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 Worldwide current events

 Sports events

 Recent deaths

Topics in the news

Yulimar Rojas

 Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas (pictured) breaks a 26-year-old world record in the women's
triple jump.
 Wildfires in southern Turkey kill at least eight people and injure more than 800 others.
 Flooding in western Maharashtra, India, results in more than 250 deaths.
 Typhoon In-fa and resulting flash floods leave more than 300 people dead across
China, Japan, and the Philippines.
 The Saint Lucia Labour Party wins the general election, and Philip J. Pierre becomes
prime minister.
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 COVID-19 pandemic

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August 3, 2021 (Tuesday)
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August 2, 2021 (Monday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

 War in Afghanistan
o Taliban insurgency
 2021 Taliban offensive
 President Ashraf Ghani blames the worsening security
situation in Afghanistan on the sudden withdrawal of U.S.
troops amid a rapid advance of the Taliban across the country.
Ghani warns that the Islamist group has not severed ties with
other terrorist groups. The Taliban rejects Ghani's statement.
(Reuters)
 Tigray War
o According to Ethiopian refugees and Sudanese witnesses, at least 30 bodies
have washed up on the Sudanese banks of the Tekeze River. Most of them had
been shot and tied up. According to Dr. Tewodros Tefera, a surgeon who
escaped from the Ethiopian border town of Humera, 3 of the bodies belonged
to Tigrayans from Humera. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

 2021 Henan floods

o The death toll from the severe floods that are affecting Henan, China,
increases to 302 people. (BBC)

Health and environment

 COVID-19 pandemic
o COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
 COVID-19 pandemic in Cyprus, COVID-19 vaccination in Cyprus
  Cyprus begins a vaccination programme for children between
the ages of 12 and 15 years old who are eligible for the Pfizer-
BioNTech and Moderna mRNA vaccines after 20% of new
COVID-19 cases occurred in that age group. (ANI News)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, COVID-19 vaccination in Germany
 German health minister Jens Spahn and leaders of 16 states
agree to offer booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine for
elderly and at-risk groups beginning in September and make
vaccinations widely available for children between the ages of
12 and 17 years old amid concerns about "reduced immune
response" due to the spread of the Delta variant. (Al Jazeera)
 COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom , Travel restrictions related
to the COVID-19 pandemic
 The United Kingdom eases its quarantine requirements for
fully vaccinated travellers from the United States and
European Union countries other than France where most of
them are in the "amber list" category in order to reunite
family and friends whose loved ones live abroad. Travellers
will still need to take either a lateral flow or PCR test before
their departure, and a PCR test on the second day after their
arrival. (BBC)
o COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
 COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong
 Chief Executive Carrie Lam announces mandatory COVID-19
vaccination for civil servants, healthcare workers, care home
employees and school teachers. Otherwise, these people
would have to pay for regular testing. Currently, only 36% of
people in Hong Kong are fully vaccinated whereas 46% of
people have received at least one dose. (France 24)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
 Iran reports a record 37,189 new cases of COVID-19 in the past
24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed
cases to 3.94 million. (Barron's)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
 Chiba, Kanagawa, Osaka, and Saitama prefectures enter a
state of emergency due to an increase in the number of
COVID-19 cases during the 2020 Summer Olympics. A quasi-
state of emergency is also being imposed in Hokkaido,
Ishikawa, Kyoto, Hyogo and Fukuoka prefectures with both
measures being in effect until August 31. (Kyodo News)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
 Malaysia reports a record 219 deaths from COVID-19 in the
past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to
9,403. (Reuters)
 COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates
 The Ministry of Health approves the emergency use of the
Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV vaccine for children between the ages
of 3 and 17 years old in the UAE. (Gulf News)
o COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
 COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
 COVID-19 pandemic in Colorado
  Denver Mayor Michael Hancock announces a COVID-
19 vaccine mandate for school employees, contractors
and volunteers. (Patch.com)
 The U.S. CDC announces that over 70% of adults in the United
States have received a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, nearly a
month after the July 4th target originally set by President Joe
Biden. (CBS News)
 COVID-19 pandemic in California
 COVID-19 pandemic in the San Francisco Bay Area
 Health officials in San Francisco and other Bay Area
counties reimpose a mask mandate in the area as part
of an effort to reduce the spread of the Lineage
B.1.617 Delta variant. (San Francisco Chronicle)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Louisiana
 Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards announces that the
state will reissue their mask mandate in schools, churches,
businesses and other indoor public spaces amid a fourth wave
of COVID-19. (The Advocate)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C.
 U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) announces that he has
tested positive for COVID-19 despite having received a COVID-
19 vaccine. (NBC News)

Law and crime

 Belarus at the 2020 Summer Olympics

o Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya enters the Polish embassy in
Tokyo after refusing to board a flight to Belarus at Haneda Airport and asking
for Japanese police protection. Her husband has left Belarus and entered
Ukraine. The Japanese government says that it will take measures to protect
Tsimanouskaya's stay as multiple European countries offer her asylum. (Sky
News)
 Police in Hong Kong arrest singer Anthony Wong Yiu-ming for violating campaign laws
in 2018. (The New York Times)

Politics and elections

 2020–21 Malaysian political crisis, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on politics in

Malaysia
o The Dewan Rakyat suspends their special parliamentary meeting for two
weeks after COVID-19 cases were detected in the parliament. Malaysian
opposition MPs, including Anwar Ibrahim and Mahathir Mohamad, gathered in
Merdeka Square after being blocked by police from entering the parliament to
protest the suspension. The MPs demanded for Prime Minister Muhyiddin
Yasin to resign. (CNA)

Sports

 2020 Summer Olympics

o Indonesia at the 2020 Summer Olympics , Badminton at the 2020 Summer
Olympics
  Indonesian Badminton players Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu win
the country's first gold medal for the Women's Doubles category of
badminton. This makes Indonesia the second country, after China, to
have won a gold medal in all five categories of Badminton. (SCMP)
o New Zealand at the 2020 Summer Olympics , Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer
Olympics, LGBT athletes in the Olympic and Paralympic Games
 New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard makes history by becoming
the first transgender woman to compete in the Olympics. (AP)

August 1, 2021 (Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks

 2019–2021 Persian Gulf crisis

o 2021 Gulf of Oman incident
 The United Kingdom and the United States join Israel in blaming Iran
for the strike. British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says that the UK
and its allies are planning a coordinated response. However, an Iranian
Foreign Ministry spokesperson says that the allegation is "baseless".
(AP)
 Insurgency in the Maghreb
o 2021 Niger attacks
 Fifteen troops are killed and six others are missing as Islamists ambush
them in Torodi, Tillabéri Region, Niger. A bomb also exploded as the
soldiers tried to evacuate their wounded. (France 24)
 Central African Republic Civil War
o Militants belonging to the 3R group attack a military position in the village of
Mann, Central African Republic, killing six civilians and wounding several more.
(Al Jazeera)
 Five people, including three Hezbollah members, are killed and several more are
wounded as gunmen open fire at the funeral of Ali Shibli, a Hezbollah member who
was assassinated yesterday in Khalde, Lebanon. Both the attacks are described as
motivated by anti-shi'ism and as a revenge for the killing of a Sunni Arab teenager and
a Syrian last year in the same town. (France 24)

Arts and culture

 YouTube bans News Corp's Sky News Australia channel from uploading new content
for seven days after commentator Alan Jones spread COVID-19 misinformation. This
comes shortly after The Daily Telegraph fired Jones and ended his regular column over
similar concerns. (The Guardian)
 Canada observes "Emancipation Day" nationwide for the first time. The holiday,
commemorating the day in 1834 when the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 came into force
and outlawed slavery in Canada and most of the British Empire, was unanimously
declared by Parliament in March. (Al Jazeera)
 New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern formally apologizes to the Pacific Islander
community for the Dawn Raids, a series of police raids in the 1970s that targeted and
deported Pacific Islanders accused of overstaying their work visas, and says that the
government will create new education and training scholarships for the community,
and an official account of the raids in order to compensate for them. The apology was
 supposed to happen in June, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Al
Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

 2021 Afghanistan flood

o Flash flooding continues for the fourth day in Kamdesh District, Nuristan
Province, killing several more people and bringing the death toll to 113. (Al
Jazeera)
 2021 Turkish wildfires
o The death toll from raging wildfires in southern Turkey rises to eight.
Thousands of tourists are evacuated from Bodrum by the Coast Guard
Command as the fires close in on the port city. (Reuters)

Health and environment

 COVID-19 pandemic
o COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
 COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia
 Cambodia begins a COVID-19 vaccination rollout for teenagers
between the ages of 12 and 17 years old using the Sinovac
CoronaVac vaccine. Prime Minister Hun Sen's grandchildren
are among the first to receive the vaccine. (France 24)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia, Travel restrictions related to the
COVID-19 pandemic
 Saudi Arabia lifts its travel restrictions for the first time since
March 2020 for tourists who have been vaccinated against
COVID-19 using government-approved vaccines. Vaccinated
travellers must register themselves on the data registration
portal introduced by the Ministry of Tourism which also
requires a negative PCR test from the previous 72 hours.
(Hindustan Times)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
 Thailand extends its semi-lockdown measures in 13 provinces
including the Bangkok Metropolitan Region until August 31
and also extends the restrictions into 16 additional provinces
beginning on August 3 due to an increase in the number of
COVID-19 cases in the country. (Bloomberg)
o COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
 COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria, COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria
 Nigeria receives four million doses of the Moderna COVID-19
vaccine from U.S. government. (Africanews)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia, COVID-19 vaccination in Tunisia
 Tunisia receives 1.5 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine
from Italy. (Al-Arabiya English)
o COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
 COVID-19 pandemic in Florida
 The number of patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 in
Florida reaches a record 10,207, surpassing the previous
record of 10,170 people recorded on July 23, 2020. (AP)
 o COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19
pandemic
 Germany begins to require any travellers over the age of 12 who have
been not fully vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19 regardless of
transportation mode to present a negative COVID-19 test result taken
within the previous 48 hours for rapid antigen test and 72 hours for
PCR test amid concerns about the spread of the Delta variant. (DW)

International relations

 North Korea–South Korea relations

o Kim Jong-un's sister Kim Yo-jong warns South Korea against conducting
military drills with the United States, saying that such a move could damage
the talks to resolve the Korean conflict. The two Koreas have been improving
relations lately, with North Korea restoring the border hotlines, which Kim Yo-
jong called a "physical" measure in case the drills take place. (Reuters)

Law and crime

 Five high-ranking army officers and several police officers are arrested in Madagascar
in connection with a failed attempt to assassinate the country's president, bringing the
number of people arrested in connection to the plot to 21. (BBC)

Politics and elections

 2021 Myanmar coup d'état

o On the six-month anniversary of the coup, military junta leader Min Aung
Hlaing names himself Prime Minister "in order to perform the country’s duties
fast, easily and effectively", according to the ruling State Administration
Council. (Reuters)

Sports

 2021 Formula One World Championship

o 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix
 French racing driver Esteban Ocon of Alpine wins his first Formula One
race in his career. (CNN)
 2020 Summer Olympics
o Belarus at the 2020 Summer Olympics , Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics
 Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya is forcibly removed from
the Games by the Belarus Olympic Committee after criticizing officials
for entering her in the 4 by 400 meter relay race without her consent.
Tsimanouskaya has appealed to the IOC for support, and asked
Japanese police for protection at Haneda Airport after she refused to
board a flight to Belarus. (DW)
 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup
o In association football, the United States defeat Mexico 1–0 after extra time in
the final to win their seventh Gold Cup title. (The Straits Times)

July 31, 2021 (Saturday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks

 War in Afghanistan
o Taliban insurgency
 2021 Taliban offensive
 Government forces and the Taliban clash in Herat, the
provincial capital of Herat Province, where the Islamist group
has seized many districts. The Taliban also captures adjoining
border crossings with Iran and Turkmenistan as the United
Nations accuses them of killing a United Nations serviceman
yesterday during an attack on a UN compound. (France 24)
 The Taliban enters Kandahar as intense fighting is reported in
three major cities. Kandahar MP spokesman Gul Ahmad Kamin
says that the fighting there is the worst that has been seen in
20 years, with the Taliban seeking to establish their temporary
capital there. Kamin also says that the situation is worsening
"hour by hour" as he warns that if Kandahar falls, five or six
other provinces in the region would also be captured by the
Taliban. It is also reported that the Taliban made rapid major
gains in rural areas. (BBC)
 Sinai insurgency
o Eight soldiers are killed by ISIL during anti-terrorism operations in northern
Sinai, Egypt. Eighty-nine ISIL militants are also killed. Arms and ammunitions
are confiscated, while hundreds of explosive devices, some explosive belts,
thirteen tunnel entrances and 200 arms-loaded vehicles are destroyed.(Al
Jazeera)
 Yemeni Civil War
o The deputy governor of Al Bayda Governorate says that Houthi insurgents
have taken control of Naman and Nateh districts, displacing many civilians.
(The Defense Post)

Disasters and accidents

 Thirty-three people are dead during a collision between a fuel truck and a crowded bus
in Kibuba, Democratic Republic of Congo. (Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

 COVID-19 pandemic
o COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
 COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
 Tokyo reports a record 4,058 new cases of COVID-19 in the
past 24 hours, while the number of new cases across Japan
reaches a record 12,341. (CBC)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Laos
 Laos reports a record 380 new cases of COVID-19 in the past
24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to
6,299. (The Laotian Times)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
  Malaysia reports a record 17,786 new cases of COVID-19 in
the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed
cases to 1,113,272. (The Star)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan
 Pakistan reports its first five cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Epsilon
variant in Lahore, which was originally detected in California.
(DAWN)
 Sindh province imposes a partial lockdown in Pakistan's largest
city of Karachi in order to reduce the spread of the highly
contagious Delta variant. The lockdown is in effect until August
8. (Hindustan Times)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
 Thailand reports a record 18,912 new cases and 178 deaths
from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide
total of confirmed cases to 597,287 and the nationwide death
toll to 4,857. (The Straits Times)
o COVID-19 pandemic in North America
 COVID-19 pandemic in El Salvador
 El Salvador reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.617 Delta
variant, which was originally detected in India. (Reuters)
 COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
 COVID-19 pandemic in Florida
 Florida reports a record 21,683 cases of COVID-19 in
the past 24 hours, surpassing the previous record of
19,334 cases reported on January 7. (Tampa Bay
Times)
o COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina, COVID-19 vaccination in Argentina
 Health minister Carla Vizzotti reports that Argentina has applied nearly
32 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Argentina has so far
reported 4.9 million cases and over 105,000 deaths from COVID-19.
(CNDigital)
o COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
 Brisbane and surrounding towns enter a lockdown after an increase in
the number of new COVID-19 cases linked to the ongoing cluster in
New South Wales. (The Guardian)
o COVID-19 pandemic in Réunion
 Amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases, the French
overseas territory of Réunion enters a two-week partial lockdown
which restricts the movement of people to 10 km (6.2 mi) during the
day and 5 km (3.1 mi) on Sunday as well as closing all cafés,
restaurants and gyms. A curfew is also being imposed between 6 p.m.
and 5 a.m. when movement is not allowed except for essential
reasons. (France 24)

Politics and elections

 2021 Myanmar protests

o As the six-month anniversary of the military coup against civilian leader Aung
San Suu Kyi approaches, protests occur in Mandalay with university students
waving flags and saying that there is "no possibility of dialogue" with the junta.
 The junta says that former civilian leaders are spreading "biased information".
(Reuters)
 Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina calls on the military to take "responsibility for
threats to national sovereignty and threats to national security" after a plot to
assassinate him was foiled last week. Rajoelina called on the new military graduates to
uphold democracy. (Madagascar Tribune)

Sports

 2020 Summer Olympics

o Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports , Georgia at the 2020 Summer
Olympics, Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics
 The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic
Games revokes accreditation for two Georgian judokas for violating
COVID-19 protocols by leaving the athletes village for a sightseeing trip
to meet "one of their good acquaintances" who lives in Japan. (BBC)
o Qatar at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer
Olympics
 Qatari weightlifter Fares El-Bakh wins the men's 96 kg event, receiving
Qatar's first-ever Olympic gold medal. (The Peninsula)

July 30, 2021 (Friday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks

 War in Afghanistan
o Taliban insurgency
 2021 Taliban offensive
 The Taliban enters Lashkargah, the provincial capital of
Helmand Province, capturing large areas of the city, according
to a provincial government spokesman, who reported heavy
fighting between government forces and the Islamist group as
civilians flee the city. (Reuters)
 2019–2021 Persian Gulf crisis
o 2021 Gulf of Oman incident
 A Romanian captain and a British bodyguard are killed in a suicide
drone attack on a Liberian-flagged Japanese-owned oil tanker,
belonging to an Israeli company, near the coast of Oman. (Al Jazeera)
 Two supporters of the Zambian political-leading party Patriotic Front are stabbed to
death by supporters of the opposition party National Development in the capital
Lusaka, amid an increasing tension over the imminent elections. Four people are
arrested. (Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

 COVID-19 pandemic
o COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
 COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia
 Cambodia imposes a two-week lockdown in eight provinces
bordering Thailand as well as a nationwide night curfew in an
 effort to reduce the resurgence of COVID-19 cases caused by
the Delta variant. (Anadolu Agency)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Israel, COVID-19 vaccination in Israel
 Israel begins the world's first third-dose vaccination campaign
for people over 60 years old, with president Isaac Herzog and
his wife Michal receiving a third dose of the Pfizer–BioNTech
COVID-19 vaccine. (Haaretz)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
 Japanese health minister Norihisa Tamura says that the
country has entered an "extremely frightening" stage of the
pandemic as the number of cases increases in Tokyo. The
government also extends the state of emergency in the capital
and expands it to three surrounding prefectures and the city
of Osaka from August 2 to August 31. (BBC)
 COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines , COVID-19 community
quarantines in the Philippines
 The National Capital Region will be placed under the strictest
Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in an effort to reduce
the resurgence of COVID-19 cases caused by the Delta variant.
The ECQ will be in effect from August 6 to August 20. (ABS-
CBN News)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam
 Vietnam reports a record 8,649 new cases of COVID-19 in the
past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of
confirmed cases to 137,062. (Vietnam Plus)
o COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
 COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, Travel restrictions related to the
COVID-19 pandemic
 Angela Merkel's cabinet approves a plan to require travellers
over the age of 12 who have not been vaccinated or recovered
from COVID-19 to show a negative COVID-19 test result
regardless of whether they are travelling by airplane, car or
train. People travelling to Germany from "virus variant areas"
will also require a negative test result, even if they have been
vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19. These rules will
be in effect beginning on August 1. (DW)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
 Moscow abolishes a widely-flouted requirement for people to
wear gloves on public transport and in shops and other public
places as the number of COVID-19 cases declines. (Reuters)
o COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
 COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya
 Kenya bans all public gatherings and in-person meetings, as
well as extends the nationwide curfew to from 10:00 p.m. to
4:00 a.m., in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19. (Al
Jazeera)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda
 Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni eases its second
nationwide lockdown that allow some business hubs, private
and public transport to reopen and operated with restricted
capacity limits due to drop of positivity rate of COVID-19 in the
country. (Bloomberg)
 o COVID-19 pandemic in North America
 COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
 The United States surpasses 100,000 daily reported cases for
the first time since February 11. (The New York Times)

International relations

 2021 Cuban protests

o The United States places sanctions on the Cuban police force and two of its
police leaders. (CNBC)
 Philippines–United States relations
o Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte suspends the termination process of the
Visiting Forces Agreement, a military pact between the Philippines and the
United States. (Reuters)

Law and crime

 Hong Kong national security law

o Twenty-four-year-old Tong Ying-kit is sentenced to nine years in prison after
being convicted last week for driving his motorcycle into three riot police last
year. (Reuters)
o Police arrest a 40-year-old man at a mall for booing the Chinese national
anthem during the ceremony for Hong Kong's first gold medal at the 2020
Summer Olympics. Police added that the man also carried a Hong Kong
colonial flag and that he was arrested on grounds of the man's aim to "incite
hatred and politicize sports". (Reuters)
 Immigration detention in Australia
o An Iranian Kurdish asylum seeker living among the community in Australia
sues the Commonwealth government in the Federal Court for detaining him in
two hotel rooms for over a year. This is the latest in a growing movement of
refugees suing Australia for alleged human rights abuses. (The Guardian)
 2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis
o The European Court of Justice confirms the lifting of parliamentary immunity
of MEPs and Catalan independence leaders Carles Puigdemont, Toni Comín
and Clara Ponsatí, thereby allowing Spanish courts to prosecute and extradite
them to Spain. (Euronews)
 Western Togoland
o Charles Komi Kudzordzi, leader of the Home Study Group Foundation, is
arrested by Ghanaian national security officials for declaring parts of the Volta
Region independent in 2019. (GhanaWeb)

July 29, 2021 (Thursday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks

 Syrian civil war

o 2021 Daraa clashes
 Eight Syrian soldiers, seven rebel fighters and eight civilians are killed
in clashes in Daraa Governorate. (SOHR)
 War in Afghanistan
 o Taliban insurgency
 2021 Taliban offensive
 A U.S. government watchdog charged with monitoring events
on the ground says that the Afghan government will be
"fighting for its life" and could fall under the control of the
Taliban once the withdrawal of foreign troops is completed.
The report states that Afghan "unprepared forces" are facing
an "existential crisis" in response to the increasing Taliban
attacks. (Voice of America)
 Tigray War
o Fighting escalates in Ethiopia's Amhara Region as Tigray Defense Forces (TDF)
continue their offensive. Federal forces as well as Amharan militiamen are
fighting the TDF on three fronts. Clashes are also reported in the Afar Region,
to the east, with Ethiopian officials accusing Tigrayan forces of attempting to
seize the N'Djamena–Djibouti Highway. (BBC)
 Central African Republic Civil War
o The United Nations Security Council extends an arms embargo and targeted
sanctions on the Central African Republic for another year. China was the only
UNSC member to abstain from the vote. (U.S. News)

Arts and culture

 The Royal Spanish Academy confirms that Alfonso de Palencia's dictionary dates from
1492, so it predates Antonio de Nebrija's "Latin-Spanish Dictionary" and becomes the
earliest known Spanish vocabulary. (El País)

Disasters and accidents

 2021 wildfire season

o 2021 California wildfires
 The Dixie Fire grows to 221,504 acres, making it the 13th largest
wildfire in California. (San Francisco Chronicle)
o 2021 Turkish wildfires
 Three people are killed and 58 more wounded during multiple
simultaneous wildfires in Manavgat, Antalya. The fires cause mass
evacuations in several provinces. (Associated Press)
 Flash flooding kills at least 60 people and leaves several others missing in Kamdesh,
Afghanistan, amid torrential rains. (BBC)
 A huge fire destroys part of the Cinemateca Brasileira, in São Paulo, that have the
largest collection of "moving image" in Latin America. (EFE)

Health and environment

 COVID-19 pandemic
o COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
 COVID-19 pandemic in India
 COVID-19 pandemic in Kerala
 Kerala announces a total weekend lockdown on July
31 and August 1 due to an increase in the number of
COVID-19 cases. (Hindustan Times)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Israel
  COVID-19 vaccination in Israel
 Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announces that a
booster shot will be offered for people aged 60,
making Israel the first country to do so. (AP)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
 Tokyo reports a record for the third consecutive day of 3,865
new cases of COVID-19, while the number of new cases across
Japan surpasses 10,000 for the first time. (The Asahi Shimbun)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan
 Pakistan announces that they will ban air travel for
unvaccinated people, as well as entry to schools for both staff
and students over the age of 18 beginning on August 1 and will
also require public sector workers, public transport workers
and retail staff to get vaccinated beginning on August 31 or
risk a ban on entry to shopping malls, restaurants, and
government offices. (U.S. News and World Report )
 COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
 Thailand reports a record for the second consecutive day of
17,669 new cases, thereby bringing the nationwide total of
confirmed cases to 561,030. The country also reports a record
165 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the
nationwide death toll to 4,562. (The Straits Times)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Uzbekistan
 Uzbekistan reports a record 879 new cases of COVID-19 in the
past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of
confirmed cases to 127,506. (AKIPress)
o COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
 COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
 COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland , Travel restrictions
related to the COVID-19 pandemic
 Northern Ireland announces that it will allow fully-
vaccinated travellers from amber list European Union
countries as well as the United States to enter without
needing to quarantine beginning on August 1. (The
Guardian)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
 Portugal announces three phases for lifting its COVID-19-
related restrictions, including ending localized curfews and
operating hours restrictions for restaurants, stores and
cultural venues on August 1 as the number of cases continues
to decline. However, bars and discothèques will only be
allowed to reopen in October. (ABC News)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
 Russia reports a record 799 deaths from COVID-19 in the past
24 hours for the third time in a month, bringing the
nationwide death toll to 156,277. (The Moscow Times)
o COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
 COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
 U.S. President Joe Biden announces that federal employees
will be required to receive a COVID-19 vaccine or undergo a
COVID-19 test. He also urges The Pentagon to approve a
 COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the United States military.
(Business Insider)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Arkansas
 Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson declares a public health
emergency in Arkansas amid an increase in the number of
COVID-19 cases. He also announces a special legislative
session to change the law that prevents public schools from
issuing mask mandates. (KATV-TV)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Vermont
 Vermont becomes the first U.S. state to vaccinate 70% of
people aged 12 to 17. (NECN)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C.
 Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser issues a mask mandate
for indoor public spaces as part of an effort to reduce the
spread of COVID-19. The mandate will be in effect on July 31.
(The Hill)
o Over 4 billion doses of the COVID-19 vaccine has been administered
worldwide. (Medical Xpress)

Law and crime

 LGBT rights in Uganda

o Local human rights activists in Uganda petition President Yoweri Museveni not
to sign a controversial bill against gay sex into law as it could increase
discrimination and hate crimes and incite violence against gay men. The bill
further criminalizes homosexuality by punishing "penetration of another
person’s anus" with up to 10 years' imprisonment. Richard Lusimbo, a 34-year-
old activist, says that even people suspected of being gay will be attacked if
the bill comes into effect. (PLM Daily)

Politics and elections

 Peru's President Pedro Castillo names Guido Bellido of the party Free Peru as his prime
minister. (Reuters)

Sports

 2020 Summer Olympics

o Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports , United States at the 2020
Summer Olympics, Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics
 American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks withdraws from the Olympics
after testing positive for COVID-19. (The Washington Post)
o San Marino at the 2020 Summer Olympics , Shooting at the 2020 Summer
Olympics
 Sammarinese shooter Alessandra Perilli gets third place in the
Women's trap event, winning San Marino its first Olympic medal and
making it the least populous nation to have won a medal. (CNN)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

 War in Afghanistan
o Taliban insurgency
 2021 Taliban offensive
 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that United
Nations reports of civilian deaths in Afghanistan are "deeply,
deeply troubling" as the Taliban gains vital border crossings
and territory. The armed group has said that, if they return to
power, they will treat civilians well and will not allow
Afghanistan to be used as a base for international terrorism.
(Reuters)
 2021 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
o Armenia reports that three of its soldiers were killed in clashes with
Azerbaijani forces in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Armenia says that
Azerbaijan "is deliberately escalating the situation as its forces remain illegally
on Armenia's sovereign territory" while Azerbaijan rejects the accusation and
blames Armenian forces for opening fire first towards Azerbaijani forces in the
district of Kelbajar. (DW)

Business and economy

 Argentina announces that they will pay $250 million to the Paris Club and $350 million
to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to avoid default. Economy minister Martín
Guzmán asks both entities to restructure the debts in order to make payment viable.
The IMF has expressed its willingness for the payment after months of negotiations on
a $45 billion debt acquired by the previous administration. (Ámbito)

Disasters and accidents

 Eighteen migrant workers are dead and at least 30 more are wounded when their bus
is hit by a truck in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India. (BBC)
 Mount Sinabung in the North Sumatra region of Indonesia begins billowing ash up to
4,500 metres (14,800 ft) into the air. Though not yet erupting, authorities warn of lava
flows and an evacuation order is put in place for those living within 5 kilometres
(3.1 mi) of the volcano. (Associated Press)
 An 8.2 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Alaska, with at least two strong
aftershocks (6.2 and 5.6) and prompting tsunami warnings. It is the strongest
earthquake to hit the United States since the 1965 Rat Islands earthquake, which also
occurred off the Alaskan coast. (CNN)

Health and environment

 COVID-19 pandemic
o COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
 COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana, COVID-19 vaccination in Ghana
 Ghana's Food and Drugs Authority approves the usage of the
Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines, bringing the
number of approved vaccines in the country to five.
(Xinhuanet)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Rwanda
  Rwanda imposes tighter lockdown measures in 50 sectors with
high positivity rates in order to reduce the spread of COVID-
19. (KTPress)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Tanzania
 Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu receives her first dose of
the COVID-19 vaccine as the vaccination campaign begins in
the country. (BBC)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe, COVID-19 vaccination in Zimbabwe
 The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe approves the
emergency use of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine made by
Johnson & Johnson after they previously denied approval,
making it the first Western-made vaccine to be approved for
use in the country. (Bloomberg)
o COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
 COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
 Tokyo reports a record for the second consecutive day of
3,177 new cases of COVID-19. (NBC News)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
 Malaysia reports a record 17,405 new cases of COVID-19 in
the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed
cases to 1.06 million. (New Straits Times)
 COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines , COVID-19 community
quarantines in the Philippines
 Philippine business groups support a proposal for a two week
"circuit-breaker lockdown" to be imposed in the National
Capital Region in order to reduce the spread of the SARS-CoV-
2 Delta variant. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
 COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
 South Korea reports a record 1,896 new cases of COVID-19 in
the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of
confirmed cases to 193,427. (The Korea Herald)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
 Thailand reports a record 16,533 new cases of COVID-19 in the
past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of
confirmed cases to 543,361. (CNA)
o COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
 COVID-19 pandemic in France
 The French government announces that beginning on August
9, the parliament-approved "Health Pass" will be compulsory
for people who want to visit a café, gym, bar or other public
place, as well as travel on an airplane or by inter-city rail.
However, the legislation needs to be validated by the
Constitutional Council on August 5. (Connexion France)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, COVID-19 vaccination in Germany
 The number of people who have been fully vaccinated against
COVID-19 in Germany reaches 41.1 million, which is nearly half
the country's population. (MedicalXpress)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, COVID-19 vaccination in Italy
 The Italian Medicines Agency approves the usage of the
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for teenagers between the ages of
12 and 17 years old, making it the second vaccine to be
 approved for use in teenagers in Italy after the Pfizer-
BioNTech vaccine. (ANSA)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
 Turkey reports 22,291 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24
hours, which is the first the time the country has reported
more than 20,000 cases since early May. (Reuters)
o COVID-19 pandemic in North America
 COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
 COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta
 Alberta drops their COVID-19 quarantine for close
contacts of cases, as well as relaxing health measures.
(Reuters)
 COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia
 British Columbia reimposes a mask mandate and
declares a COVID-19 outbreak in the Okanagan region
following a rise of cases in Kelowna, Peachland, and
Lake Country. (CBC)
 COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba
 Cuba reports 9,323 cases of COVID-19, a new single-day
record. (Xinhuanet)
 COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
 COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia
 Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issues a mask
mandate for indoor public spaces to combat the
spread of COVID-19. (WAGA-TV)
 COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state)
 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announces that
the state will require COVID-19 vaccines or negative
COVID-19 tests for state workers, making New York
the second U.S. state to do so after California. (The
New York Times)
o COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
 Lockdown restrictions are eased in Victoria and South Australia after a
decline in the number of new COVID-19 cases. New South Wales is
now the only state under a strict lockdown. (9 News)

Law and crime

 LGBT rights in Ghana, 2021 Ghana gay arrests

o Lawmakers in Ghana propose a bill that would criminalize displays of same-sex
affection and the promotion of LGBTQ+ rights with up to ten years in prison. In
May, 21 LGBTQ+ activists were arrested under charges of promoting an
LGBTQ+ agenda and unlawful assembly. Human rights organizations and local
LGBTQ+ groups condemn the proposed bill. (Washington Post)
 Imprisoned Australian publisher Julian Assange is stripped of his Ecuadorian citizenship
due to issues with his application forms and outstanding fees. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

 Belarus–United States relations

 o U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana
Tsikhanouskaya at the White House. Biden reiterates his support for the
Belarusian opposition activists for "[their] quest for democracy and universal
human rights" as Tsikhanouskaya thanks Biden and says that "Belarus will be a
success story". (DW)
 2021 Tunisian political crisis
o Tunisian President Kais Saied sacks Mohamed al-Dahach as head of the
national television network and installs a temporary replacement, following an
incident in the afternoon when al-Dahach forbade a group of journalists and
human rights advocates from appearing on a show allegedly on orders from
the military. (Reuters)
 Socialist rural teacher Pedro Castillo is sworn-in as President of Peru during its
bicentennial. (Andina)

Sports

 2020 Summer Olympics

o United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics , Swimming at the 2020 Summer
Olympics
 Florida swimmer Robert Bobby Finke wins a gold medal at the 800
metre freestyle event, becoming the first American to do so. (Business
Insider)
 Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports , 2021 Major League Baseball season
o The Washington Nationals postpones their game against the Philadelphia
Phillies after 12 people within the organization test positive for COVID-19.
(CNN)

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Business
  COVID-19 recession

Disasters

 COVID-19 pandemic
 2020–21 European windstorm season
 2020–21 H5N8 outbreak
 2021 Atlantic hurricane season
 2021 Pacific typhoon season
 2021 Western North America heat wave
 Madagascar food crisis
 Water crisis in Iran
 Yemeni famine

Politics

 Afghan peace process

 Arab protests
 Belarusian protests
 Brazilian protests
 Colombian tax reform protests
 Cuban protests
 Eswatini protests
 Haitian protests
 Indian farmers' protests
 Iranian protests
 Jersey dispute
 Libyan peace process
 Lithuanian migrant crisis
 Myanmar protests
 Nicaraguan protests
 Nigerian protests
 Persian Gulf crisis
 Peruvian crisis
 South African unrest
 Sudanese protests
 Tigrayan peace process
 Thai protests
 Tunisian political crisis
 United States racial unrest
 United States Stop Asian Hate protests
 Venezuelan presidential crisis

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Elections and referendums

Recent

 July
o 18: São Tomé and Príncipe, President (1st)
o 26: Saint Lucia, House of Assembly
 August
 o 1: Mexico, Referendum

Upcoming

 August
o 8: São Tomé and Príncipe, President (2nd)
o 12: Zambia, President, National Assembly

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Trials

Recently concluded

 Belarus: Viktar Babaryka

 China: Sun Dawu
 Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai
 Indonesia: Edhy Prabowo, Muhammad Rizieq Shihab
 South Africa: Jacob Zuma
 Spain: 2017 Barcelona attacks
 Switzerland: Alieu Kosiah
 Tonga: ʻAkosita Lavulavu
 United States: Cristhian Bahena Rivera, Stephen Calk, Ed Buck

Ongoing

 Argentina: Rodolfo Martín Villa

 Armenia: Serzh Sargsyan
 Belarus: Sergei Tikhanovsky
 Colombia: Álvaro Uribe
 France: Nicolas Sarkozy
 India: Disha Ravi
 Indonesia: Juliari Batubara, Nurdin Abdullah
 Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu
 Kyrgyzstan: Almazbek Atambayev
 Malta: Yorgen Fenech
 Spain: Bárcenas affair, Barçagate
 Sudan: Omar al-Bashir
 Vatican City: Giovanni Angelo Becciu
 International: Ali Kushayb, The Gambia v. Myanmar

Upcoming

 Canada: Raj Grewal

 Kosovo: Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli
 Lesotho: Maesiah Thabane
 Rwanda: Paul Rusesabagina
 United Kingdom: Apsana Begum
 United States: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Elizabeth Holmes, Meng Wanzhou, R. Kelly,
Ghislaine Maxwell, Allen Weisselberg
 Zimbabwe: Ignatius Chombo
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Sport

 Multi-sport events
o 2020 Summer Olympics
 Association football
o 2021 Copa Libertadores final stages
o 2020–21 UEFA Nations League
o 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
o 2021 Major League Soccer season
 Women's association football
o 2021 NWSL season
 Baseball
o 2021 MLB season
 Cricket
o ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League 2020–2023
o 2019–2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2
o ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Challenge League 2019–2022
 Golf
o 2021 European Tour
o 2021 LPGA Tour
o 2020 PGA Tour Champions
o 2021 Ladies European Tour
o 2020–21 PGA Tour
 Motorsport
o 2021 Formula One Championship
o 2021 Rally Championship
o 2021 MotoGP
o 2021 Supercars Championship
 Rugby league
o 2021 NRL season
o 2021 Super League
 Rugby union
o 2021 Bunnings NPC
o 2021 Super Rugby season
 Tennis
o 2021 ATP Tour
o 2021 WTA Tour
o 2020–21 Davis Cup (Finals)
 Other sports seasons
o 2021 International cricket season

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Recent deaths

July

 31: Paco Cabanes Pastor

 30: Rachel Oniga
 29: Jaime Chamorro Cardenal
 29: Richard Lamm
 29: Carl Levin
 29: Janet Banana
 29: Albert Vanhoye
 28: Ron Popeil
 28: Giuseppe Giacomini
 27: Dusty Hill
 27: Gianni Nazzaro
 26: Brazo de Plata
 26: Mike Enzi
 26: Mike Howe
 26: Joey Jordison
 26: Fernando Karadima
 25: Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
 25: Bob Moses
 24: Rodney Alcala
 24: Dieter Brummer
 24: Jackie Mason
 23: Alfred Biolek
 23: John Cornell
 23: Steven Weinberg
 22: Boris Chochiev
 22: Greg Knapp
 20: Françoise Arnoul
 20: Anita Novinsky
 19: Arturo Armando Molina
 19: Tolis Voskopoulos
 18: Tom O'Connor
 17: Pilar Bardem
 16: Biz Markie
 16: Danish Siddiqui
 15: Andy Fordham
 15: Jerry Lewis
 15: William F. Nolan
 15: Gloria Richardson
 15: Peter R. de Vries
 14: Mamnoon Hussain
 14: Jeff LaBar
 14: Kurt Westergaard
 12: Edwin Edwards
 12: Paul Orndorff
 12: Paulose II
 11: Charlie Robinson
 11: Renée Simonot
 10: Esther Béjarano
 10: Travis Fulton
 10: Dick Tidrow
 9: Frank Lui
 9: Geoff Makhubo
 9: Jehan Sadat
 7: Robert Downey Sr.
 7: Dilip Kumar
 7: Jovenel Moïse
  7: Chick Vennera
 6: Suzzanne Douglas
 6: Patrick John
 6: William H. Pauley III
 5: Raffaella Carrà
 5: Richard Donner
 5: Vladimir Menshov
 5: William Smith
 4: Sanford Clark
 4: Harmoko
 4: Matīss Kivlenieks
 3: James Kallstrom
 3: Haunani-Kay Trask

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Ongoing conflicts

Africa

 Algeria, Libya and Tunisia

o Maghreb insurgency
 Cameroon
o Anglophone Crisis
 Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria
o Boko Haram insurgency
 Central African Republic
o Civil War
 Chad
o Insurgency in Northern Chad
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
o Kivu conflict
o Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
o Ituri conflict
o Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
 Ethiopia
o Tigray War (spillover)
 Ethiopia and Sudan
o Sudanese–Ethiopian clashes
 Ghana
o Western Togoland Rebellion
 Mali
o Mali War
 Mozambique
o Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
 Nigeria
o Communal conflicts in Nigeria
 Somalia
o Civil war
 Sudan
o War in Darfur
o South Kordofan conflict
o Sudanese nomadic conflicts (incl. South Sudan)
  Western Sahara
o Western Sahara conflict
 2020–2021 Western Saharan clashes

Americas

 Colombia
o Colombian conflict
 Mexico
o Mexican drug war
 Peru
o Internal conflict in Peru
 Paraguay
o Insurgency in Paraguay

Asia-Pacific

 Afghanistan
o Afghanistan War
 2021 Taliban offensive
 India
o Khalistan movement
o Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
o Insurgency in Northeast India
 India and Pakistan
o Kashmir conflict
 Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines
o Moro conflict
 Cross border attacks in Sabah
 Indonesia
o Papua conflict
 Myanmar
o Internal conflict in Myanmar
 Kachin conflict
 Karen conflict
 Rohingya conflict
 Pakistan
o Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
o Insurgency in Balochistan
 Philippines
o Communist rebellion
o Philippine drug war
 Thailand
o South Thailand insurgency

Europe

 Armenia and Azerbaijan

o Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
 Ukraine
o War in Donbass
 Russo-Ukrainian War
  Ireland and the UK
o Dissident Irish republican campaign
 Turkey
o Kurdish–Turkish conflict

Global

 War on terror

Middle East

 Egypt
o Sinai insurgency
 Iran and the Persian Gulf
o Iran–Israel proxy conflict
o Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict
 Iraq
o American-led intervention in Iraq
o Iranian intervention in Iraq
 Iraq and Syria (map)
o International military intervention against ISIL
 Israel and Gaza
 Israel and Syria
o Israeli-Syrian border conflict
 Syria
o American-led intervention in Syria
o Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war
o Turkish occupation of northern Syria
 Yemen and Saudi Arabia
o Yemeni Civil War
o Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
o Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict

Further information: List of ongoing armed conflicts

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