Israel launched a barrage of strikes across Lebanon on Mondayin a campaign that continued throughout the weekand killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah,Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruled out a temporary cease-fire with Hezbollah,and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was accused of misrepresenting an assessment on Israel's allegedly deliberate Gaza aid blockade.Meanwhile, China conducted its first publicized intercontinental ballistic missile test in four decades,reports emerged that China's most advanced nuclear submarine sank earlier this year,Pres. Vladimir Putin proposed changes to Russia's nuclear doctrine,and a Japanese navy ship sailed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time since World War II.In other news, the UN urged Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces to end its siege of a North Darfur city,and over 3K people were found to have been killed by gang violence in Haiti in the first half of 2024.

US Pres. Joe Biden gave his last address to the UN General Assembly,Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau survived a no-confidence vote,and Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka's new president.Meanwhile, despite reports that Donald Trump wasn't scheduled to meet Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy,the pair held a meeting in New York on Friday,as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer also met with the former US president,and Trump was briefed on alleged assassination threats from Iran.This comes as the UN adopted a pact to "bring multilateralism back,"the US made moves to ban Chinese technology from connected vehicles,and migration crossings across Panama's Darien Gap reportedly fell by 35%.

A Marist poll placed presidential contenders Donald Trump and Kamala Harris neck and neck in three key states,Harris made an economic pitch to the electorate,as she addressed immigration concerns in Arizona,Trump pledged a "manufacturing renaissance,"and the former president ruled out another presidential run if he loses in November.This comes as a Democratic Party group prepared for post-election lawsuits,a proposal to change Nebraska's Electoral College system failed to pass,and Congress approved a measure to fund the government until December.Meanwhile, Ryan Routh's manifesto letter was published,as new charges were brought against the alleged attempted Trump assassin,and a Senate report found that the Secret Service's failures ahead of the first attempt on the former president's life in July were "preventable."In other news, New York City Mayor Eric Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges,a House committee voted to hold Blinken in contempt,and former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani was disbarred in Washington.

Washington State stockpiled abortion pills ahead of the US election,Thailand's king signed a law legalizing same-sex marriages,and Telegram agreed to hand over users' data upon "valid" court requests.Meanwhile, the world's longest-serving death row prisoner was acquitted after 46 years,and convicted murderer Marcellus Williams was executed in Missouri.

The gunman behind a 2021 mass shooting at a grocery store in Colorado was sentenced to life without parole,and the late owner of the UK's Harrods department store faced new allegations related to his Fulham soccer club.

OpenAI reportedly made moves to become a for-profit company,striking union workers rejected Boeing's "best and final" offer,the US Department of Justice sued Visa over claims it violated antitrust laws,and Australian supermarket chains Woolworths and Coles faced legal action for allegedly deceiving customers.

A study linked dating apps to income inequality in the US,government data showed that Argentina's poverty rate has climbed to 52.9%,and nurses in England rejected a 5.5% pay raise offer.

Pfizer recalled its sickle cell anemia drug Oxbryta,and the World Health Organization reported nearly 30K mpox cases in Africa.

A study warned that Earth may have crossed seven out of nine "planetary boundaries,"and Hurricane Helene left dozens dead across the US' southeast.

A new "ghost shark" species was discovered in New Zealand.

Two Russian cosmonauts returned to Earth after a record stay on the International Space Station.