Portal:Current events/2020 August 30

• Following the death of American actor Chadwick Boseman two days prior, the tweet by his family announcing his death becomes the most-liked tweet in history with over 7.1 million likes. It surpasses a tweet made by former U.S. President Barack Obama in the aftermath of the Unite the Right rally in 2017, which has over 4.3 million likes. (CNN)

• European migrant crisis
  • At least three migrants die when their boat catches fire off the coast of Crotone, Calabria, Italy. Another five migrants are injured as well as two police officers who tried to help them. (Reuters)
• Floods across Italy kill two people, injure some others, and leave one more missing. Severe damage to homes and other buildings is reported, and evacuations are ongoing in areas of some cities. (3bmeteo)

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India
      • India reports 78,761 new cases in the past 24 hours, thus marking the highest single-day rise in case numbers recorded anywhere in the world. The record was previously set by the United States, which reported 77,638 new cases on July 17. This puts India's overall case tally to 3.5 million. (France 24)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
      • South Korea begins to restrict operations of restaurants, bakeries, and franchise coffee chains in the Seoul Capital Area in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19. Restaurants and bakeries can operate dine-in services until 9 p.m., and only takeaway and delivery will be permitted from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.. For franchise coffee chains, only takeout or delivery will be permitted regardless of operating hours. These restrictions will exist until September 7. (Yonhap News Agency)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
      • More than 1,700 people in the United Kingdom are reported to have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the largest weekend number since the middle of May, and the highest number of reported cases since June 4. (The Guardian) (Reuters)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
      • The number of cases in Greece reaches 10,000. (Madison.com)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia
    • The number of confirmed cases in Colombia reaches 600,000, ahead of the end of more than five months of lockdown. (National Post)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
    • Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern mandates the wearing of face masks on public transport in Auckland once the city's alert level 3 restrictions are lifted at 11:59 p.m. local time, following a report of two new cases. (The Guardian)

• Greek–Turkish relations, Aegean dispute
  • Turkey demands that Greece withdraws its troops from the Aegean island of Kastellorizo, saying Greece had violated the 1947 peace treaty, which called for the formerly Italian-occupied Kastellorizo to be demilitarized, with a recent troop deployment. The Greek government says the event was a "routine troop rotation". (Bloomberg)
• Belarus–Germany relations, 2020 Belarusian protests
  • The German foreign ministry announces it will summon the Belarusian ambassador in Berlin, after the Belarusian Association of Journalists revoked the accreditation of several foreign journalists covering the anti-government protests the previous day, including members of the German media. (AFP via The Local)

• France–Russia relations
  • French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly reveals that a lieutenant-colonel of the army stationed at a NATO base in Italy has been arrested and indicted on charges of espionage on behalf of another government, after he was reported to have supplied "sensitive" documents to an officer of the GRU, a Russian military intelligence agency. (AFP via NDTV)

• 2020 Montenegrin parliamentary election
  • Montenegrins head to the polls to elect a new session to parliament. Neither the ruling pro-Western coalition, dominated by the Democratic Party of Socialists, nor the pro-Russian and Serbia opposition are projected to have a majority. (Reuters)
  • Following exit polls, the Montenegrin opposition led by Zdravko Krivokapić claims victory in the election with Krivokapić saying "the regime has fallen". (AP)