At least one person is killed and 14 others are injured in a Russian Iskander missile strike on a hotel in Zaporizhzhia.
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August 10, 2023 (Thursday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Russian forces attack Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast, with mortars and aerial bombs, injuring at least six people.
The Kupiansk city military administration says it will begin evacuating civilians from the Kupiansk Raion of the Kharkiv Oblast due to intense Russian shelling.
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.
Arts and culture
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.
Kuwait bans the American film Barbie over homosexual content, with the Lebanese Minister of Culture proposing a similar ban.
Disasters and accidents
Maui County officials report that the wildfire is 80% contained.
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.
The death toll from the wildfires increases to 53, all in the town of Lahaina in western Maui, Hawaii, United States.
Alaska, United States, reports its worst air quality in recorded history after extreme amounts of smoke enter the state.
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.
International relations
The United States announces an agreement with Iran to repatriate five American citizens in exchange for access to $6 billion in blocked funds.
Philippine President Bongbong Marcos suspends 22 land reclamation projects in Manila Bay due to environmental concerns and the involvement of Chinese state-owned enterprises.
Law and crime
Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso declares a state of emergency following the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito.
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.
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.
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.
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