Portal:Current events
Topics in the news
- In Russia, the Wagner mercenary group (leader Yevgeny Prigozhin pictured) stands down after rebelling against the government.
- In China, an explosion at a restaurant in Yinchuan kills 31 people.
- A women's prison riot near Tegucigalpa, Honduras, leaves at least 46 inmates dead.
- In golf, Wyndham Clark wins the U.S. Open.
- Five people die in a submersible implosion in the North Atlantic near the wreck of the Titanic.
June 28, 2023
(Wednesday)
June 27, 2023
(Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- A Russian missile strike on Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, kills at least four civilians and injures 42 others. (The Guardian)
- Wagner Group rebellion
- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko confirms that the head of the Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin has arrived in Belarus in accordance with the agreement reached with the Russian government. (Reuters)
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Law and crime
- Moore v. Harper
- In a 6–3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Elections Clause does not give state legislatures sole power over elections, rejecting the independent state legislature theory. (AP)
Politics and elections
- The National Assembly of the Republika Srpska votes to suspend all rulings of Bosnia and Herzegovina's constitutional court, a move described as a "legal secession", and a violation of the 1995 Dayton Agreement. The region's president Milorad Dodik had criticised the court for having "foreign judges, and a Anti-Serb bias." (Reuters)
June 26, 2023
(Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces a AU$110 million military aid package to Ukraine. (The Guardian)
- Ukrainian forces recapture the village of Rivnopil in Donetsk Oblast, according to Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar. (Reuters)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2023 Sudan conflict
- Battle of Khartoum
- The Rapid Support Forces take control of the main police base in Khartoum, seizing a large amount of military equipment and ammunition, including 160 pickup trucks, 75 armoured personnel carriers, and 27 tanks. (The Guardian)
- Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile
- The Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North attacks the town of Kurmuk in Blue Nile, Sudan, prompting hundreds of civilians to flee across the border to Ethiopia. (Reuters)
- Battle of Khartoum
Arts and culture
- Television in the United States
- Jesse Watters is named the new host of Fox News's 8 p.m. hour, replacing former anchor Tucker Carlson. (BBC News)
Business and economy
- Turkish economic crisis
- The Turkish lira falls to a record low against the United States dollar, while the central bank stops using its reserves to support the lira. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Pakistan ration distribution stampedes
- Twenty-one people are injured in a stampede during the disbursement of funds for the Benazir Income Support Programme in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. (Pakistan Today)
- Ten people are killed by lightning strikes in Punjab, Pakistan. (AP)
- Seven people die from drinking bootleg alcohol in Tehran, Iran. (Iranwire)
- Five people are killed, Four others are injured, and an unknown number of people are trapped when a 14-story apartment building collapses in Alexandria, Egypt. (CNN')
Health and environment
- The Sri Lankan Department of Wildlife Conservation cancels plans to export about 100,000 endangered toque macaque Old World monkeys to China after several environmentalists initiated legal action in the Court of Appeal against the export. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)
International relations
- Germany–Lithuania relations
- German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announces that Germany will permanently station 4,000 troops in Lithuania in order to help secure NATO's eastern flank. (DW)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Toronto mayoral by-election
- Former New Democratic Party Member of Parliament Olivia Chow is elected Mayor of Toronto, defeating former city councillor Ana Bailão, becoming the city's first non-White mayor. She replaces John Tory, who resigned in February after revealing he had an extra-marital affair with a staffer. (BBC News)
June 25, 2023
(Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- Northwestern Syria clashes
- Nine people are killed and 30 others are injured by Russian airstrikes on a busy vegetable market in Jisr ash-Shughur, Idlib Governorate, Syria. (AP)
- Northwestern Syria clashes
- Spillover of the Somali Civil War, Terrorism in Kenya
- Five people are killed, some by decapitation, by al-Shabaab jihadists across two villages in Lamu County, Kenya. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
Disasters and accidents
- Twelve people are killed and seven others are injured in a head-on collision between two buses in Digapahandi, Odisha, India. (Times of India)
- Five people are killed and 34 others are injured in a crash between a government vehicle and a bus in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. (NDTV)
- One person is killed and nine others are injured in a roller coaster accident at the Gröna Lund amusement park in Stockholm, Sweden. (Reuters)
- One person is killed after a tornado strikes Martin County, Indiana, United States. (NBC News)
Law and crime
- Ecuadorian security crisis
- Eight people are killed and others are injured in a shootout outside a nightclub in La Concordia, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Ecuador. (AFP via The Punch)
- Two people are shot dead "due to a feud between criminal elements" in Nahf, Northern Israel. (Times of Israel)
Politics and elections
- June 2023 Greek legislative election
- Greeks head to the polls for the second time this year to elect the 300 members of the Hellenic Parliament. (AP)
- New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis regains an absolute majority of 158 seats and is expected to be sworn in as Prime Minister for a second term after previously handing his premiership to Ioannis Sarmas last month. (BBC News)
- 2023 Guatemalan general election
- Guatemalans head to the polls to elect officials in the presidential, congressional, Central American Parliament, and other local elections. Presidential candidates Sandra Torres and Bernardo Arévalo will face a run-off vote on 20 August. (AFP via Manila Standard) (The Guardian)
June 24, 2023
(Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Wagner Group rebellion
- The Wagner Group seizes and occupies the cities of Rostov-on-Don and Voronezh as clashes occur across both oblasts. Wagner Group forces capture the Southern Military District headquarters in Rostov-on-Don. Rostov Governor Vasily Golubev asks residents to remain indoors. (9News) (Ukraine Today) (CNN)
- Yevgeny Prigozhin warns that his troops will march on Moscow unless Russian military leadership meet with him for talks. Russian president Vladimir Putin addresses the nation, saying that a coup d'état attempt is under way. (The New York Times) (AP)
- An Antonov An-26 transport plane is reportedly shot down over Voronezh Oblast, while Russian Air Force Ka-50 helicopters strike an oil refinery and depot in Voronezh, causing a large explosion and fire.(Defence Blog) (Hindustan Times)
- Authorities in Lipetsk Oblast tell residents to remain indoors, with the M4 highway closed off to traffic. Wagner forces later enter Lipetsk. (Live Mint) (Al Arabiya) (DNP India)
- The Wagner Group withdraws after Yevgeny Prigozhin, Vladimir Putin, and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko negotiate a deal to end the rebellion. (AP)
- 2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- The debris of a Russian cruise missile shot down last night damages a 25-storey building in Kyiv, Ukraine, killing three civilians and injuring eight others. The Ukrainian military says that air defences destroyed 41 out of 51 cruise missiles launched by Russia, as well as two drones. (Reuters)
- Wagner Group rebellion
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- A Palestinian teenager is shot and killed at a checkpoint in Qalandiya after opening fire on Israeli security forces. (Al Jazeera)
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- One person is killed and five others are injured as a Balochistan Liberation Army suicide bomber blows herself up near a military convoy in Turbat, Balochistan, Pakistan. (AP)
- Moro conflict
- Two people, a rebel and a soldier, are killed, and fourteen others are injured in a shooting incident in Maimbung, Sulu, Philippines. (ABS-CBN News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Yellowstone River train derailment
- A bridge crossing the Yellowstone River in Stillwater County, Montana, United States, collapses, causing a freight train carrying hot asphalt and molten sulfur to derail. (AP)
Law and crime
- Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
- The Australian government imposes financial sanctions and travel bans on former GRU officer Sergey Dubinsky, Russian Armed Forces colonel Sergey Muchkaev, and Donbas separatist leader Leonid Kharchenko for their involvement in the incident, in which 38 Australians were killed. (AFP via TRT World)
- Gunmen open fire at a pool hall in Choloma, Honduras, killing at least 11 people and injuring several others. (El Heraldo)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Sierra Leonean general election
- Sierra Leoneans head to the polls to elect a president and parliament. Incumbent president Julius Maada Bio is running for a second term in office. (AFP via Al Jazeera)
June 23, 2023
(Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Wagner Group rebellion
- Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin declares that he will "stop" the Russian military leadership and calls for a "march of justice", claiming that his forces have been killed in airstrikes by Russian government forces. The defence ministry rejects the claims, stating that they are "not true and are an information provocation". (BBC News) (CBC News) (The Moscow Times) (The Guardian)
- The Prosecutor-General of Russia Igor Krasnov formally orders the arrest of Yevgeny Prigozhin on charges of calling for an "armed rebellion", with authorities urging Wagner personnel to refuse Prigozhin's "criminal and treacherous orders" and to detain him. The FSB begins a mutiny investigation into Yevgeny Prigozhin. (TASS) (TASS 2) (NPR)
- BBC News Russian reports that there are roadblocks on the M4 highway between Moscow and Voronezh, with the FSB and other security services being placed on high alert in the Moscow Oblast. (BBC News Russian)
- Wagner Group rebellion
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
Business and economy
- 2021–2023 inflation surge
- 2021–present United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
- Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt unveils a "mortgage charter", which includes a 12-month protection against repossession, to assist property owners with increasing mortgage costs caused by the Bank of England's interest rate hikes. (CNA)
- 2021–present United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
Disasters and accidents
- Welkom mining explosion
- The government of South Africa reports that on May 18, at least 31 people were killed in a gas explosion at an illegally operated mining shaft in Welkom, Free State. (AP) (AFP via Bangkok Post)
- 2023 SAM Air plane crash
- A Cessna 208 Caravan crashes with six people on board in Elelim, Yalimo Regency, Highland Papua, Indonesia. The rescue operations are being impacted by severe weather in the region. (SeputarPapua)
- Four people are killed and five others are injured in an explosion at a steel mill in Yingkou, Liaoning, China. (AP)
- Eight people are injured after a tornado hits the North Antelope Rochelle Mine in Campbell County, Wyoming, United States. (AP)
International relations
- Philippines–United Arab Emirates relations
- UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan grants Philippine President Bongbong Marcos' request for the humanitarian pardon of three imprisoned Filipinos, two on death row for drug trafficking and another serving a 15-year sentence for slander. (CNN Philippines)
Law and crime
- The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) prosecutes an Indian citizen, in accordance with the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, for allegedly issuing fraudulent university acceptance letters to Indian students. The CBSA has suspended some of the affected students' deportation. (CNA)
June 22, 2023
(Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
- A bridge between southern Ukraine and Russian-occupied Crimea has been damaged by a British-made Storm Shadow missile. (BBC News)
- 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
- Eight people are killed and ten others are kidnapped after Islamic extremists attacked a group of farmers in Mafa, Borno State, Nigeria. (AP)
Business and economy
- Economy of Zambia, China–Zambia relations
- Zambia agrees with the Export–Import Bank of China and other creditors to restructure US$6.3 billion in debt, which includes maturity extensions and interest rate reductions. The deal, facilitated by the French government, also allows Zambia to access a $1.3 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund. (Financial Times)
Disasters and accidents
- Titan submersible implosion
- The United States Coast Guard announces that they have discovered debris from the OceanGate submersible Titan, which went missing while viewing the wreckage of the RMS Titanic. (BBC News)
- All five people aboard the submersible are presumed dead after it was destroyed in an implosion. The United States Navy says that a sound they detected several days ago may have been the implosion. (Reuters) (Business Insider)
- A fishing vessel sinks off Baganga, Davao Oriental, Philippines, with two crew members found dead. Search operations are ongoing for seven others. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Health and environment
- 2023 Asia heat wave
- 2023 China heat wave
- It is announced that at least 170 people have died in Northern India due to the heat wave, with temperatures of up to 46 °C (115 °F) reported. (DW)
Law and crime
- The US Supreme Court rules in a 5–4 decision that the US federal government is not obligated to secure water access for the Navajo Nation. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2023 NBA draft
- In basketball, the NBA Draft is held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, United States, with the San Antonio Spurs taking French player Victor Wembanyama with the first overall pick. (AFP via France 24)
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