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Sunday, August 27th, 2023 

Officials in Boston, Massachusetts, announce police will remove tents and other makeshift shelters at the Mass and Cass tent city, an encampment for the homeless, many of whom struggle with mental health issues and substance abuse disorder. (AP) 

U.S. Rep. Cory Mills introduces articles for impeachment against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, accusing Austin of ignoring key intelligence during the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan that caused the deaths of 13 soldiers and the surrender of Kabul to the Taliban. (The Hill) 

Three US Marines are killed and 20 others are injured when their MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor crashes in Melville Island, Northern Territory, Australia. (BBC News) 

Ten Yemeni soldiers from a southern separatist faction are killed and twelve others are injured in an attack by Houthi militants at the border between Al Bayda and Lahij. (AFP via VOA) 

Russia’s Investigative Committee confirms the identities of the bodies recovered at crash site corresponds to the names on the flight list. (The Moscow Times) 

Russia confirms Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin has died in a plane crash on an Embraer Legacy 600. (The Moscow Times) 

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh suspends Foreign Minister Najla El Mangoush for administrative investigation following reports of an unauthorized meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen. (AFP via France 24) 

Police arrest two male Polish citizens suspected of hacking into the national railway communication system, disrupting rail traffic in Poland and issuing false signals. (AFP via Al Arabiya) 

Tropical Storm Idalia forms in the Gulf of Mexico as the tenth tropical storm or subtropical storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. (The New York Times) 

The North Korean government announces the lifting of certain pandemic-era travel restrictions, allowing citizens abroad to return to the country provided that they quarantine for one week. (AFP via WION) 

In golf, Norway’s Viktor Hovland wins the U.S. PGA Tour‘s season-ending Tour Championship and secures the FedEx Cup championship trophy, finishing five strokes ahead of the United States’ Xander Schauffele. (AFP via France 24) 

In artistic gymnastics, Simone Biles sets a new record for the most all-around titles by a gymnast of either gender, surpassing the previous record set by Al Jochim in 1933, after winning her eighth title at the individual all-around event of this year’s USA Gymnastics National Championships. (AFP via Manila Bulletin) 

Saturday, August 26th, 2023 

The Alabama attorney general’s office makes a filing with the Supreme Court of Alabama indicating plans to carry out a death penalty by nitrogen hypoxia, an execution method that is authorized in three US states but has never been used. (AP) 

Three people are killed in a racially motivated mass shooting at a store in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. The perpetrator, who killed himself after the attack, released a manifesto against black people. (AP) 

The ruling Nigerien military government orders the Niger Armed Forces to go on maximum alert, citing an increased threat of attack. (Al Jazeera) 

Seven people are killed after gang members open fire on a protest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (BBC News) 

Four people are killed and twenty are injured in a grenade attack by a former TPLF combatant in Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia.(Borkena) 

The governor of Belgorod Oblast says that Ukrainian shelling and usage of cluster munitions injured six civilians in Urazovo. (Al Jazeera) 

Russian forces shell the front-line city of Kupiansk, killing two people and injuring another. (AP via MSN) 

Russia’s Northern Fleet conducts navy exercises in the Barents Sea aimed at preventing the passage of unauthorised and foreign ships. (Al Jazeera) 

British Museum chair George Osborne announces that the museum has begun the process of recovering 2,000 stolen artifacts. (The Guardian) 

Director of the British Museum Hartwig Fischer resigns, claiming responsibility for insufficient investigation of the recent series of thefts and disappearances of hundreds of items from its collection, including gold jewelry, semi-precious gems and antiquities. (AFP via RTÉ) 

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Ukraine’s foreign ministry expresses opposition to a continuation of European Union import restrictions on its grain after member states including Poland, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary supported an extension. (Al Jazeera) 

The Panama Canal imposes a one-year restriction on ship passage due to severe drought conditions, leading to delays and decreased maritime traffic. (AFP via ABS-CBN News) 

A new brush fire in Maui, United States, burns up to 10 acres in a Kaanapali neighborhood located a few miles from the Lahaina area damaged by wildfires, prompting evacuations. The evacuation order is lifted after the fire was contained. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser) 

Fire department officials in Greece arrest two men on suspicion of setting fires amid ongoing wildfires in the country. (AP) 

Nine people are killed and nine more are injured when a gas canister explodes on a train in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. (BBC News) 

Two people were killed and 46 others were injured in series of explosions at a liquefied petroleum gas station in Crevedia, Romania. (Reuters via RTÉ) 

Three Ukrainian Air Force pilots are killed when two L-39 trainer aircraft collide in midair in Zhytomyr, Ukraine. (Al Jazeera) 

American food delivery platform DoorDash announces that it will pay $1.6 million to its workers after a Seattle Office of Labor Standards investigation finds that the company failed to implement the city’s required sick and safe time policy. (AP) 

Gabonese citizens vote for a president and members of the parliament. (AFP via France 24) 

The government imposes a nightly curfew and suspends internet access following the closure of polls, citing the need to prevent violence and misinformation. (AFP via Le Monde) 

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is re-elected to a second term with 52.6% of the vote, defeating main challenger Nelson Chamisa who garners 44%. Mnangagwa’s ZANU–PF also wins a majority in the National Assembly elections. Chamisa’s Citizens Coalition for Change rejects the results, alleging electoral irregularities. (AFP via SCMP) 

FIFA suspends Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales for 90 days for kissing player Jennifer Hermoso after the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup final. Hermoso says that Rubiales acted without her consent, which Rubiales denies. (AFP via France 24) 

American triathlete Taylor Knibb wins her second consecutive Ironman 70.3 World Championship title with a time of 3:53:02, five seconds ahead of runner-up Kat Matthews. (Tri247) 

Friday,  August 25th, 2023 

Yale University and a student group announce they have reached a settlement in a U.S. federal lawsuit that accused the Ivy League school of discriminating against students with mental health disabilities, including pressuring them to withdraw. (AP) 

George Soros founded Grantmaking network Open Society Foundations plans to significantly reduce their activities in Europe and lay off much of their staff. The change coincides with Alex Soros‘s announcement of a shift to a new operating model. (AP) 

Yan Petrovsky, one of the leaders of the Russian far-right paramilitary Rusich Group, is detained in Finland. Ukraine has sent a request for Petrovsky’s extradition. (Meduza)

Estonia‘s pro-Ukrainian Prime Minister, Kaja Kallas, comes under pressure to resign after it was revealed her husband’s company indirectly undertook business in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine. (AP) 

Norway announces that it will spend 63 million kroner (US$6 million) each year on grain reserves due to environmental and geopolitical concerns. (AP) 

Two telecommunication companies in Haiti, Digicel and Access Haiti, said their fiber optic cables were severed this week, temporarily disrupting service in suspected acts of sabotage by criminal gangs. (AP) 

The United Auto Workers of the United States vote to call a strike if contract negotiations with Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis are not finalized by the stated deadline. (AFP via RFI) 

A U.S. federal control board files a new plan for restructuring $10 billion in debt owned by Puerto Rico’s power company in an attempt to end bankruptcy negotiations. (AP) 

At least 12 people are killed and 80 are injured in a human crush during the opening ceremony of the Indian Ocean Island Games at the Mahamasina Municipal Stadium in Antananarivo, Madagascar. (Reuters) 

The Somali National Army reports the killing of 27 al-Shabaab militants near Awdheegle, Lower Shabelle, along with the destruction of militant hideouts, as part of an ongoing campaign to secure areas previously under al-Shabaab control. (Xinhua) 

The ruling Nigerien military junta orders the ambassadors of France, Germany, Nigeria, and the United States to leave the country. France rejects the ultimatum, claiming they do not recognize its authority, while the US claims it has received no request to withdraw its personnel from Niger. (Reuters) (AFP via SCMP) 

Monaco’s judicial authorities announce they have closed a probe against Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister Najib Mikati and his family over corruption allegations due to lack of evidence. (AP) 

A Pakistani doctor and former Mayo Clinic research coordinator who sought to join the Islamic State terrorist group to fight in Syria and expressed interest in carrying out attacks in the U.S. is sentenced to 18 years in prison. (AP) 

Sandra Torres, who lost Guatemala’s presidential election, files a complaint alleging fraud in the way the votes were counted. (AP) 

The 19th edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup opens, with the Philippine Arena setting a World Cup attendance record of 38,115 during the co-hosts‘ opening game against the Dominican Republic. (AP) 

Norway announces it will spend 63 million kroner ($6 million) per year until the end of the decade stocking up on grain due to environmental and geopolitical reasons. (AP) 

The 19th edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup opens, with the Philippine Arena setting a World Cup attendance record of 38,115 during the co-hosts‘ opening game against the Dominican Republic. (AP) 

Colombia introduces passports with a non-binary option, following a 2022 court ruling that permitted such identification on official documents. (AFP via Philippine Daily Inquirer) 

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