## [2020-08-25](/feed/2020/08/25/index.md)

##### Manchester United
### [Manchester United captain and England international Harry Maguire is given a suspended sentence of 21 months and 10 days in prison by a Greek court for repeated bodily harm, attempted bribery of police, violence against public employees and insult, following his arrest on the island of Mykonos. ](/feed/2020/08/25/manchester-united-captain-and-england-international-harry-maguire-is-given-a-suspended-sentence-of-21-months-and-10-days.md)
##### High Court
### [The High Court of Hong Kong denies release for the first person arrested under the Hong Kong national security law. The 23-year-old man had driven a motorbike into several policemen knocking them down on a narrow street before falling over and getting arrested. ](/feed/2020/08/25/the-high-court-of-hong-kong-denies-release-for-the-first-person-arrested-under-the-hong-kong-national-security-law-the.md)
##### 2020 United States racial unrest
### [Wisconsin's Governor Tony Evers declared a state of emergency due to persistent unrest in Kenosha. ](/feed/2020/08/25/wisconsin-s-governor-tony-evers-declared-a-state-of-emergency-due-to-persistent-unrest-in-kenosha.md)
### [Two people are fatally shot and one wounded during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin over the shooting of Jacob Blake. Police are investigating whether the incident occurred during a confrontation between protesters and armed men. ](/feed/2020/08/25/two-people-are-fatally-shot-and-one-wounded-during-protests-in-kenosha-wisconsin-over-the-shooting-of-jacob-blake-poli.md)
### [At least 64 people were arrested in Louisville, Kentucky as crowds marched over the death of Breonna Taylor. The protests were peaceful until a group of demonstrators "crossed several intersections, creating dangerous situations as traffic continued to try to make its way in the area," claimed Robert Schroeder, interim chief of the Louisville Metro Police Department. ](/feed/2020/08/25/at-least-64-people-were-arrested-in-louisville-kentucky-as-crowds-marched-over-the-death-of-breonna-taylor-the-protest.md)
##### Iran–United States relations
### [The United Nations formally rejects the United States's request to reimpose its sanctions against Iran via the "snapback" provision of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA), citing the Security Council's opposition due to the country's withdrawal from the JCPoA in 2018. ](/feed/2020/08/25/the-united-nations-formally-rejects-the-united-states-s-request-to-reimpose-its-sanctions-against-iran-via-the-snapback.md)
##### Ethiopia–Sudan relations
### [Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed meets with the Sudanese leadership in Khartoum to discuss the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. ](/feed/2020/08/25/ethiopian-prime-minister-abiy-ahmed-meets-with-the-sudanese-leadership-in-khartoum-to-discuss-the-grand-ethiopian-renais.md)
##### Foreign relations of Taiwan
### [Taiwan announces that it will open a representative office in Aix-en-Provence to serve southern France. This is the second Taiwanese representative office in France and the third office to open this year, coming after the establishment of an office in Hargeisa, Somaliland, and the re-opening of the office in Guam. ](/feed/2020/08/25/taiwan-announces-that-it-will-open-a-representative-office-in-aix-en-provence-to-serve-southern-france-this-is-the-seco.md)
##### Polio eradication
### [The Africa Regional Certification Commission announces that they have declared Africa free of polio. ](/feed/2020/08/25/the-africa-regional-certification-commission-announces-that-they-have-declared-africa-free-of-polio.md)
##### COVID-19 pandemic
### [Prime Minister Boris Johnson reverses an earlier advice against the wearing of face masks by secondary education students in local lockdown areas of England, following protests from head teachers and academic organisations against the earlier advice. Meanwhile, schools in areas of England not subject to tighter restrictions are given the discretion on whether to mandate the wearing of face masks for its students. ](/feed/2020/08/25/prime-minister-boris-johnson-reverses-an-earlier-advice-against-the-wearing-of-face-masks-by-secondary-education-student.md)
### [South Korea orders most schools in Seoul Capital Area to close and move classes back online as the country battles a resurgence in cases. All students, except for high school seniors, in the cities of Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi Province, will take classes online until September 11. ](/feed/2020/08/25/south-korea-orders-most-schools-in-seoul-capital-area-to-close-and-move-classes-back-online-as-the-country-battles-a-res.md)
### [India reports its highest single-day record of recovered patients after more than 66,000 are declared recovered in the last 24 hours, pushing the recovery rate to 75.92%. ](/feed/2020/08/25/india-reports-its-highest-single-day-record-of-recovered-patients-after-more-than-66000-are-declared-recovered-in-the-l.md)
##### 2020 Atlantic hurricane season
### [More than 385,000 residents are told to flee the cities of Beaumont, Galveston and Port Arthur, in Texas saying as much as 13 feet (3.96 meters) of storm surge topped by waves could submerge entire communities. ](/feed/2020/08/25/more-than-385000-residents-are-told-to-flee-the-cities-of-beaumont-galveston-and-port-arthur-in-texas-saying-as-much.md)
### [Hurricane Laura heads toward the Gulf Coast of the United States. The storm is now over western Cuba after killing multiple people in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The coasts of Texas and Louisiana prepare to receive Laura as a category 3 (or higher) hurricane. ](/feed/2020/08/25/hurricane-laura-heads-toward-the-gulf-coast-of-the-united-states-the-storm-is-now-over-western-cuba-after-killing-multi.md)
##### Ant
### [Ant files for an initial public offering of at least 10% of its capital in new shares on the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges. ](/feed/2020/08/25/ant-files-for-an-initial-public-offering-of-at-least-10-of-its-capital-in-new-shares-on-the-shanghai-and-hong-kong-stoc.md)
##### War in Afghanistan
### [Afghan actress and filmmaker Saba Sahar survives an assassination attempt in Kabul while on the way to work, she suffered four gunshot wounds and was taken to a private hospital. The Taliban's spokesman denies any involvement in the attack. ](/feed/2020/08/25/afghan-actress-and-filmmaker-saba-sahar-survives-an-assassination-attempt-in-kabul-while-on-the-way-to-work-she-suffere.md)
### [A truck bombing kills at least three people and injures another 41 in Balkh Province, Afghanistan. ](/feed/2020/08/25/a-truck-bombing-kills-at-least-three-people-and-injures-another-41-in-balkh-province-afghanistan.md)
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