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- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Donbas
- Russia uses its T-14 Armata main battle tanks in combat against Ukrainian forces for the first time. (Reuters)
- China and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Chinese leader Xi Jinping calls Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with both countries announcing the dispatch of representatives to establish a diplomatic presence after the call. (NPR)
- Battle of Donbas
- Iranian ayatollah and Assembly of Experts member Abbas-Ali Soleimani is assassinated in a shooting at a bank in Babolsar, Mazandaran province. The perpetrator, a security guard at the bank, has been arrested by police. (BBC News)
- Six Iranian demonstrators are injured in clashes after a teen dies in a car accident involving police. (rferl)
Business and economy
- Proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft
- The United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority blocks Microsoft's $68.7bn (£55bn) acquisition of Activision Blizzard, saying the deal will leave video gamers with less choice and will reduce innovation. (BBC News)
Health and environment
- 2022–2023 mpox outbreak
- Pakistan reports their first case of mpox. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- Capital punishment in Singapore
- Singapore executes Tangaraju Suppiah for plotting to smuggle 1 kilogram of cannabis into the country. His execution, the country's first this year, drew significant pleas for clemency, including from the United Nations. (BBC News)
- Salvadoran gang crackdown (2022–present)
- El Salvador opens a trial against its former president Mauricio Funes for initiating a truce with street gangs during his presidency. Funes, who is currently living in Nicaragua, will not attend the trial. (AP News)
- A Brazilian judge orders a temporary shutdown of social media app Telegram over its failure to provide information on Neo-Nazi chat groups to the Federal Police of Brazil. (AP News)
Politics and elections
- 2023 United States debt-ceiling crisis
- By a 217-215 margin, the United States House of Representatives passes a bill that would raise the United States debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion in exchange for spending restrictions. (AP News)
- English Channel migrant crossings (2018–present)
- The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Illegal Migration Bill by 289 to 230 votes despite opposition from some members within the ruling Conservative Party. (BBC News)
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