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February 8, 2024
(
2024-02-08
)
(Thursday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
dismisses
Valerii Zaluzhnyi
from the post of
Commander-in-Chief
of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine
, following months of rumors about a disagreement between Zelenskyy and Zaluzhnyi.
Ground Forces commander
Oleksandr Syrskyi
is appointed Commander-in-Chief to replace Zaluzhnyi.
(BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
2023–2024 Sundhnúkur eruptions
Icelandic
officials declare a
state of emergency
after a new
volcanic eruption
cuts off hot water for approximately 20,000 people south of
Reykjavík
.
(NU)
The death toll from a
landslide
in
Baghdati
,
Imereti
,
Georgia
, increases to nine, following the conclusion of
search operations
.
(RFE/RL)
(Agenda.ge)
Five
U.S. Marines
are confirmed dead after a
Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion
helicopter, which crashed yesterday in
San Diego County
,
California
,
United States
, is located.
(NBC News)
Politics and elections
2024 Pakistani general election
Pakistanis
elect members of the
16th National Assembly
.
(Reuters)
Mobile phone services
are temporarily suspended and thousands of
troops
are deployed to protect
polling stations
during the
2024 Pakistani general election
as five policemen are killed in a
bombing
targeting a patrol in
Kulachi
,
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
, and two children are killed in a bombing at a
polling station
in
Balochistan
.
(Reuters)
Trump v. Anderson
The
US Supreme Court
hears arguments on whether the
Colorado Supreme Court
had the authority to exclude former
US President
Donald Trump
from the
Colorado
presidential primary ballot, for allegedly violating Section 3 of the
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
.
(CBS News)
Science and technology
Meta
suspends the
Instagram
accounts of
Iranian Supreme Leader
Ali Khamenei
for violating its "Dangerous Organizations & Individuals policy".
(Middle East Eye)
NASA
's
PACE
mission is launched aboard a
Falcon 9
rocket at
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
in
Florida
,
United States
, to study
Earth
's ocean and atmosphere.
(
Ars Technica
)
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