Current events: 2023-08-19

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli-Palestinian conflict
  • Two Israelis are killed in a suspected terror attack in Huwara. (Times of Israel)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • At least seven people are killed and 129 more are injured after a Russian ballistic missile strikes a theater in Chernihiv. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Pacific hurricane season
  • Hurricane Hilary
    • Hurricane Hilary weakens to a category 2 storm. (The New York Times)
• The Greek Coast Guard rescue 60 migrants in inflatable dinghies attempting to cross from Turkey to the eastern Aegean Sea islands in two separate incidents. (AP)
• 2023 Canadian wildfires
  • 35,000 people are ordered to evacuate in British Columbia due to wildfires with another 30,000 under evacuation alerts. (CBC)
• Nine members of the Indian Army are killed and another is seriously injured after the vehicle they were in fell into a gorge near Leh, Ladakh, India. (The Economic Times)

Law and crime

• A government panel into harassment cases in Japan’s military and Defense Ministry finds widespread cover-ups and reluctance among supervisors to address cases. (AP)

Science and technology

• Luna programme
  • Roscosmos spacecraft Luna 25 malfunctions during lunar orbit maneuver. (CNN)

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