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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 103523" 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/Russian_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">Russian forces</a> strike <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kherson_Oblast" target="_blank">Kherson Oblast</a>, killing seven people, including an infant, and injuring 20 others. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-shelling-kills-six-ukraines-kherson-including-baby-minister-2023-08-13/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Balochistan" target="_blank">Insurgency in Balochistan</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balochistan_Liberation_Army" target="_blank">Balochistan Liberation Army</a> gunmen <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambush" target="_blank">ambush</a> a convoy transporting Chinese <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer" target="_blank">engineers</a> to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwadar_Port" target="_blank">Gwadar Port</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balochistan%2C_Pakistan" target="_blank">Balochistan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" target="_blank">Pakistan</a>. Two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separatist" target="_blank">separatists</a> are killed in the ensuing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shootout" target="_blank">shootout</a>. <a href="https://www.voanews.com/a/convoy-of-chinese-engineers-attacked-in-pakistan-s-gwadar-militants/7223102.html" target="_blank">(AFP via VOA)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A person is killed and seven others are injured in an attack on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Cheragh" target="_blank">Shah Cheragh</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque" target="_blank">mosque</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiraz" target="_blank">Shiraz</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" target="_blank">Iran</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/least-four-killed-an-attack-shrine-irans-shiraz-irna-2023-08-13/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul>Arts and culture<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Universe" target="_blank">Miss Universe</a> cuts ties with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Indonesia" target="_blank">Miss Indonesia</a> after participants reported <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_misconduct" target="_blank">sexual misconduct</a> from the latter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_pageant" target="_blank">beauty pageant</a>. <a href="https://nos.nl/artikel/2486466-miss-universe-verbreekt-banden-met-indonesie-na-klachten-over-seksueel-wangedrag" target="_blank">(NOS)</a></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"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maui_County%2C_Hawaii" target="_blank">Maui County</a> officials announce that over 93 people have died in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire" target="_blank">wildfires</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahaina%2C_Hawaii" target="_blank">Lahaina</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maui" target="_blank">Maui</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii" target="_blank">Hawaii</a>, making it the deadliest American wildfire since 1918, surpassing the death toll of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Fire_%282018%29" target="_blank">Camp Fire</a>. <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/hawaii-fire-death-toll-93-deadliest-wildfire-100-years" target="_blank">(Washington Examiner)</a> <a href="https://people.com/hawaii-fire-death-toll-reaches-93-becomes-deadliest-us-wildfire-in-more-than-100-years-7642859" target="_blank">(People.com)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Hawaii" target="_blank">Hawaii Governor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Green_%28politician%29" target="_blank">Josh Green</a> says that the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banyan_tree_in_Lahaina" target="_blank">Banyan tree</a> has survived the wildfire. However, he also stated that the tree has been damaged during the wildfires. <a href="https://themessenger.com/news/mauis-beloved-generations-old-banyan-tree-survives-devastating-hawaii-wildfires-but-not-unscathed" target="_blank">(The Messenger)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Four people are killed and four others are injured in separate accidents involving <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_strike" target="_blank">lightning strikes</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governorates_of_Yemen" target="_blank">Yemeni governorates</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Bayda_Governorate" target="_blank">Al Bayda</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Hudaydah_Governorate" target="_blank">Al Hudaydah</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymah_Governorate" target="_blank">Raymah</a>. <a href="https://english.news.cn/20230813/f3b7db51c3784c8bb10a3c3dadd5a738/c.html" target="_blank">(Xinhua)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Three people are killed and eighteen are injured in a fire in an apartment complex in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasse" target="_blank">Grasse</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpes-Maritimes" target="_blank">Alpes-Maritimes</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" target="_blank">France</a>. <a href="https://nos.nl/artikel/2486456-doden-en-gewonden-door-brand-in-wooncomplex-zuid-franse-stad-grasse" target="_blank">(NOS)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Argentine_general_election" target="_blank">2023 Argentine general election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentines" target="_blank">Argentines</a> head to the polls for the primaries before the October <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_election" target="_blank">general election</a>. <a href="https://www.wionews.com/videos/argentina-polls-country-set-for-primary-vote-with-ruling-peronists-fighting-for-survival-625004" target="_blank">(WION)</a></li>
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</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_August_13" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 103523, 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/Russian_Armed_Forces']Russian forces[/URL] strike [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kherson_Oblast']Kherson Oblast[/URL], killing seven people, including an infant, and injuring 20 others. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-shelling-kills-six-ukraines-kherson-including-baby-minister-2023-08-13/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Balochistan']Insurgency in Balochistan[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balochistan_Liberation_Army']Balochistan Liberation Army[/URL] gunmen [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambush']ambush[/URL] a convoy transporting Chinese [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer']engineers[/URL] to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwadar_Port']Gwadar Port[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balochistan%2C_Pakistan']Balochistan[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan']Pakistan[/URL]. Two [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separatist']separatists[/URL] are killed in the ensuing [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shootout']shootout[/URL]. [URL='https://www.voanews.com/a/convoy-of-chinese-engineers-attacked-in-pakistan-s-gwadar-militants/7223102.html'](AFP via VOA)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]A person is killed and seven others are injured in an attack on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Cheragh']Shah Cheragh[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque']mosque[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiraz']Shiraz[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran']Iran[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/least-four-killed-an-attack-shrine-irans-shiraz-irna-2023-08-13/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Arts and culture[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Universe']Miss Universe[/URL] cuts ties with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Indonesia']Miss Indonesia[/URL] after participants reported [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_misconduct']sexual misconduct[/URL] from the latter [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_pageant']beauty pageant[/URL]. [URL='https://nos.nl/artikel/2486466-miss-universe-verbreekt-banden-met-indonesie-na-klachten-over-seksueel-wangedrag'](NOS)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Hawaii_wildfires']2023 Hawaii wildfires[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maui_County%2C_Hawaii']Maui County[/URL] officials announce that over 93 people have died in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire']wildfires[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahaina%2C_Hawaii']Lahaina[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maui']Maui[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii']Hawaii[/URL], making it the deadliest American wildfire since 1918, surpassing the death toll of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Fire_%282018%29']Camp Fire[/URL]. [URL='https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/hawaii-fire-death-toll-93-deadliest-wildfire-100-years']([I]Washington Examiner[/I])[/URL] [URL='https://people.com/hawaii-fire-death-toll-reaches-93-becomes-deadliest-us-wildfire-in-more-than-100-years-7642859'](People.com)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Hawaii']Hawaii Governor[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Green_%28politician%29']Josh Green[/URL] says that the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banyan_tree_in_Lahaina']Banyan tree[/URL] has survived the wildfire. However, he also stated that the tree has been damaged during the wildfires. [URL='https://themessenger.com/news/mauis-beloved-generations-old-banyan-tree-survives-devastating-hawaii-wildfires-but-not-unscathed']([I]The Messenger[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*]Four people are killed and four others are injured in separate accidents involving [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_strike']lightning strikes[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governorates_of_Yemen']Yemeni governorates[/URL] of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Bayda_Governorate']Al Bayda[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Hudaydah_Governorate']Al Hudaydah[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymah_Governorate']Raymah[/URL]. [URL='https://english.news.cn/20230813/f3b7db51c3784c8bb10a3c3dadd5a738/c.html'](Xinhua)[/URL] [*]Three people are killed and eighteen are injured in a fire in an apartment complex in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasse']Grasse[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpes-Maritimes']Alpes-Maritimes[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France']France[/URL]. [URL='https://nos.nl/artikel/2486456-doden-en-gewonden-door-brand-in-wooncomplex-zuid-franse-stad-grasse'](NOS)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Argentine_general_election']2023 Argentine general election[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentines']Argentines[/URL] head to the polls for the primaries before the October [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_election']general election[/URL]. [URL='https://www.wionews.com/videos/argentina-polls-country-set-for-primary-vote-with-ruling-peronists-fighting-for-survival-625004'](WION)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_August_13"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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