Wikipedia Current Events Real Joined Dec 7, 2022 Messages 993 Reaction score 0 BC ฿2 Dividends 0 Aug 1, 2023 #1 Armed conflicts and attacks 2023 Sudan conflict Protests begin in Kadugli, South Kordofan, Sudan, against the clashes which are ongoing within the city, also denouncing the war and the violations against women. (Dabanga Sudan) Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022–2023 western Russia attacks Russia says it destroyed three drones near Moscow. One damaged the 21st floor of the IQ-quarter mixed-use complex, which hosts offices for the Ministry of Economic Development. The Vnukovo International Airport was also temporarily closed. (The Guardian) (Meduza) Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine Bombing of Kherson One civilian is killed and five are injured in a Russian attack on a medical facility in Kherson. (The Kyiv Independent via Yahoo! News) Israeli–Palestinian conflict A Palestinian man is shot and killed by Israeli security forces after opening fire on Israelis in the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim in the occupied West Bank. (Al Jazeera) Religious violence in India Hindus kill a deputy imam and wound another when storming a mosque in Gurgaon, Haryana, North India, as a spillover of intercommunal violence that occurred in neighboring Nuh district yesterday. (Al Jazeera) Two people are killed and five others are injured when an assailant robs passengers and throws a Molotov cocktail on a bus in Dakar, Senegal. (AFP via UrduPoint) Business and economy Major credit rating agency Fitch downgrades the United States' bond credit rating from AAA to AA+, citing an "erosion of governance" manifested in debt ceiling impasses. (Financial Times) Disasters and accidents Typhoon Doksuri (2023) Eleven people are killed and 13 more missing during floods in Beizhen, Liaoning, China. About 31 thousand people have been displaced. (BBC News) (The Guardian) Twenty workers are killed and three more injured during the collapse of a giant crane at a highway construction site in Thane, Maharashtra, India. (Al Jazeera) Health and environment 2023 Asia heat wave The Iranian government institutes a two-day nationwide shutdown due to extreme heat, closing all schools, banks, and government offices. (Sky News) International relations 2023 Nigerien coup d'état France and Italy begin the evacuation of French, Italian and other European nationals from Niger. (Al Jazeera) Territorial disputes in the South China Sea The Senate of the Philippines adopts a resolution condemning China's incursions in the West Philippine Sea and urging the Department of Foreign Affairs to file a resolution regarding China's harassment of Philippine vessels before the United Nations General Assembly. (GMA News) Law and crime Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack, United States Justice Department investigation into attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election Former U.S. President Donald Trump is indicted by DOJ Counsel Jack Smith on four criminal accounts for his role in attempting to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election including a rally that led to a riot at the United States Capitol. (Politico) (Fortune) Two members of the Michigan Republican Party are also charged by prosecutors for attempting to tamper with voting machines in Michigan during their election. (AP) Fugitive Filipino Congressman and alleged mastermind of the Pamplona massacre Arnolfo Teves Jr. and twelve others are designated as terrorists by the Anti-Terrorism Council. (GMA News) Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is pardoned on five of her convictions, reducing her sentence from 33 to 27 years in prison. (AFP via France 24) Continue reading...
Armed conflicts and attacks 2023 Sudan conflict Protests begin in Kadugli, South Kordofan, Sudan, against the clashes which are ongoing within the city, also denouncing the war and the violations against women. (Dabanga Sudan) Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022–2023 western Russia attacks Russia says it destroyed three drones near Moscow. One damaged the 21st floor of the IQ-quarter mixed-use complex, which hosts offices for the Ministry of Economic Development. The Vnukovo International Airport was also temporarily closed. (The Guardian) (Meduza) Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine Bombing of Kherson One civilian is killed and five are injured in a Russian attack on a medical facility in Kherson. (The Kyiv Independent via Yahoo! News) Israeli–Palestinian conflict A Palestinian man is shot and killed by Israeli security forces after opening fire on Israelis in the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim in the occupied West Bank. (Al Jazeera) Religious violence in India Hindus kill a deputy imam and wound another when storming a mosque in Gurgaon, Haryana, North India, as a spillover of intercommunal violence that occurred in neighboring Nuh district yesterday. (Al Jazeera) Two people are killed and five others are injured when an assailant robs passengers and throws a Molotov cocktail on a bus in Dakar, Senegal. (AFP via UrduPoint) Business and economy Major credit rating agency Fitch downgrades the United States' bond credit rating from AAA to AA+, citing an "erosion of governance" manifested in debt ceiling impasses. (Financial Times) Disasters and accidents Typhoon Doksuri (2023) Eleven people are killed and 13 more missing during floods in Beizhen, Liaoning, China. About 31 thousand people have been displaced. (BBC News) (The Guardian) Twenty workers are killed and three more injured during the collapse of a giant crane at a highway construction site in Thane, Maharashtra, India. (Al Jazeera) Health and environment 2023 Asia heat wave The Iranian government institutes a two-day nationwide shutdown due to extreme heat, closing all schools, banks, and government offices. (Sky News) International relations 2023 Nigerien coup d'état France and Italy begin the evacuation of French, Italian and other European nationals from Niger. (Al Jazeera) Territorial disputes in the South China Sea The Senate of the Philippines adopts a resolution condemning China's incursions in the West Philippine Sea and urging the Department of Foreign Affairs to file a resolution regarding China's harassment of Philippine vessels before the United Nations General Assembly. (GMA News) Law and crime Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack, United States Justice Department investigation into attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election Former U.S. President Donald Trump is indicted by DOJ Counsel Jack Smith on four criminal accounts for his role in attempting to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election including a rally that led to a riot at the United States Capitol. (Politico) (Fortune) Two members of the Michigan Republican Party are also charged by prosecutors for attempting to tamper with voting machines in Michigan during their election. (AP) Fugitive Filipino Congressman and alleged mastermind of the Pamplona massacre Arnolfo Teves Jr. and twelve others are designated as terrorists by the Anti-Terrorism Council. (GMA News) Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is pardoned on five of her convictions, reducing her sentence from 33 to 27 years in prison. (AFP via France 24) Continue reading...