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• Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen, Saudi Arabian–Yemeni border conflict
  • Saudi Armed Forces shoot down an explosive-laden drone launched against Saudi territory from Al Hudaydah Governorate, on Yemen's Red Sea coast. The Saudi coalition retaliated with airstrikes; the Houthis did not comment. (Reuters)

• Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
    • The economy falls into recession for the first time in 29 years after the economy shrank by 16.5% in the April to June quarter from the same period last year, which is the biggest slump in the government's quarterly GDP data dating back to 1981. (CNA)
• President Donald Trump has implemented a tariff of 10% on aluminum imports from Canada. The United States previously imposed tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum in 2018 citing national security concerns, before removing them last year as part of USCMA Free Trade Agreement. (CBC)

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
      • The Robert Koch Institute reports 1,045 new cases in Germany during the last 24 hours. It is the first time since May 7 that new COVID-19 cases in the country surpass 1,000. (The New Indian Express)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
      • Poland reports record 726 new cases during the last 24 hours as the government will impose limits on restaurants, sporting events, public transport and weddings in 19 of its 380 counties as of Saturday, August 8. (Bloomberg)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
      • Ukraine reports 1,318 new COVID-19 cases during the last 24 hours, a record high for second consecutive day. (UNIAN)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India
      • India reports 904 new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, which is the largest number of fatalities in a single-day as new cases reach 56,000. (Jagran English)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
      • The Philippines reports 3,561 new COVID-19 cases on which inching the total tally closer to 120,000 and causing the country to overtake Indonesia as the Southeast Asian nation with the most number of infections. (Rappler)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
    • Melbourne enters stage 4 lockdown, which is Australia's toughest lockdown yet after spike of COVID-19 cases in Victoria, mainly in the city. (France 24)

• Belarus–United States relations
  • Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says security forces have arrested "a number of" U.S. citizens, just days before the country goes to the polls for a presidential election. In the speech, Lukashenko claims Belarus is the victim of a "hybrid war", and that "we should expect dirty tricks from any side". (Reuters)

• A court in China sentences a Canadian man to death on drug charges. His alleged accomplice receives life imprisonment. Police had confiscated 120 kilograms (266 pounds) of ketamine from the defendant's home. He is the third Canadian citizen to be sentenced to death in China since Canadian authorities arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in late 2018 on an extradition request from the United States. (AP)

• Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani appoints public admninistrator Mohamed Ould Bilal as Prime Minister after the government of previous Prime Minister Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya resigned hours earlier. (Al Jazeera)
• Minister of Defense of Peru Walter Martos is named the new Prime Minister after the approval of the motion of no-confidence against Pedro Cateriano. (Expreso)

• Twitter says it will label state media, official government accounts and their stafff. State-funded media outlets with "editorial independence", such as the National Public Radio in the U.S., or BBC in the UK, will not be among those labelled, according to a spokesman for the social media site. (Twitter)

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