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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 104736" 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/Western_Russia_attacks" target="_blank">Western Russia attacks</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor" target="_blank">governor</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgorod_Oblast" target="_blank">Belgorod Oblast</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a>, says that a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukrainian</a> attack killed three <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian" target="_blank">civilians</a> in the region. <a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2023/08/23/Russia-says-three-killed-in-Ukrainian-drone-attack-in-border-region-of-Belgorod-" target="_blank">(AFP via Al Arabiya)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_strikes_against_Ukrainian_infrastructure_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A Russian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_strike" target="_blank">drone strike</a> on agricultural facilities in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izmail" target="_blank">Izmail</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odesa_Oblast" target="_blank">Odesa Oblast</a>, destroys 13,000 tons of grain and damages infrastructure. <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-08-23-23/h_5d04020c265e6936b727b050902826bf" target="_blank">(CNN International)</a></li>
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<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">Four people are killed and four others are injured in a Russian drone strike on a school in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romny" target="_blank">Romny</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumy_Oblast" target="_blank">Sumy Oblast</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/two-killed-russian-attack-ukrainian-school-interior-minister-2023-08-23/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</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_Tver_plane_crash" target="_blank">2023 Tver plane crash</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A plane crashes in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tver_Oblast" target="_blank">Tver Region</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a>, killing all the ten people on board. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Group" target="_blank">Wagner Group</a>'s leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Prigozhin" target="_blank">Yevgeny Prigozhin</a> and mercenary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Utkin" target="_blank">Dmitry Utkin</a> were among the listed passengers. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66599733" target="_blank">(BBC)</a></li>
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<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">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" target="_blank">Federal Bureau of Investigation</a> reports that around 1,110 people have been missing since <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire" target="_blank">wildfires</a> have hit <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maui" target="_blank">Maui</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii" target="_blank">Hawaii</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a>, including the historic town <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahaina" target="_blank">Lahaina</a>. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66596328.amp" target="_blank">(BBC)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Mizoram_bridge_collapse" target="_blank">2023 Mizoram bridge collapse</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Twenty-six people are killed after a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_bridge" target="_blank">railway bridge</a> being built across a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravine" target="_blank">ravine</a> collapses in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizoram" target="_blank">Mizoram</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" target="_blank">India</a>. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/23/many-killed-in-railway-bridge-collapse-in-indias-mizoram-state" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Eight people are killed and other are injured, after a passenger bus veeres off the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prithvi_Highway" target="_blank">Prithvi Highway</a> and crashes into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trishuli_River" target="_blank">Trishuli River</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal" target="_blank">Nepal</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/nepal-bus-accident-mountain-road-71424b0313373576fd119523fbb906ac" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Atlantic_hurricane_season%23Tropical_Storm_Franklin" target="_blank">Tropical Storm Franklin</a> makes landfall on the island of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispaniola" target="_blank">Hispaniola</a>, with heavy rain in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Republic" target="_blank">Dominican Republic</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti" target="_blank">Haiti</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/tropical-storm-franklin-haiti-dominican-republic-floods-9172b46177a80fec91340478f235586d" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwark_Crown_Court" target="_blank">Southwark Crown Court</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" target="_blank">London</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" target="_blank">United Kingdom</a>, rules that two teenagers were part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacking_group" target="_blank">hacking group</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapsus%24" target="_blank">Lapsus$</a> and participated in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackmail" target="_blank">blackmail</a> campaign against technology companies, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockstar_Games" target="_blank">Rockstar Games</a>, the maker of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto" target="_blank">Grand Theft Auto</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game" target="_blank">video game</a> series. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/grand-theft-auto-computer-hack-blackmail-e5ee22c1d8932f43b912dd6455f2f3c4" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Germany" target="_blank">Immigration to Germany</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" target="_blank">Germany</a> passes legislation to ease citizenship rules, aiming to reduce a shortage of skilled workers and to bolster the integration of immigrants. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/germany-government-citizenship-rules-7638771d85a52ad30f90153cc762bda8" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
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</ul>Science and technology<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan_programme" target="_blank">Chandrayaan programme</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan-3" target="_blank">Chandrayaan-3</a> makes a soft landing near the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_south_pole" target="_blank">Moon's South Pole</a>, marking India's first landing on the Moon and the first soft landing near the lunar South Pole. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/23/world/chandrayaan-3-lunar-landing-attempt-scn/index.html" target="_blank">(CNN)</a></li>
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</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_August_23" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 104736, 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/Western_Russia_attacks']Western Russia attacks[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor']governor[/URL] of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgorod_Oblast']Belgorod Oblast[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL], says that a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukrainian[/URL] attack killed three [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian']civilians[/URL] in the region. [URL='https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2023/08/23/Russia-says-three-killed-in-Ukrainian-drone-attack-in-border-region-of-Belgorod-'](AFP via Al Arabiya)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_strikes_against_Ukrainian_infrastructure_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure[/URL] [LIST] [*]A Russian [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_strike']drone strike[/URL] on agricultural facilities in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izmail']Izmail[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odesa_Oblast']Odesa Oblast[/URL], destroys 13,000 tons of grain and damages infrastructure. [URL='https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-08-23-23/h_5d04020c265e6936b727b050902826bf'](CNN International)[/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] [*]Four people are killed and four others are injured in a Russian drone strike on a school in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romny']Romny[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumy_Oblast']Sumy Oblast[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/two-killed-russian-attack-ukrainian-school-interior-minister-2023-08-23/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Tver_plane_crash']2023 Tver plane crash[/URL] [LIST] [*]A plane crashes in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tver_Oblast']Tver Region[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL], killing all the ten people on board. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Group']Wagner Group[/URL]'s leader [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Prigozhin']Yevgeny Prigozhin[/URL] and mercenary [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Utkin']Dmitry Utkin[/URL] were among the listed passengers. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66599733'](BBC)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Hawaii_wildfires']2023 Hawaii wildfires[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation']Federal Bureau of Investigation[/URL] reports that around 1,110 people have been missing since [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire']wildfires[/URL] have hit [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maui']Maui[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii']Hawaii[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL], including the historic town [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahaina']Lahaina[/URL]. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66596328.amp'](BBC)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Mizoram_bridge_collapse']2023 Mizoram bridge collapse[/URL] [LIST] [*]Twenty-six people are killed after a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_bridge']railway bridge[/URL] being built across a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravine']ravine[/URL] collapses in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizoram']Mizoram[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India']India[/URL]. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/23/many-killed-in-railway-bridge-collapse-in-indias-mizoram-state'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]Eight people are killed and other are injured, after a passenger bus veeres off the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prithvi_Highway']Prithvi Highway[/URL] and crashes into the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trishuli_River']Trishuli River[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal']Nepal[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/nepal-bus-accident-mountain-road-71424b0313373576fd119523fbb906ac'](AP)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Atlantic_hurricane_season%23Tropical_Storm_Franklin']Tropical Storm Franklin[/URL] makes landfall on the island of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispaniola']Hispaniola[/URL], with heavy rain in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Republic']Dominican Republic[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti']Haiti[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/tropical-storm-franklin-haiti-dominican-republic-floods-9172b46177a80fec91340478f235586d'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwark_Crown_Court']Southwark Crown Court[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London']London[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom']United Kingdom[/URL], rules that two teenagers were part of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacking_group']hacking group[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapsus%24']Lapsus$[/URL] and participated in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackmail']blackmail[/URL] campaign against technology companies, including [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockstar_Games']Rockstar Games[/URL], the maker of the [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto']Grand Theft Auto[/URL][/I] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game']video game[/URL] series. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/grand-theft-auto-computer-hack-blackmail-e5ee22c1d8932f43b912dd6455f2f3c4'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Germany']Immigration to Germany[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany']Germany[/URL] passes legislation to ease citizenship rules, aiming to reduce a shortage of skilled workers and to bolster the integration of immigrants. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/germany-government-citizenship-rules-7638771d85a52ad30f90153cc762bda8'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Science and technology[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan_programme']Chandrayaan programme[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan-3']Chandrayaan-3[/URL] makes a soft landing near the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_south_pole']Moon's South Pole[/URL], marking India's first landing on the Moon and the first soft landing near the lunar South Pole. [URL='https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/23/world/chandrayaan-3-lunar-landing-attempt-scn/index.html'](CNN)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_August_23"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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