Current events: 2023-08-21

Wikipedia Current Events · Aug 21, 2023

Armed conflicts and attacks

Business and economy

2021–2023 inflation surge
- Germany's central bank announces that the country's economy will be stagnant in the current quarter, due to high energy prices and rising borrowing costs. (AP)
Boycott of Russia and Belarus
- Domino's announces that it will withdraw from Russia, with its parent company, DP Eurasia, saying that it will file for bankruptcy for its Russian unit. (CNN)
Somalia orders its telecommunication companies to block TikTok, Telegram, and online gambling site 1xBet by August 24, stating that groups like al-Shabaab use these apps and websites to "spread constant horrific images and misinformation to the public". (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

2023 Atlantic hurricane season
- A tropical storm warning is issued for the southern coasts of the Dominican Republic and Haiti due to Tropical Storm Franklin. (ABC News)
2023 Hawaii wildfires
- Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen says that 850 people are still missing since the wildfires which damaged Lahaina and other areas of Maui, Hawaii. (NBC News)
Greek patrol boats rescue nearly 80 migrants in the eastern Aegean Sea who were trying to cross from Turkey in inflatable dinghies in two separate incidents. (AP)
12 people are killed and 19 others are injured when a bus crashes into a roadside ditch in Yozgat, Turkey. (AP)
One person is killed in a high-rise building explosion in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. (AKIPress)

Law and crime

Corruption in the United Kingdom
- London police say they will take no further action in an investigation into allegations that associates of King Charles III's charity offered to help a Saudi Arabian billionaire secure a knighthood and British citizenship in return for donations of up to £1.5 million. (AP)
Countess of Chester Hospital baby murders
- Lucy Letby is sentenced to a whole-life order following her conviction on seven counts of murder and seven counts of attempted murder. (BBC News)