiki/gaza%20strip Israel 14 /wiki/israel Israeli far-right extremist 239 /wiki/far-right%20politics%20in%20israel Israel–Hamas war 1 /wiki/israel-hamas%20war humanitarian aid delivery 317 /wiki/humanitarian%20aid%20during%20the%20israel-hamas%20war investigative organization 37 /wiki/investigative%20journalism tax-deductible 116 /wiki/tax%20deduction $ American Associated Press Gaza Strip Israel Israeli far-right extremist Israel–Hamas war humanitarian aid delivery investigative organization tax-deductible Israel–Hamas war /feed/2024/07/16/an-investigation-by-the-associated-press-and-israeli-investigative-organization-shomrim-finds-that-the-united-states-and AP 16 f082b291c9d197ba462105aa4b5b697262d518a4 7 https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-hamas-aid-humanitarian-nonprofit-69582d193ce270d63d5865ac0ead2df0 2024 An investigation by the Associated Press and Israeli investigative organization Shomrim finds that the United States and Israel allowed tax-deductible donations totaling over US$200,000 to multiple Israeli far-right extremist groups involved in blocking and disrupting humanitarian aid delivery to the Gaza Strip. 2024-07-16 ed0d5c6b0efebb22a5c29102d78d8e43544cca09 13 Baltic states 2 /wiki/baltic%20states Belarus 37 /wiki/belarus Estonia–Russia relations 1 /wiki/estonia-russia%20relations Russia 14 /wiki/russia continental Europe 71 /wiki/continental%20europe grid 116 /wiki/synchronous%20grid%20of%20continental%20europe Baltic states Belarus Estonia–Russia relations Russia continental Europe grid Estonia–Russia relations /feed/2024/07/16/the-baltic-states-announce-their-exit-from-russia-s-and-belarus-s-electricity-grid-along-with-plans-to-synchronize-their AP 16 3303d1bc2ed2a34b814e5d4ca2c5af28bdcbddd4 7 https://apnews.com/article/baltics-russia-belarus-europe-electricity-transmission-a42f86ca20b7d878dc17c7cafed861bc 2024 The Baltic states announce their exit from Russia's and Belarus's electricity grid along with plans to synchronize their grid with the continental Europe grid on February 9, 2025. 2024-07-16 1515929d750a9d88311c5944d499e77a19ea0fb3 11 Colt CZ Group 14 /wiki/colt%20cz%20group Czech Republic 2 /wiki/czech%20republic Czech Republic–Ukraine relations 1 /wiki/czech%20republic-ukraine%20relations Ukraine 71 /wiki/ukraine assault rifle 37 /wiki/assault%20rifle Colt CZ Group Czech Republic Czech Republic–Ukraine relations Ukraine assault rifle Czech Republic–Ukraine relations /feed/2024/07/16/the-czech-republic-announces-plans-to-facilitate-colt-cz-group-assault-rifle-production-and-the-construction-of-an-ammun RFE/RL 16 b61f6ab25bf62df1f5bc9133b1e715f1cd1c3478 7 https://www.rferl.org/a/czech-ukraine-ammunition-factory-shmyhal/33038684.html 2024 The Czech Republic announces plans to facilitate Colt CZ Group assault rifle production and the construction of an ammunition factory in Ukraine. 2024-07-16 00de45b01c51b4d7ff729e3f324dbab00501669c 10 Carpathian Mountains 70 /wiki/carpathian%20mountains Romania 1 /wiki/romania bear 36 /wiki/eurasian%20brown%20bear culling 13 /wiki/culling Carpathian Mountains Romania bear culling Romania 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heat wave oblasts 2024 European heatwaves /feed/2024/07/16/ukrainian-state-electrical-grid-operator-ukrenergo-begins-emergency-power-shutdowns-in-seven-eastern-and-central-oblasts Reuters 16 8aa01937907a5020b004cd2d01ec00a17aaba38e 7 https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-starts-emergency-power-cuts-amid-record-heatwave-2024-07-16/ 2024 Ukrainian state electrical grid operator Ukrenergo begins emergency power shutdowns in seven eastern and central oblasts amid a record heat wave and equipment failures worsened by ongoing Russian attacks. 2024-07-16 c469424aeaf961eaa8328750418eb32971537048 8 Rostov Nuclear Power Plant 13 /wiki/rostov%20nuclear%20power%20plant Rostov Oblast 36 /wiki/rostov%20oblast Russia 70 /wiki/russia radiation 115 /wiki/radiation reactors 1 /wiki/nuclear%20reactor Rostov Nuclear Power Plant Rostov Oblast Russia radiation reactors Reactors 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Background radiation levels are reported as normal. 2024-07-16 4b0216385008906b09c11d51be9b55050551c17b 7 Illinois 70 /wiki/illinois Midwestern United States 1 /wiki/midwestern%20united%20states Nashville 115 /wiki/nashville,%20illinois Washington County 36 /wiki/washington%20county,%20illinois dam failure 13 /wiki/dam%20failure Illinois Midwestern United States Nashville Washington County dam failure Midwestern United States /feed/2024/07/16/heavy-rainfall-across-the-midwestern-united-states-causes-a-dam-failure-in-washington-county-illinois-prompting-an-imm USA Today 16 2647dbbf6cc48072867200d35e6eb38dfd79d3f4 7 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/07/16/dam-failure-nashville-illinois/74423733007/ 2024 Heavy rainfall across the Midwestern United States causes a dam failure in Washington County, Illinois, prompting an immediate evacuation order in the nearby city of Nashville. 2024-07-16 36dc61fa8ed46b4dfe92301d171780acd8d04c39 6 Ayacucho Region 1 /wiki/department%20of%20ayacucho Peru 13 /wiki/peru Ayacucho Region Peru Ayacucho Region /feed/2024/07/16/at-least-25-people-are-killed-and-17-others-are-injured-when-a-bus-veers-off-a-cliff-and-crashes-in-ayacucho-region-per Reuters 16 fe292471bd792a17c198c3efdd181217dbe564cb 7 https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/bus-accident-peruvian-andes-leaves-least-20-dead-2024-07-16/ 2024 At least 25 people are killed and 17 others are injured when a bus veers off a cliff and crashes in Ayacucho Region, Peru. 2024-07-16 76215565a54641368a4f8b9692e3514102854d3c 5 Hezbollah–Israel conflict 1 /wiki/hezbollah-israel%20conflict Israel 14 /wiki/israel Kfar Tebnit 116 /wiki/kfar%20tebnit Khardali 172 /wiki/khardali Syrian 2 /wiki/syrians airstrike 37 /wiki/airstrike southern Lebanon 71 /wiki/southern%20lebanon Hezbollah–Israel conflict Israel Kfar Tebnit Khardali Syrian airstrike southern Lebanon Hezbollah–Israel conflict /feed/2024/07/16/three-syrian-children-are-killed-by-an-israeli-airstrike-on-the-village-of-umm-al-tut-in-southern-lebanon-while-two-oth Reuters 16 b428ac1b336284df249c161e6b15dc504ae0525a 7 https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/three-syrian-children-killed-israeli-strike-southern-lebanon-nna-agency-says-2024-07-16/ 2024 Three Syrian children are killed by an Israeli airstrike on the village of Umm al-Tut in southern Lebanon, while two others are killed during a strike on the Kfar Tebnit-Khardali road. 2024-07-16 b8c0d27b71c38347445aac3a07f88cdb4de54b0f 4 2024 Muscat mosque shooting 1 /wiki/2024%20muscat%20mosque%20shooting Islamic State 2 /wiki/islamic%20state Muscat 71 /wiki/muscat Oman 116 /wiki/oman Shi'ite 37 /wiki/shi'ite mass shooting 14 /wiki/mass%20shooting 2024 Muscat mosque shooting Islamic State Muscat Oman Shi'ite mass shooting 2024 Muscat mosque shooting /feed/2024/07/16/the-islamic-state-claims-responsibility-for-the-prior-day-s-mass-shooting-at-a-shi-ite-mosque-in-muscat-oman-this-is-t BBC 16 adf7c5a8df0b4c81954994cf96bc1977b8362cd1 7 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn38vx7g2e5o 2024 The Islamic State claims responsibility for the prior day's mass shooting at a Shi'ite mosque in Muscat, Oman. This is the first attack carried out by the Islamic State in the country. 2024-07-16 ffa0a14040367d6571406750be237085326c1d35 3 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement 1 /wiki/2024%20bangladesh%20quota%20reform%20movement Bangladesh 2 /wiki/bangladesh government 14 /wiki/government%20of%20bangladesh 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement Bangladesh government 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement /feed/2024/07/16/six-people-are-killed-during-clashes-in-bangladesh-as-opposition-demonstrators-protesting-government-job-quotas-which-b Al Jazeera 16 3b7df073be1aa7852934a0f435990029f63b40c8 7 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/16/at-least-one-student-killed-during-anti-quota-protests-in-bangladesh 2024 Six people are killed during clashes in Bangladesh as opposition demonstrators protesting government job quotas, which benefit pro-government families, clashes with police and pro-government supporters. 2024-07-16 b3661759048858c94fde640214c77fa26d78536c 2 Gaza City 37 /wiki/gaza%20city Israel 14 /wiki/israel Israel–Hamas war 1 /wiki/israel-hamas%20war Khan Younis 71 /wiki/khan%20younis Palestinian 2 /wiki/palestinian Rafah 116 /wiki/rafah Gaza City Israel Israel–Hamas war Khan Younis Palestinian Rafah Israel–Hamas war /feed/2024/07/16/at-least-57-palestinians-are-killed-by-israeli-bombardments-in-gaza-city-khan-younis-and-rafah Reuters 16 7af6a18d83a66a6dac2c829c8f596d9b6a66da66 7 https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-strikes-across-gaza-kill-least-13-people-palestinian-health-officials-2024-07-16/ 2024 At least 57 Palestinians are killed by Israeli bombardments in Gaza City, Khan Younis, and Rafah.