Portal:Current events/2021 July 10

July 10, 2021 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Assassination of Jovenel Moïse
- Former Haitian First Lady Martine Moïse, who was seriously injured during the assassination of her husband, Jovenel Moïse, releases her first public audio statement since the attack. (BBC News)
- Joseph Lambert, the President of the Senate, is nominated as provisional President of Haiti by a group of senators, potentially succeeding Jovenel Moïse. (DW)
Somali Civil War
- A suicide car bombing in Mogadishu kills five people and injures nine others. The attack targeted Mogadishu’s police chief, who survived. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack. (Al Jazeera)

Arts and culture

Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials
- Two monuments of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are removed from downtown Charlottesville, Virginia, four years after the riot that occurred in the city. (NBC)
- Following a short council meeting and vote, the Meriwether Lewis and William Clark sculpture and the George Rogers Clark sculpture are also removed from downtown Charlottesville. (The New York Post)

Disasters and accidents

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 M_L strikes 27 kilometres (17 mi) east of Rasht, Tajikistan, killing at least five people and destroying at least 20 houses. (Al Jazeera)
The Miami-Dade County Courthouse closes due to safety concerns following the collapse that occurred at the condominium in Surfside, Florida. (AP)

Health and environment

COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
    - Malaysia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 9,353 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 827,191. (The Star)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
    - South Korea reports a record for the third consecutive day of 1,378 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 166,722. (Yonhap News Agency)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
    - Thailand reports a record 91 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 2,625. (Bangkok Post)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam
    - Vietnam receives two million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from the United States, facilitated through the COVAX initiative amid an increase in the number of cases of COVID-19 in the country. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia
    - Georgia receives 43,200 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford. (Georgian Journal)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Moldova
    - Moldova–United States relations, COVID-19 vaccination in Moldova
      - White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announces that the United States has donated 500,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to Moldova. Moldovan President Maia Sandu praises the United States for the vaccine deployment to the country. (Axios)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
    - The Netherlands imposes restrictions that require nightclubs and discos to close, prohibits live entertainment in bars and restaurants and requires them to close at midnight, as well as suspending the entry pass program, amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases primarily due to the Delta variant. These restrictions will remain in effect until August 13. (Axios)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
    - Russia reports a record 752 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 142,253. (The Moscow Times)
  - European Union response to the COVID-19 pandemic
    - The European Union says that it has secured enough doses to vaccinate 70% of adults. (France 24)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Fiji
  - COVID-19 vaccination in Fiji
    - The Fijian government announces that it will soon begin administering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, facilitated through UNICEF and the World Health Organization. (FBC)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria
  - Newly-appointed Prime Minister Aymen Benabderrahmane tests positive for COVID-19 and will quarantine for seven days. (Euronews)

Law and crime

Rupganj factory fire
- Police in Bangladesh arrest eight people, including the factory's company owner in connection with the fire that killed at least 52 people. Police say that emergency exits were locked in the building. (DW)
A four-day gun battle between security forces and armed gangs in the streets of Caracas, Venezuela, results in the deaths of more than 26 people and the wounding of 40 others. Authorities says that the fighting is now under control, but that there may still be a number of snipers in the streets. The killed people are identified as 22 gang members and four police officers, but a number of civilians also died in the clashes. (BBC News)
Police arrest five people in Santa Ana de Yusguare, Honduras, after they were identified as part of the mob of over 600 people who lynched and killed an Italian man accused of murdering a homeless elderly man. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

Politics of Brazil, 2021 Brazilian protests
- For the first time, a poll shows that a majority of Brazilians (54%) support moves to open an impeachment process against President Jair Bolsonaro, with 42% opposing, amid graft accusations and a vaccine procurement scandal. (Reuters)
Protests occur in Berlin and other cities, organized by exiled activist of the People's Mujahedin of Iran, Maryam Rajavi, to protest the recent election of Ebrahim Raisi as President of Iran. Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša join the protests. (Reuters)

Sports

2021 Copa América
- 2021 Copa América Final
  - The 47th edition of the South American international men's football competition concludes in the Maracanã Stadium with Argentina beating hosts Brazil 1–0 in the final. (StadiumAstro)