Wikinews:2021/August

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August 1

• Australia: Victorian lockdown lifted

August 5

• DaBaby Levitating remix losing US radio audiences after the rapper's comments on HIV/AIDS

August 8

• Ten injured, suspect arrested in Tokyo knife attack

August 11

• 4 local government areas in New South Wales, Australia locked down after COVID-19 case
• Wikinews interviews Professor Gigi Foster about pandemic control in Australia
• Australia: AstraZeneca vaccine access expanded by Victorian government

August 13

• One person dead, 5 injured in early morning Dorchester shooting

August 16

• Afghan Taliban occupies Kabul as president Ghani flees the country
• Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif captured by Taliban

August 17

• Australian and Victorian governments to begin stage three of Shepparton railway line upgrade in September
• Australia: Sunbury railway line slated for five days of 24-hour upgrades

August 19

• 2021 rugby union season on Australia's Sunshine Coast to culminate with September 18 Grand Final

August 26

• United States Indo-Pacific Commander meets with Philippine senior officials for 70th anniversary of Mutual Defense Treaty
• Philippine Armed Forces chief tests positive for COVID-19 in antigen test
• Two US congressmen fly into Kabul; trip reportedly unauthorized