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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 103115" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<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/Attacks_on_civilians_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Zaporizhzhia_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Bombing of Zaporizhzhia</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least two people are killed and seven others are injured in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">Russian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile" target="_blank">missile</a> strike on a residential area in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaporizhzhia" target="_blank">Zaporizhzhia</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/three-dead-after-russian-attack-ukraines-zaporizhzhia-zelenskiy-says-2023-08-09/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Hawaii_wildfires" target="_blank">2023 Hawaii wildfires</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Parts of western and upcountry <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maui" target="_blank">Maui</a> island in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii" target="_blank">Hawaii</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a>, are evacuated as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire" target="_blank">wildfires</a> cause power outages and disruption to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_service" target="_blank">emergency services</a> in western Maui and other parts of Hawaii including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oahu" target="_blank">Oahu</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii_%28island%29" target="_blank">Big Island</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfire-maui-dora-winds-ec23c16abfbeb6ba689f1a98263720db" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least six people have been confirmed dead on Maui, according to the mayor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahaina" target="_blank">Lahaina</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfire-maui-dora-winds-ec23c16abfbeb6ba689f1a98263720db" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A large part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahaina_Historic_District" target="_blank">historic Lahaina</a> town, including the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiola_Church" target="_blank">Waiola Church</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honpa_Hongwanji_Mission_of_Hawaii" target="_blank">Lahaina Hongwanji Mission Temple</a>, is destroyed by the wildfires. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/video/video-shows-flames-engulfing-storefronts-in-maui-town-of-lahaina-190449733718" target="_blank">(NBC News)</a> <a href="https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2023/08/maui-on-fire/" target="_blank">(Maui News)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Tunisia_migrant_boat_disasters" target="_blank">2023 Tunisia migrant boat disasters</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Forty-one people are killed when a boat carrying 45 migrants from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sfax" target="_blank">Sfax</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisia" target="_blank">Tunisia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_migrant_vessel_incidents_on_the_Mediterranean_Sea" target="_blank">capsizes and sinks</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" target="_blank">Mediterranean Sea</a> off the coast of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampedusa" target="_blank">Lampedusa</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" target="_blank">Italy</a>. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66448987" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_mystery_fires_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Russian mystery fires</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">One person is killed and more than 50 others are injured in an explosion at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zagorsk_Optical-Mechanical_Plant" target="_blank">Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergiyev_Posad" target="_blank">Sergiyev Posad</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Oblast" target="_blank">Moscow Oblast</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a>. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66450525" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Hans" target="_blank">Storm Hans</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">After several days of heavy rain in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway" target="_blank">Norway</a>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dam" target="_blank">dam</a> breaks into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomma" target="_blank">Glomma</a> river in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braskereidfoss" target="_blank">Braskereidfoss</a>. Locals are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_evacuation" target="_blank">evacuated</a>. <a href="https://www.nrk.no/innlandet/vann-trenger-inn-i-kraftverk-pa-braskereidfoss-1.16510149" target="_blank">(NRK)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Eleven people are killed in a fire at a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guesthouse" target="_blank">guesthouse</a> accommodating disabled people in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wintzenheim" target="_blank">Wintzenheim</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsace" target="_blank">Alsace</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" target="_blank">France</a>. <a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2023/08/09/incendie-dans-un-gite-accueillant-des-personnes-handicapees-en-alsace-au-moins-sept-personnes-manquent-a-l-appel_6184890_3224.html" target="_blank">(Le Monde)</a></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Belarus" target="_blank">Foreign relations of Belarus</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" target="_blank">Canadian</a> officials announce new sanctions against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus" target="_blank">Belarus</a> amid the three-year anniversary of the contested <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Belarusian_presidential_election" target="_blank">2020 Belarusian presidential election</a> that saw <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Belarus" target="_blank">president</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lukashenko" target="_blank">Alexander Lukashenko</a> remain in power. <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/9886023/belarus-canada-sanctions-election/amp/" target="_blank">(Global News)</a></li>
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</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_August_9" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 103115, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_on_civilians_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Zaporizhzhia_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']Bombing of Zaporizhzhia[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least two people are killed and seven others are injured in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces']Russian[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile']missile[/URL] strike on a residential area in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaporizhzhia']Zaporizhzhia[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/three-dead-after-russian-attack-ukraines-zaporizhzhia-zelenskiy-says-2023-08-09/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Hawaii_wildfires']2023 Hawaii wildfires[/URL] [LIST] [*]Parts of western and upcountry [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maui']Maui[/URL] island in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii']Hawaii[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL], are evacuated as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire']wildfires[/URL] cause power outages and disruption to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_service']emergency services[/URL] in western Maui and other parts of Hawaii including [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oahu']Oahu[/URL] and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii_%28island%29']Big Island[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfire-maui-dora-winds-ec23c16abfbeb6ba689f1a98263720db'](AP)[/URL] [*]At least six people have been confirmed dead on Maui, according to the mayor of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahaina']Lahaina[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfire-maui-dora-winds-ec23c16abfbeb6ba689f1a98263720db'](AP)[/URL] [*]A large part of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahaina_Historic_District']historic Lahaina[/URL] town, including the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiola_Church']Waiola Church[/URL] and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honpa_Hongwanji_Mission_of_Hawaii']Lahaina Hongwanji Mission Temple[/URL], is destroyed by the wildfires. [URL='https://www.nbcnews.com/video/video-shows-flames-engulfing-storefronts-in-maui-town-of-lahaina-190449733718'](NBC News)[/URL] [URL='https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2023/08/maui-on-fire/'](Maui News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Tunisia_migrant_boat_disasters']2023 Tunisia migrant boat disasters[/URL] [LIST] [*]Forty-one people are killed when a boat carrying 45 migrants from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sfax']Sfax[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisia']Tunisia[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_migrant_vessel_incidents_on_the_Mediterranean_Sea']capsizes and sinks[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea']Mediterranean Sea[/URL] off the coast of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampedusa']Lampedusa[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy']Italy[/URL]. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66448987'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_mystery_fires_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']Russian mystery fires[/URL] [LIST] [*]One person is killed and more than 50 others are injured in an explosion at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zagorsk_Optical-Mechanical_Plant']Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergiyev_Posad']Sergiyev Posad[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Oblast']Moscow Oblast[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL]. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66450525'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Hans']Storm Hans[/URL] [LIST] [*]After several days of heavy rain in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway']Norway[/URL], a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dam']dam[/URL] breaks into the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomma']Glomma[/URL] river in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braskereidfoss']Braskereidfoss[/URL]. Locals are [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_evacuation']evacuated[/URL]. [URL='https://www.nrk.no/innlandet/vann-trenger-inn-i-kraftverk-pa-braskereidfoss-1.16510149'](NRK)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]Eleven people are killed in a fire at a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guesthouse']guesthouse[/URL] accommodating disabled people in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wintzenheim']Wintzenheim[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsace']Alsace[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France']France[/URL]. [URL='https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2023/08/09/incendie-dans-un-gite-accueillant-des-personnes-handicapees-en-alsace-au-moins-sept-personnes-manquent-a-l-appel_6184890_3224.html'](Le Monde)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Belarus']Foreign relations of Belarus[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada']Canadian[/URL] officials announce new sanctions against [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus']Belarus[/URL] amid the three-year anniversary of the contested [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Belarusian_presidential_election']2020 Belarusian presidential election[/URL] that saw [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Belarus']president[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lukashenko']Alexander Lukashenko[/URL] remain in power. [URL='https://globalnews.ca/news/9886023/belarus-canada-sanctions-election/amp/'](Global News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_August_9"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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