Portal:Current events/2020 July 15

July 15, 2020 (2020-07-15) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
  • Saudi-led coalition airstrikes kill at least seven civilians when they hit houses in the Al Jawf Governorate of Yemen. The Houthis report nine killed, two of them children. The coalition did not immediately comment on the airstrike. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• George Floyd protests in the United Kingdom
  • A statue of Black Lives Matter protester Jen Reid is briefly erected without permission on the plinth of the toppled statue of Edward Colston before being removed the next day. (CBS News)

Business and economy

• Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Groupe PSA announce that when their planned merger is completed, expected in 2021, the merged company will be known as Stellantis. (Detroit Free Press)

Disasters and accidents

• 2020 Iran explosions
  • At least seven ships are burnt following an unspecified incident in the Iranian port city of Bushehr. (Al Arabiya) (Bloomberg)
• At least 50 people have been killed and more than two million affected by heavy monsoon flooding in Assam, India. (BBC)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
      • Indonesia announced the biggest daily rise of 87 new COVID-19 deaths, taking the nationwide death toll at 3,797. The country also announce their biggest daily rise of 1,414 new recoveries, taking the nationwide tally at 39,050. The cumulative cases reach 80,000. (detikNews)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India
      • India reimposes a two-week lockdown in parts of the country as the country records 30,000 new daily cases. (Time)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Alabama
      • Governor Kay Ivey issues a mandatory statewide face mask order through July 31. (The Hill)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan
      • Michigan reports 891 new cases, its highest single-day new case total since May 14. (MLive.com)

Law and crime

• Killing of George Floyd
  • A new police body camera video emerges of George Floyd pleading with officers before his death. (BBC)
  • A lawsuit is filed against the Minneapolis police officers involved in Floyd's death. (The Chicago Tribune)
• Crime in Norway
  • A woman dies and two more people are injured during a series of stabbings in Sarpsborg, Norway. A Norwegian man, who had a relationship with the two wounded victims, is arrested. (BBC)

Politics and elections

• 2020 North Macedonian parliamentary election
  • Voters in North Macedonia head to the polls to elect the members of the country's assembly. It is the first election after the country adopted its new name following a decade-long dispute. (TheGuardian)

• 2020 United States presidential election
  • Kanye West 2020 presidential campaign
    • Kanye West files paperwork with the Federal Election Commission for his presidential campaign after reports that he dropped out of the race. (NME)
  • Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign
    • President Trump replaces Brad Parscale as campaign manager with Bill Stepien, former White House political director and a field director for the 2016 presidential campaign. Parscale, who has reportedly been blamed for the poorly attended rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, last month, will stay on as senior adviser. (BBC) (UPI)

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