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A rare blue supermoon appears in the sky.

An oil spill originating from the El Palito refinery in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, is reported to have

contaminated more than of the Gulf of Paria as well as most of Morrocoy National Park.

Twenty medical students from the University of Jos and the University of Maiduguri are kidnapped while

Venezuelan opposition officials and supporters gather in cities across the country to protest against

President Nicolás Maduro and the results of the 2024 presidential election.

In cycling, Katarzyna Niewiadoma wins the 2024 Tour de France Femmes by four seconds, her first win at the

event after placing third at the 2022 and 2023 events.

Ongoing nationwide blackouts in Lebanon caused by fuel shortages provoke significant governmental conflict,

with the Minister of Energy blaming the Central Bank for not paying Iraq for fuel imports and the Central Bank blaming Parliament for not authorizing emergency fund transfers for fuel payments.

President of Vietnam and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Tô Lâm arrives in China for a

three-day state visit, Tô's first overseas visit since becoming president and general secretary.

The Central Bank of Libya suspends all operations following the kidnapping of the head of its information

technology department by an unknown party.

At least eight family members are killed when their van collides with a delivery truck in Sariaya, Quezon,

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko reports that nearly one third of the Belarusian Army has been

deployed along the Belarus–Ukraine border, in response to Ukraine stationing more than 120,000 troops at the border. However, Ukraine claims no movement of Belarusian troops has been observed.

Record rainfall strikes regions of the Austrian capital of Vienna with most of the city's average total

summer rainfall falling in just one hour, causing significant flooding and damage throughout the city.

More than 100 people are killed during nearly three weeks of persistent heavy rainfall and flooding across

Yemen, with the country's national weather agency declaring a severe weather alert for future "very heavy thunderstorms".

A bomb explodes in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing one person and injuring another.

For the first time, the Indonesian Independence Day ceremony is held simultaneously in Jakarta and Nusantara

due to the relocation of the country's capital.

Four convicts escape in a prison break at a psychiatric hospital in Straubing, Bavaria, Germany.

Israeli officials state that they are attempting to "lower expectations" of a ceasefire deal due to

significant gaps between Israel and Hamas demands, after United States president Joe Biden stated that he was "optimistic" about the progress of US-mediated negotiations in Qatar.

The state electricity company of Lebanon Électricité du Liban runs out of fuel reserves and announces that it

can no longer supply power to the country, leading to a complete nationwide blackout.

Six people are arrested in connection to a mass shooting due to feuds that occurred last week in Clarendon

Parish, Jamaica, which killed eight people and injured nine others.

The International Atomic Energy Agency declares that the safety of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is

deteriorating, following an investigation into an explosive drone strike that targeted a perimeter access road at the power plant.

Ten Syrian citizens, including two children, are killed in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in