THC Science

Armed conflicts and attacks

Papua conflict, Australia–Indonesia relations
- A recently declassified Australian intelligence report from 1998 reveals the government was fully aware that the Indonesian military had massacred peaceful protesters from the Free Papua Movement, which was not publicly acknowledged or condemned by Australia at the time. Guardian Australia speculates that supporting photographic evidence may have been destroyed by Australian authorities. (The Guardian)
Afghanistan conflict
- ISIL-Taliban conflict
  - Three Taliban members and two civilians are killed as a bomb, planted by ISIL–K, explode near a Taliban vehicle in Jalalabad, Nangarhar. (The Guardian)

Health and environment

COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
    - Singapore reports 1,012 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day total of new cases since April 2020. (The Straits Times)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates, Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic
    - Abu Dhabi lifts the requirement of people from the other emirates to receive the COVID-19 testing before they enter the capital due to decline of the number of COVID-19 cases. (The National News)
2021 La Palma eruption
- The Cumbre Vieja volcano in the island of La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, erupts for first time in fifty years. A few hours later, the first preventive evacuations of people with reduced mobility from nearby towns took place after the declaration of the state of pre-eruption. The volcano erupts Sunday, at 3:12 p.m. (Canary time), in Cabeza de Vaca, in the upper area of the municipality of El Paso.(Reuters)(elDiario.es)

International relations

Mexico–United States border crisis
- The United States closes the Mexico–US border near the Texas town of Del Rio after several thousands of migrants arrived at the International Bridge near the area. The U.S. will also begin flying Haitians back to Haiti. (AP)

Law and crime

Gilboa Prison break
- The Israel Defense Forces announces that all six Palestinian fugitives have been recaptured, after the last two, who are part of the Islamic Jihad Movement, were arrested in the Palestinian city of Jenin through a joint operation with the Yamam. (AFP via The Times of India)
Women's rights in Afghanistan
- The new Taliban mayor of Kabul, Hamdullah Nomani, asks women to stay home in case their job can be filled by a man. Nomani also added that the Taliban "finds it necessary to stop women from working for a while" and instead urged them to work in places where men cannot go due to gender segregation. (BBC)

Politics and elections

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 *[[Women's rights in Afghanistan]]
 **The new Taliban mayor of [[Kabul]], [[Hamdullah Nomani]], asks women to stay home in case their job can be filled by a man. Nomani also added that the Taliban "finds it necessary to stop women from working for a while" and instead urged them to work in places where men cannot go due to gender segregation. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58614113 (BBC)]
-*Attorneys General from [[Alabama]], [[Florida]], [[Alaska]], [[Arizona]], [[Arkansas]], [[Kentucky]], [[Mississippi]], [[Missouri]], [[Montana]], [[South Carolina]] and [[Texas]] submit a federal court appeal in support of Florida Senate Bill 7072 that allows state residents to sue the country’s largest technology companies over their content moderation policies.  [[Robert_Lewis_Hinkle|U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle]] issued an injunction against the bill in June arguing it required social media sites to host speech they otherwise would not and interfered with their editorial judgment.  The judge also argued the law targets large technology companies and not smaller companies that operate in similar ways, effectively targeting companies that are "too large and too liberal." [https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/attorneys-general-florida-tech-law (Fox Business News)]
 '''Politics and elections'''

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