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16,135 storiesPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announces a visit to Moscow, Russia, from August 12–14 to meet with
Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the peace process for the Gaza war and to "strengthen bilateral relations in all areas" between the two nations.
Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announces he will boycott the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics
due to an initial judging error in another competitor's Women's floor gymnastics routine, which after being corrected, caused Romanian gymnast Ana Bărbosu to move from bronze medal position to 4th place.

In the United States, Massachusetts District Judge Richard Stearns rules that Harvard University must face a
lawsuit accusing the university of intentionally ignoring requests for safety from Jewish students following "severe and pervasive harassment" on campus, while also calling the university's claims that antisemitic acts are protected under t
Haredi Israelis storm the army base in Tel HaShomer in protest of compulsory conscription.
President Shahabuddin names civil society leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus as the chief

Ukraine launches an incursion into Kursk Oblast, Russia.

Russia claims that it captured the village of Tymofiivka in Donetsk Oblast.
Japanese whaling company Kyodo Senpaku announces the country's first fin whale kill in fifty years off the
At least two people are killed when a hotel collapses in Kröv, Germany.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq Composite all fall by 3%, registering their
biggest three-day declines since June 2022.
At least six people are killed in Florida, United States, by severe weather caused by Hurricane Debby.
The European Union joins the United States and several Latin American nations in refusing to accept the
claimed Venezuelan presidential election victory of Incumbent President Nicolás Maduro.
Sweden's Armand Duplantis wins his second consecutive gold medal, breaking his own world record with a jump
Israel returns 89 decomposed, unidentifiable Palestinian bodies to the Gaza Ministry of Health.
Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab opens a criminal investigation into opposition officials
Edmundo González and María Corina Machado for calling on the Armed Forces to abandon their support for President Nicolás Maduro throughout the protests and riots in the country.
Rioting takes place in Plymouth and Birmingham, England, while police are attacked with molotov cocktails in
Belfast, Northern Ireland, as the number of people arrested rises to 400.
At least thirteen people are killed by a rainfall-triggered landslide in Wolayita, Ethiopia.
Brazil becomes the representative of the interests of Argentina and Peru in Venezuela, after Venezuela expels
the Argentinian and Peruvian diplomats following tensions in the aftermath of the presidential election.
Protestors storm the prime minister's residence and the National Parliament building in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Ángel Barajas wins the silver medal in Men's horizontal bar, earning Colombia its first ever medal in

Japan's Nikkei 225 stock market index falls by more than 12%, suffering its worst two-day decline ever and
its largest daily percentage drop since Black Monday in October 1987.
At least five United States personnel are injured when two missiles strike the joint American–Iraqi Al Asad
Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina resigns and flees to Delhi, India.
Mali cuts all diplomatic relations with Ukraine for providing intelligence to Tuareg rebels that enabled them
to ambush and kill large numbers of Wagner Group mercenaries and Malian troops.
More than 150 people are arrested following violent far-right riots targeting mosques and migrant
infrastructure throughout the United Kingdom.