Portal:Current events/2015 August 3
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August 3, 2015 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian Civil War
- A Syrian fighter jet crashes into a marketplace in the town of Ariha leaving at least 31 people dead and dozens injured. (TC via AP), (ABC), (YNET News)
Business and economy
- British bank HSBC agrees to sell its Brazilian banking business to Banco Bradesco for $5.2 billion. (AFP via Yahoo)
- Nokia sells its mapping application Here to German car makers BMW, Audi, and Mercedes-Benz for 2.8 billion euros. (AFP via Yahoo)
- The Athens Stock Exchange reopens after more than a month with share values falling by 22 percent in early trading. (AP)
- Puerto Rico fails to make a scheduled payment of US$58 million to service its debts of $72 billion. Moody's considers the commonwealth in default. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
- Flooding caused by heavy monsoon rains has caused over 100 deaths in India over the past week with tens of thousands of people taking shelter in refugee camps. (BBC)
- Two cranes overturn on several houses while installing a part of the Julianabrug at Alphen aan den Rijn in the Netherlands leaving twenty people injured. (The Netherlands Times), (BBC)
- After days of heavy rain, a fifty-year-old building collapses in the Indian city of Thane killing at least twelve people with many more feared trapped in the rubble. (NDTV), (AP)
Law and crime
- 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting
- In a unanimous decision, the jury rules that James Holmes, having already been convicted for the shooting, is still eligible for the death penalty. (CNN)
Sports
- 2015 World Aquatics Championships
- Katie Ledecky of the United States breaks her own world record for the 1,500 metres (4,900 feet) freestyle clocking 15:27.71 in the final in Kazan, Russia. (Sportsmole)