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Wyndham Clark
- In golf, Wyndham Clark (pictured) wins the U.S. Open.
- Five people die in a submersible implosion in the North Atlantic near the wreck of the Titanic.
- In Uganda, the Allied Democratic Forces kill 42 people at a school in Mpondwe.
- In Canada, 16 people die after a bus collides with a semi-truck along the Trans-Canada Highway near Carberry, Manitoba.
- At least 78 people are killed and hundreds of others are missing after a migrant boat sinks off the coast of Pylos, Greece.
June 23, 2023 (Friday)
June 22, 2023 (Thursday)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Titan submersible incident
- The United States Coast Guard announces that they have discovered debris from the OceanGate submarine Titan, which went missing while viewing the wreckage of the RMS Titanic. (BBC)
- All five people aboard the submarine are presumed dead after the submarine 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)
Health and environment
- 2023 Asia heat wave
- Beijing, China, reports a record temperature for June of 41 °C (106 °F), surpassing the previous June record of 40.6 °C (105.1 °F) in 1961. (Reuters)
- At least 170 people have died in Northern India due to the heat wave, with temperatures of up to 46 °C (115 °F) reported. (Deutsche Welle)
Sports
- 2023 NBA draft
- The NBA Draft is held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, with the San Antonio Spurs taking French player Victor Wembanyama with the first overall pick. (France 24)
June 21, 2023 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- An Israeli drone conducts the first West Bank airstrike since 2005, targeting a car, and killing two PIJ members and an Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades member. (Middle East Eye)
- Reactions to the 2023 Eli shooting
- A Palestinian man is killed and several others are injured during a riot by Israeli settlers in Turmus Ayya. (BBC News)
Business and economy
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves Upside Foods and Good Meat's applications to commercially sell lab-grown meat, making the United States the second country in the world to allow its sale after Singapore. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Paris explosion
- Around 50 people are injured and one is missing after an explosion and fire on Rue Saint-Jacques in Paris, France. (CNN)
- 2023 Canary Islands migrant boat disaster
- At least 35 people are missing after a dinghy carrying migrants sinks off the coast of the Canary Islands, Spain. (Reuters)
- 2023 Yinchuan gas explosion
- Thirty-one people are killed and seven others are injured by a gas explosion at a restaurant in Yinchuan, China. (CNN)
- Two people are killed and 31 others are injured by a train crash near M'saken, Sousse Governorate, Tunisia. (Africanews)
- Four people are killed and several others are injured after a tornado rips through the town of Matador, Texas, United States. (Reuters)
International relations
- Israel–Morocco relations
- Morocco cancels this year's Negev Summit meeting in response to Israel approving the construction of over 4,500 settlements in the occupied West Bank on Sunday. (Middle East Eye)
Law and crime
- Two people are injured in a stabbing at the Central Middlesex Hospital in Park Royal, London, United Kingdom. (Reuters)
- A court in Belarus sentences 18 participants who took part in the 2020 election protests against President Alexander Lukashenko to between 2 and 25 years imprisonment. (AP)
- Russian Prosecutor-General Igor Krasnov designates international non-governmental organization World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) as an "undesirable organization", effectively prohibiting the organization from operating in the country. Krasnov claims that WWF's campaigns threaten Russian economic development, particularly in the energy sector. (Reuters)
June 20, 2023 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- 2023 Eli shooting
- Hamas kill four Israelis and injure four others in a mass shooting at a restaurant and a petrol station near the Israeli settlement of Eli in the occupied West Bank. The two gunmen are killed by a civilian and a soldier. (BBC News)
- 2023 Eli shooting
- Spillover of the Somali Civil War
- Seven people are killed and seven more injured when a police car and a public service vehicle are targeted by two roadside bombings at two different locations in Mandera County, Kenya. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- China–Pakistan relations
- The China National Nuclear Corporation and the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission sign a US$4.8 billion deal to construct the fifth unit at the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant, Pakistan's seventh nuclear power plant, in Punjab. (Reuters via CNN)
Health and environment
- Whaling in Iceland
- Fisheries and Agriculture Minister Svandís Svavarsdóttir announces that all whaling operations will be suspended in the country until August 31 at the earliest, citing welfare concerns after a video emerged of a hunted whale dying in agony over a five-hour period. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- War crimes in Afghanistan
- Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie announces that she has referred several members of the Australian Defence Force to the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes during the war in Afghanistan. (Canberra Times)
- Támara prison riot
- At least 41 inmates are killed and seven others are injured during a riot at a women's prison in Támara, near Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (AP)
- French police raid the Saint-Denis offices of the 2024 Parisian Summer Olympics organization committee and the headquarters of contracted construction company Solideo, over allegations of corruption. (BBC News)
- Hunter Biden, son of United States President Joe Biden, is provided a plea deal for misdemeanor offenses relating to failing to pay federal taxes. A further offense of owning a firearm while lying about being an illegal drug user will be dismissed, following a two-year probation. (The Guardian)
- Influencer Andrew Tate is charged by Romanian authorities with rape, human trafficking, and forming an organized crime group as part of an ongoing investigation. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Finnish parliamentary election
- Petteri Orpo is officially appointed as the 47th prime minister of Finland and forms his cabinet. (Reuters)
- LGBT rights in Estonia
- Estonia passes a bill legalising same-sex marriage and same-sex adoption by 2024, becoming the first Baltic and post-Soviet state to do so. (CNN)
- Education in South Korea
- The Ministry of Education announces plans to reform the College Scholastic Ability Test by removing questions unrelated to the curriculum taught in state schools. Education Minister Lee Ju-ho says that the reform aims to minimize students' dependence on hagwons and address the negative consequences of high-pressure education on students, citing the correlation with South Korea's high suicide rates. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)
June 19, 2023 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- June 2023 Jenin incursion
- Six Palestinians are killed and 90 others are injured during an IDF raid in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. (Al Jazeera) (Al Jazeera)
- June 2023 Jenin incursion
Arts and culture
- The mayor of the Nepali capital of Kathmandu, Balen Shah, bans the screenings of Indian films after dialogue in the recent epic film Adipurush stated that Sita from Hindu mythology was born in India instead of Nepal. (Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
- Indian low-cost airline IndiGo reaches a deal with European aerospace manufacturer Airbus to order 500 A320 aircraft, which will be delivered from 2030 to 2035, making it the largest single purchase agreement in commercial aviation. (CNN)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Titan submersible incident
- The submersible Titan, carrying tourists to the wreck of the RMS Titanic, is reported missing, with the United States Coast Guard attempting to locate the missing vessel. (CBS News)
Health and environment
- The United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopts the High Seas Treaty, the first treaty aimed towards marine conservation in international waters. (The Hill)
- A report to the Japanese National Diet revealed that from the end of World War II to 1996 over 25,000 Japanese citizens were forcibly sterilized under their eugenics law, including two nine-year-olds. (BBC News)
International relations
- Qatar–United Arab Emirates relations
- The foreign ministries of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates announce that they will restore diplomatic relations and reopen their embassies in Doha and Abu Dhabi, after relations were suspended six years ago during the Qatar diplomatic crisis. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- Moldovan protests
- The Constitutional Court of Moldova outlaws the Șor Party after accusations that the party was trying to undermine the rule of law during the recent protests in Moldova. (Reuters)
- Commons Privileges Committee investigation into Boris Johnson, Partygate
- MPs vote to support the report issued by Parliament into former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (BBC News)
- Six people are killed and eight others injured in a shootout between rival gangs on a street in Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador. (AFP via France 24)
Sports
- Racism in association football
- The New Zealand national team abandon their friendly against Qatar at half-time in protest at a Qatari player's alleged use of a racial slur against New Zealand defender Michael Boxall, who is half Samoan. (CNN)
June 18, 2023 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
- Ukrainian forces capture the front line village of Piatykhatky in Zaporizhzhia Oblast as heavy fighting continues. (Reuters)
- 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
Disasters and accidents
- Six people are killed and 28 others are reported missing after heavy rains cause flash floods across Nepal. (Sharjah24)
Law and crime
- 2023 DuPage County shooting
- A person is killed and 22 more injured during a mass shooting at a Juneteenth celebration in Willowbrook, Illinois, United States. (ABC News)
- Fourteen people die from drinking bootleg alcohol in Alborz province, Iran. (RFE/RL)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Malian constitutional referendum
- Malians head to the polls to vote on a referendum that, among other things, would enhance the powers of the President. (Al Jazeera)
- 2023 Kuwaiti general election
- Kuwaiti Prime Minister Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah forms a new cabinet following his reappointment, appointing Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah as the defense minister and Saad Al Barrak as the oil minister. (The Straits Times)
Sports
- 2022–23 PGA Tour
- In golf, American Wyndham Clark wins the 2023 U.S. Open, his first major championship, after shooting a final-round 70 to finish at 10-under-par and holding off four-time major champion Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland. Clark had never finished better than 75th in a major championship and had missed the cut in his previous two U.S. Opens. (BBC Sport)
- 2022–23 UEFA Nations League
- In association football, Spain defeat Croatia 5–4 on penalties, after a 0–0 draw, in the final held at the De Kuip in Rotterdam, Netherlands, to win their first UEFA Nations League championship. (BBC)
- 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League
- In association football, the United States defeat Canada 2–0 in the final held at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, United States, to win their second CONCACAF Nations League championship. Christian Pulisic is named the tournament's "best player". (AP via The Indian Express)
June 17, 2023 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Sudan conflict
- Battle of Khartoum
- The Sudanese Air Force launches airstrikes in Khartoum, killing at least 17 people and destroying dozens of homes. The armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces agree to a 72-hour ceasefire. (BBC News)
- Battle of Khartoum
- Anglophone crisis
- At least ten people are killed during an offensive by the military of Cameroon against separatists in the English-speaking Northwest Region. (Xinhua)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Asia heat wave
- At least 96 people die during a heat wave, which started two days ago, in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, India. (AP)
- At least eight people are killed and 19 others are missing after a winter storm in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. (AP)
- Seven people are injured after a hot air balloon catches fire in Zug, Switzerland. (AP)
International relations
- Saudi Arabia–Yemen relations
- A Yemenia flight with 277 passengers departs from Sanaa International Airport for Jeddah's King Abdulaziz International Airport, the first commercial flight from Yemen's primary international airport to Saudi Arabia after a seven-year blockade. Additional flights have been scheduled to accommodate thousands of Hajj pilgrims. (AFP via France 24)
Law and crime
- 2023 Gorge Amphitheatre shooting
- Two people are killed and two others wounded during a mass shooting at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Grant County, Washington, United States. (AP)
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