Wikipedia Current Events Real Joined Dec 7, 2022 Messages 993 Reaction score 0 BC ฿2 Dividends 0 Aug 31, 2023 #1 Disasters and accidents 2023 Johannesburg building fire At least 73 people are killed by a fire in a block of flats in Johannesburg, South Africa. (CNBC) Fifteen people, including an owner and workers of a clothing factory, die in a fire in Quezon City, Philippines; three more survive. (AP) (The New York Times) Five people are killed and two more hospitalized when a passenger train collides with track workers doing maintenance work in Brandizzo, Piedmont, Italy. (BBC News) International relations 2023 Gabonese coup d'état The African Union announces the immediate suspension of Gabon's membership after the country's military instigated a coup d'état. (AFP via The Peninsula) North Korea–South Korea relations The Korean Central News Agency reports that North Korea has conducted drills simulating a missile strike on South Korea, in protest at ROK-USAF military drills. (Reuters) Russia and weapons of mass destruction, Belarus–Russia relations Ukrainian head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence Kyrylo Budanov says that the first sets of nuclear weapons have arrived in Belarus. (Ukrainian News Agency) Law and crime Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack Criminal proceedings in the January 6 United States Capitol attack Proud Boys member Joe Biggs is sentenced to 17 years in federal prison after being convicted of seditious conspiracy in connection with planning the January 6 riot at the United States Capitol. (NBC News) The Brazilian Federal Police questions former President Jair Bolsonaro over his involvement in a jewelry scandal in which he is accused of robbing $3 million in diamond jewelry from Saudi Arabia. (AP) Continue reading...
Disasters and accidents 2023 Johannesburg building fire At least 73 people are killed by a fire in a block of flats in Johannesburg, South Africa. (CNBC) Fifteen people, including an owner and workers of a clothing factory, die in a fire in Quezon City, Philippines; three more survive. (AP) (The New York Times) Five people are killed and two more hospitalized when a passenger train collides with track workers doing maintenance work in Brandizzo, Piedmont, Italy. (BBC News) International relations 2023 Gabonese coup d'état The African Union announces the immediate suspension of Gabon's membership after the country's military instigated a coup d'état. (AFP via The Peninsula) North Korea–South Korea relations The Korean Central News Agency reports that North Korea has conducted drills simulating a missile strike on South Korea, in protest at ROK-USAF military drills. (Reuters) Russia and weapons of mass destruction, Belarus–Russia relations Ukrainian head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence Kyrylo Budanov says that the first sets of nuclear weapons have arrived in Belarus. (Ukrainian News Agency) Law and crime Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack Criminal proceedings in the January 6 United States Capitol attack Proud Boys member Joe Biggs is sentenced to 17 years in federal prison after being convicted of seditious conspiracy in connection with planning the January 6 riot at the United States Capitol. (NBC News) The Brazilian Federal Police questions former President Jair Bolsonaro over his involvement in a jewelry scandal in which he is accused of robbing $3 million in diamond jewelry from Saudi Arabia. (AP) Continue reading...