World News – Page 72 – Prologue Journal

For a second day, Ukrainian hackers hit Russian institutions

Washington Post Hackers attacked Russia’s digital state media hub and courts website over two days, bringing both down. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/08/russia-ukraine-hack-vgtrk-courts/

Mexican mayor’s severed head placed atop pick-up truck 6 days after taking office

Fox News The mayor of a violence-plagued city in Mexico was killed on Sunday with his decapitated body left in a pickup truck and his severed head placed atop the vehicle’s roof. Alejandro Arcos, 43, was killed just six days after he took office as mayor of the city of Chilpancingo, a city of around 280,000…

The 4,000 items in the Staffordshire Hoard make it the largest collection in history of its kind

Fox News The Staffordshire Hoard is truly one of a kind as the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver found to date. There are around 4,000 items, most of which are military pieces. The discovery of the Staffordshire Hoard came in 2009. A metal detectorist was scanning farmland in the village of Hammerwich in…

Doctor admits wearing disguise to poison mom’s partner with fake covid shot

Washington Post Thomas Kwan pleaded guilty to attempted murder at a court in England. He disguised himself as a nurse to inject his mom’s partner with a flesh-eating toxin. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/08/uk-doctor-thomas-kwan-fake-covid-murder/

Live Updates: Israel Expands Forces in Lebanon as 2nd Year of Conflict Dawns

New York Times Israel’s air attacks against Hezbollah continued, and it said parts of a fourth military division had begun operating against the militant group in southwestern Lebanon. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/10/08/world/israel-iran-lebanon-hezbollah

Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded to 2 Scientists for Work on Machine Learning

New York Times John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton have “showed a completely new way for us to use computers to aid and to guide us” in solving problems, the committee said. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/science/nobel-prize-physics.html

Lead Drinking-Water Pipes Must be Replaced Nationwide, E.P.A. Says

New York Times The “historic” rule aims to eliminate a major source of lead poisoning and comes a decade after a drinking-water crisis in Flint, Mich. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/climate/biden-epa-lead-pipes.html

Oppenheimer’s Communist Past Draws New Attention

New York Times As Harvard and a top biographer square off, proponents of a middle path see a tangled life in which the superstar of science was, and was not, a true Communist at the same time. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/science/oppenheimer-communism-history-nuclear-bomb.html

Live updates: Israel fighting on two fronts as Gaza war enters second year

Washington Post Israel and Hezbollah traded intense fire on the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks. The death toll in Lebanon has surpassed 2,080 in the past year, state media said. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/08/israel-hamas-war-lebanon-hezbollah-gaza-iran-news/

In nightclubs and empty condos, Lebanon’s displaced search for refuge

Washington Post 1.2 million people — about 20 percent of the population — have been displaced across Lebanon by relentless Israeli airstrikes and an advancing ground invasion. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/08/lebanon-displaced-israel-hezbollah-war-border/