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Portal:Current events/2020 August 24

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

;Business and economy

;Disasters and accidents

  • More than 200 people are missing after the five-storey Tariq Garden apartment block in Mahad, Maharashtra, India, collapses. Residents and rescue workers dispatched by the National Disaster Response Force have rescued at least 28 people. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/mahad-building-collapse-raigad-india-update-a9685796.html (The Independent)]
  • A massive fire engulfs the Juma Mosque in Durban, South Africa. No casualties are reported, and it is believed that it was caused by an electrical fire. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/south-africa-massive-fire-engulfs-historic-durban-mosque-200824150319905.html (Al Jazeera)]

;Health and environment

;International relations

  • Austria–Russia relations
  • Austria expels a Russian diplomat following a report accusing the envoy of being involved in economic espionage after an Austrian who works in a technology company confessed that he carried out espionage for years on behalf of the Russian, who was his intelligence handler. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/austria-expels-russian-diplomat-moscow-calls-move-damaging-200824101218237.html (Al Jazeera)]

;Law and crime

  • Shooting of Jacob Blake, George Floyd protests
  • Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers deploys the National Guard to maintain "public safety" after police shot Jacob Blake on Sunday. Hundreds of people marched on police headquarters that night to demonstrate against the shooting. Up to 200 members of the National Guard will be deployed. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53897641 (BBC News)]
  • Police and demonstrators clash for a second night in Wisconsin in the aftermath of Blake's shooting. Blake is still in intensive care, said attorney Ben Crump who is representing him and his family. [https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/kenosha-wisconsin-police-shooting/h_05080911f2e23f7e5817ace468680000 (CNN)]
  • Impeachment inquiry against Mike DeWine
  • Ohio Representative John Becker draws up 10 articles of impeachment on Governor Mike DeWine over his COVID-19 orders. Representatives Nino Vitale and Paul Zeltwanger are co-sponsors for the impeachment inquiries. [https://www.cleveland.com/open/2020/08/articles-of-impeachment-drawn-up-against-gov-mike-dewine-over-coronavirus-orders.html (Cleveland.com)] [https://www.wlwt.com/article/ohio-lawmaker-drafts-articles-of-impeachment-against-gov-dewine-over-covid-19-response/33752469 (WLWT-TV)]
  • Christchurch mosque shootings
  • Perpetrator Brenton Tarrant begins his sentencing before the High Court in Christchurch, New Zealand. He faces an unprecedented sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, having been convicted in March for murder involving multiple deaths. [https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/you-killed-your-own-humanity-families-confront-new-zealand-mosque-shooter-at-sentencing/article32429790.ece (AP via The Hindu)] [https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2020/08/24/New-Zealand-mosque-shooter-faces-victims-relatives-in-court/6361598271788/ (UPI)]
  • A prison riot in Farafangana, Madagascar, leaves at least 20 inmates dead, while dozens of prisoners escape after overpowering the guards. The Justice Ministry says 31 prisoners remain on the loose, while 37 have been captured alive. [https://abcnews.go.com/International/20-inmates-killed-prison-riot-madagascar-officials/story?id=72564648&cid=clicksource_4380645_3_heads_hero_live_headlines_hed (ABC News)]
  • Northern Ireland police charge nine members of the New IRA arrested last week for terrorism, conspiracy, and possession of explosives, among others. A tenth member remains in custody. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nireland-crime/nine-people-charged-in-new-ira-investigation-northern-ireland-police-idUSKBN25K276?il=0 (Reuters)]

;Politics and elections

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