Portal:Current events/2017 August 7

August 7, 2017 (Monday)

Arts and culture

Godzilla in popular culture
- Haruo Nakajima, who portrayed the monster Godzilla from 1954 to 1972, dies at the age of 88. (Daily Mail)

Business and economy

Law and crime

Media of the Philippines
- Two more Filipino journalists are murdered in a span of two days adding to toll of more than a hundred journalists killed since 2000. (The Straits Times) (The Committee to Protect Journalists)

Politics and elections

Mauritanian constitutional referendum, 2017
- Results from Saturday's constitutional referendum show Mauritanians have voted to abolish the Senate. Turnout was 53.73%, with 85% of voters supporting the change, according to officials. (BBC)
Corruption in South Africa
- The Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa, Baleka Mbete, announces that a vote of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma will be held by secret ballot. The vote, to be held on 8 August 2017, will be the eighth vote of no confidence against the president and the first by secret ballot. (CNN)