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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 105706" data-attributes="member: 524">Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Johannesburg_building_fire" target="_blank">2023 Johannesburg building fire</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 73 people are killed by a fire in a block of flats in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannesburg" target="_blank">Johannesburg</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" target="_blank">South Africa</a>. <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/31/more-than-50-killed-in-fire-in-south-africas-johannesburg.html" target="_blank">(CNBC)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fifteen people, including an owner and workers of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothing" target="_blank">clothing</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory" target="_blank">factory</a>, die in a fire in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quezon_City" target="_blank">Quezon City</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines" target="_blank">Philippines</a>; three more survive. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/philippines-factory-fire-700c57d5140bc50de39d7850a2e95c3a" target="_blank">(AP)</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/world/asia/philippines-manila-factory-fire.html" target="_blank">(The New York Times)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Five people are killed and two more hospitalized when a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_train" target="_blank">passenger train</a> collides with track workers doing maintenance work in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandizzo" target="_blank">Brandizzo</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedmont" target="_blank">Piedmont</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" target="_blank">Italy</a>. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-66666981" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Gabonese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" target="_blank">2023 Gabonese coup d'état</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Union" target="_blank">African Union</a> announces the immediate suspension of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabon" target="_blank">Gabon</a>'s membership after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Gabon" target="_blank">the country's military</a> instigated a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" target="_blank">coup d'état</a>. <a href="https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/31/08/2023/african-union-says-to-immediately-suspend-gabon-after-coup" target="_blank">(AFP via The Peninsula)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea%E2%80%93South_Korea_relations" target="_blank">North Korea–South Korea relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Central_News_Agency" target="_blank">Korean Central News Agency</a> reports that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea" target="_blank">North Korea</a> has conducted drills simulating a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactical_nuclear_weapon" target="_blank">missile strike</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea" target="_blank">South Korea</a>, in protest at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">ROK</a>-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">USAF</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_exercise" target="_blank">military drills</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/north-korea-says-it-conducted-tactical-nuclear-strike-drill-2023-08-30/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction" target="_blank">Russia and weapons of mass destruction</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus%E2%80%93Russia_relations" target="_blank">Belarus–Russia relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ukrainian head of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Directorate_of_Intelligence_%28Ukraine%29" target="_blank">Main Directorate of Intelligence</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrylo_Budanov" target="_blank">Kyrylo Budanov</a> says that the first sets of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon" target="_blank">nuclear weapons</a> have arrived in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus" target="_blank">Belarus</a>. <a href="https://ukranews.com/en/amp/news/953179-first-nuclear-warheads-delivered-to-belarus-a-few-days-ago-defense-intelligence" target="_blank">(Ukrainian News Agency)</a></li>
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</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath_of_the_January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack" target="_blank">Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_proceedings_in_the_January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack" target="_blank">Criminal proceedings in the January 6 United States Capitol attack</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proud_Boys" target="_blank">Proud Boys</a> member <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biggs" target="_blank">Joe Biggs</a> is sentenced to 17 years in federal prison after being convicted of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seditious_conspiracy" target="_blank">seditious conspiracy</a> in connection with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planning_of_the_January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack" target="_blank">planning</a> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack" target="_blank">January 6 riot</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol" target="_blank">United States Capitol</a>. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/proud-boy-joe-biggs-faces-decades-prison-jan-6-seditious-conspiracy-ca-rcna102597" target="_blank">(NBC News)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Police_of_Brazil" target="_blank">Brazilian Federal Police</a> questions former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Brazil" target="_blank">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jair_Bolsonaro" target="_blank">Jair Bolsonaro</a> over his involvement in a jewelry scandal in which he is accused of robbing $3 million in diamond jewelry from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" target="_blank">Saudi Arabia</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/bolsonaro-jewels-investigation-federal-police-brasilia-fff85b882e1ea855b25cf500e6858a16" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_August_31" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 105706, member: 524"] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Johannesburg_building_fire']2023 Johannesburg building fire[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least 73 people are killed by a fire in a block of flats in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannesburg']Johannesburg[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa']South Africa[/URL]. [URL='https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/31/more-than-50-killed-in-fire-in-south-africas-johannesburg.html'](CNBC)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]Fifteen people, including an owner and workers of a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothing']clothing[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory']factory[/URL], die in a fire in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quezon_City']Quezon City[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines']Philippines[/URL]; three more survive. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/philippines-factory-fire-700c57d5140bc50de39d7850a2e95c3a'](AP)[/URL] [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/world/asia/philippines-manila-factory-fire.html']([I]The New York Times[/I])[/URL] [*]Five people are killed and two more hospitalized when a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_train']passenger train[/URL] collides with track workers doing maintenance work in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandizzo']Brandizzo[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedmont']Piedmont[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy']Italy[/URL]. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/world-66666981'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Gabonese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat']2023 Gabonese coup d'état[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Union']African Union[/URL] announces the immediate suspension of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabon']Gabon[/URL]'s membership after [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Gabon']the country's military[/URL] instigated a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat']coup d'état[/URL]. [URL='https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/31/08/2023/african-union-says-to-immediately-suspend-gabon-after-coup'](AFP via [I]The Peninsula[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea%E2%80%93South_Korea_relations']North Korea–South Korea relations[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Central_News_Agency']Korean Central News Agency[/URL] reports that [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea']North Korea[/URL] has conducted drills simulating a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactical_nuclear_weapon']missile strike[/URL] on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea']South Korea[/URL], in protest at [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Armed_Forces']ROK[/URL]-[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces']USAF[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_exercise']military drills[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/north-korea-says-it-conducted-tactical-nuclear-strike-drill-2023-08-30/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction']Russia and weapons of mass destruction[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus%E2%80%93Russia_relations']Belarus–Russia relations[/URL] [LIST] [*]Ukrainian head of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Directorate_of_Intelligence_%28Ukraine%29']Main Directorate of Intelligence[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrylo_Budanov']Kyrylo Budanov[/URL] says that the first sets of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon']nuclear weapons[/URL] have arrived in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus']Belarus[/URL]. [URL='https://ukranews.com/en/amp/news/953179-first-nuclear-warheads-delivered-to-belarus-a-few-days-ago-defense-intelligence'](Ukrainian News Agency)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath_of_the_January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack']Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_proceedings_in_the_January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack']Criminal proceedings in the January 6 United States Capitol attack[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proud_Boys']Proud Boys[/URL] member [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biggs']Joe Biggs[/URL] is sentenced to 17 years in federal prison after being convicted of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seditious_conspiracy']seditious conspiracy[/URL] in connection with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planning_of_the_January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack']planning[/URL] the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack']January 6 riot[/URL] at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol']United States Capitol[/URL]. [URL='https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/proud-boy-joe-biggs-faces-decades-prison-jan-6-seditious-conspiracy-ca-rcna102597'](NBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Police_of_Brazil']Brazilian Federal Police[/URL] questions former [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Brazil']President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jair_Bolsonaro']Jair Bolsonaro[/URL] over his involvement in a jewelry scandal in which he is accused of robbing $3 million in diamond jewelry from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia']Saudi Arabia[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/bolsonaro-jewels-investigation-federal-police-brasilia-fff85b882e1ea855b25cf500e6858a16'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_August_31"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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