Editing 2019 (section)

=== August ===
* [[August 1]] – Danish polar research institution Polar Portal reports a large spike in [[Greenland]] ice loss, with 11 billion tons melted in one day and 197 gigatonnes during the month of July.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/08/02/4-million-olympic-pools-how-much-arctic-melted-yesterday/1899006001/|date=August 2, 2019|access-date=August 2, 2019|title=The Arctic's ice sheet is melting at a rapid rate: 11 billion tons in one day|work=[[USA Today]]|author=Elinor Aspregen|archive-date=August 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804054736/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/08/02/4-million-olympic-pools-how-much-arctic-melted-yesterday/1899006001/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 2]]
** The United States officially withdraws from the [[Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty]] established with Russia in 1987.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/02/politics/nuclear-treaty-inf-us-withdraws-russia/index.html|date=August 2, 2019|title=US formally withdraws from nuclear treaty with Russia and prepares to test new missile|work=[[CNN]]|access-date=August 2, 2019|archive-date=August 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809105521/https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/02/politics/nuclear-treaty-inf-us-withdraws-russia/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[2019–2020 Japan–South Korea trade dispute]]: Japan announces the removal of South Korea from its list of most trusted trading partners, effective on August 28.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/japan-approves-removal-of-south-korea-from-preferred-trade-status-2019-08-01|title=Japan removes South Korea from preferred trade status, raising tensions|website=[[MarketWatch]]|date=August 2, 2019|access-date=August 19, 2019|archive-date=August 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802062006/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/japan-approves-removal-of-south-korea-from-preferred-trade-status-2019-08-01|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 5]]
** [[Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir]]: India revokes the [[Article 370 of the Constitution of India|part of its constitution]] that gives [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Indian-administered Kashmir]] special status in an unprecedented move.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-49231619 | title=Article 370: India strips disputed Kashmir of special status | publisher=[[BBC News]] | access-date=August 5, 2019 | archive-date=August 5, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805103745/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-asia-india-49231619 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/india-abolishes-kashmir-special-status-rush-decree-190805061331958.html|date=August 5, 2019|title=India revokes disputed Kashmir's special status with rush decree|work=[[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al Jazeera]]|access-date=August 5, 2019|archive-date=September 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915112139/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/india-abolishes-kashmir-special-status-rush-decree-190805061331958.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[2019–20 Hong Kong protests]]: Amid ongoing protests, [[Hong Kong]] is hit by the first [[general strike]]s of their kind since 1967.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/asia/live-news/hong-kong-strike-protest-intl-hnk/index.html|date=August 5, 2019|title=Flights canceled, major roads blocked as Hong Kong protests escalate|work=[[CNN]]|access-date=August 6, 2019|archive-date=August 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806055121/https://edition.cnn.com/asia/live-news/hong-kong-strike-protest-intl-hnk/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 7]] – The [[Singapore Mediation Convention]], also known as the UN Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, comes into effect. States that have ratified the treaty must enforce international commercial agreements in their courts.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wong|first=Cara|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/key-facts-about-the-singapore-convention-on-mediation|title=46 countries sign international mediation treaty named after Singapore|date=August 7, 2019|website=The Straits Times|access-date=August 7, 2019|archive-date=August 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807180352/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/key-facts-about-the-singapore-convention-on-mediation|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 8]] – [[Nyonoksa radiation accident]]: Reports indicate that there may have been a nuclear explosion at the [[Nyonoksa]] weapons-testing site in [[Arkhangelsk Oblast]], Russia. At least five people were killed and three others injured in the blast, with radiation levels in [[Severodvinsk]], {{convert|47|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the site, being 20 times above normal levels temporarily.<ref>{{citation|newspaper=[[BBC News]]|location=Londoon|title=Russia explosion: Five confirmed dead in rocket blast|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49301438|date=August 9, 2019|access-date=August 10, 2019|archive-date=August 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811223555/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49301438|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 10]]
** [[Morogoro tanker explosion]]: A fuel tanker truck explodes in [[Morogoro]], [[Tanzania]], killing at least 89 people and injuring dozens more.<ref>{{citation|website=[[CNN]]|date=August 11, 2019|access-date=August 11, 2019|title=At least 61 people killed in a fuel tanker explosion in Tanzania|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/10/africa/tanzania-oil-tanker-explosion-intl/index.html|author1=Faraji Mwanza|author2=Ivana Kottasova|archive-date=August 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811023808/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/10/africa/tanzania-oil-tanker-explosion-intl/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/news/Death-toll-in-Tanzania-fuel-tanker-tragedy-climbs-to-89/1840340-5236502-ih6lfk/index.html|title=Death toll in Tanzania fuel tanker tragedy climbs to 89|last=Msowoya|first=Tumaini|date=August 15, 2019|website=The Citizen|publisher=[[Mwananchi Communications]]|location=Tanzania|language=en|access-date=August 16, 2019|archive-date=July 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730094642/https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/news/Death-toll-in-Tanzania-fuel-tanker-tragedy-climbs-to-89/1840340-5236502-ih6lfk/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** 32 are killed and 1,000,000 evacuated as [[Typhoon Lekima (2019)|Typhoon Lekima]] makes landfall in [[Zhejiang]], China. Earlier it had caused flooding in the [[Philippines]].<ref>{{citation|website=[[Business Insider]]|access-date=August 11, 2019|title=Devastating photos show the damage of Typhoon Lekima, which left at least 32 people dead and forced 1 million to evacuate in China|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/typhoon-lekima-photos-china-evacuations-flight-cancellations-landslide-2019-8|archive-date=August 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810201634/https://www.businessinsider.com/typhoon-lekima-photos-china-evacuations-flight-cancellations-landslide-2019-8|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 10]]–[[August 25|25]] – [[2019 Canary Islands wildfires]]: A number of [[wildfire|forest fires]] break out in the [[Canary Islands]] of [[Gran Canaria]], [[Tenerife]] and [[Lanzarote]]. The fires on the island of Gran Canaria were the most severe, resulting in the loss of large areas of the island's forests and leading to the evacuation of thousands of residents from a number of towns and villages.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49388823 |title=Gran Canaria: 9,000 flee 'unprecedented' wildfires on holiday island |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=August 19, 2019 |access-date=August 21, 2019 |archive-date=August 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820144533/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49388823 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/08/19/inenglish/1566205037_427383.html |title=Wildfire in Gran Canaria forces 8,000 people from their homes |publisher=[[El País]] |date=August 19, 2019 |access-date=August 21, 2019 |archive-date=August 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819212620/https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/08/19/inenglish/1566205037_427383.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[August 11]] – [[2019 Indian floods]]: At least 114 people, including 57 in [[Kerala]], 30 in [[Karnataka]] and 27 in [[Maharashtra]], are reported to have died in monsoon-related floods in [[India]]. At least 227 died across India, [[Nepal]], [[Bangladesh]] and [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{citation|website=[[CNN]]|date=August 11, 2019|access-date=August 11, 2019|title=More than 100 are dead as heavy monsoon rains batter India|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/11/asia/monsoon-india-deaths/index.html|author1=Sugam Porkharel|author2=Ivana Kottasova|archive-date=August 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811134121/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/11/asia/monsoon-india-deaths/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 12]]
** [[2019–20 Hong Kong protests]]: [[Hong Kong International Airport]] is closed due to protests.<ref>{{citation|website=Al Jazeera.com|date=August 12, 2019|access-date=August 12, 2019|title=Hong Kong airport cancels Monday flights amid sit-in protest|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/hong-kong-airport-monday-flights-suspended-protests-190812082346420.html|archive-date=August 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812083556/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/hong-kong-airport-monday-flights-suspended-protests-190812082346420.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[2019–2020 Japan–South Korea trade dispute]]: South Korea announces the removal of Japan from its list of most trusted trading partners, effective on September 18.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-08/12/c_138302971.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812084128/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-08/12/c_138302971.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 12, 2019|title=S.Korea removes Japan from whitelist of trusted export partners|website=Xinhua|date=August 12, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20190917000835|title=Japan officially removed from South Korea's whitelist|last=Ji-hye|first=Shin|website=The Korea Herald|date=September 17, 2019|access-date=September 17, 2019|archive-date=September 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929080914/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20190917000835|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-drops-japan-from-white-list-in-trade-row|title=South Korea drops Japan from 'white list' in trade row|website=The Straits Times|date=September 17, 2019|access-date=September 17, 2019|archive-date=July 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710094046/https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-drops-japan-from-white-list-in-trade-row|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The Trump administration announces it will delay its proposal for 10 percent tariffs slated to take effect from September 1 on certain consumer goods from China while exempting other products — less than two weeks after Trump announced the new proposed tariffs.<ref>[https://thehill.com/policy/finance/trade/457316-trump-blinks-as-trade-war-threatens-consumers Trump blinks as trade war threatens consumers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814183337/https://thehill.com/policy/finance/trade/457316-trump-blinks-as-trade-war-threatens-consumers |date=August 14, 2019 }}, By Sylvan Lane, 08/13/19, [[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]</ref>
* [[August 13]] – The main yield curve for [[United States Treasury security|U.S. Treasury bonds]] inverts, as the yield rate for 2-year bonds rises higher than the yield rate for 10-year bonds.<ref>[https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/13/us-bonds-yield-curve-at-flattest-level-since-2007-amid-risk-off-sentiment.html Main yield curve inverts as 2-year yield tops 10-year rate, triggering recession warning] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817054751/https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/13/us-bonds-yield-curve-at-flattest-level-since-2007-amid-risk-off-sentiment.html |date=August 17, 2019 }}, August 13, 2019, cnbc.com</ref>
* [[August 14]] – The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average|Dow Jones]] plunges more than 500 points, due to concerns over the [[yield curve inversion]].<ref>[https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/14/stock-markets-wall-street-in-focus-amid-earnings-economic-data.html Dow plunges 750 points after bond market flashes a recession warning, Citigroup tanks 5%] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331225443/https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/14/stock-markets-wall-street-in-focus-amid-earnings-economic-data.html |date=March 31, 2022 }}, WED, August 14, 2019, cnbc.com.</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2019/aug/14/germany-economy-shrinks-gdp-recession-uk-inflation-stock-markets-business-live Dow tumbles 700 points as US and UK yield curves invert, and German recession looms – business live] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816204407/https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2019/aug/14/germany-economy-shrinks-gdp-recession-uk-inflation-stock-markets-business-live |date=August 16, 2019 }}, guardian.com</ref><ref>[https://www.yahoo.com/gma/dow-drops-600-points-roller-coaster-markets-continues-155200275--abc-news-topstories.html Dow drops 800 points, marking worst day for stock market this year] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815131808/https://www.yahoo.com/gma/dow-drops-600-points-roller-coaster-markets-continues-155200275--abc-news-topstories.html |date=August 15, 2019 }}, by Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, August 14, 2019.</ref>
* [[August 15]] – The [[European Central Bank]] shuts down [[PNB Banka]] after ruling it had become insolvent; this bank, previously called Norvik Banka, has been Latvia's sixth-largest lender, and a critic of the Baltic country's financial authorities.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/54b50b34-bf9d-11e9-b350-db00d509634e |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/54b50b34-bf9d-11e9-b350-db00d509634e |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription|title=ECB to shut down Latvian bank PNB|newspaper=[[Financial Times]]|date=August 15, 2019|last1=Arnold|first1=Martin}}</ref>
* [[August 16]] – Russian airstrike kills [[Hass refugee camp bombing|20 civilians in the Hass refugee camp]]<ref>{{cite web| title=Syria-Russia Attack on Refuge an Apparent War Crime| url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/10/18/syria-russia-attack-refuge-apparent-war-crime| date=October 18, 2019| work=Human Rights Watch| access-date=January 15, 2020| archive-date=March 20, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320050742/https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/10/18/syria-russia-attack-refuge-apparent-war-crime| url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 18]] – 100 activists, officials, and other concerned citizens in [[Iceland]] hold a funeral for [[Okjökull|Okjökull glacier]], which has completely melted after once covering {{convert|15.5|km2|sqmi|frac=8|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{citation|website=[[HuffPost]]|date=August 19, 2019|access-date=August 19, 2019|title=Iceland Holds Funeral Honoring Glacier That Melted Away|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/okjokull-glacier-funeral_n_5d5abf64e4b0eb875f271eb3|author=David Moye|archive-date=August 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819194649/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/okjokull-glacier-funeral_n_5d5abf64e4b0eb875f271eb3|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 19]] – [[2019 Papua protests]] erupt, mainly across [[Indonesian Papua]], in response to an incident in [[Surabaya]] where a group of Papuan students were arrested for alleged disrespect of the [[Indonesian flag]]. In [[Jayapura]], [[Sorong]], [[Fakfak]], [[Timika]] and [[Manokwari]], protests turned violent, with various private buildings and public facilities being damaged or burned. The protests and unrest were described by [[Reuters]] as "the most serious civil unrest in years over perceived racial and ethnic discrimination."<ref>{{cite news |title=Indonesia urges calm in Papua after two weeks of protests |url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-indonesia-papua/indonesia-urges-calm-in-papua-after-two-weeks-of-protests-idUKKCN1VK1BS?il=0 |access-date=August 31, 2019 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=August 30, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=September 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915101453/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-indonesia-papua/indonesia-urges-calm-in-papua-after-two-weeks-of-protests-idUKKCN1VK1BS?il=0 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[August 21]]
** [[2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires]]: Brazil's [[National Institute for Space Research|National Institute for Space Research (INPE)]] reports fires burning in the [[Amazon rainforest]] at a record rate, with more than 36,000 in the year to date, while smoke reaches [[São Paulo]] more than {{convert|1700|mi|km|order=flip}} away.<ref>{{citation|website=[[CNN]]|date=August 21, 2019|access-date=August 21, 2019|title=Brazil's Amazon rainforest is burning at a record rate, research center says|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/21/americas/amazon-rainforest-fire-intl-hnk-trnd/index.html|author1=Jessie Yeung|author2=Abel Alvaredo|archive-date=August 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821115152/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/21/americas/amazon-rainforest-fire-intl-hnk-trnd/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Giuseppe Conte]] offers his resignation as [[Prime Minister of Italy]] in order to avoid a no-confidence motion.<ref>{{citation|website=[[CNN]]|date=August 21, 2019|access-date=August 21, 2019|title=Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resigns, attacks Salvini as 'irresponsible'|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/20/europe/italy-prime-minister-giuseppe-conte-intl/index.html|author1=Livia Borghese|author2=Ivana Kottasova|author3=Kara Fox|archive-date=August 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821003134/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/20/europe/italy-prime-minister-giuseppe-conte-intl/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 23]] – German Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]] and French President [[Emmanuel Macron]] describe the widespread [[2019 Brazil wildfires|Amazon fires]] as an international emergency, urging the matter to be discussed at the weekend's [[45th G7 summit|G7 summit]].<ref>{{citation|website=[[BBC News]]|title=Amazon fires: Merkel and Macron urge G7 to debate 'emergency'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-49443389|date=August 23, 2019|access-date=August 23, 2019|archive-date=August 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822232622/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-49443389|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{citation|website=[[The Guardian]]|title=France and Ireland declare opposition to trade deal over Amazon fires|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/23/ireland-could-oppose-trade-deal-brazil-fails-stop-amazon-fires-leo-varadkar|date=August 23, 2019|access-date=August 23, 2019|archive-date=August 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826225550/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/23/ireland-could-oppose-trade-deal-brazil-fails-stop-amazon-fires-leo-varadkar|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 25]] – [[2019 Beirut drone crash]]: According to Lebanese officials, two Israeli drones attack [[Beirut]], Lebanon. One crashed into the roof of the Hezbollah Media Center, about 45 minutes before the second exploded in the air and damaged the building.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hariri: Israeli drones in Beirut threaten Lebanon's sovereignty|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/israeli-drones-beirut-hezbollah-190825052725185.html|author=aljazeera.com|date=August 26, 2019|access-date=September 2, 2019|archive-date=August 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826213441/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/israeli-drones-beirut-hezbollah-190825052725185.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It is the first such incident between Israel and Lebanon since the [[2006 Lebanon War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-hezbollah-idUSKCN1VF00Y|title=Two Israeli drones fall in Beirut suburbs, one explodes: army, Hezbollah|date=August 25, 2019|access-date=September 2, 2019|publisher=[[Reuters]]|archive-date=August 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827004020/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-hezbollah-idUSKCN1VF00Y|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 31]] – [[2019 Alta helicopter crash]]: A sightseeing helicopter crashes in the mountains of [[Skoddevarre]] in [[Alta Municipality]], [[Norway]], killing all 6 occupants.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rostad |first=Ida Louise |date=4 September 2019 |work=NRK |title=Helikopterulykken i Alta |language=Norwegian Bokmål |url=https://www.nrk.no/helikopterstyrten-i-alta-1.14684148 |access-date=November 17, 2022 |archive-date=August 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831060131/https://www.nrk.no/helikopterstyrten-i-alta-1.14684148 |url-status=live }}</ref>