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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 146539" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" target="_blank">Israel–Hamas war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_incursions_in_Tulkarm" target="_blank">Israeli incursions in Tulkarm</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">An <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_warfare" target="_blank">drone strike</a> kills three <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians" target="_blank">Palestinians</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulkarm" target="_blank">Tulkarm</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank" target="_blank">West Bank</a>, during a raid where <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" target="_blank">IDF</a> soldiers set fire to civilian homes and used bulldozers to destroy residential areas. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/22/what-is-israel-doing-to-palestinians-in-tulkarem" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_invasion_of_the_Gaza_Strip" target="_blank">Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Eleven <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian" target="_blank">Palestinians</a> are killed and six others are injured in an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a> strike on a residential building in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beit_Lahiya" target="_blank">Beit Lahiya</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip" target="_blank">Gaza Strip</a>. <a href="https://p.dw.com/p/4jmKE" target="_blank">(DW)</a></li>
</ul></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/Attacks_in_Russia_during_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A ferry carrying 30 fuel tanks sinks in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Kavkaz" target="_blank">port of Kavkaz</a>, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasnodar_Krai" target="_blank">Krasnodar Krai</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a>, following a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukrainian</a> attack. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/fire-breaks-out-russian-port-after-ukrainian-attack-ferry-2024-08-22/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Atomic_Energy_Agency" target="_blank">International Atomic Energy Agency</a> announces an investigation of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_Nuclear_Power_Plant" target="_blank">Kursk Nuclear Power Plant</a> following accusations from Russia that a Ukrainian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_drone" target="_blank">drone</a> targeted the power plant. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/iaeas-grossi-visit-kursk-nuclear-plant-after-drone-attack-2024-08-22/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram_insurgency" target="_blank">Boko Haram insurgency</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Thirteen farmers are killed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiroro" target="_blank">Shiroro</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger_State" target="_blank">Niger State</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria" target="_blank">Nigeria</a>, with authorities blaming <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram" target="_blank">Boko Haram</a> for the attack. <a href="https://www.barrons.com/news/suspected-boko-haram-gunmen-kill-13-farmers-in-nigeria-3535096d" target="_blank">(Barrons)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least eleven <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Pakistan" target="_blank">police officers</a> are killed in an ambush on a convoy by armed attackers near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahim_Yar_Khan" target="_blank">Rahim Yar Khan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab%2C_Pakistan" target="_blank">Punjab</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" target="_blank">Pakistan</a>. <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/attackers-armed-with-guns-and-rpgs-kill-11-police-officers-in-pakistan-ambush-13201225" target="_blank">(Sky News)</a></li>
</ul>Business and economy<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Canada_railway_shutdown" target="_blank">2024 Canada railway shutdown</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_National_Railway" target="_blank">Canadian National Railway</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Kansas_City" target="_blank">Canadian Pacific Kansas City</a> lock out roughly 10,000 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_union" target="_blank">unionized</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport" target="_blank">railroad workers</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" target="_blank">Canada</a>, leading to an &quot;unprecedented&quot; railway stoppage impacting many <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America" target="_blank">North American</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_chain" target="_blank">supply chains</a> which is estimated to cost the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Canada" target="_blank">Canadian economy</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_dollar" target="_blank">C$</a>341 million per day. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/canadian-national-railways-canadian-pacific-lock-out-teamsters-union-workers-2024-08-22/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/why-canadian-freight-rail-halt-would-roil-north-american-supply-chains-2024-08-21/" target="_blank">(Reuters 2)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">In response to the railway stoppage, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Labour_%28Canada%29" target="_blank">Labour Minister</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_MacKinnon" target="_blank">Steven MacKinnon</a> refers the two disputes to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binding_arbitration" target="_blank">binding arbitration</a>. <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cn-railway-cpkc-lockout-job-action-negotiations-1.7301419" target="_blank">(CBC News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_Flying_Service_Flight_209" target="_blank">Thai Flying Service Flight 209</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Nine people are killed when a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_208_Caravan" target="_blank">Cessna 208 Caravan</a> crashes into a mangrove forest in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chachoengsao" target="_blank">Chachoengsao</a> shortly after taking off from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suvarnabhumi_Airport" target="_blank">Suvarnabhumi Airport</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangkok" target="_blank">Bangkok</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand" target="_blank">Thailand</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/thailand-plane-crash-cessna-chachoengsao-bangkok-airport-6997869f9000749f953fa5a54dc227ae" target="_blank">(AP)</a> <a href="https://www.nationthailand.com/news/general/40040814" target="_blank">(The Nation Thailand)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Three <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea" target="_blank">South Korean</a> skiers are killed and two other people are injured when a van collides with another vehicle on a highway near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine%2C_New_Zealand" target="_blank">Geraldine</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Island" target="_blank">South Island</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand" target="_blank">New Zealand</a>. <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/3-south-korean-skiers-killed-in-new-zealand-highway-crash/a-70014753" target="_blank">(DW)</a></li>
</ul>Health and environment<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%E2%80%932024_mpox_epidemic" target="_blank">2023–2024 mpox epidemic</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burundi" target="_blank">Burundi</a> reports 171 new <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpox" target="_blank">mpox</a> cases, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 572 cases. <a href="https://www.barrons.com/amp/news/burundi-records-171-mpox-cases-8aa9a896" target="_blank">(Barrons)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" target="_blank">Sri Lanka</a> reports their first two cases of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpox" target="_blank">mpox</a>, but do not specify the clade the cases are from. <a href="https://dhauru.com/post/news/30673" target="_blank">(Dhauru)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treatment_of_women_by_the_Taliban" target="_blank">Treatment of women by the Taliban</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban" target="_blank">Taliban</a> bans women from singing, reciting poetry, or reading aloud in public and mandates that women must wear a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veil" target="_blank">veil</a> in public under new laws approved by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Leader_of_Afghanistan" target="_blank">Supreme Leader</a> as part of efforts to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enjoining_good_and_forbidding_wrong" target="_blank">combat &quot;vice&quot; and promote &quot;virtue&quot;</a>. <a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/08/22/taliban-bans-women-s-voices-bare-faces-in-public-under-new-vice-laws-in-afghanistan" target="_blank">(Al Arabiya)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia_2024_regional_head_election_law_revision_demonstration" target="_blank">Indonesia 2024 regional head election law revision demonstration</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Indonesian_local_elections" target="_blank">2024 Indonesian local elections</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Thousands of people gather outside the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Representatives_%28Indonesia%29" target="_blank">House of Representatives</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakarta" target="_blank">Jakarta</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia" target="_blank">Indonesia</a>, as well as in other major cities across the country, to protest attempted changes to local elections law that would benefit <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Indonesia_Coalition" target="_blank">the ruling coalition</a>, in defiance of two recent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Court_of_Indonesia" target="_blank">Constitutional Court</a> decisions. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8er13zy1gxo" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_National_Police" target="_blank">Police</a> fire <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear_gas" target="_blank">tear gas</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_cannon" target="_blank">water cannons</a> at protesters attempting to storm the House of Representatives, prompting the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Consultative_Assembly" target="_blank">Parliament</a> to delay and eventually cancel the vote on the proposed changes. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-protest-jokowi-widodo-345949895cc83bd18abcd90f2d1a9715" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Venezuelan_presidential_election" target="_blank">2024 Venezuelan presidential election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Venezuela" target="_blank">Supreme Court of Venezuela</a> certifies the results of the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election, denying claims that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_Platform" target="_blank">opposition</a> candidate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmundo_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Urrutia" target="_blank">Edmundo González Urrutia</a> won the election. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-election-supreme-court-certifies-maduro-39d9f3b9beb0fe96fa052e4d2a3c106b" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Afghanistan" target="_blank">Human rights in Afghanistan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan_and_the_United_Nations" target="_blank">Afghanistan and the United Nations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban" target="_blank">Taliban</a> prohibits <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_special_rapporteur" target="_blank">United Nations special rapporteur</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights" target="_blank">human rights</a> Richard Bennett from entering <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" target="_blank">Afghanistan</a>, accusing him of spreading propaganda in the country. <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/taliban-ban-un-human-rights-rapporteur-in-afghanistan/a-70011037" target="_blank">(DW)</a></li>
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</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_August_22" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 146539, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war']Israel–Hamas war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_incursions_in_Tulkarm']Israeli incursions in Tulkarm[/URL] [LIST] [*]An [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israeli[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_warfare']drone strike[/URL] kills three [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians']Palestinians[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulkarm']Tulkarm[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank']West Bank[/URL], during a raid where [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces']IDF[/URL] soldiers set fire to civilian homes and used bulldozers to destroy residential areas. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/22/what-is-israel-doing-to-palestinians-in-tulkarem']([I]Al Jazeera[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_invasion_of_the_Gaza_Strip']Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip[/URL] [LIST] [*]Eleven [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian']Palestinians[/URL] are killed and six others are injured in an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israeli[/URL] strike on a residential building in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beit_Lahiya']Beit Lahiya[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip']Gaza Strip[/URL]. [URL='https://p.dw.com/p/4jmKE'](DW)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_in_Russia_during_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*]A ferry carrying 30 fuel tanks sinks in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Kavkaz']port of Kavkaz[/URL], in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasnodar_Krai']Krasnodar Krai[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL], following a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukrainian[/URL] attack. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/fire-breaks-out-russian-port-after-ukrainian-attack-ferry-2024-08-22/'](Reuters)[/URL] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Atomic_Energy_Agency']International Atomic Energy Agency[/URL] announces an investigation of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_Nuclear_Power_Plant']Kursk Nuclear Power Plant[/URL] following accusations from Russia that a Ukrainian [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_drone']drone[/URL] targeted the power plant. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/iaeas-grossi-visit-kursk-nuclear-plant-after-drone-attack-2024-08-22/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram_insurgency']Boko Haram insurgency[/URL] [LIST] [*]Thirteen farmers are killed in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiroro']Shiroro[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger_State']Niger State[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria']Nigeria[/URL], with authorities blaming [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram']Boko Haram[/URL] for the attack. [URL='https://www.barrons.com/news/suspected-boko-haram-gunmen-kill-13-farmers-in-nigeria-3535096d'](Barrons)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]At least eleven [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Pakistan']police officers[/URL] are killed in an ambush on a convoy by armed attackers near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahim_Yar_Khan']Rahim Yar Khan[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab%2C_Pakistan']Punjab[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan']Pakistan[/URL]. [URL='https://news.sky.com/story/attackers-armed-with-guns-and-rpgs-kill-11-police-officers-in-pakistan-ambush-13201225'](Sky News)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Business and economy[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Canada_railway_shutdown']2024 Canada railway shutdown[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_National_Railway']Canadian National Railway[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Kansas_City']Canadian Pacific Kansas City[/URL] lock out roughly 10,000 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_union']unionized[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport']railroad workers[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada']Canada[/URL], leading to an "unprecedented" railway stoppage impacting many [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America']North American[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_chain']supply chains[/URL] which is estimated to cost the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Canada']Canadian economy[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_dollar']C$[/URL]341 million per day. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/canadian-national-railways-canadian-pacific-lock-out-teamsters-union-workers-2024-08-22/'](Reuters)[/URL] [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/why-canadian-freight-rail-halt-would-roil-north-american-supply-chains-2024-08-21/'](Reuters 2)[/URL] [*]In response to the railway stoppage, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Labour_%28Canada%29']Labour Minister[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_MacKinnon']Steven MacKinnon[/URL] refers the two disputes to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binding_arbitration']binding arbitration[/URL]. [URL='https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cn-railway-cpkc-lockout-job-action-negotiations-1.7301419'](CBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_Flying_Service_Flight_209']Thai Flying Service Flight 209[/URL] [LIST] [*]Nine people are killed when a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_208_Caravan']Cessna 208 Caravan[/URL] crashes into a mangrove forest in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chachoengsao']Chachoengsao[/URL] shortly after taking off from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suvarnabhumi_Airport']Suvarnabhumi Airport[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangkok']Bangkok[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand']Thailand[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/thailand-plane-crash-cessna-chachoengsao-bangkok-airport-6997869f9000749f953fa5a54dc227ae'](AP)[/URL] [URL='https://www.nationthailand.com/news/general/40040814'](The Nation Thailand)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]Three [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea']South Korean[/URL] skiers are killed and two other people are injured when a van collides with another vehicle on a highway near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine%2C_New_Zealand']Geraldine[/URL] on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Island']South Island[/URL] of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand']New Zealand[/URL]. [URL='https://www.dw.com/en/3-south-korean-skiers-killed-in-new-zealand-highway-crash/a-70014753'](DW)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Health and environment[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%E2%80%932024_mpox_epidemic']2023–2024 mpox epidemic[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burundi']Burundi[/URL] reports 171 new [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpox']mpox[/URL] cases, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 572 cases. [URL='https://www.barrons.com/amp/news/burundi-records-171-mpox-cases-8aa9a896'](Barrons)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka']Sri Lanka[/URL] reports their first two cases of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpox']mpox[/URL], but do not specify the clade the cases are from. [URL='https://dhauru.com/post/news/30673'](Dhauru)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treatment_of_women_by_the_Taliban']Treatment of women by the Taliban[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban']Taliban[/URL] bans women from singing, reciting poetry, or reading aloud in public and mandates that women must wear a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veil']veil[/URL] in public under new laws approved by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Leader_of_Afghanistan']Supreme Leader[/URL] as part of efforts to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enjoining_good_and_forbidding_wrong']combat "vice" and promote "virtue"[/URL]. [URL='https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/08/22/taliban-bans-women-s-voices-bare-faces-in-public-under-new-vice-laws-in-afghanistan'](Al Arabiya)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia_2024_regional_head_election_law_revision_demonstration']Indonesia 2024 regional head election law revision demonstration[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Indonesian_local_elections']2024 Indonesian local elections[/URL] [LIST] [*]Thousands of people gather outside the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Representatives_%28Indonesia%29']House of Representatives[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakarta']Jakarta[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia']Indonesia[/URL], as well as in other major cities across the country, to protest attempted changes to local elections law that would benefit [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Indonesia_Coalition']the ruling coalition[/URL], in defiance of two recent [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Court_of_Indonesia']Constitutional Court[/URL] decisions. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8er13zy1gxo'](BBC News)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_National_Police']Police[/URL] fire [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear_gas']tear gas[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_cannon']water cannons[/URL] at protesters attempting to storm the House of Representatives, prompting the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Consultative_Assembly']Parliament[/URL] to delay and eventually cancel the vote on the proposed changes. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-protest-jokowi-widodo-345949895cc83bd18abcd90f2d1a9715'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Venezuelan_presidential_election']2024 Venezuelan presidential election[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Venezuela']Supreme Court of Venezuela[/URL] certifies the results of the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election, denying claims that [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_Platform']opposition[/URL] candidate [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmundo_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Urrutia']Edmundo González Urrutia[/URL] won the election. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-election-supreme-court-certifies-maduro-39d9f3b9beb0fe96fa052e4d2a3c106b'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Afghanistan']Human rights in Afghanistan[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan_and_the_United_Nations']Afghanistan and the United Nations[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban']Taliban[/URL] prohibits [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_special_rapporteur']United Nations special rapporteur[/URL] on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights']human rights[/URL] Richard Bennett from entering [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan']Afghanistan[/URL], accusing him of spreading propaganda in the country. [URL='https://www.dw.com/en/taliban-ban-un-human-rights-rapporteur-in-afghanistan/a-70011037'](DW)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_August_22"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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