2024-08-28 50f23bdefad47fa65e53145c1fa04bde66226771 27 2024 Summer Paralympics 1 /wiki/2024%20summer%20paralympics Paris 71 /wiki/paris Place de la Concorde 37 /wiki/place%20de%20la%20concorde Summer Paralympics 14 /wiki/summer%20paralympics opening ceremony 2 /wiki/2024%20summer%20paralympics%20opening%20ceremony 2024 Summer Paralympics Paris Place de la Concorde Summer Paralympics opening ceremony 2024 Summer Paralympics /feed/2024/08/28/the-opening-ceremony-for-the-2024-summer-paralympics-is-held-at-place-de-la-concorde-in-paris-france Axios 28 2a873e6817e1d84f027f962f57f0a66e8ef328f9 8 https://www.axios.com/2024/08/28/paris-2024-paralympics-opening-ceremony-photos 2024 The opening ceremony for the 2024 Summer Paralympics is held at Place de la Concorde in Paris, France. 2024-08-28 604403289e7e96164fef9d789841f40b8e309065 26 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station 115 /wiki/cape%20canaveral%20space%20force%20station Falcon 9 36 /wiki/falcon%209 Federal Aviation Administration 1 /wiki/federal%20aviation%20administration Florida 171 /wiki/florida SpaceX 13 /wiki/spacex booster rocket 70 /wiki/booster%20(rocketry) Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Falcon 9 Federal Aviation Administration Florida SpaceX booster rocket Federal Aviation Administration /feed/2024/08/28/the-us-federal-aviation-administration-temporarily-grounds-all-spacex-falcon-9-launches-and-orders-an-investigation-fo AP 28 47edf5c880c27f73362777583ee3ae5714a6afa0 8 https://apnews.com/article/spacex-launch-accident-booster-db396897fbb90d00ef18be886b3b1ce0 2024 The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration temporarily grounds all SpaceX Falcon 9 launches and orders an investigation following a booster rocket fire incident at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States. 2024-08-28 ae7f16d62eac98dc4a92db6afbd43722b53a4088 25 Earth 13 /wiki/earth NASA 1 /wiki/nasa complex organism 171 /wiki/multicellular%20organism emergence of life 115 /wiki/history%20of%20life polar wind 70 /wiki/polar%20wind subtle electric field 36 /wiki/ambipolar%20electric%20field Earth NASA complex organism emergence of life polar wind subtle electric field NASA /feed/2024/08/28/nasa-announces-discovery-of-earth-s-subtle-electric-field-which-contributes-to-the-polar-wind-phenomenon-its-significa MSN, Newsweek 28 f9e4360294115facd01c505aa961175c1ba84960 8 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/nasa-reveals-earths-hidden-electric-field-that-creates-supersonic-wind/ar-AA1pE4JF 2024 NASA Science 28 156b48b786de9e680e9f0c1ef55e72ce42509435 8 https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/nasa-discovers-long-sought-global-electric-field-on-earth/ 2024 NASA announces discovery of Earth's subtle electric field, which contributes to the polar wind phenomenon. Its significance as to the emergence of life and complex organisms on Earth, and the planet's physical and chemical properties, are to be analyzed. 2024-08-28 240226e651750557745b70636d988c232f2b475a 24 Congress 172 /wiki/congress%20(mexico) LXVI Legislature of the Mexican Congress 1 /wiki/lxvi%20legislature%20of%20the%20mexican%20congress Mexico 37 /wiki/mexico Morena 71 /wiki/national%20regeneration%20movement Party of the Democratic Revolution 14 /wiki/party%20of%20the%20democratic%20revolution senators 2 /wiki/senate%20of%20the%20republic%20(mexico) supermajority 116 /wiki/supermajority Congress LXVI Legislature of the Mexican Congress Mexico Morena Party of the Democratic Revolution senators supermajority LXVI Legislature of the Mexican Congress /feed/2024/08/28/two-senators-elected-from-the-defunct-party-of-the-democratic-revolution-prd-in-mexico-defect-to-the-ruling-morena-par AP 28 355d17db93fba25b20b444498d4d3fdf53abfee1 8 https://apnews.com/article/mexico-senate-congress-ruling-party-majority-8564bc2307ed3aa6b2750eaf125384a5 2024 Two senators elected from the defunct Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) in Mexico defect to the ruling Morena party, leaving Morena and its allies one seat short of a supermajority in both chambers of Congress. 2024-08-28 1da0cd90ef46ad63cc9082270df283fdbc81ec3b 23 Arrest of Pavel Durov 1 /wiki/arrest%20of%20pavel%20durov CEO 71 /wiki/chief%20executive%20officer French 406 /wiki/france French 2 /wiki/government%20of%20france Pavel Durov 116 /wiki/pavel%20durov Telegram 37 /wiki/telegram%20(software) child exploitation 239 /wiki/child%20exploitation complicity 172 /wiki/complicity drug trafficking 317 /wiki/illegal%20drug%20trade indict 14 /wiki/indictment Arrest of Pavel Durov CEO French French Pavel Durov Telegram child exploitation complicity drug trafficking indict Arrest of Pavel Durov /feed/2024/08/28/french-prosecutors-formally-indict-telegram-ceo-pavel-durov-with-complicity-in-distribution-of-child-exploitation-media Bloomberg 28 176fe033c469bf514eaf04aec8b4d088d9f26bfe 8 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-28/telegram-ceo-charged-in-france-for-alleged-criminal-use-of-app?embedded-checkout=true 2024 French prosecutors formally indict Telegram CEO Pavel Durov with complicity in distribution of child exploitation media and drug trafficking and ban him from leaving France. 2024-08-28 bd153e7c1b91f09bf50d0079552dec634f24c772 22 2023 Quran burnings in Sweden 1 /wiki/2023%20quran%20burnings%20in%20sweden Muslim 172 /wiki/muslim Quran 116 /wiki/quran Salwan Momika 14 /wiki/salwan%20momika Stockholm 239 /wiki/stockholm Swedish 2 /wiki/sweden desecrated 71 /wiki/quran%20desecration offences of agitation against an ethnic or national group 37 /wiki/incitement%20to%20ethnic%20or%20racial%20hatred#sweden 2023 Quran burnings in Sweden Muslim Quran Salwan Momika Stockholm Swedish desecrated offences of agitation against an ethnic or national group 2023 Quran burnings in Sweden /feed/2024/08/28/swedish-prosecutors-charge-salwan-momika-and-salwan-najem-with-four-counts-of-offences-of-agitation-against-an-ethnic-o Al Jazeera 28 37bc107baa33f574919386f70c3448bced07f94d 8 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/28/sweden-charges-men-over-2023-quran-burnings-condemned-by-muslim-countries 2024 Swedish prosecutors charge Salwan Momika and Salwan Najem with four counts of "offences of agitation against an ethnic or national group" after the two desecrated the Quran and made derogatory remarks about Muslims in Stockholm last year. 2024-08-28 bdf2ebe70dbb59a048898bf9b0311acdbad11669 21 1Malaysia Development Berhad 116 /wiki/1malaysia%20development%20berhad 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal 1 /wiki/1malaysia%20development%20berhad%20scandal Federal Criminal Court 14 /wiki/federal%20criminal%20court%20of%20switzerland Malaysia 37 /wiki/malaysia Switzerland 2 /wiki/switzerland strategic development 71 /wiki/business%20development 1Malaysia Development Berhad 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal Federal Criminal Court Malaysia Switzerland strategic development 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal /feed/2024/08/28/the-swiss-federal-criminal-court-convicts-two-petrosaudi-executives-to-six-and-seven-years-in-prison-respectively-for-em Al Jazeera 28 f813325e97929ffef307b1e9394910be3d7de898 8 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/28/swiss-court-convicts-two-executives-of-embezzling-1-8bn-from-1mdb 2024 The Swiss Federal Criminal Court convicts two PetroSaudi executives to six and seven years in prison respectively for embezzling more than US$1.8 billion from the Malaysian strategic development firm 1Malaysia Development Berhad. 2024-08-28 e617e4b40b4b57322362b9374a87c128118c5d6b 20 Haiti 71 /wiki/haiti Haitian National Police 2 /wiki/haitian%20national%20police Haitian crisis 1 /wiki/haitian%20crisis Kenya Police 14 /wiki/kenya%20police Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti 37 /wiki/multinational%20security%20support%20mission%20in%20haiti Port-au-Prince 116 /wiki/port-au-prince Haiti Haitian National Police Haitian crisis Kenya Police Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti Port-au-Prince Haitian crisis /feed/2024/08/28/haitian-national-police-and-kenya-police-along-with-other-foreign-police-forces-as-part-of-the-multinational-security-s AP 28 afbaed36babe173f663f14ce5c2884e37c51fcab 8 https://apnews.com/article/haiti-gangs-police-military-kenyans-shooting-ad2ffb474743ad035974e81bc5c0e87e 2024 Haitian National Police and Kenya Police, along with other foreign police forces as part of the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti, launch a joint operation to oust violent gangs from parts of the Haitian capital city Port-au-Prince. 2024-08-28 db4fada8c87d26eb5a186f5894151a9a87ac8e28 18 Israeli settler 14 /wiki/israeli%20settler Israel–United States relations 1 /wiki/israel-united%20states%20relations United States Department of State 2 /wiki/united%20states%20department%20of%20state Yitzhar 37 /wiki/yitzhar extremist 71 /wiki/extremist settler violence 116 /wiki/israeli%20settler%20violence Israeli settler Israel–United States relations United States Department of State Yitzhar extremist settler violence Israel–United States relations /feed/2024/08/28/the-united-states-department-of-state-imposes-sanctions-on-israeli-settler-group-hashomer-yosh-and-a-civilian-security-c Al Jazeera 28 b1a280ad987b83b39f4a84aa168177017adbd52e 8 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/28/us-issues-more-sanctions-over-israeli-settler-violence-in-west-bank 2024 The United States Department of State imposes sanctions on Israeli settler group Hashomer Yosh and a civilian security coordinator for the Yitzhar settlement for extremist settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. 2024-08-28 0dec1d490aa7f8b166d7830499079945d3ed1b19 16 2024 Yemen floods 1 /wiki/2024%20yemen%20floods Al Mahwit 2 /wiki/al%20mahwit Yemen 14 /wiki/yemen 2024 Yemen floods Al Mahwit Yemen 2024 Yemen floods /feed/2024/08/28/at-least-33-people-are-killed-by-landslides-and-heavy-rainfall-in-al-mahwit-yemen NOS 28 a0423c6fdcdc91a30c443823490416a72bda712a 8 https://nos.nl/artikel/2534887-tientallen-doden-door-noodweer-en-aardverschuivingen-in-jemen 2024 At least 33 people are killed by landslides and heavy rainfall in Al Mahwit, Yemen. 2024-08-28 704b4f534593f72f7bd3853f42e29e2f7570bd59 15 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods 1 /wiki/2024%20afghanistan-pakistan%20floods Pakistan 2 /wiki/pakistan 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods Pakistan 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods /feed/2024/08/28/the-death-toll-from-flooding-in-pakistan-increases-to-245-people Dunya News 28 5207a8af06d4a688958c193839dc7050c37ba8c9 8 https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/833686-rains-floods-claim-245-lives-in-27-days-ndma- 2024 The death toll from flooding in Pakistan increases to 245 people. 2024-08-28 f342bc3fc596862821a38cac62390255b2d3b627 14 2024 Pacific typhoon season 1 /wiki/2024%20pacific%20typhoon%20season Fire and Disaster Management Agency 14 /wiki/fire%20and%20disaster%20management%20agency Kyushu 2 /wiki/kyushu 2024 Pacific typhoon season Fire and Disaster Management Agency Kyushu 2024 Pacific typhoon season /feed/2024/08/28/three-people-are-injured-and-three-others-are-reported-missing-due-to-heavy-rains-and-landslides-in-kyushu-according-to MSN 28 f469b8088f30f51dd09c29365ccfc3da9e942df1 8 https://www.msn.com/en-gb/weather/topstories/three-missing-after-typhoon-shanshan-brings-heavy-rain-to-japan/ar-AA1pzBOZ 2024 Three people are injured and three others are reported missing due to heavy rains and landslides in Kyushu, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. 2024-08-28 1742b30db89aa8044dcbda1161d17fbd4dc06d70 13 2024 Pacific typhoon season 1 /wiki/2024%20pacific%20typhoon%20season Japan 71 /wiki/japan Japan Meteorological Agency 2 /wiki/japan%20meteorological%20agency Kagoshima Prefecture 14 /wiki/kagoshima%20prefecture Typhoon Shanshan 37 /wiki/typhoon%20shanshan%20(2024) 2024 Pacific typhoon season Japan Japan Meteorological Agency Kagoshima Prefecture Typhoon Shanshan 2024 Pacific typhoon season /feed/2024/08/28/hundreds-of-flights-are-cancelled-and-the-japan-meteorological-agency-issues-an-alert-in-kagoshima-prefecture-as-typhoon Reuters 28 bc72b3198b305802d1ab3d339a0f871e10cb92c5 8 https://www.reuters.com/world/japan/japan-braces-typhoon-shanshan-heavy-rain-strong-winds-forecast-2024-08-28/ 2024 Hundreds of flights are cancelled and the Japan Meteorological Agency issues an alert in Kagoshima Prefecture as Typhoon Shanshan is expected to make landfall over southwestern Japan. 2024-08-28 32d2df04f512ead8c6447a7f73b3c997fa4bc54e 12 2024 Sudan floods 1 /wiki/2024%20sudan%20floods Port Sudan 2 /wiki/port%20sudan Sudan 14 /wiki/sudan 2024 Sudan floods Port Sudan Sudan 2024 Sudan floods /feed/2024/08/28/the-death-toll-from-flooding-across-sudan-including-the-collapse-of-the-arbaat-dam-near-port-sudan-sudan-increases-to Sudan Tribune 28 683422e51b3a9699e1908b071b6028681ddeb13d 8 https://sudantribune.com/article290115/ 2024 The death toll from flooding across Sudan including the collapse of the Arbaat Dam near Port Sudan, Sudan, increases to 148 people. 2024-08-28 2f4d9dcac738de0cdc57164e1312e6251d68f6a3 10 Arakan Army 14 /wiki/arakan%20army Muslim 37 /wiki/islam%20in%20myanmar Myanmar civil war 1 /wiki/myanmar%20civil%20war Rakhine State 116 /wiki/rakhine%20state Rohingya 71 /wiki/rohingya%20people United Nations 2 /wiki/united%20nations shelling 172 /wiki/shell%20(projectile) Arakan Army Muslim Myanmar civil war Rakhine State Rohingya United Nations shelling Myanmar civil war /feed/2024/08/28/a-un-official-says-that-the-arakan-army-has-begun-indiscriminately-attacking-the-muslim-rohingya-minority-in-rakhine-sta The Guardian 28 b2e5122a6c68ee4f567699ff8145342b19f9199a 8 https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/aug/22/myanmar-rohingya-muslim-minority-flee-bangladesh-massacres-arakan-army-rebels 2024 A UN official says that the Arakan Army has begun indiscriminately attacking the Muslim Rohingya minority in Rakhine State after capturing much of the state, forcing thousands of people to flee. The rebel group is reportedly "rounding up groups" of Rohingya men and shelling Rohingya villages. 2024-08-28 5945bde1d3d99c143488e4fc2f72480753a5c566 9 Kachin Independence Army 172 /wiki/kachin%20independence%20army Kachin State 37 /wiki/kachin%20state Momauk 116 /wiki/momauk Myanmar 71 /wiki/myanmar Myanmar civil war 1 /wiki/myanmar%20civil%20war Tatmadaw 2 /wiki/tatmadaw counteroffensive 14 /wiki/counterattack Kachin Independence Army Kachin State Momauk Myanmar Myanmar civil war Tatmadaw counteroffensive Myanmar civil war /feed/2024/08/28/tatmadaw-forces-launch-a-major-counteroffensive-against-rebels-in-kachin-state-myanmar-following-the-fall-of-momauk-to Myanmar Now 28 67e7298e42b844ef3c58e576a4d8f139d82b7826 8 https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmar-junta-launches-major-counteroffensive-in-southern-kachin-state/ 2024 Tatmadaw forces launch a major counteroffensive against rebels in Kachin State, Myanmar, following the fall of Momauk to the Kachin Independence Army. 2024-08-28 14f5866367a5408679a27ec261ec4d1ec3b29423 8 Hezbollah 14 /wiki/hezbollah Islamic Jihad Palestinian fighters 2 /wiki/palestinian%20islamic%20jihad Israel 37 /wiki/israel Israel–Hezbollah conflict 1 /wiki/israel-hezbollah%20conflict Lebanon–Syria border 116 /wiki/lebanon-syria%20border checkpoint 71 /wiki/border%20checkpoint Hezbollah Islamic Jihad Palestinian fighters Israel Israel–Hezbollah conflict Lebanon–Syria border checkpoint Israel–Hezbollah conflict /feed/2024/08/28/three-islamic-jihad-palestinian-fighters-and-a-hezbollah-militant-are-killed-in-an-israeli-drone-strike-on-a-vehicle-at Al Jazeera 28 59ae4b4454530a23efb15095dacc56d953909f9b 8 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/8/28/israels-war-on-gaza-live-many-still-buried-after-day-of-israeli-strikes?update=3145614 2024 Three Islamic Jihad Palestinian fighters and a Hezbollah militant are killed in an Israeli drone strike on a vehicle at a checkpoint on the Lebanon–Syria border. 2024-08-28 7d80994acc6af8091b18d6e4e145a5d2ab21741d 7 Erigavo 37 /wiki/erigavo SSC-Khatumo 2 /wiki/ssc-khatumo Sanaag 71 /wiki/sanaag Somali Civil War 1 /wiki/somali%20civil%20war Somaliland 14 /wiki/somaliland Erigavo SSC-Khatumo Sanaag Somali Civil War Somaliland Somali Civil War /feed/2024/08/28/at-least-nine-people-are-killed-in-fighting-between-ssc-khatumo-forces-and-somaliland-troops-near-erigavo-sanaag-somal BBC News Somali 28 12c07d71f748a53dbb3fb58fa15046a25d63bc7a 8 https://www.bbc.com/somali/articles/cq82447yz54o 2024 Garowe Online 28 1ac26512fcecd2b464048ec0dd0db123ba5c5444 8 https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/fresh-fighting-in-northern-somalia-leaves-5-dead 2024 At least nine people are killed in fighting between SSC-Khatumo forces and Somaliland troops near Erigavo, Sanaag, Somaliland. 2024-08-28 9e78a60a1a88a1aff24e09b0c05a7822624489d5 5 Kamensky District 71 /wiki/kamensky%20district,%20rostov%20oblast Kirov Oblast 406 /wiki/kirov%20oblast Kotelnich 506 /wiki/kotelnich Rostov Oblast 116 /wiki/rostov%20oblast Russia 172 /wiki/russia Russian invasion of Ukraine 1 /wiki/russian%20invasion%20of%20ukraine Ukraine 239 /wiki/ukraine Ukraine 2 /wiki/armed%20forces%20of%20ukraine Voronezh Oblast 739 /wiki/voronezh%20oblast defence ministry 617 /wiki/ministry%20of%20defence%20(russia) drone strike 317 /wiki/drone%20warfare drones 14 /wiki/unmanned%20combat%20aerial%20vehicle oil terminal 37 /wiki/oil%20terminal Kamensky District Kirov Oblast Kotelnich Rostov Oblast Russia Russian invasion of Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Voronezh Oblast defence ministry drone strike drones oil terminal Russian invasion of Ukraine /feed/2024/08/28/ukrainian-drones-strike-an-oil-terminal-in-kamensky-district-rostov-oblast-russia-causing-a-large-fire-ukraine-also Reuters 28 329c6bccfd4d5cad712de25fb977bf17e4f518f1 8 https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-drones-set-oil-depot-russias-rostov-ablaze-russian-telegram-channels-2024-08-28/ 2024 Ukrainian drones strike an oil terminal in Kamensky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia, causing a large fire. Ukraine also launches drone attacks on Kirov Oblast for the first time, striking an oil depot in Kotelnich. The Russian Defence Ministry says that air defences have shot down eight drones over Voronezh Oblast. 2024-08-28 48b1ceb47b4c593592c9240e32dffb1db7ea45f4 3 Israeli military 2 /wiki/israel%20defense%20forces Israel–Hamas war 1 /wiki/israel-hamas%20war Jenin 71 /wiki/jenin Palestinians 172 /wiki/palestinians Tulkarm 116 /wiki/tulkarm West Bank 37 /wiki/west%20bank operation 14 /wiki/military%20operation Israeli military Israel–Hamas war Jenin Palestinians Tulkarm West Bank operation Israel–Hamas war /feed/2024/08/28/the-israel-defense-forces-launch-a-major-military-operation-in-the-west-bank-primarily-in-the-cities-of-jenin-and-tulka Al Jazeera 28 160bb5a8411e7ce7a4bd06bba9c491d3d8e0f366 8 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/8/28/israels-war-on-gaza-live-many-still-buried-after-day-of-israeli-strikes 2024 The Israel Defense Forces launch a major military operation in the West Bank, primarily in the cities of Jenin and Tulkarm, with at least ten Palestinians killed and several others injured. The Al-Israa Specialised Hospital and the Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital are surrounded, and ambulances are blocked from entering the hospitals.