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'''Disasters and accidents''' |
'''Disasters and accidents''' |
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*[[2023 Hawaii wildfires]] |
*[[2023 Hawaii wildfires]] |
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**[[Maui County, Hawaii|Maui County]] officials including [[Governor of Hawaii|Governor]] [[Josh Green (politician)|Josh Green]] say that that the death toll of the wildfires have reached 106. [https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/08/15/biden-pledges-maui-visit-recovery-crews-continue-grim-search-remains-lahaina/ (''Hawaii News Now'')] [https://mauinow.com/2023/08/15/lahaina-wildfire-death-toll-rises-to-101/ (Maui Now)] |
**In the [[United States]], [[Maui County, Hawaii|Maui County]] officials including [[Governor of Hawaii|Governor]] [[Josh Green (politician)|Josh Green]] say that that the death toll of the wildfires have reached 106. [https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/08/15/biden-pledges-maui-visit-recovery-crews-continue-grim-search-remains-lahaina/ (''Hawaii News Now'')] [https://mauinow.com/2023/08/15/lahaina-wildfire-death-toll-rises-to-101/ (Maui Now)] |
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**[[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Joe Biden]] and [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] [[Jill Biden]] announces plans to visit [[Maui]], [[Hawaii]], as part of recovery efforts amid reproval over Biden's engagement in the aftermath of the [[wildfire|wildfires]]. [https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/biden-announces-hawaii-visit-after-backlash-over-sunday-comments-president-white-house-trump-politics-washington-maui-fires-wildfires (KEYE-TV)] [https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-visit-maui-wildfire-aftermath-pledges-support-long/story?id=102285674 (ABC News)] |
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*[[2023 North India floods]] |
*[[2023 North India floods]] |
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**At least 65 people are killed and 20 others are missing after flooding and landslides in northern [[India]]. [https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230815-search-for-survivors-after-indian-floods-landslides-kill-58 (AFP via France 24)] |
**At least 65 people are killed and 20 others are missing after flooding and landslides in northern [[India]]. [https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230815-search-for-survivors-after-indian-floods-landslides-kill-58 (AFP via France 24)] |
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*[[2023 Ecuadorian general election]] |
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**Pedro Briones, a local leader of the [[Citizen Revolution Movement]], is assassinated by gunmen in the northern province of [[Esmeraldas Province|Esmeraldas]]. [https://apnews.com/article/ecuador-crime-political-killing-election-villavicencio-14a5fd781e52d31855f3fc4e9711ff84 (AP)] |
**Pedro Briones, a local leader of the [[Citizen Revolution Movement]], is assassinated by gunmen in the northern province of [[Esmeraldas Province|Esmeraldas]]. [https://apnews.com/article/ecuador-crime-political-killing-election-villavicencio-14a5fd781e52d31855f3fc4e9711ff84 (AP)] |
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*In the United States, child welfare advocates file a [[Federal judiciary of the United States|federal lawsuit]] to require the [[Presidency of Joe Biden|Biden administration]] to block imports of products containing [[Cocoa bean|cocoa]] [[Child labour|harvested by children]] in [[West Africa]], alleging that [[U.S. Customs and Border Protection|Customs and Border Protection]] and the [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]] have ignored evidence of the existence of these imports. [https://apnews.com/article/child-labor-lawsuit-cocoa-human-rights-africa-f8d3c8c74d66b5745e1d77e1dfc178d0 (AP)] |
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Revision as of 12:14, 16 August 2023
August 15, 2023 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Sudan conflict
- Battle of Nyala
- Three people are killed and 30 others are injured in a shootout and subsequent shelling at a hospital south of Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan. (AllAfrica)
- Clashes begin again in Nyala, with at least 43 people confirmed dead and dozens more injured. (AllAfrica)
- Battle of Nyala
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israeli security forces shoot two Palestinian gunmen in a raid in Jericho in the West Bank. (AP)
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
- Bryansk Oblast Governor Alexander Bogomaz says that Russian soldiers and security services stopped a Ukrainian sabotage group from infiltrating the border near the village of Kurkovichi. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
Business and economy
- 2023 Brazil blackout
- Brazil is affected by a nationwide blackout, with all of the states connected to the national energy system impacted. The state of Roraima is unaffected as it has its own energy system. The cause of the outage is still unknown. (The Brazilian Report)
- Economy of China
- The Chinese national statistics office announces that retail sales increased by 2.5% year on year in July, while industrial production increased by 3.7% and unemployment increased to 5.3%. However, further releases of statistics on age-specific data will be suspended. (AFP via CNA)
- The Chinese central bank lowers the medium-term lending facility rate, which is the interest rate on one-year loans to financial institutions, to 2.5%. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Hawaii wildfires
- In the United States, Maui County officials including Governor Josh Green say that that the death toll of the wildfires have reached 106. (Hawaii News Now) (Maui Now)
- 2023 North India floods
- At least 65 people are killed and 20 others are missing after flooding and landslides in northern India. (AFP via France 24)
- 2023 Pacific typhoon season
- Typhoon Lan makes landfall in western Japan. (The New York Times)
Law and crime
- 2023 Ecuadorian general election
- Pedro Briones, a local leader of the Citizen Revolution Movement, is assassinated by gunmen in the northern province of Esmeraldas. (AP)
- In the United States, child welfare advocates file a federal lawsuit to require the Biden administration to block imports of products containing cocoa harvested by children in West Africa, alleging that Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Homeland Security have ignored evidence of the existence of these imports. (AP)