September 30, 2024 Monday - Social Current Affairs

August 28th of the lunar calendar

1. Korean cabbage is so expensive that people can't afford it! South Koreans use cabbage and baby cabbage instead of napa cabbage.

2. Research finds that takeout food packaging contains nearly 200 types of breast cancer-causing substances.

3. Thousands of people in Iraq stormed the US embassy to protest the killing of the leader of Hezbollah.

4. British anti-Brexit demonstrators marched to demand rejoining the European Union.

5. Twenty leaders and key members of criminal gangs engaged in cross-border telecom fraud in northern Myanmar were escorted back to China.

6. The European Union plans to vote in October on imposing tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.

7. Amid criticism and concerns, Biden strongly supports Israel's "decapitation" action and calls it a just act.

8. The Israeli Air Force announced airstrikes on power stations, ports, and other targets controlled by Yemen's Houthi rebels.

9. On the 28th local time, the US SpaceX "Dragon" spacecraft headed to the International Space Station and will bring back two stranded astronauts.

10. Japanese media: Shigeru Ishiba said that the House of Representatives will be dissolved as soon as possible and a general election will be held. Consider dissolving it as early as October 9.

Micro-Quote: Time is the most unexpected thing. Years are more of a journey with no return.