Template:In the news
- Ugandan athlete Joshua Cheptegei (pictured) sets a new 5000 metres world record.
- Israel and the United Arab Emirates agree to establish diplomatic relations.
- Pro-democracy protests intensify in Belarus after the contested reelection of incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko.
- Prime Minister Hassan Diab of Lebanon, and his cabinet, resign in the wake of the explosions in Beirut that killed at least 200 people.
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