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on. The country’s inflation, relative to Sierra Leone’s history, has reached unprecedented levels.</p><div id="5e00" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/sierra-leone-imposes-nationwide-curfew-amid-deadly-anti-government-protests-2022-08-10/"> <div> <div> <h2>Sierra Leone imposes nationwide curfew amid deadly anti-government protests</h2> <div><h3>Aug 10 (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's leadership announced a nationwide curfew on Wednesday in response to violent…</h3></div> <div><p>www.reuters.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*WUQx-GOYAWOEzFEt)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h1 id="d2ff">Wednesday, 10 August 2022…</h1><h2 id="d643">Armed Conflicts and Attacks…</h2><p id="fed5">Russian forces, according to the Russian-appointed Governor of Zaporizhzhia Yevhen Balytskyi, install air defence systems at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. The nuclear power plant is in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Oblast.</p><div id="1e38" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/russia-installs-air-defense-systems-at-zaporiyia-nuclear-power-plant/ar-AA10u0SR"> <div> <div> <h2>Russia installs air defense systems at Zaporiyia nuclear power plant</h2> <div><h3>The Russian military authorities have installed an air defense system at the Zaporiyia nuclear power plant, located in…</h3></div> <div><p>www.msn.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*SPmUvrQS-F_INq1t)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="e4ed">Business and Economy…</h2><p id="8b32">Domino’s Pizza, after its franchise holder ePizza SpA files for bankruptcy, closes all its stores in Italy. The American restaurant chain has revealed it was severely impacted by the Italian COVID-19 restrictions.</p><div id="78a8" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62487788"> <div> <div> <h2>Fast food giant Domino's pulls out of the birthplace of pizza</h2> <div><h3>The fast food giant's pandemic-related exit from Italy was celebrated by some social media users.</h3></div> <div><p>www.bbc.co.uk</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*YudS-26njpRWi7P8)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="1f22">Law and Crime…</h2><p id="7174">Uzbekistan says that it will imprison any nationals who join Russia’s war against Ukraine.</p><div id="6e9f" class="link-block"> <a href="https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/08/10/uzbekistan-threatens-to-prison-nationals-who-join-russias-war-against-ukraine/"> <div> <div> <h2>Uzbekistan threatens to emprison nationals who join Russia's war against Ukraine</h2> <div><h3>The Embassy of Uzbekistan in Russia has reminded nationals of the criminal liability they face if they join Russia's…</h3></div> <div><p>euroweeklynews.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*F5v8o_ZkQCxX3oXL)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h1 id="b604">Tuesday, 9 August 2022…</h1><h2 id="2306">Armed Conflicts and Attacks…</h2><p id="9876">Multiple explosions, on Tuesday, 9 August 2022, were reported at a Russian military air base. The base, near Novofedorivka, is situated in western Crimea. At least one person is killed, and six others are injured, according to Crimean authorities.</p><div id="70be" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/loud-explosions-heard-near-russian-military-airbase-crimea-witnesses-2022-08-09/"> <div> <div> <h2>Five injured as blasts rock Russian air base in annexed Crimea</h2> <div><h3>MOSCOW, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Blasts rocked a Russian air base near seaside resorts in the annexed Crimean peninsula on…</h3></div> <div><p>www.reuters.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*qIBK9FwWzNv0FQ79)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="87bd">Business and Economy…</h2><p id="9aaa">Russia’s Transneft says that Ukraine has suspended Russian oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline to the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia after it was unable to pay transit fees to Ukraine’s pipeline operator UkrTransNafta. The Czech Republic’s pipeline company says it expects supplies through the pipeline to restart within several days.</p><div id="2486" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russia-suspends-oil-exports-via-southern-leg-druzhba-pipeline-due-transit-2022-08-09/"> <div> <div> <h2>Russia suspends oil exports via southern leg of Druzhba pipeline due to transit payment issues</h2> <div><h3>MOSCOW, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Russia suspended oil exports via the southern leg of the Druzhba pipeline from early August…</h3></div> <div><p>www.reuters.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*TJB1_QuYnuLjJboB)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="8f71">International Relations…</h2><p id="27c0">Russia, on Tuesday, 9 August 2022, banned the import of agricultural products from Moldova. The ban, due to “repeated detection of dangerous quarantine objects in Moldovan products entering Russia”, takes effect Monday, 15 August 2022.</p><div id="436e" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/russia-restricts-imports-agriculture-products-moldova-2022-08-09/"> <div> <div> <h2>Russia restricts imports of agriculture products from Moldova</h2> <div><h3>MOSCOW, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Russia has banned imports of agriculture products from 31 of 34 regions of Moldova starting…</h3></div> <div><p>www.reuters.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*FHin78UsAe_6xIB-)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h1 id="8b79">Monday, 8 August 2022…</h1><h2 id="ea56">Armed Conflicts and Attacks…</h2><p id="c8de">Chad and more than 30 rebel and opposition factions sign a peace agreement at talks in Doha, Qatar. However, the main rebel group Front for Change and Concord in Chad rejects the agreement, saying negotiators had not listened to its demands, including for the release of political prisoners.</p><div id="60c1" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/chad-rebels-sign-peace-deal-2022-08-08/"> <div> <div> <h2>Chad signs peace pact with rebels, but main insurgents stay out</h2> <div><h3>DOHA, Aug 8 (Reuters) - More than 30 rebel and opposition factions signed a peace pact with Chad's transitional…</h3></div> <div><p>www.reuters.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*3IbsKyBBYqwmrov4)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="fccf">Health and Environment…</h2><p id="a9d5">A BBC survey has found 90 percent of NHS dental practices in the UK are not accepting new adult NHS patien

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ts, and 80 percent are not accepting new child patients, creating ‘dental deserts’ in areas across the country.</p><div id="333e" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/bad-news-for-nhs-dental-patients-74e898b00b3c"> <div> <div> <h2>Bad News for NHS dental patients</h2> <div><h3>A BBC survey finds 90 percent of NHS dental practices in the UK are not accepting new patients</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*hNrkXvSblyCEeg5y)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="3b4f">Television & Radio…</h2><p id="4c16">The Archers, Monday, 8 August 2022, celebrates Peggy Woolley, the longest-serving character in the programme, who featured in the very first episode broadcast in 1951. After more than 70 years in the role, June Spencer’s final episode as Peggy was broadcast on Sunday, 31 July 2022.</p><div id="3f62" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-archers-june-spencer-bids-farewell-to-ambridge-9980f0172efa"> <div> <div> <h2>The Archers’ June Spencer bids farewell to Ambridge</h2> <div><h3>June Spencer, after more than 70 years as Peggy Woolley, retires from The Archers</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*upE7z68Nk7lTL5MwG44EfQ.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h1 id="ca73">Sunday, 7 August 2022…</h1><h2 id="57b3">Armed Conflicts and Attacks…</h2><p id="b1bc">Twenty people are killed when suspected Islamists attack two villages in Ituri. The attack, without much warning, occurred on Sunday, 7 August 2022.</p><p id="bedc">The Ituri conflict, from 1999 to 2003, has never really stopped. Armed conflict continues to the present day. Only the intensity, with every passing year, has fluctuated. Low level conflicts have been occurring since 2003. The latest Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks started in 2021.</p><div id="c760" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/suspected-islamists-kill-20-east-congo-village-attacks-2022-08-07/"> <div> <div> <h2>Suspected Islamists kill 20 in east Congo village attacks</h2> <div><h3>BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants killed around 20 people in attacks…</h3></div> <div><p>www.reuters.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*iD6Ql4lKTUYXB695)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="27e7">Law and Crime…</h2><p id="32d8">Leandro Lo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion, is shot in the head at a nightclub in São Paulo. Shortly thereafter, on arriving at the hospital, Lo was declared brain dead. He was 33.</p><p id="fb5e">An argument, based on information from witnesses, took place between Lo and PM Henrique Velozo. It was around 02:00 in the morning. Velozo, a military officer, was off duty at the time. It is reported that the São Paulo Public Security Secretariat has asked for the preventive detention of Velozo.</p><div id="6c65" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-62456672"> <div> <div> <h2>Brazilian Jiu Jitsu great Leandro Lo shot in head in Sao Paulo club</h2> <div><h3>The athlete has been declared brain dead and police say the suspect is on the run.</h3></div> <div><p>www.bbc.co.uk</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*sekNghP1g4AYzHks)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="9429">Politics and Elections…</h2><p id="d32c">The United States Senate, during the 117th United States Congress, passes the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 in a 51–50 vote. The vote, requiring Vice President Kamala Harris to break the tie, was along party-political lines. The bill now heads back to the House of Representatives, where it is expected to pass.</p><div id="effb" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna41653"> <div> <div> <h2>Senate passes sweeping climate, health and tax package, putting Democrats on cusp of historic win</h2> <div><h3>WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats narrowly passed a sweeping climate and economic package on Sunday, putting President Joe…</h3></div> <div><p>www.nbcnews.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*uldXEKnHRVmuDwem)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h1 id="2abb">Previously…</h1><div id="5ca5" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-week-in-brief-volume-xvi-4e1bd632a7b"> <div> <div> <h2>A Week in Brief: Volume XVI</h2> <div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 31 July to Saturday, 6 August 2022</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*HUUYbzauQTB7FCxF)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="1499" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-week-in-brief-volume-xv-7f0d3163e052"> <div> <div> <h2>A Week in Brief: Volume XV</h2> <div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 24 July to Saturday, 30 July 2022</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*nR49n6-oAtM0CIno.jpg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="0bbb" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-week-in-brief-volume-xiv-7a0747e062f1"> <div> <div> <h2>A Week in Brief: Volume XIV</h2> <div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 17 July to Saturday, 23 July 2022</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*Hc-hiAuMMlAsTAWl.jpg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="5628" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-week-in-brief-volume-xiii-3a16adce8a54"> <div> <div> <h2>A Week in Brief: Volume XIII</h2> <div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 10 July to Saturday, 16 July 2022</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*fyUizy2fenJBy7o_.jpg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="89cf" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-week-in-brief-volume-xii-74554d65fa75"> <div> <div> <h2>A Week in Brief: Volume XII</h2> <div><h3>A Week in Brief: Sunday, 3 July to Saturday, 9 July 2022</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*F8IQ_ljsjJwtXQLj.jpg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

A WEEK IN BRIEF

A Week in Brief: Volume XVII

A Week in Brief: Sunday, 7 August to Saturday, 13 August 2022

Vice President Kamala Harris breaks deadlock in Inflation Reduction Act

Saturday, 13 August 2022…

Armed Conflicts and Attacks…

Russia says it has captured Pisky. Pisky is a city situated in the Donetsk Oblast. Meanwhile, elsewhere, Ukrainian forces reveal they have destroyed a bridge in Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast.

Disasters and Accidents…

The German environment ministry says an unknown, highly toxic substance is responsible for the mass die-off of wildlife in the Oder river. High levels of mercury have also been found in the river. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki says the river will take years to “return to normal”.

Law and Crime…

The Taliban violently disperse a demonstration by women’s rights activists marching to the education ministry in Kabul, asking for broader rights, by chasing women, beating them and firing gunshots into the air.

Friday, 12 August 2022…

Business and Economy…

A Belize-flagged ship departs Chornomorsk for Turkey, becoming the first wheat export from Ukraine under a United Nations-brokered deal.

Disasters and Accidents…

The environment agency of England, on Friday, 12 August 2022, declared a drought across eight of its fourteen areas amid an ongoing heat wave.

Law and Crime…

South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol pardons former Samsung executive Lee Jae-yeong, who was on parole for bribery.

Thursday, 11 August 2022…

Armed Conflicts and Attacks…

Three soldiers are killed during an attack at a military base in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Two attackers are killed in the ensuing shootout.

Health and Environment…

The Marshall Islands authorities, on Thursday, 11 August 2022, confirmed its first death from COVID-19 in a Majuro resident.

Law and Crime…

Sierra Leone, amid anti-government protests that have left two policemen and one civilian dead, declares a nationwide curfew. The West African country is experiencing record inflation. The country’s inflation, relative to Sierra Leone’s history, has reached unprecedented levels.

Wednesday, 10 August 2022…

Armed Conflicts and Attacks…

Russian forces, according to the Russian-appointed Governor of Zaporizhzhia Yevhen Balytskyi, install air defence systems at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. The nuclear power plant is in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

Business and Economy…

Domino’s Pizza, after its franchise holder ePizza SpA files for bankruptcy, closes all its stores in Italy. The American restaurant chain has revealed it was severely impacted by the Italian COVID-19 restrictions.

Law and Crime…

Uzbekistan says that it will imprison any nationals who join Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Tuesday, 9 August 2022…

Armed Conflicts and Attacks…

Multiple explosions, on Tuesday, 9 August 2022, were reported at a Russian military air base. The base, near Novofedorivka, is situated in western Crimea. At least one person is killed, and six others are injured, according to Crimean authorities.

Business and Economy…

Russia’s Transneft says that Ukraine has suspended Russian oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline to the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia after it was unable to pay transit fees to Ukraine’s pipeline operator UkrTransNafta. The Czech Republic’s pipeline company says it expects supplies through the pipeline to restart within several days.

International Relations…

Russia, on Tuesday, 9 August 2022, banned the import of agricultural products from Moldova. The ban, due to “repeated detection of dangerous quarantine objects in Moldovan products entering Russia”, takes effect Monday, 15 August 2022.

Monday, 8 August 2022…

Armed Conflicts and Attacks…

Chad and more than 30 rebel and opposition factions sign a peace agreement at talks in Doha, Qatar. However, the main rebel group Front for Change and Concord in Chad rejects the agreement, saying negotiators had not listened to its demands, including for the release of political prisoners.

Health and Environment…

A BBC survey has found 90 percent of NHS dental practices in the UK are not accepting new adult NHS patients, and 80 percent are not accepting new child patients, creating ‘dental deserts’ in areas across the country.

Television & Radio…

The Archers, Monday, 8 August 2022, celebrates Peggy Woolley, the longest-serving character in the programme, who featured in the very first episode broadcast in 1951. After more than 70 years in the role, June Spencer’s final episode as Peggy was broadcast on Sunday, 31 July 2022.

Sunday, 7 August 2022…

Armed Conflicts and Attacks…

Twenty people are killed when suspected Islamists attack two villages in Ituri. The attack, without much warning, occurred on Sunday, 7 August 2022.

The Ituri conflict, from 1999 to 2003, has never really stopped. Armed conflict continues to the present day. Only the intensity, with every passing year, has fluctuated. Low level conflicts have been occurring since 2003. The latest Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks started in 2021.

Law and Crime…

Leandro Lo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion, is shot in the head at a nightclub in São Paulo. Shortly thereafter, on arriving at the hospital, Lo was declared brain dead. He was 33.

An argument, based on information from witnesses, took place between Lo and PM Henrique Velozo. It was around 02:00 in the morning. Velozo, a military officer, was off duty at the time. It is reported that the São Paulo Public Security Secretariat has asked for the preventive detention of Velozo.

Politics and Elections…

The United States Senate, during the 117th United States Congress, passes the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 in a 51–50 vote. The vote, requiring Vice President Kamala Harris to break the tie, was along party-political lines. The bill now heads back to the House of Representatives, where it is expected to pass.

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