At least six people were killed and seven others injured when two buildings collapsed in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Sunday, February 8, 2026, according to the head of the municipal council. The incident occurred in the Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhood, and rescue workers were searching for potential survivors trapped in the rubble, according to Al Jazeera.
In other news, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was on track for a significant victory in snap elections held on Sunday. Media estimates indicated that Takaichi's ruling bloc was poised to secure a two-thirds majority in the lower house, marking the best result for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since 2017, according to Euronews. This outcome could potentially cause concern in China and among financial markets.
Also on Sunday, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was sentenced to over seven additional years in prison by Iran, following her hunger strike, her supporters reported. Her lawyer, Mostafa Nili, confirmed the sentence, which was handed down by a Revolutionary Court in Mashhad on Saturday, according to Euronews. Mohammadi, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023, had been on hunger strike since February 2.
In sports, American skier Lindsey Vonn suffered a devastating crash in the women's downhill skiing final at the Winter Olympics on Sunday. The 41-year-old, who had ruptured her ACL in a recent World Cup race, crashed just 13 seconds into her final run in Cortina, northern Italy, according to Sky News. She was reported to be in a stable condition following the incident.
Finally, a new report revealed a significant decline in the enforcement of environmental laws in the United States during the first year of Donald Trump's second term as president. The Environmental Integrity Project found that civil lawsuits filed by the Department of Justice in cases referred by the Environmental Protection Agency dropped to just 16 in the first 12 months after Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2025, a 76 percent decrease compared to the first year of the Biden administration, according to Ars Technica.
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