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• Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283 (aircraft pictured) crashes in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, killing all 62 people on board.
• Sheikh Hasina resigns as the prime minister of Bangladesh following anti-government protests, and Muhammad Yunus is appointed leader of an interim government.
• Following a mass stabbing in Southport, far-right protesters riot in England and Northern Ireland.
• The United States, Russia, and their respective allies agree to a prisoner exchange of 26 people.

Ongoing:

• Israel–Hamas war
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• Russian invasion of Ukraine
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• Sudanese civil war
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Recent deaths:

• Ida Bagus Ardana
• Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez
• Jon McBride
• Susan Wojcicki
• Kalatiku Paembonan
• Taberon Honie

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August 14, 2024 (2024-08-14) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
      • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Ukrainian forces have captured more than 100 Russian soldiers in the last 24 hours during their offensive in Kursk Oblast. Zelenskyy also says that he is open to exchanging the prisoners for Ukrainian prisoners of war. (BBC News)
      • Ukraine announces that it will create a strategic buffer zone on the Russia–Ukraine border that is "designed to protect our border communities from daily enemy attacks". (Reuters)
    • Ukrainian drones strike the Borisoglebsk air base in Voronezh Oblast, Russia, destroying several hangars. (Pravda) (The Washington Post)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Three-phase Israel–Hamas war ceasefire proposal
    • Top Hamas official Osama Hamdan states that the organization is "losing faith" in the United States' role as mediator in Israel–Hamas ceasefire proposals due to the U.S. not applying pressure on Israel to act in good faith, and threatens to withdraw from future U.S.-mediated negotiations. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Tropical Storm Ernesto strengthens into a hurricane north of Puerto Rico. (NBC News)
• African mpox epidemic
  • The World Health Organization officially declares a new outbreak of mpox. The strain of this outbreak is different from the primary strain of the 2022–2023 mpox outbreak, which affected thirteen countries and resulted in at least 524 reported deaths, and is more lethal. (AP)

Law and crime

• 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage
  • Germany issues its first arrest warrant related to the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage for a Ukrainian man who crossed the border from Poland into Ukraine before the arrest could be carried out. (AP)
• The Constitutional Court of Thailand dismisses Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin for illegally appointing a minister to his cabinet. (Reuters)
• The United States Drug Enforcement Administration announces that it seized more than 2,300 lb (1,000 kg) of methamphetamines hidden in celery at a farmers market in Forest Park, Georgia, United States. A Mexican citizen was arrested in relation to the seizure. (AP)
• Former President of Argentina Alberto Fernández is indicted on charges of making threats and causing bodily harm to former first lady Fabiola Yáñez. (Buenos Aires Herald)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Kiribati parliamentary election
  • Kiribati citizens vote for the 45 members of the parliament. (AP)
• After more than a year of high-level investigation, the Vatican expels Luis Fernando Figari, the leader of the Peruvian society of apostolic life Sodalitium Christianae Vitae for financial corruption and for downplaying allegations of sexual and psychological abuse. (AP)

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The iMac G3, originally released as the iMac, is a series of personal computers sold by Apple Computer from 1998 to 2003. Following Steve Jobs's return to the financially troubled company that he co-founded, he aggressively restructured its offerings. The iMac was envisioned as Apple's new inexpensive and consumer-friendly desktop product, focused on easy connection to the Internet. Apple's head of design Jony Ive and his team created a striking teardrop-shaped all-in-one design based around a cathode-ray tube display, shrouded in translucent colored plastic. The iMac eschewed legacy technologies like serial ports and floppy-disk drives in favor of CD-ROMs and USB ports. Selling more than six million units, the iMac was a commercial success for Apple, helping to save it from bankruptcy whilst influencing the look of future computers and consumer products. The original model was revised several times and was succeeded by the iMac G4 and eMac. (Full article...)

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• ... that despite being New Zealand's biggest earthquake in 78 years, the 2009 Dusky Sound earthquake caused only minor damage?
• ... that college football player Reggie Brown tore three knee ligaments but still made it to the NFL?
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