Wikipedia Current Events Real Joined Dec 7, 2022 Messages 993 Reaction score 0 BC ฿2 Dividends 0 Aug 12, 2023 #1 Armed conflicts and attacks Russian invasion of Ukraine Crimea attacks The Russian Ministry of Defense says it has shot down twenty Ukrainian drones over Crimea. (NOS) Head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov says three Ukrainian missiles have been shot down over the Kerch bridge. (CNN International) Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu inspects the Northern Fleet and visits a Rosatom nuclear weapons test site in the Novaya Zemlya. (Reuters), (Hindustan Times) (The Barents Observer) One person is killed and 12 others are injured in a Russian guided aerial bomb strike on Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. (CNN International) Disasters and accidents 2023 Hawaii wildfires The death toll from the wildfires in Maui, Hawaii, United States, reaches 80, making it the deadliest wildfire in state history. (The Independent) 2023 Pacific typhoon season Hurricane Dora, which partially caused the wildfires in Hawaii, becomes a Pacific typhoon. (Forbes) (Hawaii News Now) English Channel migrant crossings Six people are killed and fifty others are rescued when a boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast of Calais, France, in the English Channel. (AP) A Sukhoi Su-30 crashes during a training mission in Kaliningrad, Russia, killing both pilots on the plane. (RFE/RL) Law and crime Italian police recover 266 antiques from the Greek, Roman and Etruscan periods, worth tens of millions of Euros, from the United States. (NOS) Politics and elections Senator Anwar ul Haq Kakar becomes the new caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan. (ANI News) Continue reading...
Armed conflicts and attacks Russian invasion of Ukraine Crimea attacks The Russian Ministry of Defense says it has shot down twenty Ukrainian drones over Crimea. (NOS) Head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov says three Ukrainian missiles have been shot down over the Kerch bridge. (CNN International) Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu inspects the Northern Fleet and visits a Rosatom nuclear weapons test site in the Novaya Zemlya. (Reuters), (Hindustan Times) (The Barents Observer) One person is killed and 12 others are injured in a Russian guided aerial bomb strike on Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. (CNN International) Disasters and accidents 2023 Hawaii wildfires The death toll from the wildfires in Maui, Hawaii, United States, reaches 80, making it the deadliest wildfire in state history. (The Independent) 2023 Pacific typhoon season Hurricane Dora, which partially caused the wildfires in Hawaii, becomes a Pacific typhoon. (Forbes) (Hawaii News Now) English Channel migrant crossings Six people are killed and fifty others are rescued when a boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast of Calais, France, in the English Channel. (AP) A Sukhoi Su-30 crashes during a training mission in Kaliningrad, Russia, killing both pilots on the plane. (RFE/RL) Law and crime Italian police recover 266 antiques from the Greek, Roman and Etruscan periods, worth tens of millions of Euros, from the United States. (NOS) Politics and elections Senator Anwar ul Haq Kakar becomes the new caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan. (ANI News) Continue reading...