Portal:Current events/2020 October 10

October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War in Afghanistan
  • October 2020 Afghanistan attacks
    • A bomb kills at least five people and injures another nine in Grishk District, Helmand Province. (TOLOnews)
    • A bus hits a roadside bomb, killing two people and injuring another ten in Shindand District, Herat Province. (TOLOnews)
• 2020 Kyrgyzstan protests
  • Kyrgyzstan special forces detain former President Almazbek Atambayev in a raid on his compound. Atambayev was freed from prison by anti-government protesters on October 5. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

• 2020 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Delta
    • Delta weakens to a tropical storm. (Sky News)
    • Over 700,000 power outages are reported in the U.S. states of Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi. (CBS News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in France
      • The number of confirmed cases in France increases by 26,896 to 718,873, setting a record for the largest number of reported cases since the beginning of the pandemic. (The Hill)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
      • The number of confirmed cases in Germany increased by 4,721 to 319,381, according to data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases. It is the highest number of reported cases in a single day since April as the country tightens its restrictions in Berlin and Frankfurt. (Al Jazeera)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
      • Portugal registers 1,646 new daily cases, bringing the cumulative total of confirmed cases to 85,574. This is the highest daily increase for the country since the beginning of the pandemic. (DGS)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
      • The number of daily deaths in Ukraine exceeds 100 for the first time since the pandemic began, jumping to 108, according to a statement from the NSDC, with a total of 4,887 deaths being recorded since the first cases were reported in the country. (Reuters)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
      • Russia reports 12,846 cases, their highest since the start of the pandemic. The number of cases reaches to 1,285,084. (Reuters)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state)
      • New York governor Andrew Cuomo announces that 826 people have been hospitalized with COVID-19, the highest number since July 15. (ABC News)
      • Warren County, New York reports zero cases for the first time since September 26. This comes after a recent uptick in the county, which involved local schools. (The Post-Star)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey
      • Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is released from the Morristown Medical Center, a week after testing positive for COVID-19. (NPR)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan
      • It is reported around 104,000 people in Michigan have recovered since the start of the pandemic. However, the state reported 1,522 new cases and 15 deaths, bringing the statewide total number of cases to 134,656 and death toll to 6,891. (Mlives.com)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
    • Mexico announces that it will pay $159.88 million to the World Health Organization to secure vaccine access through the agency’s COVAX plan. (Reuters)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
    • Iran imposes additional restrictions for its capital Tehran. The new restrictions include making everyone wear a mask while indoors mandatory, and there is a fine of 500,000 rials ($1.6) for violators who do not comply with the new rules. A partial shutdown implemented in the city last week is extended until October 16. (Al Jazeera)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
    • The number of COVID-19 deaths in Brazil exceeds 150,000. (Reuters)

International relations

• North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
  • North Korea holds a rare nighttime military parade featuring missiles to mark the 75th anniversary of the Worker's Party. This was the country’s first military parade in two years. (BBC)

Law and crime

• George Floyd protests, 2020 United States racial unrest
  • Shooting of Alvin Cole
    • Authorities in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, announce that 28 people have been arrested during the third night of protests over the lack of charges against Joseph Mensah, the officer accused of killing 17-year old Alvin Cole. (ABC News)
    • Demonstrations are held in Wauwatosa for a fourth consecutive day following the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s decision not to prosecute Joseph Mensha for the fatal shooting of Alvin Cole. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
  • George Floyd protests in Kentucky
    • Over 500 people march at Tyler Park in Louisville to march in the name of Breonna Taylor. Rep. John Yarmuth, State Rep. Charles Booker, Kentucky State Senator Morgan McGarvey, and Louisville Urban League President Sadiqa Reynolds speak at the Tyler Park protest. (The Courier-Journal)
• Protests over responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Israel, Corruption in Israel
    • Protesters gather to call for the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for allegations of corruption and his response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2020 Belarusian protests
  • Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko visits opposition activists in a prison in Minsk. (ABC News)

Science and technology

• 2020 in spaceflight
  • Boulders are discovered on the Bennu asteroid by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, which is expected to collect samples from the asteroid's surface later this month. (Space.com)

Sports

• 2020 French Open
  • Iga Świątek of Poland beats Sofia Kenin of the United States in the final of the Women's Singles 6–4, 6–1. Świątek became the first Polish tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles title. (Washington Post)

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