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**[[Civil unrest]] and [[rioting]] occur in [[New York City]] after [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] streamer and [[YouTuber]] [[Kai Cenat]] announces a [[gift card]] and [[PlayStation 5]] video game console giveaway in [[Union Square, Manhattan]]. [https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/large-crowd-gathered-at-union-square-seen-hurling-objects/ (CBS News)] |
**[[Civil unrest]] and [[rioting]] occur in [[New York City]] after [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] streamer and [[YouTuber]] [[Kai Cenat]] announces a [[gift card]] and [[PlayStation 5]] video game console giveaway in [[Union Square, Manhattan]]. [https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/large-crowd-gathered-at-union-square-seen-hurling-objects/ (CBS News)] |
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*A court in [[Melekhovo]], [[Vladimir Oblast]], [[Russia]], [[sentence (law)|sentences]] [[Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia|opposition]] politician [[Alexei Navalny]] to nineteen years in prison for six crimes, including "inciting and financing extremist activity and creating an extremist organization". [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-foe-navalny-expects-be-jailed-many-more-years-2023-08-04/ (Reuters)] |
*A court in [[Melekhovo]], [[Vladimir Oblast]], [[Russia]], [[sentence (law)|sentences]] [[Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia|opposition]] politician [[Alexei Navalny]] to nineteen years in prison for six crimes, including "inciting and financing extremist activity and creating an extremist organization". [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-foe-navalny-expects-be-jailed-many-more-years-2023-08-04/ (Reuters)] |
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Revision as of 03:05, 5 August 2023
August 4, 2023 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Amhara
- 2023 Fano–ENDF clashes
- The Ethiopian government declares a state of emergency in response to heavy clashes between the ENDF and Fano militia in Amhara Region. (Al Jazeera)
- The Sudanese state of El Gedaref closes its border with Ethiopia in response to the clashes. (Sudan Tribune)
- 2023 Fano–ENDF clashes
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
- The Russian Olenegorsky Gornyak landing ship is damaged by a Ukrainian naval drone attack at the naval base at the Port of Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai. (BBC News)
- 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
- 2023 Sudan conflict
- Authorities in the Sudanese state of North Kordofan announce a state-wide curfew. (Dabanga Sudan)
- The Rapid Support Forces capture the Sirba locality in West Darfur, killing more than 460 people and injuring more than 1,000 others. (Dabanga Sudan)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Slovenia floods
- Three people are killed in flash floods in Slovenia. (RTV Slovenija)
- Eight people are killed and four others are injured when a freight train collides with a pickup truck at a railway crossing in Mueang Chachoengsao district, Thailand. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- 2023 Kai Cenat riots
- Civil unrest and rioting occur in New York City after Twitch streamer and YouTuber Kai Cenat announces a gift card and PlayStation 5 video game console giveaway in Union Square, Manhattan. (CBS News)
- A court in Melekhovo, Vladimir Oblast, Russia, sentences opposition politician Alexei Navalny to nineteen years in prison for six crimes, including "inciting and financing extremist activity and creating an extremist organization". (Reuters)