Portal:Current events/2020 July 25
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Darfur
- 2020 Darfur attacks
- At least 20 people are killed and 22 others wounded in a mass shooting in a village in South Darfur, Sudan. (Reuters)
- 2020 Darfur attacks
- American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2021)
- withdrawal of U.S. and coalition troops. (Xinhua)
Disasters and accidents
- 2020 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Hanna
- Tropical Storm Hanna is upgraded to a
- Hurricane Hanna
- Three people are killed when a
- Four people are killed when a small plane crashes in Valais, Switzerland. (Il Messaggero)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong
- Hong Kong reports a record of 133 new cases of COVID-19 for the fourth consecutive day, as well as two deaths. 126 of these cases are locally transmitted. (South China Morning Post)
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
- South Korea reports 113 new cases of COVID-19. This is the largest one-day increase since March. Of these new cases, 86 were imported and 27 were locally transmitted. (The Japan Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam
- Vietnam confirms its first case of COVID-19 community transmission in 100 days. A patient is a 57-year-old man in Da Nang who had no prior contact with any known cases. (VnExpress)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar
- Retired footballer and current coach of Al Sadd SC Xavi Hernández announces he tested positive for COVID-19. (Forbes)
- COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea
- Kim Jong-un convenes an emergency meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, declares a state of emergency, and orders the lockdown of Kaesong after a person suspected of having COVID-19 returned from South Korea, after illegally crossing the DMZ. If confirmed, it would be the first time a case of COVID-19 has been officially acknowledged by North Korea. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
Law and crime
- George Floyd protests
- George Floyd protests in Seattle
- Forty-five people are arrested after protesters throw explosives and rocks at police in Seattle. Other rioters set fire to a portable trailer and a construction site, police allege in a series of tweets. Twenty-one officers were injured, including one who was hospitalized with a leg injury caused by an explosive. (CNN)
- George Floyd protests in Texas
- During an evening protest in Austin, Texas, a man is fatally shot as he approached a vehicle and the driver inside opened fire. A police spokesperson says the victim may have been carrying a rifle. She added that the suspect was detained and is cooperating with police. (AP via Dallas Morning News)
- George Floyd protests in Seattle
Politics and elections
- 2020 Central African Republic general election
- Deposed Muslims and Christians since he was deposed in 2013. It is not known whether the charges against him will play a role in his candidacy. (Reuters)
- Deposed
- 2020 Thai protests, LGBT rights in Thailand
- An LGBT group gathers at the Democracy Monument, Bangkok, to call for legalization of same-sex marriage in addition to the three demands stated by Free Youths. (Prachatai)
- The Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire. (Reuters)
Science and technology
- Global warming
- A record high temperature of 21.7°C (71.1°F) is recorded on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, according to the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. (Global News)