November 4, 2024

MIDDLE EAST | Updates from regional conflicts:

• The Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry said Saturday that Israeli fire hit a clinic in northern Gaza where health workers were carrying out polio vaccinations and that the incident took place during an agreed-upon vaccination humanitarian pause. Israeli officials say their review of operations indicates that Israeli forces did not target the clinic during the specified time period. [more]
• An Israeli court said today that an alleged leak of classified, and potentially falsified, documents earlier this year may have compromised efforts to secure a cease-fire and hostage-release deal with Hamas. Reports say Eli Feldstein, an aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and three other people are under investigation regarding the alleged leak. [more]

UKRAINE | Today is day 984 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Here is your update:

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that his country knows where North Korean troops are being trained in Russia but is unable to strike them without permission from Western allies to use donated weapons for long-range strikes deep within Russia. [more]

U.S. ELECTIONS | According to data compiled by the Associated Press, with one day to go before the 2024 general election, more than 77 million people across the U.S. have cast early in-person or mail-in ballots. [AP early voting tracker] [more]

U.S. MARKETS | S&P Dow Jones Indices announced Friday that, effective November 7, AI tech giant Nvidia will replace semiconductor pioneer Intel and paint-maker Sherwin-Williams will replace chemical company Dow Inc. on the widely watched Dow Jones Industrial Average. [more]

U.S. GIG ECONOMY | Ride-haling service Lyft has agreed to pay a $2.1 million fine to settle a Justice Department lawsuit filed last week that charged the company with exaggerating how much money drivers could make in cities around the country. As part of the settlement, Lyft has also been prohibited from continuing the misleading practices raised in the case. [more]

OKLAHOMA | State officials say at least 11 people required hospitalization over the weekend due to injuries sustained during a series of severe storms and tornadoes across Okhahoma late Saturday night. Reports note that almost 100,000 homes and businesses lost power due to the storms, but that about 75% of the outages had been resolved by yesterday afternoon. [more]

BANGLADESH | Reports say an estimated 30,000 people took part in protests Friday in Bangladesh’s southeastern city of Chattogram to demand protection for the country’s Hindu minority, against whom attacks have spiked in the nearly three months since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was overthrown. [more]

U.K. | An estimated 15,000 people took part in the March for Clean Water yesterday along the River Thames in London to demand the clean-up of what march participants say are the U.K.’s increasingly sewage-tainted waterways. [more]

BRAZIL | A law passed in Brazil’s Mato Grosso state last week ends incentives for companies that took part in the state’s 2006 Soy Moratorium agreement that has been found to have significantly contributed, along with other policies, to a steep reduction in Amazon rainforest deforestation. [more]

SPAIN | Search, rescue, and recovery efforts continue today in eastern Spain following last week’s flooding in which at least 217 people died. Approximately 5,000 soldiers have been deployed to the region to assist in searching for a yet-unknown number of people still missing. [more]

INDONESIA | At least 10 people have died, and thousands have been displaced, following the overnight eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki on the island of Flores, according to Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency. [more]

INDIA | Authorities in India’s northern Uttarakhand state say 36 people were killed, and several others were injured, today when the overcrowded bus in which they were traveling ran off the road and plunged into a gorge. [more]

RUNNING | The Netherlands’ Abdi Nageeye and Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui won the men’s and women’s races, respectively, at yesterday’s New York City Marathon. [more]

COLLEGE FOOTBALL | Following weekend games, Oregon remains No. 1 in the AP Top 25 college football poll, followed by Georgia, Ohio State, Miami, and Texas. [full poll] [more]

COLLEGE BASKETBALL | The NCAA men's college basketball season begins today with Kansas ranked No. 1 in the AP Top 25 poll, followed by Alabama, UConn, Houston, and Iowa State. [full poll] [more]

WEEKEND MOVIES | "Venom: The Last Dance" topped the North American box office over the weekend with an estimated $26.1 million in receipts, followed by "The Wild Robot" and "Smile 2." [more]

R.I.P. | Musician, composer, and music producer Quincy Jones, whose own works and those he carried out with others earned Oscars, Emmy awards, and Grammy awards, along with numerous national and international honors, died yesterday at his home in California at the age of 91, according to a statement released by his publicist. [more]

TODAY IN HISTORY | On this date in 1922, more than 3,300 years after its construction, British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen. [more history]