## [2024-07-8](/feed/2024/07/8/index.md)

##### 2024 French legislative election
### [President of France Emmanuel Macron rejects the resignation of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who is requested to stay on temporarily to ensure the stability of the country. ](/feed/2024/07/8/president-of-france-emmanuel-macron-rejects-the-resignation-of-prime-minister-gabriel-attal-who-is-requested-to-stay-on.md)
##### Boeing 737 MAX groundings
### [Boeing agrees to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge to avoid going on trial in the United States on charges related to two fatal crashes involving its 737 MAX aircraft in 2018 and 2019. ](/feed/2024/07/8/boeing-agrees-to-plead-guilty-to-a-criminal-fraud-conspiracy-charge-to-avoid-going-on-trial-in-the-united-states-on-char.md)
##### Poland–United States relations
### [The United States announces a second $2 billion loan to Poland to support modernization of its military. ](/feed/2024/07/8/the-united-states-announces-a-second-2-billion-loan-to-poland-to-support-modernization-of-its-military.md)
##### Japan–Philippines relations
### [Japan and the Philippines sign a Reciprocal Access Agreement which allows the deployment of Japanese forces to the Philippines for military exercises. It will come into force after both countries' legislatures ratify it. ](/feed/2024/07/8/japan-and-the-philippines-sign-a-reciprocal-access-agreement-which-allows-the-deployment-of-japanese-forces-to-the-phili.md)
##### India–Russia relations
### [Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Moscow, Russia, for the first time since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. ](/feed/2024/07/8/indian-prime-minister-narendra-modi-visits-moscow-russia-for-the-first-time-since-the-start-of-the-russian-invasion-of.md)
##### Brazil–Palestine relations
### [Brazil adopts a free trade agreement with the Palestinian Authority and ratifies an agreement with the Mercosur trade bloc. Uruguay also backs the deal with Palestine. ](/feed/2024/07/8/brazil-adopts-a-free-trade-agreement-with-the-palestinian-authority-and-ratifies-an-agreement-with-the-mercosur-trade-bl.md)
##### Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
### [Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán makes an unannounced "peace mission" to Beijing, China, to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping following an unannounced meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday. ](/feed/2024/07/8/hungarian-prime-minister-viktor-orban-makes-an-unannounced-peace-mission-to-beijing-china-to-meet-with-chinese-presi.md)
##### 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
### [Three people are killed in Houston, Texas, United States, as Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Texas as a Category 1 hurricane. ](/feed/2024/07/8/three-people-are-killed-in-houston-texas-united-states-as-hurricane-beryl-makes-landfall-in-texas-as-a-category-1-hur.md)
##### Paramount Global
### [Paramount Global agrees to merge with Skydance Media in a $28 billion deal. ](/feed/2024/07/8/paramount-global-agrees-to-merge-with-skydance-media-in-a-28-billion-deal.md)
##### Samsung Electronics
### [Thousands of Samsung Electronics workers begin a three-day strike in South Korea over demands for better pay and more annual leave. ](/feed/2024/07/8/thousands-of-samsung-electronics-workers-begin-a-three-day-strike-in-south-korea-over-demands-for-better-pay-and-more-an.md)
##### M23 offensive
### [A United Nations report formally accuses the Ugandan military of providing support to the M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. However, Uganda denies the claims. The report also claims that between 3,000 to 4,000 Rwandan soldiers are fighting alongside the M23 rebels. ](/feed/2024/07/8/a-united-nations-report-formally-accuses-the-ugandan-military-of-providing-support-to-the-m23-rebel-group-in-eastern-dem.md)
##### Russian invasion of Ukraine
### [Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk sign a security agreement in Warsaw, Poland, allowing Poland to shoot down Russian missiles inside Ukrainian airspace. ](/feed/2024/07/8/ukrainian-president-volodymyr-zelenskyy-and-polish-prime-minister-donald-tusk-sign-a-security-agreement-in-warsaw-polan.md)
### [Russia launches a massive missile attack striking residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in cities across Ukraine, including the Okhmatdyt children's hospital in Kyiv. At least 41 people are killed and 170 others are injured as a result of the strikes. ](/feed/2024/07/8/russia-launches-a-massive-missile-attack-striking-residential-buildings-and-civilian-infrastructure-in-cities-across-ukr.md)
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