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August 16, 2017
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2017-08-16
)
(Wednesday)
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Arts and culture
Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials
Several
Confederate monuments
are taken down overnight in the city of
Baltimore
,
Maryland
, including the
Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee Monument
,
Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument
,
Confederate Women's Monument
and the
Roger B. Taney sculpture
. The
Baltimore City Council
unanimously voted to remove the monuments on August 14.
(NBC News)
Business and economy
Aftermath of the
Unite the Right rally
3M
CEO
Inge Thulin
and
Campbell
CEO
Denise Morrison
resign from the
American Manufacturing Council
in protest of Trump's reaction to the
alt-right
's actions at
Charlottesville, Virginia
, bringing the total number of resignations this week to 8.
(CNBC)
(CNBC)
President
Donald Trump
disbands both the
Strategic and Policy Forum
and
American Manufacturing Council
in response to the CEO resignations.
(BBC)
(
Business Insider
)
Disasters and accidents
2017 Sierra Leone mudslides
A mass burial of victims of the landslide is held in
Freetown
to free up space in
mortuaries
. Nearly 400 people are confirmed dead with at least 600 missing.
(BBC)
2017 DR Congo landslide
A landslide in a village along
Lake Albert
in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
leaves at least 60 dead.
(Al Jazeera)
Accidents and incidents involving helicopters
A
United States Army
Combat Aviation Brigade
UH-60 Black Hawk
helicopter crashes off the coast of
Hawaii
, with five people on board. A
United States Coast Guard
-led search for the missing is underway.
(Sky News)
Law and crime
Philippine Drug War
At least 32 people are killed in a series of police raids near
Manila
,
Philippines
, allegedly due to the ongoing
drug war
.
(
The Guardian
)
Crisis in Venezuela
Venezuelan
security forces raid a prison in
Puerto Ayacucho
,
Amazonas State
, killing at least 37 inmates. Amazonas Governor
Liborio Guarulla
describes the killings as a "massacre".
(Reuters)
Science and technology
Evolution
Researchers from the
University of Cambridge
suggest that the
Chilesaurus
may be the so-called "
missing link
" between the
Stegosaurus
and the
Tyrannosaurus
.
(CNN)
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