Today’s debrief: Storm Kirk threatens Belgium

Ex-Hurricane Kirk will cross Belgium this Wednesday October 9 and Thursday October 10, 2024. A month of precipitation could fall in certain places in the space of 24 hours. Should we fear floods like those of July 2021? When will the peak precipitation occur?

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2. Job, the co-creator of Yakari, died this Tuesday

Co-creator of the Yakari comic strip, André Jobin, better known under the pseudonym Job, died Tuesday at the age of 96, Editions du Lombard announced on Wednesday.

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3. David Goffin achieves an immense feat by eliminating world third Alexander Zverev and qualifies for the quarter-finals in Shanghai

David Goffin achieved the feat of defeating world number 3 Alexander Zverev in the round of 16 of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Shanghai ($8,995,555) on Wednesday. The Liégeois, 66th in the world, won the scalp of the German, seeded N.2, after two sets, 6-4, 7-5. The game lasted 1 hour and 56 minutes.

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4. New pro-Russian cyberattacks target Belgium this Wednesday: municipalities in the provinces of Liège and Hainaut affected

A new cyberattack against the sites of several Belgian municipalities took place on Wednesday morning, for the third consecutive day, confirmed the Center for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB). The pro-Russian hacker collective “NoName057” is still behind the attack.

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5. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to the British Demis Hassabis and the Americans John Jumper and David Baker, the Nobel committee announced on Wednesday. Google DeepMind London director John M. Jumper and CEO and co-founder Demis Hassabis – who have already received the prestigious Lasker Prize in 2023 – have been recognized for their work on “protein structure prediction” via artificial intelligence, according to the jury’s press release. David Baker, was “for computational protein design.” He works at the University of Washington in Seattle.

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