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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 103404" 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/Crimea_attacks_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Crimea attacks</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_%28Russia%29" target="_blank">Russian Ministry of Defense</a> says it has shot down twenty Ukrainian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_combat_aerial_vehicle" target="_blank">drones</a> over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimea" target="_blank">Crimea</a>. <a href="https://nos.nl/liveblog/2485729-rusland-20-drones-neergehaald-boven-krim-training-oekraiense-piloten-in-vs-duurt-langer" target="_blank">(NOS)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_of_the_Republic_of_Crimea" target="_blank">Head of the Republic of Crimea</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Aksyonov" target="_blank">Sergey Aksyonov</a> says three Ukrainian missiles have been shot down over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_Bridge" target="_blank">Kerch bridge</a>. <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-new-08-12-23/index.html" target="_blank">(CNN International)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_%28Russia%29" target="_blank">Russian Defence Minister</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Shoigu" target="_blank">Sergei Shoigu</a> inspects the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Fleet" target="_blank">Northern Fleet</a> and visits a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosatom" target="_blank">Rosatom</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_testing" target="_blank">nuclear weapons test</a> site in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novaya_Zemlya" target="_blank">Novaya Zemlya</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russias-shoigu-inspects-northern-fleet-warships-sent-arctic-2023-08-12/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a>, <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/videos/world-news/putin-sends-defence-min-shoigu-to-inspect-russian-nuclear-site-in-the-arctic-as-war-rages-watch-101691846023169-amp.html" target="_blank">(Hindustan Times)</a> <a href="https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2023/08/after-blaming-west-waging-proxy-war-russia-shoigu-went-arctic-nuclear-test-site" target="_blank">(The Barents Observer)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">One person is killed and 12 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/Guided_bomb" target="_blank">guided</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_bomb" target="_blank">aerial bomb</a> strike on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orikhiv" target="_blank">Orikhiv</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_Oblast" target="_blank">Zaporizhzhia Oblast</a>. <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-new-08-12-23/h_f14405bf53cf3535887ad7af1b3fefd5" target="_blank">(CNN International)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</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">The death toll from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire" target="_blank">wildfires</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maui" target="_blank">Maui</a>, <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>, reaches 80, making it the deadliest wildfire in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Hawaii" target="_blank">state history</a>. <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/maui-fires-hawaii-wildfires-cause-b2391921.html" target="_blank">(The Independent)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Pacific_typhoon_season" target="_blank">2023 Pacific typhoon season</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Pacific_hurricane_season%23Hurricane_Dora" target="_blank">Hurricane Dora</a>, which partially caused the wildfires in Hawaii, becomes a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Pacific_typhoon_season%23Typhoon_Dora" target="_blank">Pacific typhoon</a>. <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2023/08/12/hurricane-dora-is-now-a-typhoon-but-did-it-make-the-maui-fires-worse/amp/" target="_blank">(Forbes)</a> <a href="https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/08/12/hurricane-dora-makes-history-without-making-landfall/?outputType=amp" target="_blank">(Hawaii News Now)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Channel_migrant_crossings_%282018%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">English Channel migrant crossings</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Six people are killed and fifty others are rescued when a boat carrying migrants <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsize" target="_blank">capsizes</a> off the coast of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calais" target="_blank">Calais</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" target="_blank">France</a>, in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Channel" target="_blank">English Channel</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/migrants-small-boats-english-channel-crossing-drowned-4e3c6583d26e111fe1e1a62c8dffe7d3" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-30" target="_blank">Sukhoi Su-30</a> crashes during a training mission in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliningrad" target="_blank">Kaliningrad</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a>, killing both pilots on the plane. <a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-fighter-jet-crash-kaliningrad/32545374.html" target="_blank">(RFE/RL)</a></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Italian police recover 266 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antique" target="_blank">antiques</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece" target="_blank">Greek</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome" target="_blank">Roman</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etruscan_civilization" target="_blank">Etruscan</a> periods, worth tens of millions of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro" target="_blank">Euros</a>, from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a>. <a href="https://nos.nl/artikel/2486370-italie-haalt-archeologische-vondsten-terug-uit-vs-ter-waarde-van-miljoenen" target="_blank">(NOS)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senator" target="_blank">Senator</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_ul_Haq_Kakar" target="_blank">Anwar ul Haq Kakar</a> becomes the new caretaker <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan" target="_blank">Prime Minister of Pakistan</a>. <a href="https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/pakistan-senator-anwar-ul-haq-kakar-becomes-caretaker-pm20230812161442/" target="_blank">(ANI News)</a></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_August_12" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 103404, 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/Crimea_attacks_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']Crimea attacks[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_%28Russia%29']Russian Ministry of Defense[/URL] says it has shot down twenty Ukrainian [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_combat_aerial_vehicle']drones[/URL] over [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimea']Crimea[/URL]. [URL='https://nos.nl/liveblog/2485729-rusland-20-drones-neergehaald-boven-krim-training-oekraiense-piloten-in-vs-duurt-langer'](NOS)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_of_the_Republic_of_Crimea']Head of the Republic of Crimea[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Aksyonov']Sergey Aksyonov[/URL] says three Ukrainian missiles have been shot down over the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_Bridge']Kerch bridge[/URL]. [URL='https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-new-08-12-23/index.html'](CNN International)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_%28Russia%29']Russian Defence Minister[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Shoigu']Sergei Shoigu[/URL] inspects the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Fleet']Northern Fleet[/URL] and visits a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosatom']Rosatom[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_testing']nuclear weapons test[/URL] site in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novaya_Zemlya']Novaya Zemlya[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russias-shoigu-inspects-northern-fleet-warships-sent-arctic-2023-08-12/'](Reuters)[/URL], [URL='https://www.hindustantimes.com/videos/world-news/putin-sends-defence-min-shoigu-to-inspect-russian-nuclear-site-in-the-arctic-as-war-rages-watch-101691846023169-amp.html']([I]Hindustan Times[/I])[/URL] [URL='https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2023/08/after-blaming-west-waging-proxy-war-russia-shoigu-went-arctic-nuclear-test-site']([I]The Barents Observer[/I])[/URL] [*]One person is killed and 12 others are injured in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces']Russian[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guided_bomb']guided[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_bomb']aerial bomb[/URL] strike on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orikhiv']Orikhiv[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_Oblast']Zaporizhzhia Oblast[/URL]. [URL='https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-new-08-12-23/h_f14405bf53cf3535887ad7af1b3fefd5'](CNN International)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Hawaii_wildfires']2023 Hawaii wildfires[/URL] [LIST] [*]The death toll from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire']wildfires[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maui']Maui[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii']Hawaii[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL], reaches 80, making it the deadliest wildfire in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Hawaii']state history[/URL]. [URL='https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/maui-fires-hawaii-wildfires-cause-b2391921.html']([I]The Independent[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Pacific_typhoon_season']2023 Pacific typhoon season[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Pacific_hurricane_season%23Hurricane_Dora']Hurricane Dora[/URL], which partially caused the wildfires in Hawaii, becomes a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Pacific_typhoon_season%23Typhoon_Dora']Pacific typhoon[/URL]. [URL='https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2023/08/12/hurricane-dora-is-now-a-typhoon-but-did-it-make-the-maui-fires-worse/amp/'](Forbes)[/URL] [URL='https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/08/12/hurricane-dora-makes-history-without-making-landfall/?outputType=amp'](Hawaii News Now)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Channel_migrant_crossings_%282018%E2%80%93present%29']English Channel migrant crossings[/URL] [LIST] [*]Six people are killed and fifty others are rescued when a boat carrying migrants [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsize']capsizes[/URL] off the coast of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calais']Calais[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France']France[/URL], in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Channel']English Channel[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/migrants-small-boats-english-channel-crossing-drowned-4e3c6583d26e111fe1e1a62c8dffe7d3'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]A [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-30']Sukhoi Su-30[/URL] crashes during a training mission in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliningrad']Kaliningrad[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL], killing both pilots on the plane. [URL='https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-fighter-jet-crash-kaliningrad/32545374.html'](RFE/RL)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*]Italian police recover 266 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antique']antiques[/URL] from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece']Greek[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome']Roman[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etruscan_civilization']Etruscan[/URL] periods, worth tens of millions of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro']Euros[/URL], from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL]. [URL='https://nos.nl/artikel/2486370-italie-haalt-archeologische-vondsten-terug-uit-vs-ter-waarde-van-miljoenen'](NOS)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senator']Senator[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_ul_Haq_Kakar']Anwar ul Haq Kakar[/URL] becomes the new caretaker [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan']Prime Minister of Pakistan[/URL]. [URL='https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/pakistan-senator-anwar-ul-haq-kakar-becomes-caretaker-pm20230812161442/'](ANI News)[/URL] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_August_12"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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