Russian forces attack Odesa with missiles and drones, injuring three people and damaging civilian infrastructure.
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CNN International 
August 14
Armed conflicts and attacks
August 13
Politics and elections
Argentines head to the polls to vote in the primaries before the October general election.
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WION
With 30% of the votes, far right candidate Javier Milei wins the primaries.
Source:
Financial Times
Disasters and accidents
Maui County officials announce that more than 93 people have died in the wildfires in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, making it the deadliest American wildfire since 1918, surpassing the death toll of the 2018 Camp Fire in California.
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People.com
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Hawaii Governor Josh Green says that the Banyan tree in Lahaina was damaged by the wildfires, but has survived.
Source:
The Messenger
Four people are killed and four others are injured in separate accidents involving lightning strikes in the Yemeni governorates of Al Bayda, Al Hudaydah, and Raymah.
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Xinhua
Three people are killed and eighteen others are injured in a fire at an apartment complex in Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
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NOS
Armed conflicts and attacks
Russian forces strike Kherson Oblast, killing seven people, including an infant, and injuring 20 others.
Source:
Reuters
Balochistan Liberation Army gunmen ambush a convoy transporting Chinese engineers to the Gwadar Port in Balochistan, Pakistan. Two separatists are killed in the subsequent shootout.
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AFP via VOA
One person is killed and seven others are injured in an attack at the Shah Cheragh mosque in Shiraz, Iran.
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Reuters
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Arts and culture
Miss Universe cuts ties with Miss Indonesia after some Miss Indonesia participants reported alleged sexual misconduct at the beauty pageant.
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NOS
August 12
Armed conflicts and attacks
A government investigation uncovers corruption at recruitment centres in 11 regions with 112 criminal proceedings opened. Bribes averaged around US$6,000 for a medical certificate granting an exemption from military service.
Source:
The Guardian
Investigative news website Dzerkalo Tyzhnia reveals documents showing the Ministry of Defence overpaid for summer camouflage kits bought as winter coats for troops. The documents are suspected to be related to a investigation launched in June by Ukraine’s security services into Former Deputy Defense Minister Vyacheslav Shapovalov.
Source:
The Guardian
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NOS
Head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov says that three Ukrainian missiles were shot down over the Kerch bridge.
Source:
CNN International
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu inspects the Northern Fleet and visits a Rosatom nuclear weapons test site in Novaya Zemlya.
Source:
The Barents Observer
One person is killed and 12 others are injured in a Russian guided aerial bomb strike on Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Source:
CNN International
Law and crime
Ecuador transfers head of the Los Choneros criminal group, Jose Adolfo Macias, from Prison 8 in Guayaquil to La Roca maximum security prison. He is accused of threatening presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio before his assassination.
Source:
The Manila Times
Sports
In association football, Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr FC wins their first Arab Club Champions Cup in a 2–1 victory.
Source:
Arab News
Disasters and accidents
The death toll from the wildfires in Maui, Hawaii, United States, increases to 89, making it the deadliest wildfire in the state's history.
Source:
The Independent
Hurricane Dora, which partially caused the wildfires in Hawaii, becomes a Pacific typhoon.
Source:
Hawaii News Now
Six people are killed and fifty others are rescued when a boat carrying migrants capsizes in the English Channel off the coast of Calais, France.
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AP
South Koreans gather in central Seoul to protest against Japan's plan to release treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean.
Source:
Reuters
A Sukhoi Su-30 crashes during a training mission in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, killing both pilots.
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RFE/RL
Politics and elections
Andrea González Náder, the running mate of assassinated presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, is nominated by the Movimiento Construye party to run for president.
Source:
AFP via CNN-News18
Malaysians in Selangor, Kelantan, Terengganu, Negeri Sembilan, Kedah and Penang vote for their state assembly members, following the dissolution of the assemblies.
Source:
The Manila Times
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ANI News
August 11
Disasters and accidents
Valencia, Spain, sets a new temperature record of 46.8 °C (116.2 °F) recorded at the Valencia Airport.
Source:
The Manila Times
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Axios
Authorities in Hawaii, United States, call the Lahaina fire the "worst natural disaster in the state's history", as the death toll increases to 80 people, and 11,000 homes and businesses continue to be without electricity.
Source:
Reuters
The Maria Lanakila Catholic Church is reportedly still standing despite the wildfires. The banyan tree is also standing, but is damaged by the wildfire and it is unknown if it will survive.
Source:
The New York Times
President Joe Biden orders the provision of federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts.
Source:
The Manila Times
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Reuters
Five people are killed and approximately 40,000 are evacuated due to floods and landslides from monsoon rains in Myanmar.
Source:
The Jakarta Post
A freight train derails in the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland, causing the tunnel to be closed for at least six days.
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NOS
Politics and elections
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ministry survives a motion of no confidence in parliament over their response to the Manipur violence.
Source:
AFP via France 24
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pardons his predecessor Jacob Zuma, who was convicted last year for refusing to testify in his corruption trial, alongside other non-violent offenders as part of an attempt to reduce overcrowding in the country's prisons.
Source:
Al Jazeera
Business and economy
The International Energy Agency increases its 2023 forecast for global oil demand to a potential all-time annual high of 102.2 million barrels per day.
Source:
AFP via TRT World
Armed conflicts and attacks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces the dismissal of all heads of regional military recruitment centres due to corruption.
Source:
CNN
The West African bloc ECOWAS announces an emergency summit after Niger's government rejected an ultimatum to restore the previous president.
Source:
The Manila Times
Law and crime
American judge Lewis A. Kaplan revokes FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried's bail, citing reasonable cause to believe that Bankman-Fried attempted witness tampering while on bail.
Source:
The Guardian
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announces the appointment of Delaware attorney David Weiss as special counsel for the investigations into the financial dealings of presidential son Hunter Biden.
Source:
CNN
A man kills three people, including his ex-wife, and wounds three more, before killing himself, during a spree shooting in Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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AP
Science and technology
Russia launches the Luna 25 lunar lander at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, which will touch down near the Moon's south pole. The mission will investigate the composition of the moon's polar soil as well as the plasma and dust contained in the lunar exosphere.
Source:
CNN
Health and environment
The United States CDC reports that the country recorded its highest number of suicides in 2022, with 49,449 people taking their own lives.
Source:
Al Jazeera
Nearly 14,000 residents of Lublin, Poland, are ordered to evacuate, after an unexploded bomb was found at the site of a pre-World War II factory yesterday.
Source:
TVP World
Due to a long-term structural damage at FSO Safer, a floating oil storage and offloading vessel moored near Al Hudaydah, Yemen, 1.1 million barrels of oil are transferred by Smit International to another ship to prevent a potential environmental disaster.
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NOS