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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 104980" data-attributes="member: 524">Arts and culture<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_directors_of_the_British_Museum" target="_blank">Director</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Museum" target="_blank">British Museum</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartwig_Fischer" target="_blank">Hartwig Fischer</a> resigns, claiming responsibility for insufficient investigation of the recent series of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Museum%23Thefts" target="_blank">thefts</a> and disappearances of hundreds of items from its collection, including gold jewelry, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-precious" target="_blank">semi-precious</a> gems and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiquities" target="_blank">antiquities</a>. <a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2023/0825/1401707-british-museum" target="_blank">(AFP via RTÉ)</a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/british-museum-thefts-director-resigns-hartwig-fischer-b2de328dc2acb0dd90ef7eceb4897533" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul>Business and economy<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway" target="_blank">Norway</a> announces it will spend 63 million <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_krone" target="_blank">kroner</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%24" target="_blank">$</a>6 million) per year until the end of the decade stocking up on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grain" target="_blank">grain</a> due to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmentalism" target="_blank">environmental</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geopolitical" target="_blank">geopolitical</a> reasons. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/norway-emergency-stockpile-grain-seed-vault-3646588adf68c08d8b0b101758efed40" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Soros" target="_blank">George Soros</a>-founded <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grantmaking" target="_blank">grantmaking</a> network <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Society_Foundations" target="_blank">Open Society Foundations</a> plans to significantly reduce their activities in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" target="_blank">Europe</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layoff" target="_blank">lay off</a> much of their staff. The change coincides with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Soros" target="_blank">Alex Soros</a>'s announcement of a shift to a new operating model. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/george-soros-open-society-cuts-osf-d876ac44a899389e704f5482fa323da5" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath_of_the_Afghanistan_War_%282001%E2%80%932021%29" target="_blank">Aftermath of the Afghanistan War</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" target="_blank">U.S. Rep.</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Mills" target="_blank">Cory Mills</a> introduces articles for impeachment against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" target="_blank">Defense Secretary</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Austin" target="_blank">Lloyd Austin</a>, accusing him of ignoring key intelligence in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_of_United_States_troops_from_Afghanistan_%282020%E2%80%932021%29" target="_blank">the withdrawal</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">American troops</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" target="_blank">Afghanistan</a> that saw the death of 13 soldiers and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Kabul_%282021%29" target="_blank">surrender</a> of Kabul to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban" target="_blank">Taliban</a>. <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4171720-cory-mills-lloyd-austin-impeachment-resolution-afghanistan-withdrawal/amp/" target="_blank">(The Hill)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia" target="_blank">Estonia</a>'s pro-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukrainian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_minister_of_Estonia" target="_blank">Prime Minister</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaja_Kallas" target="_blank">Kaja Kallas</a>, comes under pressure to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resign" target="_blank">resign</a> after it was revealed her husband’s company indirectly undertook business in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a> after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">invasion of Ukraine</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/estonia-kaja-kallas-husband-russia-sanctions-ukraine-957f88b5504dc4c344d0c660b081f7a1" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland%E2%80%93Russia_relations" target="_blank">Finland–Russia relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_Petrovsky" target="_blank">Yan Petrovsky</a>, one of the leaders of the Russian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far-right" target="_blank">far-right</a> paramilitary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusich_Group" target="_blank">Rusich Group</a>, was detained in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland" target="_blank">Finland</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a> sent a request for his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition" target="_blank">extradition</a>. The Rusich Group leadership stated that it &quot;stops performing any <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">combat missions</a>&quot; until the situation is resolved in their favor. <a href="https://meduza.io/news/2023/08/25/v-finlyandii-zaderzhan-odin-iz-liderov-dshrg-rusich-yan-petrovskiy-kotorogo-ukraina-obvinyaet-v-prestupleniyah-v-donbasse" target="_blank">(Meduza)</a>, <a href="https://www.fontanka.ru/2023/08/25/72640268/" target="_blank">(Fontanka.ru)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Sports<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_FIBA_Basketball_World_Cup" target="_blank">2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The 19th edition of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIBA_Basketball_World_Cup" target="_blank">FIBA Basketball World Cup</a> opens, with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Arena" target="_blank">Philippine Arena</a> setting a World Cup attendance <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIBA_Basketball_World_Cup_records" target="_blank">record</a> of 38,115 during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines_men%27s_national_basketball_team" target="_blank">co-hosts</a>' <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_FIBA_Basketball_World_Cup_Group_A%23Dominican_Republic_vs._Philippines" target="_blank">opening game</a> against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Republic" target="_blank">Dominican Republic</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/basketball-world-cup-manila-49f62717cb3559d49730b797726fad41" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_August_25" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 104980, member: 524"] [B]Arts and culture[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_directors_of_the_British_Museum']Director[/URL] of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Museum']British Museum[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartwig_Fischer']Hartwig Fischer[/URL] resigns, claiming responsibility for insufficient investigation of the recent series of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Museum%23Thefts']thefts[/URL] and disappearances of hundreds of items from its collection, including gold jewelry, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-precious']semi-precious[/URL] gems and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiquities']antiquities[/URL]. [URL='https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2023/0825/1401707-british-museum'](AFP via RTÉ)[/URL] [URL='https://apnews.com/article/british-museum-thefts-director-resigns-hartwig-fischer-b2de328dc2acb0dd90ef7eceb4897533'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Business and economy[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway']Norway[/URL] announces it will spend 63 million [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_krone']kroner[/URL] ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%24']$[/URL]6 million) per year until the end of the decade stocking up on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grain']grain[/URL] due to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmentalism']environmental[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geopolitical']geopolitical[/URL] reasons. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/norway-emergency-stockpile-grain-seed-vault-3646588adf68c08d8b0b101758efed40'](AP)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Soros']George Soros[/URL]-founded [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grantmaking']grantmaking[/URL] network [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Society_Foundations']Open Society Foundations[/URL] plans to significantly reduce their activities in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe']Europe[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layoff']lay off[/URL] much of their staff. The change coincides with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Soros']Alex Soros[/URL]'s announcement of a shift to a new operating model. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/george-soros-open-society-cuts-osf-d876ac44a899389e704f5482fa323da5'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath_of_the_Afghanistan_War_%282001%E2%80%932021%29']Aftermath of the Afghanistan War[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives']U.S. Rep.[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Mills']Cory Mills[/URL] introduces articles for impeachment against [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense']Defense Secretary[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Austin']Lloyd Austin[/URL], accusing him of ignoring key intelligence in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_of_United_States_troops_from_Afghanistan_%282020%E2%80%932021%29']the withdrawal[/URL] of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces']American troops[/URL] from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan']Afghanistan[/URL] that saw the death of 13 soldiers and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Kabul_%282021%29']surrender[/URL] of Kabul to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban']Taliban[/URL]. [URL='https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4171720-cory-mills-lloyd-austin-impeachment-resolution-afghanistan-withdrawal/amp/']([I]The Hill[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia']Estonia[/URL]'s pro-[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukrainian[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_minister_of_Estonia']Prime Minister[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaja_Kallas']Kaja Kallas[/URL], comes under pressure to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resign']resign[/URL] after it was revealed her husband’s company indirectly undertook business in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL] after the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']invasion of Ukraine[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/estonia-kaja-kallas-husband-russia-sanctions-ukraine-957f88b5504dc4c344d0c660b081f7a1'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland%E2%80%93Russia_relations']Finland–Russia relations[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_Petrovsky']Yan Petrovsky[/URL], one of the leaders of the Russian [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far-right']far-right[/URL] paramilitary [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusich_Group']Rusich Group[/URL], was detained in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland']Finland[/URL]. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL] sent a request for his [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition']extradition[/URL]. The Rusich Group leadership stated that it "stops performing any [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']combat missions[/URL]" until the situation is resolved in their favor. [URL='https://meduza.io/news/2023/08/25/v-finlyandii-zaderzhan-odin-iz-liderov-dshrg-rusich-yan-petrovskiy-kotorogo-ukraina-obvinyaet-v-prestupleniyah-v-donbasse'](Meduza)[/URL], [URL='https://www.fontanka.ru/2023/08/25/72640268/'](Fontanka.ru)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Sports[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_FIBA_Basketball_World_Cup']2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup[/URL] [LIST] [*]The 19th edition of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIBA_Basketball_World_Cup']FIBA Basketball World Cup[/URL] opens, with the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Arena']Philippine Arena[/URL] setting a World Cup attendance [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIBA_Basketball_World_Cup_records']record[/URL] of 38,115 during the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines_men%27s_national_basketball_team']co-hosts[/URL]' [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_FIBA_Basketball_World_Cup_Group_A%23Dominican_Republic_vs._Philippines']opening game[/URL] against the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Republic']Dominican Republic[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/basketball-world-cup-manila-49f62717cb3559d49730b797726fad41'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_August_25"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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