Portal:Current events/2011 August 10

August 10, 2011 (Wednesday)

Armed conflict and attacks

The People's Republic of China's first aircraft carrier, the refitted Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag, commences its first sea trial under the Chinese flag. (Bloomberg) (Reuters)
Korean Peninsula:
- The Yonhap news agency reports that sources have advised them that North Korea is plotting to assassinate Kim Kwan-jin, currently South Korea's defence minister. (Yonhap News)
- North and South Korea exchange artillery fire near Yeonpyeong Island. (Bloomberg)
A US drone missile attack kills at least 18 people in Pakistan's North Waziristan district. (Dawn)

Arts and culture

The south ridge of Aoraki / Mount Cook, New Zealand's highest mountain, is renamed Hillary Ridge after Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to conquer Mount Everest. (Reuters)

Business and economy

Stock markets in Asia and Australia continue to rebound after the United States Federal Reserve promises to keep interest rates near zero for two years. (CNBC)^{[permanent dead link]}
The trade surplus of the People's Republic of China rises to US$31.5 billion in July, the highest level in two years. (Bloomberg)
Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority gives Tiger Airways the all clear to resume operations after a six-week suspension for safety violations. (Sydney Morning Herald)

Law and crime

Australian crime figure Judy Moran is sentenced to 26 years in jail for her part in the murder of Des "Tuppence" Moran in Melbourne with the actual murderer Geoffrey Armour also sentenced to 26 years. (Sydney Morning Herald)
England riots:
- Rioting hits other English cities including Manchester, Salford, Liverpool, Nottingham and Birmingham, though London is largely quiet. (BBC)
- The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, holds another cabinet meeting to discuss responses to the riots with police authorised to use water cannon and rubber bullets. (CNN) (The Guardian)
- Police from Scotland are sent to England to help combat riots and disorder. (BBC)
News International phone hacking scandal
- Former News of the World news editor Greg Miskiw is arrested, then later bailed as the investigation into phone-hacking continues. (BBC)