Wikinews:2016/August

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August 1

• Russian helicopter shot down over Syria
• Schweinsteiger announces retirement from international football

August 2

• Debut from Booker-winner, final Canadian appearance of Stan Lee among announced Fan Expo Canada programming

August 3

• United States launch air strikes against Islamic State in Libya

August 5

• Emirates plane crash-lands in Dubai

August 6

• Australian swim team pulled from Rio training pool when water turns 'soupy'

August 7

• Paralympics bans Russian athletes from Rio Games after doping scandal
• Russian vice-consul reportedly shoots mugger dead in Rio

August 10

• Midget car racer Bryan Clauson dies aged 27
• Manchester United signs Pogba, now costliest player in history

August 11

• Labour Party UK members win right to vote in leadership contest

August 14

• Ukrainian troops on Crimean border on high alert after rising tension with Russia

August 15

• Wikinews Shorts: August 15, 2016

August 16

• Podolski announces retirement from international football

August 19

• Naked statues of Donald Trump appear in various US cities

August 23

• On the campaign trail in the USA, July 2016

August 24

• 6.2 Magnitude Earthquake hits central Italy

August 25

• North Korea fires balistic missile from submarine

August 28

• Claudio Bravo signs Manchester City
• FC Barcelona signs Jasper Cillessen

August 29

• Sevilla signs Sirigu on loan from Paris SG

August 30

• Lightning strikes dead more than 300 wild reindeer in Norway