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Business and economics The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia blocks health insurer Anthem Inc.'s proposed $54 billion merger with rival Cigna because it would have exacerbated an already highly concentrated market and likely raised prices. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents More than 10,000 people are left homeless after a fire ravages a densely populated neighborhood of the ...
Disasters and accidents Cyclone Harold Cyclone Harold hits Fiji. (UPI) Caprigliola bridge collapse A bridge between the towns of Caprigliola and Albiano Magra in Tuscany, Italy, collapses. It results in only minor injuries of two truck drivers. (BBC News) (The Guardian) (The New York Times) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Asia COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China ...
Current events/2022 February 8. Israel says that the Syrian military fired an anti-aircraft missile towards its territory, which exploded in mid-air over the north of the country, triggering air raid sirens. However, Syrian state television reports that an Israeli Air Force airstrike occurred near Damascus. (Reuters)
Johnny Ramone (October 8, 1951 –September 15, 2004), American guitarist for The Ramones, would have turned 72 this year. Aladár Pege (October 8, 1939 –September 23, 2006), Hungarian double bassist, would have turned 84 this year. Doc Green (October 8, 1934 –March 10, 1989), American R&B vocalist with The Drifters ( The Five Crowns ...
Current events/2022 November 8. Unidentified warplanes launch airstrikes against Iranian -backed militias on the Iraq–Syria border, including near the Al-Qa'im border crossing, reportedly killing at least 25 people. Fuel tankers carrying Iranian gasoline to Lebanon are also hit.
International relations The United Nations Security Council discusses sending a peacekeeping force to the Republic of South Sudan when it becomes an independent nation tomorrow. (AP via Washington Post) Law and crime News of the World: Former editor of the News of the World, Andy Coulson, is arrested for questioning due to alleged involvement in a phone hacking affair. (The Guardian) (Sky News ...
Bill Watrous (June 8, 1939 –July 02, 2018), (born William Russell Watrous III) American trombonist, would have turned 85 this year. Kenny Clare (June 8, 1929 –January 11, 1985), Brit drummer, would have turned 95 this year. Erwin Lehn (June 8, 1919 –March 20, 2010), German arranger, bandleader, and vibraphonist, would have turned 105 this ...
July 8, 2022 (Friday) edit. history. watch. Armed conflicts and attacks. Russo-Ukrainian War. 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Serhiy Haidai, Governor of Luhansk Oblast, says that Russian shelling continues across the oblast and that the 8,000 residents of Sievierodonetsk are on the verge of a "humanitarian catastrophe". (ABC News)