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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 102811" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Sudan_conflict" target="_blank">2023 Sudan conflict</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_campaign_%282023%29" target="_blank">Darfur campaign</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Zalingei" target="_blank">Siege of Zalingei</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces" target="_blank">Rapid Support Forces</a> allege to capture the entire <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Sudan" target="_blank">state</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Darfur" target="_blank">Central Darfur</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan" target="_blank">Sudan</a> after capturing the capital of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Zalingei" target="_blank">Zalingei</a>, the last bastion of fighting with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">Sudanese Armed Forces</a>. <a href="https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/rsf-claim-full-control-of-central-darfur-after-clashes" target="_blank">(Radio Dabanga)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Ukrainian_counteroffensive" target="_blank">2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a> strikes bridges over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chonhar_Strait" target="_blank">Chonhar</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henichesk_Strait" target="_blank">Henichesk Straits</a>, connecting the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_occupation_of_Kherson_Oblast" target="_blank">Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimea" target="_blank">Crimea</a>, causing damage to the road surface. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-strikes-chonhar-bridge-crimea-ria-2023-08-06/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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</ul>Arts and culture<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_the_United_States" target="_blank">American film</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie_%28film%29" target="_blank">Barbie</a> surpasses $1 billion in the worldwide <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films" target="_blank">box office</a>, marking the first time a film by a solo female director did so. <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230806-sublime-barbie-tops-1bn-globally-in-first-for-solo-woman-director-1" target="_blank">(AFP via France 24)</a></li>
</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Hazara_Express_derailment" target="_blank">2023 Hazara Express derailment</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 30 people are killed and 100 injured when ten <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_railroad_car" target="_blank">carriages</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazara_Express" target="_blank">Hazara Express</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derailment" target="_blank">derail</a> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarhari_railway_station" target="_blank">Sarhari railway station</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawabshah" target="_blank">Nawabshah</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindh" target="_blank">Sindh</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" target="_blank">Pakistan</a>. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66421481" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minibus" target="_blank">minibus</a> and 24 people <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_plunge" target="_blank">plunge</a> into a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravine" target="_blank">ravine</a> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demnate" target="_blank">Demnate</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco" target="_blank">Morocco</a>. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66423071" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain" target="_blank">Spain</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal" target="_blank">Portugal</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_fire" target="_blank">forest fires</a> have burned about 6200 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hectare" target="_blank">hectares</a>. <a href="https://nos.nl/artikel/2485664-bosbranden-richten-schade-aan-in-portugal-en-spanje-ook-risico-in-griekenland" target="_blank">(NOS)</a></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Welsh singer and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convicted" target="_blank">convicted</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_offender" target="_blank">sex offender</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Watkins_%28Lostprophets_singer%29" target="_blank">Ian Watkins</a> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_violence" target="_blank">stabbed</a> and injured in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakefield_Prison" target="_blank">Wakefield Prison</a>. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66419302" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_Maldives" target="_blank">Supreme Court of the Maldives</a> bars former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Maldives" target="_blank">president</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulla_Yameen" target="_blank">Abdulla Yameen</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Maldivian_presidential_election" target="_blank">running</a> for office while he serves an 11-year prison <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_%28law%29" target="_blank">sentence</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/maldives-supreme-court-bars-jailed-ex-president-yameen-race-2023-08-06/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul>Science and technology<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_censorship_of_Telegram_Messenger" target="_blank">Government censorship of Telegram Messenger</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq" target="_blank">Iraq</a> blocks the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram_%28software%29" target="_blank">Telegram</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_software" target="_blank">app</a> because of its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_leak" target="_blank">data leakage</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/iraq-blocks-telegram-app-cites-personal-data-violations-2023-08-06/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_August_6" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 102811, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Sudan_conflict']2023 Sudan conflict[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_campaign_%282023%29']Darfur campaign[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Zalingei']Siege of Zalingei[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces']Rapid Support Forces[/URL] allege to capture the entire [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Sudan']state[/URL] of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Darfur']Central Darfur[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan']Sudan[/URL] after capturing the capital of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Zalingei']Zalingei[/URL], the last bastion of fighting with the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_Armed_Forces']Sudanese Armed Forces[/URL]. [URL='https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/rsf-claim-full-control-of-central-darfur-after-clashes'](Radio Dabanga)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Ukrainian_counteroffensive']2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL] strikes bridges over the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chonhar_Strait']Chonhar[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henichesk_Strait']Henichesk Straits[/URL], connecting the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_occupation_of_Kherson_Oblast']Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimea']Crimea[/URL], causing damage to the road surface. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-strikes-chonhar-bridge-crimea-ria-2023-08-06/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Arts and culture[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_the_United_States']American film[/URL] [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie_%28film%29']Barbie[/URL][/I] surpasses $1 billion in the worldwide [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films']box office[/URL], marking the first time a film by a solo female director did so. [URL='https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230806-sublime-barbie-tops-1bn-globally-in-first-for-solo-woman-director-1'](AFP via France 24)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Hazara_Express_derailment']2023 Hazara Express derailment[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least 30 people are killed and 100 injured when ten [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_railroad_car']carriages[/URL] of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazara_Express']Hazara Express[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derailment']derail[/URL] near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarhari_railway_station']Sarhari railway station[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawabshah']Nawabshah[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindh']Sindh[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan']Pakistan[/URL]. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66421481'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]A [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minibus']minibus[/URL] and 24 people [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_plunge']plunge[/URL] into a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravine']ravine[/URL] near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demnate']Demnate[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco']Morocco[/URL]. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66423071'](BBC News)[/URL] [*]In [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain']Spain[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal']Portugal[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_fire']forest fires[/URL] have burned about 6200 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hectare']hectares[/URL]. [URL='https://nos.nl/artikel/2485664-bosbranden-richten-schade-aan-in-portugal-en-spanje-ook-risico-in-griekenland'](NOS)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*]Welsh singer and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convicted']convicted[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_offender']sex offender[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Watkins_%28Lostprophets_singer%29']Ian Watkins[/URL] is [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_violence']stabbed[/URL] and injured in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakefield_Prison']Wakefield Prison[/URL]. [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66419302'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_Maldives']Supreme Court of the Maldives[/URL] bars former [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Maldives']president[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulla_Yameen']Abdulla Yameen[/URL] from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Maldivian_presidential_election']running[/URL] for office while he serves an 11-year prison [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_%28law%29']sentence[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/maldives-supreme-court-bars-jailed-ex-president-yameen-race-2023-08-06/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Science and technology[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_censorship_of_Telegram_Messenger']Government censorship of Telegram Messenger[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq']Iraq[/URL] blocks the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram_%28software%29']Telegram[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_software']app[/URL] because of its [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_leak']data leakage[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/technology/iraq-blocks-telegram-app-cites-personal-data-violations-2023-08-06/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_August_6"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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