8/6

• North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un demanded his country’s weapons and arms factories to increase their capacities in preparation for “war readiness.”
• At least 20 people were killed and 40 were injured after a train derailed in Pakistan.

8/7

• The Niger coup leader let the Economic Community of West African States’ deadline pass to free ousted President Bazoum (see 8/3).
• India’s parliament reinstated Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi after the Supreme Court suspended his conviction for defaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019.

8/8

• Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao was sentenced to 57 months in prison for his role in the murder of George Floyd.
• The Niger coup leaders refused to let U.S. diplomats meet with ousted President Bazoum and brought in troops from across the country to the capital in a convoy of about 40 pickup trucks (see 8/7).
• U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan dismissed former President Trump’s defamation counterclaim against E. Jean Carroll (see 7/12).
• The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan (see 7/15).
• The Red Cross ends restrictions on blood donations that will allow more gay and bisexual men to donate blood for the first time since the HIV / AIDS epidemic began.

8/9

• The Supreme Court ruled that the Biden administration’s regulations on “ghost guns” can continue to be enforced.
• Thousands of Los Angeles municipal workers participated in a 1-day strike, protesting how job vacancies were forcing them to work longer hours for lower pay.

8/10

• At least 36 people were killed following wildfires in Hawaii.
• Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando VIllavicencio was assassinated after leaving a political rally in Quito.
• Pakistan President Arif Alvi dissolved the country’s parliament only days after former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s arrest and 2 days before the current legislative term was supposed to expire (see 8/5).

8/11

• Former President Trump and aide Walt Nauta pleaded not guilty to criminal charges related to the former president’s alleged mishandling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence.
• President Biden asked Congress for over $20 billion in additional aid to Ukraine in the Russo-Ukrainian War.

8/12

• The death toll from the wildfires in Maui increased to 80 (see 8/10).
• The Writers Guild of America evaluated an offer from film and television studios to restart negotiations (see 5/2).
• Sam Bankman-Fried went to jail after a judge revoked the FTX founder for alleged witness tampering (see 7/29).