Eight people are killed and two others are injured in a vehicle collision on the BR-491 in Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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G1 Globo 
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August 4
Disasters and accidents
Three people are killed and 18 others are injured in a multiple-vehicle collision on the Autostrada A1 in Montevarchi, Province of Arezzo, Italy.
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Arezzo Today
International relations
Delegates from Cambodia and Thailand meet in Malaysia, the current ASEAN chair, to work out details for a long-term ceasefire at their border following deadly clashes that killed dozens of people and displaced over 270,000 others.
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AP
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Reuters
Business and economy
Over 10,000 hotel owners in Europe, represented by the HOTREC union, file a joint lawsuit against Netherlands-based travel agency Booking.com seeking compensation for losses from 2004 to 2024, alleging that the booking agency prevented the hotels from offering lower prices on their own sites.
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Reuters
Armed conflicts and attacks
At least 74 Palestinians are killed by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes, including ten seeking aid, and another five Palestinians die of starvation.
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Channel 4 News
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces that the Israeli government has decided to completely militarily occupy the Gaza Strip and fully eliminate Hamas, and tells Chief of the General Staff Eyal Zamir to resign.
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Euronews
Puntland forces and U.S. forces conduct a Puntland counter-terrorism operation (PCTO) in the area of Humbeis of Sanaag region, Puntland, detaining three Islamic State militants.
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Tracking Terrorism
August 3
Law and crime
Armed conflicts and attacks
Israeli forces kill at least 33 Palestinians seeking food and six other Palestinians die of hunger.
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Reuters
A massive fire is reported at an oil refinery in Sochi, Russia, following a Ukrainian drone attack on the facility. Smoke from the fire prompts Russian authorities to close Sochi International Airport.
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BBC News
Disasters and accidents
Sixty-eight people are killed, 74 others are reported missing and 12 others are injured when a boat carrying 154 Ethiopian migrants capsizes off Abyan Governorate, Yemen.
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AP
Krasheninnikov, a volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, erupts for the first time since the 15th century and the first in historical records. The eruption takes place four days after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit the same region on July 30, which may have contributed to the eruption.
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CNN
Four workers are killed while inspecting sewage pipes after falling into a manhole filled with hydrogen sulfide in Gyōda, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
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DW
August 2
Politics and elections
Four-term National Assembly lawmaker Jung Chung-rae is elected as the leader of the Democratic Party in South Korea during the national party convention at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, defeating his rival Park Chan-dae with 61.74% of the votes.
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Yonhap News Agency
Armed conflicts and attacks
Israeli forces kill at least 57 people in the Gaza Strip, including 35 aid seekers.
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Al Jazeera
Hamas releases a sign-of-life propaganda video showing an emaciated Israeli hostage, Evyatar David, in an underground tunnel.
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Jerusalem Post
Seven people die from malnutrition in the past 24 hours due to the Israeli blockade, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
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BBC News
Ukrainian forces launch drone attacks on Penza Oblast, Samara Oblast, and Rostov Oblast in Russia, killing at least three people, according to Russian officials.
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AP
The Ukrainian military targets the Ryazan Refinery in Ryazan Oblast, Russia, with drones and causes a fire at the facility.
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Reuters
M23 rebels briefly capture Kamakombe, Kabare Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo from Wazalendo militia Decisive Movement for the Liberation of Congo.
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Radio Okapi
M23 and Wazalendo militias clash in the Muzinzi subgroup, Walungu Territory.
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Radio Okapi
Law and crime
Seven people are killed and eleven others are injured in a prison riot at the Social Reintegration Center in Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico. Three inmates identified as key instigators of the violence are transferred to another facility.
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AP
A Tatmadaw court sentences twelve people, including five Chinese nationals, to life in prison for their involvement in trafficking Burmese women to forced marriages in China.
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AP
Disasters and accidents
Five children are killed and twelve others are critically injured in a mortar shell explosion in Lakki Marwat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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Kuwait News Agency
Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki, one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes, erupts for a second consecutive day, sending a column of volcanic materials and ash up to 18 km (11 mi) into the sky. Today's eruption is one of Indonesia's largest since 2010 when Mount Merapi erupted. No casualties are reported.
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AP
Sports
In association football, the Brazil women's team wins a record-extending ninth Copa América title after defeating Colombia 5–4 on penalties following a 4–4 draw after extra time in the final held at the Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado in Quito, Ecuador. Brazilian forward Marta is named the most valuable player of the tournament.
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BBC Sport
August 1
Business and economy
U.S. tariffs on more than 90 countries enter force following a 90-day pause to allow the countries to prepare, including a 35% tariff on some Canadian goods and a 50% tariff on Brazilian goods.
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BBC News
Law and crime
At least four people are killed in a mass shooting at a bar in Anaconda, Montana, United States. A 45-year-old suspect fled the scene and remains at large.
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NBC Montana
One teenager is killed and five other people are wounded, including two seriously, in a mass shooting at a nightclub in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
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ABC News
The Seoul Central District Court issues an arrest warrant for former interior minister Lee Sang-min on charges of conspiring with former president Yoon Suk Yeol in his failed martial law attempt on December 3, 2024, becoming the second Yoon cabinet minister to be arrested after Kim Yong-hyun.
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Yonhap News Agency
Former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe is sentenced to twelve years of house arrest and fined US$840,000 for witness tampering and bribery.
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France 24
Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto pardons former trade minister Thomas Lembong and Secretary-General of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle Hasto Kristiyanto, two prominent opposition figures sentenced under controversial corruption charges.
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Jakarta Globe
South African police arrest nearly 1,000 undocumented miners at a gold mine in Barberton, Mpumalanga.
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DW
Armed conflicts and attacks
U.S. president Donald Trump orders the deployment of two United States Navy nuclear submarines near Russia for potential military action against Russian forces in response to statements made by former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev and current deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation regarding Trump's previously-stated deadline for ending the war in Ukraine.
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BBC News
M23 rebels clash with Wazalendo militia Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland in Bwito Chiefdom, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Radio Okapi
Following German defence minister Boris Pistorius's decision on Monday, the Luftwaffe begins air dropping humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.
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German Federal Foreign Office
International relations
France temporarily suspends its programme for receiving Palestinian refugees fleeing the Gaza Strip following the deportation of a Palestinian student accused of making antisemitic social media posts.
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Le Monde