Portal:Current events/2019 August 28: Difference between revisions

*Three [[State of Palestine|Palestinian]] police officers are killed and several wounded in two separate [[suicide attack]]s on [[police checkpoint]]s. [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIL]]'s affiliate in [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]], the [[Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade]], are the suspected perpetrators. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-49491516 (BBC)]

*Border Police announce they have detained an unnamed man who tried to bring a [[pipe bomb]] into Samaria Military Court in [[Salim, Nablus]], on the [[West Bank]]. [https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-caught-with-pipe-bomb-at-west-bank-military-court/ (The Times of Israel)]

*Three people are killed amidst heavy rains in southwestern [[Japan]]. Authorities ask almost one million people to evacuate, warning "unprecedented" levels of rainfall could cause the flooding of rivers, trigger landslides, and submerge houses. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49492706 (BBC)]

**[[President of Brazil|Brazilian President]] [[Jair Bolsonaro]] announces all [[Amazon rainforest|Amazon]]-region nations except [[Venezuela]] will meet to discuss a coordinated response to the disaster. He also reiterates rejection of [[G7]] money to assist the efforts unless [[President of France|French President]] [[Emmanuel Macron]] issues him an apology, but after meeting with [[President of Chile|Chilean President]] [[Sebastián Piñera]] accepts an offer of four firefighting aircraft from [[Chile]]. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-49494908 (BBC)]

**[[Florida]] [[Governor of Florida|Governor]] [[Ron DeSantis]] declares a [[state of emergency]] in anticipation of Hurricane Dorian, which is expected to make landfall in the state on September 2. [http://www.fox35orlando.com/news/local-news/governor-desantis-declares-a-state-of-emergency-as-nhc-path-shows-dorian-hitting-florida (WOFL)]

*[[New Zealand]] bans tourists from swimming with [[bottlenose dolphins]], saying dwindling numbers are caused by excessive interaction with tourists, as the animals choose socialising with people over necessary biological functions. Authorities say the species risks "being loved into extinction". [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/new-zealand-bottlenose-dolphin-swimming-ban-endangered-species-boats-a9081571.html (The Independent)]

**Through a spokesman Lopeti Senituli for the government, Tonga blames the [[World Bank]] over the situation of their schools in [[Tongatapu]], which are still in tents 17 months after [[Cyclone Gita]]. [https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/397652/tonga-govt-say-world-bank-responsible-for-gita-delays (Radio New Zealand)]

*At least 25 people are killed and 11 injured in a bar fire in [[Coatzacoalcos]], [[Mexico]], that police believe followed an attack linked to drug cartels. Mexican media reports that the bar was peppered with gunfire and Molotov cocktails were thrown inside. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49494019 (BBC)]

*[[Pretoria]], the administrative capital of [[South Africa]], experiences widespread [[looting]] and violent attacks by rioters focused on foreigners. Police are currently outnumbered and many businesses have been set on fire. The riots follow the death of a [[taxicab|taxi]] driver reportedly shot by [[Nigeria|Nigerian]] drug dealers after they realized he'd seen them complete a drug deal and had also seen their supplier. Bus services are suspended and authorities say the capital is currently unsafe. [http://www.702.co.za/articles/359104/tshwane-cbd-a-war-zone-as-protesters-clash-with-police-bus-services-suspended?fbclid=IwAR10sbs38KIdpplr2aj-NbVg1xdzIFJ9SiRM8a-0FaL5ogQogmx4fFQXOD8 (Radio 702)] [https://www.zimeye.net/2019/08/28/south-africa-capital-pretoria-on-fire-as-locals-clash-heavily-with-foreigners-police-overpowered/ (ZimEye)]

**Forty-eight members of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]{{spaced ndash}}eight from the [[United States Senate|Senate]] and 40 from the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]{{spaced ndash}}file a joint [[amicus brief]] with the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] arguing that the [[Civil Rights Act]] does not protect [[LGBT+]] people from discrimination. They argue the law "does not prohibit discrimination because of an individual’s actions, behaviours, or inclinations". [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/supreme-court-civil-rights-act-lgbt-republicans-gop-amicus-briefs-a9082361.html (''The Independent'')]

**[[New York (state)|New York]] [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Kirsten Gillibrand]] drops out of the presidential race. [https://www.yahoo.com/news/sen-gillibrand-says-shes-ending-214152203.html (Yahoo! News)]

*The [[Five Star Movement]] and [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]] of [[Italy]] agree to form a new coalition. The move comes weeks after [[Deputy Prime Minister of Italy|Deputy Prime Minister]] and [[Lega Nord|Northern League]] secretary [[Matteo Salvini]] unsuccessfully pushed for a [[no-confidence vote]] against [[Prime Minister of Italy|Prime Minister]] [[Giuseppe Conte]]. Conte, therefore, remains Prime Minister. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49502232 (BBC)]

*Archaeologists in [[Huanchaco]], [[Peru]] unearth 227 sets of human remains aged between five and fourteen, and believed to be sacrificed over 500 years prior. The discovery is the largest known child sacrifice in history. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-49495167 (BBC)]