Portal:Current events/2023 August 26

August 26, 2023 (2023-08-26) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
      • The governor of Belgorod Oblast says that Ukrainian shelling and usage of cluster munitions injured six civilians in Urazovo. (Al Jazeera)
    • Russian forces shell the front-line city of Kupiansk, killing two people and injuring another. (AP via MSN)
• Russia's Northern Fleet conducts navy exercises in the Barents Sea aimed at preventing the passage of unauthorised and foreign ships. (Al Jazeera)
• 2023 Jacksonville shooting
  • Three people are killed in a racially motivated mass shooting at a store in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. The perpetrator, who killed himself after the attack, realesed a manifesto against black people. (AP)
• 2023 Nigerien crisis
  • The ruling Nigerien military junta orders the Niger Armed Forces to go on maximum alert, citing an increased threat of attack. (Al Jazeera)

Arts and culture

• British Museum chair George Osborne announces that the museum has begun the process of recovering 2,000 stolen artifacts. (The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Hawaii wildfires
  • A new brush fire in Maui, United States, burns up to 10 acres in a Kaanapali neighborhood located a few miles from the Lahaina area damaged by wildfires, prompting evacuations. The evacuation order is lifted after the fire was contained. (AP) (Honolulu Star-Advertiser)
• Nine people are killed and nine more are injured when a gas canister explodes on a train in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. (BBC News)
• One person is killed and 46 others are injured in an explosion at a LPG gas station in Crevedia, Romania. (Reuters via RTÉ)
• Three Ukrainian Air Force pilots are killed when two L-39 trainer aircraft collide in midair in Zhytomyr, Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• American food delivery platform DoorDash announces that it will pay $1.6 million to its workers after a Seattle Office of Labor Standards investigation finds that the company failed to implement the city’s required sick and safe time policy. (AP)
• Fire department officials in Greece arrest two men on suspicion of setting fires amid ongoing wildfires in the country. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Gabonese general election
  • Gabonese citizens vote for a president and members of the parliament. (AFP via France 24)
• 2023 Syrian protests
  • Anti-government protests occur across Syria amid a severe economic crisis. (The Guardian)
• 2023 Zimbabwean general election
  • President Emmerson Mnangagwa is re-elected to a second term with 52.6% of the vote, defeating main challenger Nelson Chamisa who garners 44%. Mnangagwa's ZANU–PF also wins a majority in the National Assembly elections. Chamisa's Citizens Coalition for Change rejects the results, alleging electoral irregularities. (AFP via SCMP)

Sports

• Disputes involving the Spain women's national football team
  • FIFA suspends Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales for 90 days for kissing player Jennifer Hermoso after the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup final. Hermoso says that Rubiales acted without her consent, which Rubiales denies. (AFP via France 24)
• American triathlete Taylor Knibb wins her second consecutive Ironman 70.3 World Championship title with a time of 3:53:02, five seconds ahead of runner-up Kat Matthews. (Tri247)

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