Portal:Current events/2023 August 10

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Bombing of Zaporizhzhia
      • At least one person is killed and 14 others are injured in a Russian Iskander missile strike on a hotel in Zaporizhzhia. (Reuters)
    • Russian forces attack Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast, with mortars and aerial bombs, injuring at least six people. (The Kyiv Independent)
    • The Kupiansk city military administration says it will begin evacuating civilians from the Kupiansk Raion of the Kharkiv Oblast due to intense Russian shelling. (Meduza)
• Syrian civil war
  • At least 23 soldiers are killed and ten more injured during an ambush by Islamic State gunmen against a military vehicle in Deir ez-Zor, Syria. (Al Jazeera)

Arts and culture

• 2023 Hollywood labor disputes
  • The American Academy of Television Arts & Sciences postpones the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards until January 2024, due to the ongoing strikes of the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA. (AFP via France 24)
• LGBT rights in Kuwait
  • Kuwait bans the American film Barbie over homosexual content, with the Lebanese Minister of Culture proposing a similar ban. (The Hollywood Reporter) (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• Wildfires in 2023
  • 2023 Hawaii wildfires
    • The death toll from the wildfires increases to 53, all in the town of Lahaina in western Maui, Hawaii, United States. (Al Jazeera)
    • Maui County officials report that the wildfire is 80% contained. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser)
    • President Joe Biden approves a national disaster emergency declaration for Hawaii. (Politico)
  • 2023 Canadian wildfires
    • Alaska, United States, reports its worst air quality in recorded history after extreme amounts of smoke enter the state. (Yahoo! News)
• Storm Hans
  • After several days of heavy rains in Norway, the town of Hamar floods the speed skating rink at the Vikingskipet arena in order to relieve the flooding in other parts of the town. (NOS)

Health and environment

• A mass grave is discovered near the city of Dzyarzhynsk, Belarus, believed to contain either the remains of a church cemetery, the inhabitants of the city's Jewish ghetto, or Calvinists. (Nasha Niva)

International relations

• China–Philippines relations
  • Philippine President Bongbong Marcos suspends 22 land reclamation projects in Manila Bay due to environmental concerns and the involvement of Chinese state-owned enterprises. (AP)
• Iran–United States relations
  • The United States announces an agreement with Iran to repatriate five American citizens in exchange for access to $6 billion in blocked funds. (CBS News)

Law and crime

• Assassination of Fernando Villavicencio
  • Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso declares a state of emergency following the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito. (El Mundo)
• LGBT rights in Malaysia
  • Malaysia bans the use of Swatch products containing LGBTQ elements, with users of these products facing up to three years in prison. (AP via NBC News)
• Criticism of Tesla, Inc.
  • The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opens an investigation into a fatal vehicle crash in Virginia, U.S., involving a Model Y vehicle from Tesla. (Reuters)
• The United States imposes coordinated sanctions with Canada and the United Kingdom on former Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh and several of Salameh's associates for alleged embezzlement and money laundering of $300 million. (AFP via France 24)

Science and technology

• American spaceflight company Virgin Galactic launches its first space tourism flight, Galactic 02. Antigua and Barbudan tourists Keisha Schahaff and Anastatia Mayers become the first mother-daughter duo and first people from the Caribbean to fly to space, while Mayers also becomes the youngest woman and second youngest person to fly to space. (AFP via France 24)