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Portal:Current events/2016 August 10

August 10, 2016 (2016-08-10) (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
  • Ukrainian crisis
    • Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) says it has thwarted two armed Ukrainian incursions into Crimea with at least two killed, including one FSB officer, following a "massive fire fight" with "sabotage-terrorist" groups. Ukraine denies the Russian claims. (Reuters) (The Guardian)
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police kill 24-year-old Aaron Driver in Strathroy, Ontario. Driver was accused of supporting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and was believed to have been plotting an "imminent" attack against Canadians. (CP24)
Arts and culture
  • 400-year old petroglyphs are discovered off the Waianae coast of Hawaii. (CNN)
Business and economics
  • Boeing's CFO Greg Smith announces that Boeing won't raise production of its 787 Dreamliner to fourteen per month as previously expected, but will keep it at 12 while continuing to monitor demand. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
Law and crime
  • The Supreme Court of Belize rules that Belize's anti-sodomy law is unconstitutional. Belize becomes the last country in Central America to strike down its sodomy law. (NBC News}
Politics and elections
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