Wikipedia Current Events Real Joined Dec 7, 2022 Messages 993 Reaction score 0 BC ฿2 Dividends 0 Aug 9, 2023 #1 Armed conflicts and attacks Russian invasion of Ukraine Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine Bombing of Zaporizhzhia At least two people are killed and seven others are injured in a Russian missile strike on a residential area in Zaporizhzhia. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents 2023 Hawaii wildfires Parts of western and upcountry Maui island in Hawaii, United States, are evacuated as wildfires cause power outages and disruption to emergency services in western Maui and other parts of Hawaii including Oahu and the Big Island. (AP) At least six people have been confirmed dead on Maui, according to the mayor of Lahaina. (AP) A large part of the historic Lahaina town, including the Waiola Church and the Lahaina Hongwanji Mission Temple, is destroyed by the wildfires. (NBC News) (Maui News) 2023 Tunisia migrant boat disasters Forty-one people are killed when a boat carrying 45 migrants from Sfax, Tunisia, capsizes and sinks in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy. (BBC News) Russian mystery fires One person is killed and more than 50 others are injured in an explosion at the Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant in Sergiyev Posad, Moscow Oblast, Russia. (BBC News) Storm Hans After several days of heavy rain in Norway, a dam breaks into the Glomma river in Braskereidfoss. Locals are evacuated. (NRK) Eleven people are killed in a fire at a guesthouse accommodating disabled people in Wintzenheim, Alsace, France. (Le Monde) International relations Foreign relations of Belarus Canadian officials announce new sanctions against Belarus amid the three-year anniversary of the contested 2020 Belarusian presidential election that saw president Alexander Lukashenko remain in power. (Global News) Continue reading...
Armed conflicts and attacks Russian invasion of Ukraine Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine Bombing of Zaporizhzhia At least two people are killed and seven others are injured in a Russian missile strike on a residential area in Zaporizhzhia. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents 2023 Hawaii wildfires Parts of western and upcountry Maui island in Hawaii, United States, are evacuated as wildfires cause power outages and disruption to emergency services in western Maui and other parts of Hawaii including Oahu and the Big Island. (AP) At least six people have been confirmed dead on Maui, according to the mayor of Lahaina. (AP) A large part of the historic Lahaina town, including the Waiola Church and the Lahaina Hongwanji Mission Temple, is destroyed by the wildfires. (NBC News) (Maui News) 2023 Tunisia migrant boat disasters Forty-one people are killed when a boat carrying 45 migrants from Sfax, Tunisia, capsizes and sinks in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy. (BBC News) Russian mystery fires One person is killed and more than 50 others are injured in an explosion at the Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant in Sergiyev Posad, Moscow Oblast, Russia. (BBC News) Storm Hans After several days of heavy rain in Norway, a dam breaks into the Glomma river in Braskereidfoss. Locals are evacuated. (NRK) Eleven people are killed in a fire at a guesthouse accommodating disabled people in Wintzenheim, Alsace, France. (Le Monde) International relations Foreign relations of Belarus Canadian officials announce new sanctions against Belarus amid the three-year anniversary of the contested 2020 Belarusian presidential election that saw president Alexander Lukashenko remain in power. (Global News) Continue reading...