Portal:Current events/2016 August 20: Difference between revisions

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

**A suicide bomber targets a Kurdish wedding celebration in the Turkish city of [[Gaziantep]] killing at least 22 people and wounding 94. [http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-blast-idUSKCN10V0TG (Reuters)], [http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/08/20/world/europe/20reuters-turkey-blast.html?ref=world (Reuters via ''New York Times'')]

;Business and economy

*[[India]] announces the new governor of its central bank, the [[Reserve Bank of India]], is [[Urjit Patel]], formerly the RBI's deputy governor for [[monetary policy]]. [http://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-cenbank-governor-idUSKCN10V0E8?il=0 (Reuters)]

;Law and crime

*A 27-year-old Mississippi man kills five people in the U.S. town of [[Citronelle, Alabama]] then kidnaps his pregnant ex-girlfriend from among the victims. Nearby, the [[Greene County, Mississippi]] Sheriff's office takes the surrender and confession of the suspect. [http://www.reuters.com/article/us-alabama-crime-idUSKCN10W019 (Reuters)]

;Sports

**[[Mo Farah]] of [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]] wins the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|men's 5,000 metres]] to go along with his earlier gold medal in the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000 metres]]. By successfully defending his golds from the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Games]] in both events, he becomes only the second man to win these two events at consecutive Olympics, alongside [[Lasse Virén]] of [[Finland]] ([[Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]] and [[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976]]). [http://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/36691466 (BBC)]

**[[Matthew Centrowitz Jr.|Matthew Centrowitz]] wins the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|men's 1,500 metres]] for the first [[United States|American]] gold in the event since [[Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics|1908]]. [http://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/36691464 (BBC)]

**In [[Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|men's football]], [[Brazil national under-23 football team|Brazil]] defeats [[Germany national under-23 football team|Germany]] 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw to claim their first-ever gold medal in the sport. [http://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/36691461 (BBC)]

**In [[Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's individual|women's golf]], [[Inbee Park]] of [[South Korea]] wins the gold medal. [http://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/36691443 (BBC)]

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