EnvironmentAmazon deforestation falls to a low not seen since 1988
Brazil says Amazon deforestation in the year through July fell to 5796 square kilometres, the lowest since 1988 except for 2012.
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TechnologyTimekeepers end future leap seconds
The International Bureau of Weights and Measures abolishes future leap seconds, with continuous UTC from May 20, 2027.
CultureOldest known shipwreck is excavated at Kekova
Archaeologists excavate the oldest known shipwreck in the world at Kekova in Turkey.
NewsIreland begins its first general strike since 2009
More than 300000 public-sector workers in Ireland start a general strike over a pay deadlock, the first since 2009.
FoodFire destroys the Marché des Enfants-Rouges
A fire destroys the historic Marché des Enfants-Rouges food market in Paris.
NewsHall and Woodford win the Nobel Prize in Economics
Robert Ernest Hall and Michael Dean Woodford share the Nobel economics prize for work on macroeconomic stabilisation.
PoliticsNavi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize, and the United States sanctions the International Criminal Court after the award.
SportsWilson wins a fifth MVP and Sato takes a triple crown
A'ja Wilson wins a fifth WNBA Most Valuable Player award, and Teruaki Sato wins the Nippon baseball triple crown.
CultureAnne Carson wins the Nobel Prize in Literature
Canadian poet Anne Carson wins the Nobel Prize in Literature for work in dialogue with the classical tradition.
NewsHurricane Isaias becomes the first Atlantic hurricane
Isaias strengthens into a category 1 hurricane, the first Atlantic hurricane of a season shaped by El Niño.
EnvironmentPenguin colony shrinks and a coal expansion is blocked
Zavodovski Island loses more than 500000 chinstrap penguins, and an Australian court blocks a coal-mine expansion.
NewsKagan and Soai share the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Henri B Kagan and Kensō Soai share the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on asymmetric organic synthesis.
TechnologyFrancis Halzen wins the Nobel Prize in Physics
Belgian physicist Francis Halzen wins the physics Nobel for IceCube and high-energy astrophysical neutrinos.
FoodIndonesia stops clearing forest for new rice land
Indonesia halts a forest-clearing programme for rice after saying it has reached rice self-sufficiency.
PoliticsParti Québécois wins a minority in Quebec
Voters in Quebec elect a Parti Québécois minority government, and the Coalition Avenir Quebec suffers an electoral wipeout.
HealthOptogenetics trio wins the Nobel Prize in Medicine
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel share the Nobel Prize in Medicine for optogenetics.
Flávio Bolsonaro wins the Brazil first round
Flávio Bolsonaro finishes first in Brazil and advances to an October 25 runoff against president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Plague death at a Russian anti-plague laboratory
A laboratory worker in Irkutsk Oblast dies of pneumonic plague, and nearly 200 workers are quarantined.
Saudi Arabia drops the planned Neom World Cup stadium
Saudi Arabia cancels the proposed NEOM Stadium in The Line at Neom for the 2034 World Cup.
French school protests widen into a third day of riots
Rioting in France continues for a third day, with more than 2000 people arrested and more than 735 schools shut.
SpaceX returns Starship and launches Crew-13
Starship Flight 14 returns early from orbit, and Crew-13 leaves Florida for the International Space Station.
United States troops finish their withdrawal from Iraq
United States troops complete a withdrawal from Iraq, and Kataib Hezbollah says it will suspend most military activity there.
Morocco king names the first woman prime minister
King Mohammed VI appoints Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as the first woman prime minister of Morocco.
Nyabongo I is crowned king of Tooro
A coronation in Uganda formally makes Nyabongo I king of the Tooro Kingdom.