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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 104104" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_conflict" target="_blank">Afghan conflict</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization" target="_blank">World Health Organization</a> says 30 million <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghans" target="_blank">Afghan</a> people require urgent medical aid, underscoring the importance of increasing investment in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare" target="_blank">healthcare</a> services provision in the country. <a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/amp/News/middle-east/2023/08/18/WHO-sounds-alarm-on-Afghanistan-says-almost-30-mln-people-need-urgent-aid" target="_blank">(Al Arabiya)</a></li>
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<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/2022%E2%80%932023_western_Russia_attacks" target="_blank">2022–2023 western Russia attacks</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a> says <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a> launched a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_warfare" target="_blank">drone attack</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow" target="_blank">Moscow</a>, with a building hit in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_International_Business_Center" target="_blank">International Business Center</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_Moscow" target="_blank">Mayor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Sobyanin" target="_blank">Sergey Sobyanin</a> says <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_defence" target="_blank">air defences</a> shot down a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_combat_aerial_vehicle" target="_blank">drone</a> with debris falling over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expocentre" target="_blank">Expocentre</a>, adding that no-one had been injured. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66541027" target="_blank">(BBC News)</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_Canadian_wildfires" target="_blank">2023 Canadian wildfires</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_McDougall_Creek_Wildfire" target="_blank">2023 McDougall Creek Wildfire</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelowna" target="_blank">Kelowna</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia" target="_blank">British Columbia</a>, declares a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_emergency" target="_blank">state of emergency</a> and further evacuations, as wildfires engulf parts of the city and the surroundings. The historic Lake Okanagan Resort as well as a number of residential buildings were destroyed. <a href="https://bc.ctvnews.ca/structures-burned-people-trapped-as-parts-of-b-c-s-okanagan-ordered-to-evacuate-1.6524568" target="_blank">(British Columbia CTV 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/Hurricane_Hilary_%282023%29" target="_blank">Hurricane Hilary (2023)</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hurricane_Center" target="_blank">National Hurricane Center</a> issues the first ever <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_storm" target="_blank">tropical storm</a> watch for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_of_the_United_States" target="_blank">West Coast of the United States</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_California" target="_blank">Southern California</a> as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Hilary_%282023%29" target="_blank">Hurricane Hilary</a> approaches from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico" target="_blank">Mexico</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-hilary-baja-california-arizona-406a3f7474eacb6222cedc33993d4657" target="_blank">(AP)</a> Law and crime</li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countess_of_Chester_Hospital%23Investigation_into_high_infant_mortality_rates" target="_blank">Countess of Chester Hospital baby murders</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Letby" target="_blank">Lucy Letby</a> is convicted of seven counts of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder" target="_blank">murder</a> and seven counts of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_murder" target="_blank">attempted murder</a> following the deaths of multiple babies in the neonatal unit at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countess_of_Chester_hospital" target="_blank">Countess of Chester hospital</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester" target="_blank">Chester</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" target="_blank">England</a>. She is acquitted on two other counts of attempted murder. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-65960514" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_crisis_%282018%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Haitian crisis</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_the_United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Human_Rights" target="_blank">Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights</a> reports that at least 2,439 people have been <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Haiti" target="_blank">killed</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_violence" target="_blank">gang violence</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti" target="_blank">Haiti</a> since the year began. <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230818-more-than-2-400-killed-in-haiti-gang-violence-since-january-1-says-un" target="_blank">(AFP via France 24)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Protests against the Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_City_Court" target="_blank">Moscow City Court</a> dissolves the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakharov_Center" target="_blank">Sakharov Center</a>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Russia" target="_blank">human rights</a> organization, for holding unauthorized conferences and exhibitions. <a href="https://www.barrons.com/news/russia-shutters-respected-rights-group-sakharov-center-court-7397c386" target="_blank">(AFP via Barron's)</a></li>
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</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_August_18" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 104104, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_conflict']Afghan conflict[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization']World Health Organization[/URL] says 30 million [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghans']Afghan[/URL] people require urgent medical aid, underscoring the importance of increasing investment in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare']healthcare[/URL] services provision in the country. [URL='https://english.alarabiya.net/amp/News/middle-east/2023/08/18/WHO-sounds-alarm-on-Afghanistan-says-almost-30-mln-people-need-urgent-aid'](Al Arabiya)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%E2%80%932023_western_Russia_attacks']2022–2023 western Russia attacks[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL] says [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL] launched a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_warfare']drone attack[/URL] on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow']Moscow[/URL], with a building hit in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_International_Business_Center']International Business Center[/URL]. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_Moscow']Mayor[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Sobyanin']Sergey Sobyanin[/URL] says [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_defence']air defences[/URL] shot down a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_combat_aerial_vehicle']drone[/URL] with debris falling over the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expocentre']Expocentre[/URL], adding that no-one had been injured. [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66541027'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Canadian_wildfires']2023 Canadian wildfires[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_McDougall_Creek_Wildfire']2023 McDougall Creek Wildfire[/URL] [LIST] [*]The city of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelowna']Kelowna[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia']British Columbia[/URL], declares a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_emergency']state of emergency[/URL] and further evacuations, as wildfires engulf parts of the city and the surroundings. The historic Lake Okanagan Resort as well as a number of residential buildings were destroyed. [URL='https://bc.ctvnews.ca/structures-burned-people-trapped-as-parts-of-b-c-s-okanagan-ordered-to-evacuate-1.6524568'](British Columbia CTV News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Pacific_hurricane_season']2023 Pacific hurricane season[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Hilary_%282023%29']Hurricane Hilary (2023)[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hurricane_Center']National Hurricane Center[/URL] issues the first ever [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_storm']tropical storm[/URL] watch for the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_of_the_United_States']West Coast of the United States[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_California']Southern California[/URL] as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Hilary_%282023%29']Hurricane Hilary[/URL] approaches from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico']Mexico[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-hilary-baja-california-arizona-406a3f7474eacb6222cedc33993d4657'](AP)[/URL] [B]Law and crime[/B] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countess_of_Chester_Hospital%23Investigation_into_high_infant_mortality_rates']Countess of Chester Hospital baby murders[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Letby']Lucy Letby[/URL] is convicted of seven counts of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder']murder[/URL] and seven counts of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_murder']attempted murder[/URL] following the deaths of multiple babies in the neonatal unit at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countess_of_Chester_hospital']Countess of Chester hospital[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester']Chester[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England']England[/URL]. She is acquitted on two other counts of attempted murder. [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-65960514'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_crisis_%282018%E2%80%93present%29']Haitian crisis[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_the_United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Human_Rights']Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights[/URL] reports that at least 2,439 people have been [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Haiti']killed[/URL] by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_violence']gang violence[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti']Haiti[/URL] since the year began. [URL='https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230818-more-than-2-400-killed-in-haiti-gang-violence-since-january-1-says-un'](AFP via France 24)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Protests against the Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_City_Court']Moscow City Court[/URL] dissolves the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakharov_Center']Sakharov Center[/URL], a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Russia']human rights[/URL] organization, for holding unauthorized conferences and exhibitions. [URL='https://www.barrons.com/news/russia-shutters-respected-rights-group-sakharov-center-court-7397c386'](AFP via [I]Barron's[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_August_18"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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