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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 106682" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali_War" target="_blank">Mali War</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Four suicide bombers attack a Malian military base in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamba%2C_Mali" target="_blank">Bamba</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gao_Region" target="_blank">Gao Region</a>, killing an unknown number of people. <a href="https://www.africanews.com/2023/09/08/mali-gao-military-camp-targeted-by-suicide-attack/" target="_blank">(Africanews)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<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/2023_Russian_elections" target="_blank">2023 Russian elections</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a> says its air defense systems has shot down two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukrainian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle" target="_blank">drones</a> attempting to attack a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polling_station" target="_blank">polling station</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skadovsk" target="_blank">Skadovsk</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kherson_Oblast" target="_blank">Kherson Oblast</a>, as voting is under way. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/9/8/russia-ukraine-live-news-at-least-one-policeman-killed-in-kryvyi-rih?update=2347943" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%E2%80%932023_western_Russia_attacks" target="_blank">2022–2023 western Russia attacks</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a>’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Security_Service" target="_blank">security services</a> detain a man for plotting to blow up a railway in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimea" target="_blank">Crimea</a> and collecting information on the deployment of Russian defense ministry facilities and units. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/8/russia-detains-man-accused-of-plotting-rail-bombing-in-crimea" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Kryvyi_Rih_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Bombing of Kryvyi Rih</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Four people are killed and 72 others are injured in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russian</a> missile strike on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryvyi_Rih" target="_blank">Kryvyi Rih</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnipropetrovsk_Oblast" target="_blank">Dnipropetrovsk Oblast</a>. <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-09-08-23/h_c4b1d689c83a6e0a591f291a01c5f9f0" target="_blank">(CNN International)</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-air-force-shoots-down-16-drones-over-odesa-region-officials-2023-09-08/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Ukraine_campaign" target="_blank">Eastern Ukraine campaign</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ukraine_campaign" target="_blank">Southern Ukraine campaign</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a> says it has repelled numerous attacks along the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_line" target="_blank">front line</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk" target="_blank">Donetsk</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaporizhzhia" target="_blank">Zaporizhzhia</a> and inflicted hundreds of losses on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukrainian forces</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-it-has-repelled-numerous-ukrainian-attacks-along-front-line-2023-09-08/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a> accuses <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk" target="_blank">Elon Musk</a> of allowing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">Russian forces</a> to attack Ukrainian cities after it was revealed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink" target="_blank">Starlink</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_communications" target="_blank">satellite communications</a> interfered with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle" target="_blank">drone</a> operation by disabling a communications network near the coast of the Russian-occupied <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_peninsula" target="_blank">Crimean peninsula</a> as Ukrainian drones were approaching Russian warships resulting in lost connectivity. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/8/zelenskyys-advisor-claims-musk-allowed-russians-to-hit-ukrainian-cities" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Business and economy<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_industry_in_Russia" target="_blank">Petroleum industry in Russia</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a> begins shipping <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crude_oil" target="_blank">crude oil</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil" target="_blank">Brazil</a> through <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukoil" target="_blank">Lukoil</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murmansk" target="_blank">Murmansk</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madre_de_Deus%2C_Bahia" target="_blank">Madre de Deus</a> port, operated by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transpetro" target="_blank">Transpetro</a>, a subsidiary of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrobras" target="_blank">Petrobras</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russia-ships-first-oil-cargo-brazil-it-seeks-diversify-buyers-2023-09-08/#:~:text=MOSCOW%2FRIO%20DE%20JANEIRO%2C%20Sept,data%20showed%20and%20traders%20said." target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain" target="_blank">Spain</a> has become more reliant on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas" target="_blank">natural gas</a>, according to government data. Russia's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_share" target="_blank">market share</a> of total <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imports" target="_blank">imports</a> increased to 28 percent in July, surpassing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria" target="_blank">Algeria</a> as Spain's second largest gas supplier. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/spain-relying-russian-gas-overall-imports-fall-2023-09-08/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Pacific_typhoon_season" target="_blank">2023 Pacific typhoon season</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Flooding occurs in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangdong_Province" target="_blank">Guangdong</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujian_Province" target="_blank">Fujian</a> province in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_China" target="_blank">southern China</a> after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Pacific_typhoon_season%23Typhoon_Haikui_%28Hanna%29" target="_blank">Typhon Haikui</a> makes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landfall" target="_blank">landfall</a> over the region. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainfall" target="_blank">Rainfall</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong" target="_blank">Hong Kong</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhen" target="_blank">Shenzhen</a> reach record levels, the heaviest since meteorological records began in the cites. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/hong-kongs-heaviest-rain-least-140-years-floods-city-streets-metro-2023-09-08/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Aftermath of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Hawaii_wildfires" target="_blank">2023 Hawaii wildfires</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii" target="_blank">Hawaii</a> state officials say that they plan to reopen the western area of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maui" target="_blank">Maui</a> on October 8 from northward <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaanapali%2C_Hawaii" target="_blank">Kaanapali</a>. <a href="https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2023/09/state-eyes-oct-8-reopening-for-portion-of-west-maui/" target="_blank">(The Maui News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93Russia_relations" target="_blank">Armenia–Russia relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Russia" target="_blank">Russian government</a> summons the ambassador of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia" target="_blank">Armenia</a> to protest recent actions and statements undertaken by the Armenian government, amid a continuing of deterioration of relations between the two nations. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-issues-harsh-protest-armenia-over-range-unfriendly-actions-2023-09-08/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Ukraine" target="_blank">Corruption in Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tens of thousands of Ukrainians have signed a petition asking President Zelenskyy to veto <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_declaration" target="_blank">asset declaration</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislation" target="_blank">legislation</a> critics believe hampers an effort to hold officials accountable by delaying a requirement to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_disclosure_of_public_servants" target="_blank">publicly declare their assets</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-zelenskiy-under-pressure-veto-asset-declaration-law-with-loophole-2023-09-08/#:~:text=KYIV%2C%20Sept%208%20(Reuters),to%20publicly%20declare%20their%20assets." target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a>’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Anti-Corruption_Bureau" target="_blank">National Anti-Corruption Bureau</a> freezes more than $80m in assets belonging to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ihor_Kolomoisky" target="_blank">Ihor Kolomoisky</a> for 48 hours as part of an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embezzlement" target="_blank">embezzlement</a> investigation. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-freezes-80-million-tycoon-kolomoiskys-assets-media-reports-2023-09-08/#:~:text=KYIV%2C%20Sept%208%20(Reuters),investigation%2C%20Ukrainian%20media%20outlets%20reported." target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">One person is killed and five are injured when a car ploughs through pedestrians and two other vehicles in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne" target="_blank">Melbourne</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_%28state%29" target="_blank">Victoria</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" target="_blank">Australia</a>. The driver is arrested at the scene. <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-08/car-crash-and-injuries-melbourne-cbd/102834612" target="_blank">(ABC News Australia)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Russian_elections" target="_blank">2023 Russian elections</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russians" target="_blank">Russians</a> head to the polls to elect the bodies of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_government" target="_blank">local government</a> in the country. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russians-vote-tightly-controlled-regional-elections-first-since-war-began-2023-09-07/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_September_8" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 106682, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali_War']Mali War[/URL] [LIST] [*]Four suicide bombers attack a Malian military base in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamba%2C_Mali']Bamba[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gao_Region']Gao Region[/URL], killing an unknown number of people. [URL='https://www.africanews.com/2023/09/08/mali-gao-military-camp-targeted-by-suicide-attack/'](Africanews)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Russian_elections']2023 Russian elections[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL] says its air defense systems has shot down two [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukrainian[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle']drones[/URL] attempting to attack a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polling_station']polling station[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skadovsk']Skadovsk[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kherson_Oblast']Kherson Oblast[/URL], as voting is under way. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/9/8/russia-ukraine-live-news-at-least-one-policeman-killed-in-kryvyi-rih?update=2347943'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%E2%80%932023_western_Russia_attacks']2022–2023 western Russia attacks[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL]’s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Security_Service']security services[/URL] detain a man for plotting to blow up a railway in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimea']Crimea[/URL] and collecting information on the deployment of Russian defense ministry facilities and units. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/8/russia-detains-man-accused-of-plotting-rail-bombing-in-crimea'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Kryvyi_Rih_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']Bombing of Kryvyi Rih[/URL] [LIST] [*]Four people are killed and 72 others are injured in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russian[/URL] missile strike on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryvyi_Rih']Kryvyi Rih[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnipropetrovsk_Oblast']Dnipropetrovsk Oblast[/URL]. [URL='https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-09-08-23/h_c4b1d689c83a6e0a591f291a01c5f9f0'](CNN International)[/URL] [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-air-force-shoots-down-16-drones-over-odesa-region-officials-2023-09-08/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Ukraine_campaign']Eastern Ukraine campaign[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ukraine_campaign']Southern Ukraine campaign[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL] says it has repelled numerous attacks along the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_line']front line[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk']Donetsk[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaporizhzhia']Zaporizhzhia[/URL] and inflicted hundreds of losses on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine']Ukrainian forces[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-it-has-repelled-numerous-ukrainian-attacks-along-front-line-2023-09-08/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL] accuses [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk']Elon Musk[/URL] of allowing [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces']Russian forces[/URL] to attack Ukrainian cities after it was revealed [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink']Starlink[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_communications']satellite communications[/URL] interfered with a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle']drone[/URL] operation by disabling a communications network near the coast of the Russian-occupied [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_peninsula']Crimean peninsula[/URL] as Ukrainian drones were approaching Russian warships resulting in lost connectivity. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/8/zelenskyys-advisor-claims-musk-allowed-russians-to-hit-ukrainian-cities'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Business and economy[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_industry_in_Russia']Petroleum industry in Russia[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL] begins shipping [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crude_oil']crude oil[/URL] to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil']Brazil[/URL] through [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukoil']Lukoil[/URL] from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murmansk']Murmansk[/URL] to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madre_de_Deus%2C_Bahia']Madre de Deus[/URL] port, operated by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transpetro']Transpetro[/URL], a subsidiary of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrobras']Petrobras[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russia-ships-first-oil-cargo-brazil-it-seeks-diversify-buyers-2023-09-08/#:~:text=MOSCOW%2FRIO%20DE%20JANEIRO%2C%20Sept,data%20showed%20and%20traders%20said.'](Reuters)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain']Spain[/URL] has become more reliant on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russian[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas']natural gas[/URL], according to government data. Russia's [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_share']market share[/URL] of total [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imports']imports[/URL] increased to 28 percent in July, surpassing [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria']Algeria[/URL] as Spain's second largest gas supplier. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/spain-relying-russian-gas-overall-imports-fall-2023-09-08/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Pacific_typhoon_season']2023 Pacific typhoon season[/URL] [LIST] [*]Flooding occurs in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangdong_Province']Guangdong[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujian_Province']Fujian[/URL] province in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_China']southern China[/URL] after [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Pacific_typhoon_season%23Typhoon_Haikui_%28Hanna%29']Typhon Haikui[/URL] makes [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landfall']landfall[/URL] over the region. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainfall']Rainfall[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong']Hong Kong[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhen']Shenzhen[/URL] reach record levels, the heaviest since meteorological records began in the cites. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/hong-kongs-heaviest-rain-least-140-years-floods-city-streets-metro-2023-09-08/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]Aftermath of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Hawaii_wildfires']2023 Hawaii wildfires[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii']Hawaii[/URL] state officials say that they plan to reopen the western area of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maui']Maui[/URL] on October 8 from northward [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaanapali%2C_Hawaii']Kaanapali[/URL]. [URL='https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2023/09/state-eyes-oct-8-reopening-for-portion-of-west-maui/']([I]The Maui News[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93Russia_relations']Armenia–Russia relations[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Russia']Russian government[/URL] summons the ambassador of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia']Armenia[/URL] to protest recent actions and statements undertaken by the Armenian government, amid a continuing of deterioration of relations between the two nations. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-issues-harsh-protest-armenia-over-range-unfriendly-actions-2023-09-08/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Ukraine']Corruption in Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*]Tens of thousands of Ukrainians have signed a petition asking President Zelenskyy to veto [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_declaration']asset declaration[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislation']legislation[/URL] critics believe hampers an effort to hold officials accountable by delaying a requirement to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_disclosure_of_public_servants']publicly declare their assets[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-zelenskiy-under-pressure-veto-asset-declaration-law-with-loophole-2023-09-08/#:~:text=KYIV%2C%20Sept%208%20(Reuters),to%20publicly%20declare%20their%20assets.'](Reuters)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL]’s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Anti-Corruption_Bureau']National Anti-Corruption Bureau[/URL] freezes more than $80m in assets belonging to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ihor_Kolomoisky']Ihor Kolomoisky[/URL] for 48 hours as part of an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embezzlement']embezzlement[/URL] investigation. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-freezes-80-million-tycoon-kolomoiskys-assets-media-reports-2023-09-08/#:~:text=KYIV%2C%20Sept%208%20(Reuters),investigation%2C%20Ukrainian%20media%20outlets%20reported.'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]One person is killed and five are injured when a car ploughs through pedestrians and two other vehicles in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne']Melbourne[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_%28state%29']Victoria[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia']Australia[/URL]. The driver is arrested at the scene. [URL='https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-08/car-crash-and-injuries-melbourne-cbd/102834612'](ABC News Australia)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Russian_elections']2023 Russian elections[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russians']Russians[/URL] head to the polls to elect the bodies of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_government']local government[/URL] in the country. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russians-vote-tightly-controlled-regional-elections-first-since-war-began-2023-09-07/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_September_8"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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