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  • Armed conflicts and attacks

    Thirty-eight people are killed and 212 others are injured in a mass shooting and suicide bombing by Al-Shabaab militants near the Beach View Hotel on Lido Beach in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Hiiraan Online) (Reuters)

    • https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2024/Aug/197359/deadly_al_shabaab_attack_at_mogadishu_s_liido_beach_many_feared_dead.aspx
    • https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/explosion-goes-off-beach-somali-capital-prime-minister-says-2024-08-02/
  • Disasters and accidents

    At least 11 people are killed in a fire in a residential-commercial building in Manila, Philippines. (The Star)

    • https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2024/08/02/building-fire-in-manila039s-chinatown-kills-11
  • Law and crime

    Rioting occurs in Sunderland, England, United Kingdom, as hundreds of far-right protesters attempt to march on a mosque and clash with riot police in the city centre. A police station is set on fire by rioters. (BBC News)

    • https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnl0lkrxgvxo
  • Law and crime

    Turkey blocks internet access to Instagram, following comments made by Turkish communications director Fahrettin Altun that condemned Meta Platforms for taking down Instagram posts offering condolences or expressing sorrow towards the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh. (Reuters)

    • https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkey-blocks-access-instagram-platform-gives-no-reason-2024-08-02/
  • Law and crime

    Four men, including a police officer, are found shot to death near Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico. (AP)

    • https://apnews.com/article/mexico-four-men-killed-cancun-police-7247d0942e9a376673ddee0794fc7ec1
  • Politics and elections

    Protests against President Bola Tinubu's economic reforms continue across Nigeria, as security forces fire tear gas at protestors and the government orders curfews across several northern states. (Al Jazeera)

    • https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/2/police-fire-tear-gas-as-nigeria-economic-hardship-protests-resume
  • Sports

    Novak Djokovic defeats Lorenzo Musetti to advance to the finals of the Men's singles tournament, becoming the only player to reach the finals four times, and the oldest finalist in Olympic tennis history. (ESPN)

    • https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/40709403/novak-djokovic-not-slowed-knee-face-carlos-alcaraz-olympic-men-singles-gold
  • Sports

    Carlos Alcaraz defeats Félix Auger-Aliassime to advance to the finals of the Men's singles tournament, becoming the youngest finalist in Olympic tennis history at 21 years old. (CBS News)

    • https://www.cbsnews.com/news/novak-djokovic-wins-golden-slam-beats-carlos-alcaraz-olympic-mens-singles-title/
  • Sports

    Belarusian gymnast Ivan Litvinovich wins a gold medal in trampoline gymnastics, making him the first male neutral athlete to win a gold medal at the Summer Olympics. (CBS News)

    • https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whale-2024-paris-olympics-surfing-tahiti/
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