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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 153915" data-attributes="member: 524">Business and economy<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_gas_field" target="_blank">Leviathan natural gas field</a> signs the largest export agreement in the country's history worth up to $35 billion to supply gas to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" target="_blank">Egypt</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/israels-leviathan-signs-35-billion-natural-gas-supply-deal-with-egypt-2025-08-07/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least six people are killed and two others are injured when an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_medical_services" target="_blank">air ambulance</a> crashes into a residential area in Mwihoko, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiambu_County" target="_blank">Kiambu County</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya" target="_blank">Kenya</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/kenya-helicopter-crash-2fe1954ac9013b1f68ac89798c733c4c" target="_blank">(AP)</a> <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/7/at-least-six-killed-two-injured-in-medical-plane-crash-in-kenya" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Five people are killed and several are injured when a malfunctioning gas cylinder explodes in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visakhapatnam" target="_blank">Visakhapatnam</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" target="_blank">Andhra Pradesh</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" target="_blank">India</a>. <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/visakhapatnam-blast-5-killed-several-injured-in-gas-cylinder-explosion-in-andhra-pradesh-video/ar-AA1K60TF?ocid=BingNewsSerp" target="_blank">(MSN)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least four people are killed and several others are injured when a train and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya_Pipeline_Company" target="_blank">Kenya Pipeline</a>-owned bus collide on a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_crossing" target="_blank">level crossing</a> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naivasha" target="_blank">Naivasha</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakuru_County" target="_blank">Nakuru County</a>, Kenya. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/train-bus-collide-central-kenya-least-4-killed-2025-08-07/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two people are killed when a helicopter crashes into an unmanned <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barge" target="_blank">barge</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River" target="_blank">Mississippi River</a> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Alton%2C_Illinois" target="_blank">East Alton</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois" target="_blank">Illinois</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/helicopter-crash-barge-illinois-missouri-b7c2cb9bc6b57f93e3be985fe0878df2" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States%E2%80%93Venezuela_relations" target="_blank">United States–Venezuela relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General" target="_blank">U.S. Attorney General</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Bondi" target="_blank">Pam Bondi</a> announces a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%24" target="_blank">$</a>50 million reward for information leading to the arrest of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Venezuela" target="_blank">Venezuelan president</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicol%C3%A1s_Maduro" target="_blank">Nicolás Maduro</a>, saying his capture and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition" target="_blank">extradition</a> to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a> is vital for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security" target="_blank">national security</a>. <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-increases-reward-for-arrest-of-venezeulas-nicolas-maduro-to-50-million-9043199" target="_blank">(NDTV)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" target="_blank">British</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Housing_and_Homelessness" target="_blank">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Homelessness</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rushanara_Ali" target="_blank">Rushanara Ali</a> resigns amid controversy over increasing the rent at a property she owns in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_London" target="_blank">east London</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C2%A3" target="_blank">£</a>700 in order to force the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lease" target="_blank">tenants</a> to move. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyd3l2x2n8o" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_of_Lebanon" target="_blank">cabinet</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon" target="_blank">Lebanon</a> approves a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a> proposal for disarming <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah" target="_blank">Hezbollah</a> by the end of the year, along with ending <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Israeli_invasion_of_Lebanon" target="_blank">Israel’s military operations in the country</a>, despite Hezbollah's rejection for this demand. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/7/lebanese-cabinet-holds-more-talks-on-disarming-hezbollah-under-us-pressure" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_August_7" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 153915, member: 524"] [B]Business and economy[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israel[/URL]'s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_gas_field']Leviathan natural gas field[/URL] signs the largest export agreement in the country's history worth up to $35 billion to supply gas to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt']Egypt[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/israels-leviathan-signs-35-billion-natural-gas-supply-deal-with-egypt-2025-08-07/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*]At least six people are killed and two others are injured when an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_medical_services']air ambulance[/URL] crashes into a residential area in Mwihoko, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiambu_County']Kiambu County[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya']Kenya[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/kenya-helicopter-crash-2fe1954ac9013b1f68ac89798c733c4c'](AP)[/URL] [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/7/at-least-six-killed-two-injured-in-medical-plane-crash-in-kenya'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [*]Five people are killed and several are injured when a malfunctioning gas cylinder explodes in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visakhapatnam']Visakhapatnam[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh']Andhra Pradesh[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India']India[/URL]. [URL='https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/visakhapatnam-blast-5-killed-several-injured-in-gas-cylinder-explosion-in-andhra-pradesh-video/ar-AA1K60TF?ocid=BingNewsSerp'](MSN)[/URL] [*]At least four people are killed and several others are injured when a train and a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya_Pipeline_Company']Kenya Pipeline[/URL]-owned bus collide on a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_crossing']level crossing[/URL] near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naivasha']Naivasha[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakuru_County']Nakuru County[/URL], Kenya. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/train-bus-collide-central-kenya-least-4-killed-2025-08-07/'](Reuters)[/URL] [*]Two people are killed when a helicopter crashes into an unmanned [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barge']barge[/URL] on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River']Mississippi River[/URL] near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Alton%2C_Illinois']East Alton[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois']Illinois[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/helicopter-crash-barge-illinois-missouri-b7c2cb9bc6b57f93e3be985fe0878df2'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States%E2%80%93Venezuela_relations']United States–Venezuela relations[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General']U.S. Attorney General[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Bondi']Pam Bondi[/URL] announces a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%24']$[/URL]50 million reward for information leading to the arrest of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Venezuela']Venezuelan president[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicol%C3%A1s_Maduro']Nicolás Maduro[/URL], saying his capture and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition']extradition[/URL] to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL] is vital for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security']national security[/URL]. [URL='https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-increases-reward-for-arrest-of-venezeulas-nicolas-maduro-to-50-million-9043199'](NDTV)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom']British[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Housing_and_Homelessness']Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Homelessness[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rushanara_Ali']Rushanara Ali[/URL] resigns amid controversy over increasing the rent at a property she owns in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_London']east London[/URL] by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C2%A3']£[/URL]700 in order to force the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lease']tenants[/URL] to move. [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyd3l2x2n8o'](BBC News)[/URL] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_of_Lebanon']cabinet[/URL] of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon']Lebanon[/URL] approves a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL] proposal for disarming [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah']Hezbollah[/URL] by the end of the year, along with ending [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Israeli_invasion_of_Lebanon']Israel’s military operations in the country[/URL], despite Hezbollah's rejection for this demand. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/7/lebanese-cabinet-holds-more-talks-on-disarming-hezbollah-under-us-pressure'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_August_7"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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