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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 144825" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Israel_proxy_conflict" target="_blank">Iran–Israel proxy conflict</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Ismail_Haniyeh" target="_blank">Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" target="_blank">United States President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden" target="_blank">Joe Biden</a> deploys multiple <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">U.S. military</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warship" target="_blank">warships</a>, troops, and other military assets to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East" target="_blank">Middle East</a> to support <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a> against potential attacks from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" target="_blank">Iran</a> and its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah" target="_blank">proxies</a>. <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/d6fd43b9-5e88-4de9-b000-16dcd2fbcf59" target="_blank">(Financial Times)</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/08/02/us-military-israel-iran-attack/" target="_blank">(Washington Post)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Lido_Beach_attack" target="_blank">2024 Lido Beach attack</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 20 people are killed after heavy gunfire and a suicide bombing by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Shabaab_%28militant_group%29" target="_blank">Al-Shabaab</a> militants near the Beach View Hotel on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lido_Beach%2C_Mogadishu" target="_blank">Lido Beach</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogadishu" target="_blank">Mogadishu</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia" target="_blank">Somalia</a>. <a href="https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2024/Aug/197359/deadly_al_shabaab_attack_at_mogadishu_s_liido_beach_many_feared_dead.aspx" target="_blank">(Hiiraan Online)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Business and economy<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unemployment_in_the_United_States" target="_blank">Unemployment in the United States</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Several global financial markets fall drastically with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average" target="_blank">Dow Jones</a> falling by 900 points following <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unemployment" target="_blank">unemployment</a> rising to 4.3%, the highest since October 2021. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/economy-jobs-unemployment-federal-reserve-inflation-22095766804d9c1532b4fcc29565be49" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 11 people are killed in a fire in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residential_building" target="_blank">residential</a>-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_building" target="_blank">commercial</a> building in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila" target="_blank">Manila</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines" target="_blank">Philippines</a>. <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2024/08/02/building-fire-in-manila039s-chinatown-kills-11" target="_blank">(The Star)</a></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Venezuelan_presidential_election" target="_blank">2024 Venezuelan presidential election</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina%E2%80%93Venezuela_relations" target="_blank">Argentina–Venezuela relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina" target="_blank">Argentina</a> recognizes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmundo_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Urrutia" target="_blank">Edmundo González</a> as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Venezuela" target="_blank">President-elect of Venezuela</a>, joining <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru" target="_blank">Peru</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a>. <a href="https://www.barrons.com/news/argentina-recognizes-venezuela-opposition-candidate-as-president-elect-minister-7bcf778d" target="_blank">(AFP via Barron's)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_England_riots" target="_blank">2024 England riots</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot" target="_blank">Rioting</a> takes place in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunderland" target="_blank">Sunderland</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyne_and_Wear" target="_blank">Tyne and Wear</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" target="_blank">United Kingdom</a> as hundreds of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far-right_politics_in_the_United_Kingdom" target="_blank">far-right</a> protesters attempt to march on a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque" target="_blank">mosque</a> and clash with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northumbria_Police" target="_blank">riot police</a> in the city centre. A police station is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arson" target="_blank">set on fire</a> by rioters. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnl0lkrxgvxo" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance_in_the_United_Kingdom" target="_blank">Mass surveillance in the United Kingdom</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Several <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_and_political_rights" target="_blank">civil rights groups</a> denounce proposals made by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" target="_blank">British Prime Minister</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keir_Starmer" target="_blank">Keir Starmer</a> to grant <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_the_United_Kingdom" target="_blank">British police</a> nationalized <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_recognition_system" target="_blank">live facial recognition technology</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance" target="_blank">surveillance</a> to charge people police deem significantly likely to participate in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far-right_politics_in_the_United_Kingdom" target="_blank">far-right</a> riots, condemning its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunism" target="_blank">opportunism</a>, its potential racial and gender inaccuracy, and its possible use to target future legal protests. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/02/starmer-live-facial-recognition-plan-would-usher-in-national-id-campaigners-warn" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Turkey" target="_blank">Censorship in Turkey</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey" target="_blank">Turkey</a> blocks <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_access" target="_blank">internet access</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, following comments made by Turkish <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directorate_of_Communications" target="_blank">communications director</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrettin_Altun" target="_blank">Fahrettin Altun</a> that condemned <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Platforms" target="_blank">Meta Platforms</a> for taking down Instagram posts offering condolences or expressing sorrow towards the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Ismail_Haniyeh" target="_blank">assassination</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas" target="_blank">Hamas</a> political leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_Haniyeh" target="_blank">Ismail Haniyeh</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkey-blocks-access-instagram-platform-gives-no-reason-2024-08-02/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A man is arrested in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin" target="_blank">Dublin</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garda_S%C3%ADoch%C3%A1na" target="_blank">national police</a> in connection with attacks on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Buildings" target="_blank">Government Buildings</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Custom_House" target="_blank">The Custom House</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81ras_an_Uachtar%C3%A1in" target="_blank">Áras an Uachtaráin</a>. <a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0802/1463156-government-buildings/" target="_blank">(RTÉ)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Four men, including a police officer, are found shot to death near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canc%C3%BAn" target="_blank">Cancún</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintana_Roo" target="_blank">Quintana Roo</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico" target="_blank">Mexico</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/mexico-four-men-killed-cancun-police-7247d0942e9a376673ddee0794fc7ec1" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" target="_blank">United States Department of Justice</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission" target="_blank">Federal Trade Commission</a> file a joint lawsuit against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok" target="_blank">TikTok</a> and its parent company <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance" target="_blank">ByteDance</a> for violating a law prohibiting companies to collect and use personal information of children under 13. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/doj-faces-friday-deadline-tiktok-children-privacy-suit-2024-08-02/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_August_2" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 144825, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Israel_proxy_conflict']Iran–Israel proxy conflict[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Ismail_Haniyeh']Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States']United States President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden']Joe Biden[/URL] deploys multiple [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces']U.S. military[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warship']warships[/URL], troops, and other military assets to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East']Middle East[/URL] to support [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israel[/URL] against potential attacks from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran']Iran[/URL] and its [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah']proxies[/URL]. [URL='https://www.ft.com/content/d6fd43b9-5e88-4de9-b000-16dcd2fbcf59']([I]Financial Times[/I])[/URL] [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/08/02/us-military-israel-iran-attack/']([I]Washington Post[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Lido_Beach_attack']2024 Lido Beach attack[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least 20 people are killed after heavy gunfire and a suicide bombing by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Shabaab_%28militant_group%29']Al-Shabaab[/URL] militants near the Beach View Hotel on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lido_Beach%2C_Mogadishu']Lido Beach[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogadishu']Mogadishu[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia']Somalia[/URL]. [URL='https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2024/Aug/197359/deadly_al_shabaab_attack_at_mogadishu_s_liido_beach_many_feared_dead.aspx'](Hiiraan Online)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Business and economy[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unemployment_in_the_United_States']Unemployment in the United States[/URL] [LIST] [*]Several global financial markets fall drastically with the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average']Dow Jones[/URL] falling by 900 points following [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unemployment']unemployment[/URL] rising to 4.3%, the highest since October 2021. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/economy-jobs-unemployment-federal-reserve-inflation-22095766804d9c1532b4fcc29565be49'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*]At least 11 people are killed in a fire in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residential_building']residential[/URL]-[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_building']commercial[/URL] building in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila']Manila[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines']Philippines[/URL]. [URL='https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2024/08/02/building-fire-in-manila039s-chinatown-kills-11']([I]The Star[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Venezuelan_presidential_election']2024 Venezuelan presidential election[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina%E2%80%93Venezuela_relations']Argentina–Venezuela relations[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina']Argentina[/URL] recognizes [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmundo_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Urrutia']Edmundo González[/URL] as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Venezuela']President-elect of Venezuela[/URL], joining [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru']Peru[/URL] and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL]. [URL='https://www.barrons.com/news/argentina-recognizes-venezuela-opposition-candidate-as-president-elect-minister-7bcf778d'](AFP via [I]Barron's[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_England_riots']2024 England riots[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot']Rioting[/URL] takes place in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunderland']Sunderland[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyne_and_Wear']Tyne and Wear[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom']United Kingdom[/URL] as hundreds of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far-right_politics_in_the_United_Kingdom']far-right[/URL] protesters attempt to march on a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque']mosque[/URL] and clash with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northumbria_Police']riot police[/URL] in the city centre. A police station is [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arson']set on fire[/URL] by rioters. [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnl0lkrxgvxo'](BBC News)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance_in_the_United_Kingdom']Mass surveillance in the United Kingdom[/URL] [LIST] [*]Several [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_and_political_rights']civil rights groups[/URL] denounce proposals made by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom']British Prime Minister[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keir_Starmer']Keir Starmer[/URL] to grant [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_the_United_Kingdom']British police[/URL] nationalized [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_recognition_system']live facial recognition technology[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance']surveillance[/URL] to charge people police deem significantly likely to participate in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far-right_politics_in_the_United_Kingdom']far-right[/URL] riots, condemning its [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunism']opportunism[/URL], its potential racial and gender inaccuracy, and its possible use to target future legal protests. [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/02/starmer-live-facial-recognition-plan-would-usher-in-national-id-campaigners-warn'](The Guardian)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Turkey']Censorship in Turkey[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey']Turkey[/URL] blocks [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_access']internet access[/URL] to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram']Instagram[/URL], following comments made by Turkish [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directorate_of_Communications']communications director[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrettin_Altun']Fahrettin Altun[/URL] that condemned [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Platforms']Meta Platforms[/URL] for taking down Instagram posts offering condolences or expressing sorrow towards the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Ismail_Haniyeh']assassination[/URL] of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas']Hamas[/URL] political leader [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_Haniyeh']Ismail Haniyeh[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkey-blocks-access-instagram-platform-gives-no-reason-2024-08-02/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]A man is arrested in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin']Dublin[/URL] by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garda_S%C3%ADoch%C3%A1na']national police[/URL] in connection with attacks on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Buildings']Government Buildings[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Custom_House']The Custom House[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81ras_an_Uachtar%C3%A1in']Áras an Uachtaráin[/URL]. [URL='https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0802/1463156-government-buildings/'](RTÉ)[/URL] [*]Four men, including a police officer, are found shot to death near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canc%C3%BAn']Cancún[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintana_Roo']Quintana Roo[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico']Mexico[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/mexico-four-men-killed-cancun-police-7247d0942e9a376673ddee0794fc7ec1'](AP)[/URL] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice']United States Department of Justice[/URL] and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission']Federal Trade Commission[/URL] file a joint lawsuit against [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok']TikTok[/URL] and its parent company [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance']ByteDance[/URL] for violating a law prohibiting companies to collect and use personal information of children under 13. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/technology/doj-faces-friday-deadline-tiktok-children-privacy-suit-2024-08-02/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_August_2"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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