Wednesday

October 9, 2024

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hezbollah conflict

A couple is killed by a Hezbollah rocket fired at Kiryat Shmona, Israel. (BBC) (MDA Israel)

Sudanese civil war

The head of the Rapid Support Forces, Hemedti, accuses Egypt of being involved in airstrikes on the group's troops. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

Five people are killed when a Beechcraft 95-B55 Baron crashes shortly after takeoff from Catalina Airport in Avalon, California, United States. (CTV News) (ASN)

Turkish Airlines Flight 204 makes an emergency landing after the pilot of the aircraft falls ill and dies shortly after. (CTV News) (ASN)

2024 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane Milton

More than 5.5 million people remain under evacuation orders as Hurricane Milton is set to make landfall over Florida, United States, as one of the strongest ever storms to hit the state. (The New York Times)

Hurricane Milton weakens into a category 4 hurricane as it is expected to make landfall in Florida in the early hours of Thursday. (CBS News)

Tornadoes break out in several areas, including across Interstate 75, ahead of Hurricane Milton's arrival. (BBC News)

Law and crime

Japan's former longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada, is confirmed innocent after the prosecution waives his right to appeal. (NHK)

2024 Hadera stabbing attack

Six people are injured, two of them in a critical condition, after a stabbing attack in Hadera, Israel. The attacker is shot dead by Israel Police. (Times of Israel)

Science and technology

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

British computer scientist Demis Hassabis and American chemist John M. Jumper are awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on protein structure prediction, and American biochemist and computational biologist David Baker, for his work on computational protein design. (The New York Times) (Nobel Prize)

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