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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 103982" data-attributes="member: 524">Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Canadian_wildfires" target="_blank">2023 Canadian wildfires</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowknife" target="_blank">Yellowknife</a> begins total evacuation amid increasing threat by nearby wildfires. <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-wildfire-emergency-update-august-16-1.6938756" target="_blank">(CBC News)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Pacific_hurricane_season" target="_blank">2023 Pacific hurricane season</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Pacific_hurricane_season%23Hurricane_Hilary" target="_blank">Tropical Storm Hilary</a> strengthens into a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane" target="_blank">hurricane</a> off the coast of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico" target="_blank">Mexico</a>, and could become the first tropical storm to make landfall in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" target="_blank">California</a> since <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_Pacific_hurricane_season" target="_blank">1939</a>. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/17/hurricane-hilary-mexico" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmina_plane_crash" target="_blank">Elmina plane crash</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_Premier_I" target="_blank">Beechcraft 390</a> departing from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langkawi" target="_blank">Langkawi</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Abdul_Aziz_Shah_Airport" target="_blank">Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport</a> crashes into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guthrie_Corridor_Expressway" target="_blank">Guthrie Highway</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmina%2C_Malaysia" target="_blank">Elmina</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selangor" target="_blank">Selangor</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia" target="_blank">Malaysia</a>, killing all eight people on board and two people on the ground. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66533412" target="_blank">(BBC)</a></li>
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</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Quran_burnings_in_Sweden" target="_blank">2023 Quran burnings in Sweden</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Security_Service" target="_blank">Swedish Security Service</a> raises <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden" target="_blank">the country</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_alert_system" target="_blank">terror alert level</a> from &quot;elevated&quot; to &quot;high&quot;, citing increased threats in response to the series of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quran_desecration" target="_blank">Quran burnings</a> in the country. <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/sweden-heightens-terror-alert-after-koran-burnings-spy-agency/articleshow/102804739.cms" target="_blank">(AFP via The Times of India)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Belarus" target="_blank">Censorship in Belarus</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Belarus" target="_blank">government of Belarus</a> bans two 19th-century poems by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vintsent_Dunin-Martsinkyevich" target="_blank">Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich</a>, both about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_Uprising" target="_blank">January Uprising</a>, as extremist amidst a growing censorship campaign. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66535462" target="_blank">(BBC)</a></li>
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</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Opposition parties in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanuatu" target="_blank">Vanuatu</a> boycott the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Vanuatu" target="_blank">parliament</a> after a failed attempt to oust <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_minister_of_Vanuatu" target="_blank">prime minister</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmael_Kalsakau" target="_blank">Ishmael Kalsakau</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/vanuatu-opposition-boycott-parliament-after-failed-bid-remove-prime-minister-2023-08-17/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Israel receives permission from the US to sell its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_%28missile_family%29" target="_blank">Arrow 3</a> missile defense system to Germany, according to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_%28Israel%29" target="_blank">Defence Ministry</a>. <a href="https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/israel-und-usa-stimmen-verkauf-von-arrow-3-an-deutschland-zu-17935800.html" target="_blank">(FAZ)</a></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_August_17" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 103982, member: 524"] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Canadian_wildfires']2023 Canadian wildfires[/URL] [LIST] [*]The city of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowknife']Yellowknife[/URL] begins total evacuation amid increasing threat by nearby wildfires. [URL='https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-wildfire-emergency-update-august-16-1.6938756'](CBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Pacific_hurricane_season']2023 Pacific hurricane season[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Pacific_hurricane_season%23Hurricane_Hilary']Tropical Storm Hilary[/URL] strengthens into a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane']hurricane[/URL] off the coast of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico']Mexico[/URL], and could become the first tropical storm to make landfall in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California']California[/URL] since [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_Pacific_hurricane_season']1939[/URL]. [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/17/hurricane-hilary-mexico'](The Guardian)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmina_plane_crash']Elmina plane crash[/URL] [LIST] [*]A [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_Premier_I']Beechcraft 390[/URL] departing from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langkawi']Langkawi[/URL] for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Abdul_Aziz_Shah_Airport']Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport[/URL] crashes into the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guthrie_Corridor_Expressway']Guthrie Highway[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmina%2C_Malaysia']Elmina[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selangor']Selangor[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia']Malaysia[/URL], killing all eight people on board and two people on the ground. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66533412'](BBC)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Quran_burnings_in_Sweden']2023 Quran burnings in Sweden[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Security_Service']Swedish Security Service[/URL] raises [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden']the country[/URL]'s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_alert_system']terror alert level[/URL] from "elevated" to "high", citing increased threats in response to the series of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quran_desecration']Quran burnings[/URL] in the country. [URL='https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/sweden-heightens-terror-alert-after-koran-burnings-spy-agency/articleshow/102804739.cms'](AFP via [I]The Times of India[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Belarus']Censorship in Belarus[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Belarus']government of Belarus[/URL] bans two 19th-century poems by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vintsent_Dunin-Martsinkyevich']Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich[/URL], both about the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_Uprising']January Uprising[/URL], as extremist amidst a growing censorship campaign. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66535462'](BBC)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*]Opposition parties in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanuatu']Vanuatu[/URL] boycott the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Vanuatu']parliament[/URL] after a failed attempt to oust [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_minister_of_Vanuatu']prime minister[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmael_Kalsakau']Ishmael Kalsakau[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/vanuatu-opposition-boycott-parliament-after-failed-bid-remove-prime-minister-2023-08-17/'](Reuters)[/URL] [*]Israel receives permission from the US to sell its [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_%28missile_family%29']Arrow 3[/URL][/I] missile defense system to Germany, according to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_%28Israel%29']Defence Ministry[/URL]. [URL='https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/israel-und-usa-stimmen-verkauf-von-arrow-3-an-deutschland-zu-17935800.html'](FAZ)[/URL] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_August_17"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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