Portal:Current events/2024 August 1

August 1, 2024 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Business and economy

Intel announces plans to lay off 15% of its workforce in order to reduce its operating costs. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

2024 Pacific typhoon season
- Typhoon Gaemi
  - South Korea reports that as many as 1,500 people may have been killed by floods in North Korea caused by the remnants of Typhoon Gaemi. (Terra Daily) (Al Jazeera)
2024 India–Bangladesh floods
- At least 12 people are killed and more than 250 people are declared missing after heavy downpours and flooding in northern India, with rainfall amounts of up to 183 millimetres (7.2 in) reported in some areas. (Reuters)
2024 Wayanad landslides
- The death toll from the landslides caused by torrential rains in Kerala, India, increases to 296 people, with at least 240 others still missing. (Onomanorama)

Health and environment

International relations

2024 Russian prisoner exchange, Germany–Russia relations, Russia–United States relations
- Russia and several Western nations, including Germany and the United States, conduct a major prisoner exchange mediated by Turkey, with ten prisoners being transferred to Russia, thirteen to Germany, and three to the United States. Journalist Evan Gershkovich, former marine Paul Whelan, and Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza are among those freed. (AP) (Al Jazeera)
China–India relations
- China and India conduct a 30th round of talks in New Delhi, India, to resolve their ongoing border disputes, agreeing to speed up negotiations over the disputes and to maintain peace and tranquility in border regions. (South China Morning Post)
Moldova–Russia relations
- The Moldovan government expels a Russian diplomat from the country over alleged espionage. (The Moscow Times)

Law and crime

2009 Guinean protests
- A criminal court in Guinea sentences former president and military leader Moussa Dadis Camara to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity while suppressing an opposition rally in Conakry in 2009. (Al Jazeera)
2024 United Kingdom riots
- UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses the nation following civil unrest in Southport, Hartlepool, and Whitehall, accusing the "far-right" of being behind the violence. Starmer also warns social media platforms to crackdown on misinformation. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

End Bad Governance protests
- Fourteen protestors are killed, four are injured and at least 31 are arrested, including a journalist, during nationwide protests that turned violent in Nigeria amid a cost-of-living crisis, which protestors blame on President Bola Tinubu's new reforms. (Al Jazeera)
Russia withdraws from the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, originally established by the Council of Europe in 1995. (Ukrainska Pravda)

Sports

2024 Summer Olympics
- Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics
  - American swimmer Katie Ledecky wins her 13th Olympic medal in swimming, becoming the first American female to do so and the second American to do so after Michael Phelps. (The New York Times)
- Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics
  - Novak Djokovic defeats Stefanos Tsitsipas to advance to the semifinals of the Men's singles tournament, becoming the only player to reach the semifinals four times, and the oldest semifinalist in Olympic tennis history. (Sports Illustrated)