Portal:Current events/2020 July 15

July 15, 2020 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
- Saudi-led coalition airstrikes kill at least seven civilians when they hit houses in the Al Jawf Governorate of Yemen. The Houthis report nine killed, two of them children. The coalition did not immediately comment on the airstrike. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

George Floyd protests in the United Kingdom
- A statue of Black Lives Matter protester Jen Reid is briefly erected without permission on the plinth of the toppled statue of Edward Colston in the city center of Bristol before being removed the next day. (CBS News)

Business and economy

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Groupe PSA announce that when their planned merger is completed, expected in 2021, the merged company will be known as Stellantis. (Detroit Free Press)

Disasters and accidents

2020 Iran explosions
- At least seven ships are burnt following an unspecified incident in the Iranian port city of Bushehr. (Al Arabiya) (Bloomberg)
At least 50 people have been killed and more than two million affected by heavy monsoon flooding in Assam, India. (BBC News)
A record-setting rainstorm causes flash flooding in Palermo, Italy. The meter of water turns streets into rivers and traps motorists in their cars. Palermo mayor Leoluca Orlando says this "water bomb" dropped as much rain in two hours as the Sicilian capital gets in a full year. Two people are reported drowned; that has not been confirmed. (VOA) (EuroNews)

Health and environment

Law and crime

Killing of George Floyd
- A new police body camera video emerges of George Floyd pleading with officers before his death. (BBC News)
- A lawsuit is filed against the Minneapolis police officers involved in Floyd's death. (The Chicago Tribune)
Crime in Norway
- A woman dies and two more people are injured during a series of stabbings in Sarpsborg, Norway. A Norwegian man, who had a relationship with the two wounded victims, is arrested. (BBC News)
2020 Twitter bitcoin scam
- The Twitter accounts of notable people and businesses, including Elon Musk, Joe Biden, Bill Gates and Apple Inc., are hijacked to promote a Bitcoin scam. (CNBC)

Politics and elections

2020 United States presidential election
- Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign
  - President Trump replaces Brad Parscale as campaign manager with Bill Stepien, former White House political director and a field director for the 2016 presidential campaign. Parscale, who has reportedly been blamed for the poorly attended rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, last month, will stay on as senior adviser. (BBC News) (UPI)
2020 North Macedonian parliamentary election
- Voters in North Macedonia head to the polls to elect the members of the country's assembly. It is the first election after the country adopted its new name following a decade-long dispute. The election had to be postponed once due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. (The Guardian)
Politics of Peru
- Prime Minister of Peru Vicente Zeballos resigns in the face of harsh criticism of his management of the COVID-19 pandemic. He is succeeded by Pedro Cateriano. (Expreso)