## [2024-08-7](/feed/2024/08/7/index.md)

##### 2024 Summer Olympics
### [Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat is disqualified from the final of the Women's freestyle 50 kg event for being above the stipulated weight during the weigh-in on the morning of the finals, eliminating her from the medal competition and relegating her to last place in the classification. ](/feed/2024/08/7/indian-wrestler-vinesh-phogat-is-disqualified-from-the-final-of-the-women-s-freestyle-50-kg-event-for-being-above-the-st.md)
### [French police detain Australian field hockey player Tom Craig for allegedly purchasing cocaine. ](/feed/2024/08/7/french-police-detain-australian-field-hockey-player-tom-craig-for-allegedly-purchasing-cocaine.md)
### [China wins their first gold medal in artistic swimming. ](/feed/2024/08/7/china-wins-their-first-gold-medal-in-artistic-swimming.md)
##### Comorian
### [Comorian president Azali Assoumani grants extensive powers to his son and alleged successor Nour El Fath, allowing El Fath to intervene in multiple stages of government decision-making. ](/feed/2024/08/7/comorian-president-azali-assoumani-grants-extensive-powers-to-his-son-and-alleged-successor-nour-el-fath-allowing-el-fa.md)
##### 2024 United States House of Representatives elections
### [Missouri Democratic congresswoman Cori Bush loses her primary election to St. Louis County prosecutor Wesley Bell, becoming the second member of the Squad to lose a primary. ](/feed/2024/08/7/missouri-democratic-congresswoman-cori-bush-loses-her-primary-election-to-st-louis-county-prosecutor-wesley-bell-becom.md)
##### 2024 Vienna terrorism plot
### [Police in Austria arrest two men affiliated with the Islamic State for allegedly planning to commit a terrorist attack at American singer Taylor Swift's upcoming concerts at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna, which are subsequently cancelled. ](/feed/2024/08/7/police-in-austria-arrest-two-men-affiliated-with-the-islamic-state-for-allegedly-planning-to-commit-a-terrorist-attack-a.md)
##### Russian-American
### [Russian-American Ksenia Karelina pleads guilty in a Russian court to a charge of treason. ](/feed/2024/08/7/russian-american-ksenia-karelina-pleads-guilty-in-a-russian-court-to-a-charge-of-treason.md)
##### Berlin
### [Police in Berlin, Germany, arrest a palliative care nurse for allegedly killing four elderly patients. ](/feed/2024/08/7/police-in-berlin-germany-arrest-a-palliative-care-nurse-for-allegedly-killing-four-elderly-patients.md)
##### South Africa's genocide case against Israel
### [Turkey submits a bid to join South Africa's side in the International Court of Justice case against Israel's conduct in the Gaza Strip. ](/feed/2024/08/7/turkey-submits-a-bid-to-join-south-africa-s-side-in-the-international-court-of-justice-case-against-israel-s-conduct-in.md)
##### End Bad Governance protests
### [Nigeria arrests seven Polish nationals for raising Russian flags during anti-government protests this week. ](/feed/2024/08/7/nigeria-arrests-seven-polish-nationals-for-raising-russian-flags-during-anti-government-protests-this-week.md)
##### 2023 Thai general election
### [The Constitutional Court of Thailand orders the dissolution of the Move Forward Party, which won the most seats and votes in last year's election, but was blocked from forming a government, over the party's campaigning on Lèse-majesté decriminalization. ](/feed/2024/08/7/the-constitutional-court-of-thailand-orders-the-dissolution-of-the-move-forward-party-which-won-the-most-seats-and-vote.md)
##### Environmental threats to the Great Barrier Reef
### [The water temperature around the Great Barrier Reef is reported to have reached a 400-year record high, which is causing more mass bleaching events. ](/feed/2024/08/7/the-water-temperature-around-the-great-barrier-reef-is-reported-to-have-reached-a-400-year-record-high-which-is-causing.md)
##### Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest
### [The Government of Brazil reports that deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest is at its lowest level since 2016. ](/feed/2024/08/7/the-government-of-brazil-reports-that-deforestation-in-the-amazon-rainforest-is-at-its-lowest-level-since-2016.md)
##### China
### [Five people, including four Chinese nationals, are killed in a helicopter crash in Nuwakot District, Bagmati Province, Nepal. ](/feed/2024/08/7/five-people-including-four-chinese-nationals-are-killed-in-a-helicopter-crash-in-nuwakot-district-bagmati-province-n.md)
##### Flood
### [Thirty people are killed, five are missing and hundreds are displaced after days of floods in Hodeidah and Hajjah, Yemen. ](/feed/2024/08/7/thirty-people-are-killed-five-are-missing-and-hundreds-are-displaced-after-days-of-floods-in-hodeidah-and-hajjah-yemen.md)
##### Russian invasion of Ukraine
### [Acting Governor of Kursk Oblast Alexei Smirnov declares a state of emergency in the region. ](/feed/2024/08/7/acting-governor-of-kursk-oblast-alexei-smirnov-declares-a-state-of-emergency-in-the-region.md)
### [Russian Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov says that the Ukrainian advance into Kursk Oblast has been stopped as reports emerge of continued heavy fighting in the vicinity of Sudzha. ](/feed/2024/08/7/russian-chief-of-general-staff-valery-gerasimov-says-that-the-ukrainian-advance-into-kursk-oblast-has-been-stopped-as-re.md)
##### 2024 Iran–Israel conflict
### [Hezbollah launches rockets on the Israeli-occuped Syrian Golan Heights and shelled an IDF outpost in Jal al-Allam, Israel. ](/feed/2024/08/7/hezbollah-launches-rockets-on-the-israeli-occuped-syrian-golan-heights-and-shelled-an-idf-outpost-in-jal-al-allam-israe.md)
### [ Three killed and ten injured in Israeli airstrikes on Jwaya, Lebanon. ](/feed/2024/08/7/three-killed-and-ten-injured-in-israeli-airstrikes-on-jwaya-lebanon.md)
### [Egypt and the United Kingdom issue NOTAM alerts and order their airlines to avoid Iranian and Lebanese airspaces. ](/feed/2024/08/7/egypt-and-the-united-kingdom-issue-notam-alerts-and-order-their-airlines-to-avoid-iranian-and-lebanese-airspaces.md)
##### Israel–Hamas war
### [Six Palestinians are killed in an Israeli raid on the Maghazi refugee camp and in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. ](/feed/2024/08/7/six-palestinians-are-killed-in-an-israeli-raid-on-the-maghazi-refugee-camp-and-in-khan-younis-in-the-gaza-strip.md)
### [The Israel Defense Forces confirms the death of Bilha Yinon, the last person missing in Israel following the attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023. ](/feed/2024/08/7/the-israel-defense-forces-confirms-the-death-of-bilha-yinon-the-last-person-missing-in-israel-following-the-attack-by-h.md)
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