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- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Russia launches a wave of cruise missile and drone strikes across Ukraine. Among the targets hit was an industrial zone in Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where a large explosion damaged or destroyed 19 apartment buildings and 25 homes, with 34 people reportedly injured. Ukrainian forces say they have shot down 15 of 18 missiles launched by Russia, including from strategic bombers over the Caspian Sea. (The Guardian)
- Battle of Bakhmut
- Ukrainian colonel general Oleksandr Syrskyi says Ukrainian troops have recaptured parts of central Bakhmut, but that the situation on the ground "remains difficult". (Reuters)
- 2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- A 17-year-old Palestinian boy is killed during an Israeli counterterrorism raid near Jericho, West Bank. (AP)
- A bomb was detonated on the road between Sofia and Samokov, near the village of Kovachevtsi, Bulgaria. The target is supposed to have been the Chief Public Prosecutor of Bulgaria Ivan Geshev, whose motorcade was travelling on the road at this time. No people were injured. The explosion is designated as a terrorist incident by officials. The perpetrator and motive are currently unknown. (BNT)
Business and economy
- 2023 global banking crisis
- The FDIC seizes control of First Republic Bank, while JPMorgan Chase agrees to buy "a substantial majority of assets and assumed the deposits and certain other liabilities" of the bank. It makes First Republic the second-largest bank failure in US history. (CNN)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Liaocheng chemical plant explosion
- Five people are killed, one is injured and another is reported missing after an explosion at a chemical plant in Liaocheng, Shandong, China. (Reuters)
- At least six people are killed and 30 others are injured in Illinois, United States, after a dust storm causes a crash involving 70 to 90 vehicles on Interstate 55. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Paraguayan general election
- Santiago Peña is declared the winner of the Paraguayan presidential election. (BBC News)
Sports
- 2023 World Snooker Championship
- Luca Brecel wins his first World Snooker Championship title, defeating Mark Selby by 18–15 in the final at The Crucible in Sheffield, England. Brecel becomes the first player from continental Europe to win the tournament. (BBC Sport)
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