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Olympics closing ceremony

• The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change releases the first part of its Sixth Assessment Report on the state of knowledge of climate change and its effects.
• The Summer Olympics close (ceremony pictured) in Tokyo, Japan, with the United States winning the most gold and total medals.
• Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya travels to Poland on a humanitarian visa after attempts by the Belarus Olympic Committee to repatriate her against her will.

Ongoing:

• Afghanistan Taliban offensive
• COVID-19 pandemic

Recent deaths:

• Rand Araskog
• Olivia Podmore
• Jean "Binta" Breeze
• Lester Bird
• Markie Post
• Najma Chowdhury

Current events of August 12, 2021 (2021-08-12) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2021 Taliban offensive
  • The Taliban captures Ghazni, provincial capital of Ghazni Province, putting the armed group on their "main road to Kabul" as US officials warned yesterday that Kabul could rapidly fall to the Taliban. Human rights organizations have accused the Taliban of deliberately targeting civilians, which they have denied, and called for an investigation. Also, amid the rapid advance of the Taliban, an Afghan government spokesman says that the central government proposes a "shared power" with the Taliban as long as violence comes to a halt. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
  • Afghan authorities arrest Dawood Laghmani, Governor of Ghazni, for abandoning the city of Ghazni when the Taliban captured the provincial capital. The Interior Ministry also reports the arrest of many of his colleagues. (ANI News)

Disasters and accidents

• A helicopter carrying 13 tourists and three crew members crashes into the Kurile Lake, Russia. Eight of the people on board have survived, while the fate of the eight others is unknown so far. (BBC)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Australian Capital Territory
      • The Australian Capital Territory enters lockdown after the first locally acquired case of COVID-19 in over a year were reported. Every state and territory on the east coast of Australia, where the majority of the national population lives, is now under lockdown. The last time this was the case was at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. (The Australian)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
    • Malaysia reports a record 21,688 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,342,215. (Free Malaysia Today)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
    • Russia reports a record 808 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 168,049. (The Moscow Times)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
    • Thailand reports a record 22,782 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 839,771. (Inquirer)

Law and crime

• Armed men in Ankara, Turkey, attack shops, houses and cars owned by Syrian citizens. The assaults erupted after the yesterday killing of a Turkish teenager during a fight between Syrians and locals, and the wounding of two Turkish men who were stabbed by a Syrian man in another incident. (BBC)

Current events of August 11, 2021 (2021-08-11) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War in Afghanistan
  • Taliban insurgency
    • 2021 Taliban offensive
      • The Taliban captures its ninth provincial capital in six days, seizing Fayzabad, the capital of Badakhshan Province, amid a rapid advance in northern Afghanistan. The capture came as President Ashraf Ghani appeals to local warlords to confront and fight the Taliban. The jihadist group also took control of Kunduz Airport, after hundreds of Afghan National Security Forces personnel in the area surrendered with all of their military equipment. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
      • United States officials warn that Kabul could be isolated and could fall under Taliban control in 1–3 months. (ANI News)
      • Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan says that the Taliban "will not negotiate with the Afghan government as long as Ghani is the president". Khan further states that he "tried to persuade the Taliban" months ago but that they remained firm on their stance. (Reuters)
      • Chief of General Staff of the Afghan Armed Forces Wali Mohammad Ahmadzai is removed by President Ashraf Ghani as the Afghan military continues to collapse across the country. (BBC)
      • The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms that the government will evacuate military, interpreters and other local workers who collaborated with the Spanish mission. (El Mundo)
• Tigray War
  • The leader of the Oromo Liberation Army announces that his group is now supporting Tigrayan forces fighting the government. (AP)
• Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
  • Amnesty International and Project Ploughshares accuse the Canadian government of violating the Arms Trade Treaty by supplying weapons to Saudi Arabia that could then be used in Yemen. Canada became a signatory of the treaty in 2019. (Al Jazeera)
• Second Libyan Civil War
  • An investigation by the BBC into the involvement of Russian mercenary group Wagner Group in the recent Libyan conflict reveals that the group engaged in several war crimes, such as killings of prisoners of war, intentional killings of civilians, and leaving unmarked mines in civilian areas. The investigations also revealed that Yevgeny Prigozhin, a businessman with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, was involved in the group's operations, and that the group likely obtained their weapons and supplies from the Russian military. The investigation was made possible by data on a Samsung tablet that was left behind in the battle of Tripoli and a document provided by Libyan intelligence services. (BBC) (RFE/RL)

Business and economy

• Lebanese liquidity crisis
  • The Central Bank of Lebanon ends fuel subsidies, announcing that they would instead offer "credit lines for fuel imports based on the market price for the Lebanese pound". The decision is likely to result in a significant increase in fuel prices amid an economic crisis in the country. (Reuters)
• Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
  • Train drivers across Germany go on strike to demand better pay in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing 700 trains, including 190 freights, to a standstill. The strike is expected to end early Friday. (Reuters)
• Poland's Sejm votes 226–218 to pass a bill strengthen the country's ban on non-European Economic Area entities from owning a majority stake in its broadcast networks. The opposition, American politicians, and TVN24, whose ownership by American media company Discovery, Inc. is being targeted by the bill, criticize it as a restriction on free speech. It goes to the Senate for a final vote. (Reuters) (Bloomberg)

Disasters and accidents

• Wildfires in 2021
  • 2021 Algeria wildfires
    • The death toll from the wildfires in northern Algeria increases to 65, as the country is battling a total of 69 fires for the fourth consecutive day. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune declares three days of national mourning for the wildfire victims. (BBC)
  • 2021 Calabria wildfires, 2021 Sicily wildfires
    • Two more people are killed by wildfires in Calabria, Italy, bringing the death toll there to 4, while a man is also killed by wildfires in Sicily. (Il Fatto Quotidiano)
• At least 10 people are killed and dozens more are trapped under debris during a landslide in a Himalayan district in Himachal Pradesh, India. (BBC)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh
      • Bangladesh lifts most of its lockdown measures, allowing banks, shops and shopping malls to reopen and for buses and trains to operate at half capacity despite an increase in the number of COVID-19 infections and deaths primarily due to the Lineage B.1.617 Delta variant. (The New York Times)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China, COVID-19 vaccination in mainland China
      • The National Medical Products Administration approves China's first mixed-COVID-19 vaccine trial combining the CoronaVac vaccine made by Sinovac and the DNA-based vaccine made by Inovio. (France 24)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
      • Iran reports a record 42,541 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 4.28 million. (Tasnim News Agency)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
      • Japan reports a record 15,813 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. (United Press International)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
      • South Cotabato reports their first case of the Lineage B.1.351 Beta variant in a patient who had a history of traveling to Davao City. (MindaNews)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
      • South Korea reports a record 2,223 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 216,206. (The Straits Times)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
      • Thailand surpasses 800,000 cases of COVID-19. (The Star)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark
      • COVID-19 vaccination in Denmark
        • Denmark confirms that they will purchase 280,000 doses of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for a total price of 37 million crowns ($5.84 million) or roughly $20.9 per dose as part of a European Union agreement with Novavax. (Reuters)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
      • COVID-19 vaccination in Spain
        • The Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices approves the first round of clinical trials on humans of the PHH-1V vaccine made by Hipra. (Barron's)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
      • COVID-19 vaccination in Turkey
        • The number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Turkey surpasses 80 million, with 50% of people over the age of 18 being fully vaccinated. (Daily Sabah)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in North America
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic
      • Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino announces that Canada will issue a vaccine passport for international travel. (U.S. News & World Report)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
      • Mexico surpasses three million cases of COVID-19 after reporting a record 22,711 new cases in the past 24 hours. (Bloomberg)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
      • COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
        • COVID-19 pandemic in California
          • California Governor Gavin Newsom announces that healthcare workers in the state will be required to receive the COVID-19 vaccine or undergo COVID-19 testing. (KSBY-TV)
        • COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota
          • Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announces that state government employees will be required to receive the vaccine or undergo testing for COVID-19. (AP)
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Oregon
        • Oregon Governor Kate Brown reissues a mask mandate for indoor public spaces, making Oregon the 10th U.S. state to do so. (Newsweek)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Chile, COVID-19 vaccination in Chile
    • Chile begins to administer booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 55 who have already received two doses of the Coronavac vaccine. (Valor Econômico)

• Vanuatu's health authorities warn their citizens about the transmission of dengue fever after 18 cases are reported in Port Vila. Authorities urge all residents to take precautionary measures. (RNZ)

Law and crime

• A British man working at the British embassy in Berlin is arrested by German police on suspicion of spying for Russia. (Reuters)
• A court in Russia opens a criminal investigation into Alexei Navalny, who is already serving a 2 and a half year sentence for parole violations. The move comes one day after another court opened a criminal investigations into Navalny's allies Leonid Volkov and Ivan Zhdanov. (Reuters)
• The Libyan Military Prosecutor's Office issues an arrest warrant for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of late dictator Muammar Gaddafi and prospective candidate in the upcoming elections, for his connections to the Wagner Group. (The Libya Observer)

Politics and elections

• The President of Bougainville Ishmael Toroama says that the region needs to take a holistic approach in order to gain full independence from Papua New Guinea. Toromoa pointed towards receiving international aid to build an economy for the region which overwhelmingly voted for independence in a referendum in 2019. (RNZ)

Science and technology

• Climate change in Europe
  • Climate change in Italy
    • Amid an unprecedented heatwave and ongoing wildfires, regional authorities report a temperature reading of 48.8°C (119.8°F) on the island of Sicily. If verified by the World Meteorological Organization it would be the hottest temperature ever recorded in both Italy and Europe. (BBC)
• YouTube suspensions, COVID-19 misinformation
  • YouTube suspends the account of U.S. Senator Rand Paul for one week for spreading misinformation about the effectiveness of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Paul subsequently stated in a tweet that he considered the suspension to be "a badge of honor". (The Guardian)

Current events of August 10, 2021 (2021-08-10) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War in Afghanistan
  • Taliban insurgency
    • 2021 Taliban offensive
      • The Taliban tightens its grip in many districts and cities in northern Afghanistan as President Ashraf Ghani calls on local militias to fight the armed group. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby says that the United States is willing to continue their airstrike campaign against the Taliban but warned that "it is up to the Afghan government to defend themselves" and also added that "it is their struggle". (Reuters)
      • The Taliban captures the city of Farah, the capital of the southwestern Farah Province, as well as the city of Puli Khumri, the capital of the northern Baghlan Province. These are the seventh and eighth provincial capitals to fall under Taliban control in the past five days. (Al Jazeera)
• Tigray War
  • Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed calls on "all eligible citizens" to join the armed forces to "stop the Tigray forces once and for all" and for all Ethiopians to "show patriotism" in this moment. Abiy had promised a swift victory when the war broke out in late 2020, but this changed in June when Tigrayan forces recaptured the region and advanced further into other regions. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2021 Algeria wildfires
  • Wildfires continue in Tizi Ouzou Province, Algeria, killing 25 soldiers during rescue operations and 10 more civilians, bringing the death toll to 42. (Al Jazeera)
• International seafood company Grieg Seafood announces that it has accidentally dumped 4,000 gallons of chlorine in a Norwegian fjord, killing approx. 96,000 fish. The company apologizes and says it will handle the cleanup. (CBS News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh, COVID-19 vaccination in Bangladesh
      • Bangladesh begins to vaccinate Rohingya refugees in 34 camps in Cox’s Bazar district which borders Myanmar as the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases poses health risks in the camps where more than one million refugees are living. (AP)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in East Timor
      • East Timor reports its first community transmitted cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in 12 samples from the Ermera region. (U.S. News and World Report)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
      • Malaysia eases its COVID-19-related restrictions for people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in eight states where the number of cases have been declined that allow people to cross-border travel, play individual outdoor sports, and eat at restaurants. The government also eases the 14-day home quarantine for fully vaccinated people and allow married couple to cross state borders to meet their spouses regardless of their state. (The Jakarta Post)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
      • Singapore begins to ease some social distancing measures and allows indoor dining to resume at food and beverage establishments and increases the maximum group size to five people for those who have been fully vaccinated or who have recovered from COVID-19. However, unvaccinated people are only allowed to dine in groups of up to two people at coffee shops and hawker centres. (Today Online)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
      • Thailand reports a record 235 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 6,588. (Bangkok Post)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
      • Chancellor Angela Merkel and leaders of 16 German states agree to phase out free COVID-19 testing for citizens beginning on October 11 and will begin requiring non-vaccinated people to show a negative test result to enter certain indoor venues as well as to attend cultural, sport, and entertainment events once the infection rate in a region reaches 35 per 100,000 people unless they have recovered from COVID-19 in order to pressure people to get vaccinated. (The Guardian)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
      • The United Kingdom reports 146 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day total of deaths since March 12. (Sky News)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Fiji
    • Fiji surpasses 300 deaths from COVID-19. (RNZ)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Martinique
    • The French overseas department of Martinique enters a three-week strict lockdown that closes all non-essential shops as well as hotels and cultural and leisure venues such as beaches in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Residents must also restrict their movement to within 1 km (0.62 mi) from their homes. (Radio France Internationale)

Law and crime

• Capital punishment in China
  • A court in China upholds the death sentence of a Canadian man convicted of drug smuggling. The man, originally sentenced to 15 years imprisonment, had his sentence upgraded on appeal. Canadian authorities say that the sentence is in retaliation for the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, the CFO of Huawei, in Vancouver in 2018. (DW)
• Russian authorities open a criminal investigation into Leonid Volkov and Ivan Zhdanov, two prominent allies of incarcerated activist Alexei Navalny, for raising funds for a banned political network. It is the first investigation of its kind on Navalny's allies. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Andrew Cuomo sexual harassment allegations
  • Andrew Cuomo announces his resignation as Governor of New York following allegations of sexual harassment, as well as an investigatory report by New York Attorney General Letitia James which stated that Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women during his time in office. Cuomo's resignation will take effect on August 24 and he will be succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, who will become the first woman to serve as Governor of New York. (NBC News)
• The Polish coalition government collapses after Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki dismissed deputy prime minister Jarosław Gowin, who is leading the governing party partner Agreement motivated by disagreements with fiscal policy and a controversial media law. (Politico)

Science and technology

• Climate change in Tunisia
  • Tunisia record its highest ever temperature of 49.0°C (120°F) in the capital Tunis. Meanwhile, wildfires continue to burn in the country's western mountainous region. (Reuters)

Current events of August 9, 2021 (2021-08-09) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War in Afghanistan
  • Taliban insurgency
    • 2021 Taliban offensive
      • The Taliban captures Samangan (Aibak), the provincial capital of Samangan Province, making it the sixth capture of a provincial capital by the Islamist group in the past four days. (Al Jazeera)
      • The Afghan National Security Forces launch a counter-offensive, in an attempt to retake Kunduz, which was captured by the Taliban yesterday. Heavy fighting is reported elsewhere in the northern part of the country, where the Islamist group has launched an offensive. Civilians flee Kunduz, trying to reach Kabul as there are conflicting reports as to who is responsible for dozens of civilian casualties. (Reuters)
• 17 October Revolution
  • Violence occurs in Lebanon due to the severe fuel shortages that are affecting the country, leaving three people dead. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2021 Algeria wildfires
  • Seven people are killed and two others are injured by wildfires in Tizi Ouzou Province, Algeria. (Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in France
      • France begins to require people who want to enter shopping centres, cafés, restaurants, or travel by long-distance bus, train, and airplane, to show a health pass generated by a QR code, which contains either proof of full vaccination, a negative test result from the previous 72 hours, or that the person has recovered from COVID-19. (France 24)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland, COVID-19 vaccination in Switzerland
      • Swissmedic approves the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 12 and 17. (Swissinfo)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland
        • Scotland moves to level zero and removes most of the remaining COVID-19-related restrictions, allowing all hospitality venues, including nightclubs, to reopen at full capacity and to remove most legal social distancing requirements. However, face masks remains mandatory in indoor public settings and on public transport, and must be worn by pupils and teachers at school for the first six weeks of the semester. (BBC)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Brunei
      • Brunei reports a record 42 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours after reporting their first local infections in 15 months, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 406. (Reuters)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
      • Iran reports a record for the second consecutive day of 40,808 new cases and 588 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 4.199 million and the nationwide death toll to 94,603. (Asharq Al-Aswat)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal, COVID-19 vaccination in Nepal
      • Nepal begins administering second doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine dose for nearly 1.4 million elderly people following a months-long delay due to India suspending exports of vaccines due to a substantial increase in the number of cases there. The vaccines were donated by Japan and Bhutan. (Radio France Internationale)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
      • COVID-19 vaccination in Australia
        • The Therapeutic Goods Administration grants provisional approval for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the fourth vaccine to be approved for use in Australia. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Palau
      • Palau reaches herd immunity as 80% of its 12-and-over population are vaccinated against COVID-19. Plans to vaccinate teenagers are underway as tourism reopens in the country. (RNZ)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
      • United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announces that all service members will be required to be vaccinated by mid-September. (ABC News)
      • The U.S. CDC announces that 60% of Americans have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. (Reuters)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Arkansas
      • Arkansas reports 103 hospitalizations from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, a new single-day record. (AP)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt, COVID-19 vaccination in Egypt
    • Egypt receives their first shipment of 261,000 doses of the single-dose Janssen COVID-19 vaccine. (Egypt Independent)
• Guinea reports West Africa's first death from the Marburg virus after a person died from viral hemorrhagic fever. (AP)

International relations

• COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada–United States relations
  • Canada reopens their border to Americans and permanent residents who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 for non-essential travel. All travellers must present a negative COVID-19 test result from the previous 72 hours in order to enter the country. (MarketWatch)
• Foreign relations of Nicaragua
  • Nicaragua recalls its ambassadors to Argentina, Mexico, Costa Rica and Colombia for "consultations" after those countries recalled their ambassadors to Nicaragua over a crackdown on the opposition in Nicaragua. (Reuters)
• Egypt–Russia relations
  • Direct commercial flights between Russia and Egypt resume for the first time since the Metrojet Flight 9268 bombing in 2015, which killed 224 people, most of whom were Russian tourists. A Rossiya Airlines passenger plane landed in Sharm El Sheikh carrying 518 passengers, and was welcomed with a water cannon salute, roses and flags. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• A priest is murdered at a church in Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre, France, by the same person who committed the arson at the Nantes Cathedral in July 2020. He is arrested after confessing to the killing. (BBC)
• A barely legible letter to Pope Francis regarding the Vatican's financial scandals, which contained three bullets and is believed to have originated from France, is intercepted by postal workers in Peschiera Borromeo, near Milan. The letter is being treated by authorities as a possible death threat against Francis. (Newsweek via MSN) (Euronews)

Politics and elections

• Presidency of Jair Bolsonaro
  • The Brazilian government announces that President Jair Bolsonaro will attend a military parade featuring tanks and armored vehicles in Brasília tomorrow, as a preparation for military exercises. The parade is expected to pass near the National Congress building as a controversial bill reinstating paper ballots and ending electronic voting, which is supported by the government, is set to be voted. As the bill is widely expected not to pass, critics argue that Bolsonaro is using the parade as a show of force and intimidation against the Congress. (Correio Braziliense) (UOL)

Science and technology

• Climate change in the Arctic; 2021 Russian wildfires
  • Smoke from wildfires in Siberia is detected in the Geographic North Pole for the first time in recorded history, according to NASA. The space agency says that as of August 6 "most of Russia" is covered in smoke, while Russia's weather monitoring institute Rosgidromet says that the situation "continues to deteriorate" in the far-eastern Sakha region with around 3.4 million hectares (8.4 million acres) of land currently on fire. (The Guardian)

Current events of August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Mali War
  • Mali attacks
    • At least 51 people are killed as Islamist militants storm three villages in central Mali, near the border with Niger. It is one of the deadliest recent terror attacks in the country against civilians. (Reuters)
• War in Afghanistan
  • Taliban insurgency
    • 2021 Taliban offensive
      • The Taliban captures the capitals of the Kunduz, Takhar, and Sar-e Pol provinces. In Kunduz, the Taliban seize key government buildings, leaving the government forces only in control of the airport. In Takhar, the Taliban seize Taloqan, and heavy fighting was reported as the Taliban intensifies its offensive in the north. In Sar-e Pol, the Taliban drive government forces out of the main military base. (BBC)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • Two policemen are killed and 21 more people are wounded as a roadside bombing explode in a street in Quetta, Pakistan, targeting a police mobile van near a hotel. (Al Jazeera)
• Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
  • Rwandan and Mozambican forces retake the city of Mocímboa da Praia, the last rebel stronghold in Cabo Delgado Province. Rwanda had sent 1,000 troops to help Mozambique fight the Islamist insurgency that began in 2017. (BBC)

Arts and culture

• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on religion, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Hajj, COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia
  • The Saudi Arabian government announces that it will begin to allow foreigners who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 to participate in Umrah. Saudi authorities will begin taking travel requests tomorrow. (BBC)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh, COVID-19 vaccination in Bangladesh
      • Bangladesh reports a new single-day record of 2.8 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine administered as part of a six-day special vaccination campaign, in which 2.7 million people received their first dose of the vaccine. (Anadolu Agency)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Brunei
      • Brunei closes all place of worships, all leisure facilities including gyms and sport facilities, postpone social events and bans dine in at restaurants for two weeks after the first local COVID-19 cases in 15 months were reported in the country. All educational institutions also have ordered to return to online learning. (The Jakarta Post)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
      • Iran reports a record of 39,619 new cases and 542 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 4,158,729 and the nationwide death toll to 94,015. (Barron's)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
      • Malaysia reports a record 360 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 10,749. (The Star)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam
      • Vietnam reports a record of 9,690 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 210,405. (The Straits Times)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Queensland
        • Cairns and Yarrabah enter a snap three-day lockdown after an "unexpected" case of COVID-19 was reported in a taxi driver from Kanimbla who was infectious in Far North Queensland for 10 days. (ABC News Australia)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Fiji
      • The Permanent Secretary of Health James Fong announces that the number of COVID-19 infections are continuing to increases in parts of the country, which began with the second wave in April. Fiji is now the hardest-hit country in Oceania and is only second in the number of infections in the region, with the most cases being reported in the U.S. state of Hawaii. (RNZ)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia, COVID-19 vaccination in Tunisia
    • Tunisia launches its "open-air" COVID-19 vaccination drive for people over the age of 40 in 300 vaccination centers across the country after six million doses of the vaccine arrived from overseas. (Al-Arabiya English)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic
    • The United Kingdom lifts its quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated travellers who are returning from or intend to visit France, due to changes in the 'traffic light' system for international travel that saw the suspension of plans to implement a "watchlist". (BBC)

Law and crime

• Tech company Alibaba Group fires multiple senior executives who had silenced an internal complaint of rape and had ordered a social media blackout of the complaint (Chinese: 阿里巴巴员工被性侵案). The case shed light on rape in China and exposed the business culture of forcing female employees to act as hostesses to entertain business clients. (NY Times)
• Chinese prosecutors file a lawsuit against the tech conglomerate Tencent, alleging that the company's "youth mode" for the WeChat application violates laws protecting minors. Authorities did not specify as to which laws the application violates. (The Verge)
• Russian opposition activist Lyubov Sobol, a prominent ally of Alexei Navalny, leaves Russia, days after being sentenced to eighteen months of parole-like restrictions. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2021 Myanmar protests
  • Protests against the military government occur across Myanmar in honor of the anniversary of the 8888 Uprising. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2020 Summer Olympics
  • The Summer Olympics officially end in Tokyo with the closing ceremony. The United States won the most medals and also won the most gold medals, with 113 total medals and 39 gold medals. The Olympic Flag is handed over to the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo in preparation for the 2024 Games. (NBC News)
• 2021 MotoGP World Championship
  • The Styrian Grand Prix is red-flagged in lap 3 after a collision involving Spanish Dani Pedrosa and Italian Lorenzo Savadori that destroyed both motorcycles. (Radio France Internationale)

Current events of August 7, 2021 (2021-08-07) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War in Afghanistan
  • Taliban insurgency
    • 2021 Taliban offensive
      • The Taliban captures Sheberghan, the provincial capital of Jowzjan Province, making it the second capture of a provincial capital by the Islamist group in the past 24 hours. (NDTV)
    • The British and American governments warn their citizens to leave Afghanistan "immediately" amid the Taliban advance and a worsening security situation in the country. (ABC News)
• Fights erupt between two rival factions of the SPLA-IO party in South Sudan, resulting in the deaths of 32 people. (Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Brunei
      • Brunei reports its first seven local COVID-19 cases in 457 days, with five of them being related to a monitoring centre cluster in the country and the remaining two having unidentified origins. (The Star)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India, COVID-19 vaccination in India
      • India issues an emergency use authorization for the single-dose Janssen COVID-19 vaccine. (Livemint)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
      • Japan reports a record for the fourth consecutive day of 15,753 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. (The Mainichi)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
      • Thailand reports a record for the fourth consecutive day of 21,838 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 736,522. The country also reports a record for the second consecutive day of 212 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 6,066. (The Straits Times)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Wales
      • Wales moves to level zero, indicating that most restrictions, including social distancing measures, are lifted. This allows nightclubs to reopen and indoor meetings to be permitted, although masks remain mandatory in most public indoor locations. (Sky News)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
    • Australia reports 361 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, including a record 319 cases in New South Wales, which is the highest single-day total of new cases for the country this year. (CNBC)

Current events of August 6, 2021 (2021-08-06) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War in Afghanistan
  • Taliban insurgency
    • 2021 Taliban offensive
      • Dawa Khan Menapal, head of the Government Media and Information Centre, is assassinated in Kabul. The Taliban claims responsibility for the killing, saying that Menapal "was punished for his actions". (Reuters)
      • The Taliban captures Zaranj, the provincial capital of Nimruz Province, making it the first major capture of a provincial city by the group since the 2001 invasion. A spokesperson for the local police confirms that the city has fallen into Taliban control and blames the lack of reinforcements of military from the central government. (The West Australia)
• Iran–Israel proxy conflict
  • Hezbollah fires twenty rockets at northern Israel from Lebanon, its heaviest barrage since the 2006 war and the second firing of rockets in the past week. The Israel Defense Forces respond with artillery attacks. (The Times of Israel) (VOA)
  • Lebanese Druze villagers confront the Hezbollah rocket-launch convoy after it fires at Israel, accusing the militant group of endangering them by firing projectiles near civilian houses. The Lebanese Army later confiscates the launcher and arrests four suspects. (The Times of Israel) (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Wildfires in 2021
  • 2021 Greece wildfires
    • Mass evacuations are carried out in the northern suburbs of Athens as wildfires continue to burn on the outskirts of the capital. A volunteer firefighter is killed by a fallen electricity pylon, while another man dies in a factory. Twenty more people are wounded. (BBC)
  • 2021 British Columbia wildfires
    • The village of Monte Lake is destroyed by the fast-moving White Rock Lake wildfire, while the city of Kamloops places several of its southern neighbourhoods on evacuation alert. Around 300 fires are currently burning in British Columbia. (The Guardian)
  • 2021 California wildfires
    • The Dixie Fire becomes the third largest wildfire in California's history. (NPR)
  • Severe fires erupt across the region of Calabria, Italy, killing two people in Reggio Calabria. The country is battling several fires, mainly in the centre-south regions and on the two islands. (Il Fatto Quotidiano)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
      • Japan surpasses one million cases of COVID-19. (CBC News)
      • Japan reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Lambda variant in a woman in her 30s who arrived at Haneda Airport on July 20 after travelling to Peru. (The Japan Times)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
      • Malaysia reports a record for the third consecutive day of 20,889 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,224,595. (CNA)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
      • COVID-19 community quarantines in the Philippines
        • Metro Manila, Laguna, Iloilo City, and Cagayan de Oro enter enhanced community quarantine until August 20 for Metro Manila and August 15 for the other regions. (Manila Bulletin)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
      • COVID-19 vaccination in Singapore
        • Indoor dining and other leisure activities will resume in Singapore for fully vaccinated individuals in groups of up to five people beginning on August 10. (CNA)
        • The Ministry of Health announces that it will recognise all COVID-19 vaccines including those listed under the emergency use listing of the World Health Organization beginning on August 10 and that these vaccines will also be included in the statistics of the national vaccination programme. (The Straits Times)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka
      • Sri Lanka suspends state festivals and public gatherings until September 1 and restricts the number of people to 25 for funerals and 150 for weddings amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths. (France 24)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
      • Thailand reports a record for the third consecutive day of 21,379 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 714,684. The country also reports a record 191 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 5,854. (Bangkok Post)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium
      • Seven fully vaccinated residents at a care home in Nossegem, Flemish Brabant, die after contracting the Colombian Lineage B.1.621 variant. (Newsweek)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
      • Greece imposes a curfew and a full ban on music in entertainment venues on the islands of Crete and Zakynthos in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. These measures will be in effect until August 13. (Reuters)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
      • Italy begins to introduce the "Green Pass" where people over the age of 12 must present proof of vaccination of at least one dose, a negative test from the previous 48 hours, or having recovered from COVID-19 in order to enter gyms, theatres and bars, dine in at restaurants, and participate in some leisure activities. (ABC News)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
      • The White House COVID-19 Response Team announces that 50% of Americans have been fully vaccinated. (VOA)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Arkansas
      • An Arkansas judge temporarily blocks a law signed by Governor Asa Hutchinson that bans the state from imposing mask mandates. (Hot Springs Sentinel-Record)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Florida
      • Florida reports a record 22,783 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. (WTVJ)
    • The number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. reaches an average of 100,000 new cases per day for the first time since February. (US News)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in South America
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina
      • Argentina surpasses five million cases of COVID-19 after reporting 13,549 new cases in the past 24 hours. (Infobae)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Peru
      • COVID-19 vaccination in Peru
        • Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, First Lady Lilia Paredes, and Health Minister Hernando Cevallos receive their first doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine. (Xinhuanet)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
    • Prime Minister Scott Morrison states there will be no further laws on the Commonwealth or state levels requiring vaccines in certain workplaces and this will instead be left up to individual businesses to decide. (The Guardian)

International relations

• The Pacific Islands Forum opens with U.S. President Joe Biden addressing the summit, after being invited by Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama. Biden urges the Federated States of Micronesia to rejoin after the country withdrew over disagreements in the election of Henry Puna as the forum's Secretary-General. (RNZ)

Law and crime

• Aftermath of the 2021 United States Capitol attack
  • Criminal charges brought in the 2021 United States Capitol attack
    • New Jersey gym owner Scott K. Fairlamb and Washington resident Devlyn D. Thompson pleads guilty to assaulting U.S. Capitol Police officers during the January 6 riot at the Capitol, becoming the first suspects to do so. (The Washington Post)
• A man stabs passengers riding the Odakyū Odawara Line in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, injuring 10 people. The suspect, a man in his 30s, is arrested after turning himself in at a convenience store. (CNN)

Politics and elections

• 2021 Moldovan parliamentary election
  • The Moldovan parliament elects Natalia Gavrilița as the new Prime Minister of Moldova. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2020 Summer Olympics
  • Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics, LGBT athletes in the Olympic and Paralympic Games
    • Canadian soccer player Quinn becomes the first out, transgender, non-binary athlete to earn an Olympic medal, after winning gold in the women's tournament with the Canadian national soccer team. (NBC News)

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Ongoing events

Business

• COVID-19 recession
• Lebanese liquidity crisis

Disasters

• COVID-19 pandemic
• 2020–21 European windstorm season
• 2020–2021 H5N8 outbreak
• 2021 Atlantic hurricane season
• 2021 Pacific typhoon season
• 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
• Sudanese protests
• Tigrayan peace process
• Thai protests
• Tunisian political crisis
• United States racial unrest
• United States Stop Asian Hate protests
• Venezuelan presidential crisis

Elections and referendums

Recent

• July
  • 26: Saint Lucia, House of Assembly
• August
  • 1: Mexico, Referendum

Upcoming

• August
  • 12: Zambia, President, National Assembly

Trials

Recently concluded

• Belarus: Viktar Babaryka
• China: Sun Dawu, Michael Spavor
• Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai
• Indonesia: Edhy Prabowo, Muhammad Rizieq Shihab
• Russia: Lyubov Sobol
• South Africa: Jacob Zuma
• Spain: 2017 Barcelona attacks
• Switzerland: Alieu Kosiah
• Tonga: ʻAkosita Lavulavu
• United Kingdom: Apsana Begum
• 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
• United States: R. Kelly
• 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 States: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Elizabeth Holmes, Meng Wanzhou, Ghislaine Maxwell, Allen Weisselberg
• Zimbabwe: Ignatius Chombo

Sport

• Association football
  • 2021 Copa Libertadores final stages
  • 2020–21 UEFA Nations League
  • 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
  • 2021 Major League Soccer season
• Women's association football
  • 2021 NWSL season
• Baseball
  • 2021 MLB season
• Cricket
  • ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League 2020–2023
  • 2019–2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2
  • ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Challenge League 2019–2022
• Golf
  • 2021 European Tour
  • 2021 LPGA Tour
  • 2020 PGA Tour Champions
  • 2021 Ladies European Tour
  • 2020–21 PGA Tour
• Motorsport
  • 2021 Formula One Championship
  • 2021 Rally Championship
  • 2021 MotoGP
  • 2021 Supercars Championship
• Rugby league
  • 2021 NRL season
  • 2021 Super League
• Rugby union
  • 2021 Bunnings NPC
  • 2021 Super Rugby season
• Tennis
  • 2021 ATP Tour
  • 2021 WTA Tour
  • 2020–21 Davis Cup (Finals)
• Other sports seasons
  • 2021 International cricket season
  • 2021-22 snooker season
  • 2021–22 curling season

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

August

• 10: Tony Esposito
• 10: Eduardo Martínez Somalo
• 9: Lester Bird
• 9: Cameron Burrell
• 9: Alex Cord
• 9: Bob Jenkins
• 9: Sergei Kovalev
• 9: Chucky Thompson
• 8: Bobby Bowden
• 8: Jaan Kaplinski
• 8: Walter Yetnikoff
• 7: Brad Allan
• 7: Trevor Moore
• 7: Markie Post
• 7: Jane Withers
• 6: Herbert Schlosser
• 5: Brian Henderson
• 5: Yevhen Marchuk
• 5: Richard Trumka
• 4: Razzy Bailey
• 4: Bobby Eaton
• 4: Graham McRae
• 4: J. R. Richard
• 3: Jody Hamilton
• 3: Arthur Dion Hanna
• 3: Kelli Hand
• 3: Antonio Pennacchi
• 2: Elias John Kwandikwa
• 2: Dave Severance
• 1: Francisco Weffort

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: Harry M. Rosenfeld
• 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

Ongoing conflicts

Africa

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

Americas

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

Asia-Pacific

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

Europe

• Armenia and Azerbaijan
  • Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
• Ukraine
  • War in Donbas
    • Russo-Ukrainian War
• Ireland and the UK
  • Dissident Irish republican campaign
• Turkey
  • Kurdish–Turkish conflict

Global

• War on terror

Middle East

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

Further information: List of ongoing armed conflicts

2021 events and developments by topic

Arts

Architecture – Animation – Anime – Comics – Film (Horror, Science fiction) – Home video – Literature – Music (Classical, Country, Rock, Hip hop, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US) – Radio – Television (UK, US, Italy, Scotland) – Video games

Politics and government

Elections – International leaders – Sovereign states – Sovereign state leaders – Territorial governors

Science and technology

Archaeology – Biotechnology – Computing – Palaeontology – Quantum computing and communication – Senescence research – Sustainable energy research – Space/Astronomy – Spaceflight

Environment and environmental sciences

Birding/Ornithology – Climate change

Transportation

Aviation – Rail transport

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

Works and introductions categories

Works – Introductions – Works entering the public domain