Portal:Current events/2017 August 7

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;Arts and culture

• Godzilla in popular culture
• Haruo Nakajima, who portrayed the monster Godzilla from 1954 to 1972, dies at the age of 88. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4770094/Haruo-Nakajima-famously-wore-Godzilla-suit-dead-88.html (Daily Mail)]

;Business and economy

• Airline bankruptcies in the United States
• Air carrier PenAir declares Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States, and ends service to Denver, Colorado, and Portland, Oregon. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/penair-plans-to-shed-denver-portland-hubs-in-chapter-11-1502124686 (The Wall Street Journal)]

;Law and crime

• Media of the Philippines
• Two more Filipino journalists are murdered in a span of two days adding to toll of more than a hundred journalists killed since 2000. [http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/two-journalists-in-two-days-murdered-in-philippines (The Straits Times)] [https://cpj.org/2017/08/reporter-shot-and-killed-in-the-philippines.php (The Committee to Protect Journalists)]

;Politics and elections

• Mauritanian constitutional referendum, 2017
• Results from Saturday's constitutional referendum show Mauritanians have voted to abolish the Senate. Turnout was 53.73%, with 85% of voters supporting the change, according to officials. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40847092 (BBC)]
• Corruption in South Africa
• The Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa, Baleka Mbete, announces that a vote of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma will be held by secret ballot. The vote, to be held on 8 August 2017, will be the eighth vote of no confidence against the president and the first by secret ballot. [http://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/07/africa/jacob-zuma-no-confidence-vote-south-africa/index.html (CNN)]

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