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August 15, 2019
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2019-08-15
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Disasters and accidents
Ural Airlines Flight 178
A
Ural Airlines
Airbus 321
crash lands in a field near
Zhukovsky International Airport
in
Moscow Region
,
Russia
. The event is dubbed the "Miracle over
Ramensk
", as only 23 passengers had minor injuries, similar to
US Airways Flight 1549
. Preliminary reports say the aircraft struck a flock of
seagulls
.
(CNN)
A
Cessna Citation
carrying former
NASCAR
driver
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
, his wife and infant daughter crashes on landing at
Elizabethton Municipal Airport
in
Elizabethton, Tennessee
. All occupants survive without serious injury.
(CNN)
International relations
Colombia–Venezuela relations
Venezuelan President
Nicolás Maduro
gives a speech wherein he accuses former
Colombian President
Álvaro Uribe
, Uribe's Vice President
Francisco Santos Calderón
, and Venezuelan politician
Lester Toledo
[
es
]
of planning to kill him.
(Reuters)
Iran–United Kingdom relations
;
Iran–United States relations
Gibraltar
says the
United States
has applied to seize the
Iranian
oil tanker
Grace 1
, which is being held by the
United Kingdom
territory for an alleged breach of
European Union
sanctions against
Syria
.
(Reuters)
The UK releases
Grace 1
back to Iran after receiving written assurance that the oil would not be sent to Syria.
(BBC News)
Israel–United States relations
Two American
Muslim
congresswomen
,
Ilhan Omar
and
Rashida Tlaib
, are barred from entering
Israel
before a planned visit to the country due to their support of the
BDS
movement, a decision which was encouraged by
U.S. President
Donald Trump
.
(CNN)
Proposed United States purchase of Greenland
Press sources report that
U.S. President
Donald Trump
repeatedly expressed interest in buying
Greenland
.
(
The Wall Street Journal
)
(AP News)
Law and crime
Belgian Federal Police
confirm that fugitive
Belgian
large weapons smuggler and
arms trafficker
Jacques Monsieur
was arrested in
Portugal
yesterday.
(
Het Laatste Nieuws
)
(
Le Soir
)
Politics and elections
2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Former Colorado governor
John Hickenlooper
announces that he is suspending his presidential campaign.
(UPI)
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