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Revision as of 17:21, 9 August 2020
August 9, 2020 (2020-08-09) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks- War in Afghanistan
- August 2020 Afghanistan attacks
- At least seven policemen are killed and 15 others injured after a car bomb explodes outside a police station in Ghazni, Afghanistan. Nobody claims responsibility for the attack. (TOLONews)
- Afghan peace process
- Afghanistan's Loya Jirga approves to release 400 "hard-core" Taliban prisoners after deliberation. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says he will sign the order and that doing this, the Afghan government complies with the Taliban demand of freeing prisoners to start intra-Afghan peace talks. (Reuters)
- August 2020 Afghanistan attacks
Business and economy
- Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia
- State-run oil company Saudi Aramco reports that profits in the first half of 2020 plunged by 50% compared to the same period last year, with decreased demand in oil caused by COVID-19 cited as the main reason by CEO Amin H. Nasser. The company plans to uphold its promise of paying out US$75 billion in annual dividends in spite of this. (AP)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
- Victoria reports Australia's deadliest day since the pandemic began in the country, with 17 deaths reported aside from 394 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. (The Guardian)
- COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
- New Zealand marks 100 days without community transmission of COVID-19. (The New Zealand Herald)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
- COVID-19 pandemic in India
- India reports its highest single day record of 64,399 new cases in the last 24 hours. (Times of India)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
Politics and elections
- 2020 Belarusian presidential election
- Citizens of Belarus head to the polls to elect the country's president. Long-ruling Alexander Lukashenko is challenged by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya after her husband and pro-democracy activist Siarhei Tsikhanouski was jailed and banned from the vote like other prominent opposition figures. Protesters and journalists were also detained in the weeks leading to the election. (DW)