Portal:Current events/2013 August 16

Current events of August 16, 2013 (2013-08-16) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks Aftermath of 2013 Egyptian coup d'état: Security in Cairo is tightened amid Friday prayers and protest marches called by the Muslim Brotherhood nationwide. (AlJazeera) Ammar Badei, son of Mohammed Badie, the Muslim Brotherhood's leader, is killed in the clashes in Cairo.(NBC News) (Egypt Independent) Arts and culture Yemen changes its weekend from Thursday and Friday to Friday and Saturday. (Yemen Post) Business and economy The Indian rupee hits new record low against the US dollar. The rupee fell to 62.03 rupees against the dollar. (BBC) Disasters and accidents A magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes near Seddon, New Zealand, causing moderate damage in the wider Marlborough region and national capital Wellington. (Fairfax NZ) The ferry MV Thomas Aquinas collides with a cargo ship and sinks at Cebu, Philippines, with 200 missing and least 26 dead. (World Maritime News) (BBC) International relations The Ministry of External Relations of Brazil rejects John Kerry´s official statement concerning that the electronic surveillance by the National Security Agency was part of a strategy to “combat terrorism”. (The Hindu) Politics and election Ali Akbar Salehi, former Iranian foreign minister, is appointed as head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran. (IRNA) Technology and science The infamous Area 51 is officially acknowledged by the United States. (CNN) Law and crime Australian native and East Central University (Oklahoma) Tigers senior baseball player Christopher Lane, 22, is shot and killed in Ada, Oklahoma, while jogging during a visit to his girlfriend. Two teenagers, James Francis Edwards, Jr., 15, and Chancey Allen Luna, 16, were then arrested and charged with first-degree murder with no bail; Michael Dewayne Jones, 17, was charged with being an accessory to murder after the fact. They stated they did it purely out of boredom. (NBC)