Current events: 2023-06-29

Wikipedia Current Events · Jun 29, 2023

Disasters and accidents

2023 Canadian wildfires
- Smoke from the 2023 Canadian wildfires
  - Smoke from the ongoing Canadian wildfires is reported in the U.S. states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Georgia, Vermont, and South Carolina. (CT Insider) (ABC News)
  - Smoke from the Canadian wildfires is confirmed by satellite data to have reached the United Kingdom, according to the Met Office. (BBC News)
Four people are killed and another is missing after flooding in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and after a tornado strikes the city of Durban. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

Law and crime

Islamic scarf controversy in France
- France's top administrative court upholds a ban on female footballers wearing Islamic headscarves. (AFP via France 24)
Rwanda asylum plan
- The Court of Appeal rejects the British government's plan to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda, deeming the plan to be unlawful. (The New York Times) (The Guardian)
Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard
- In a 6–3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that race can no longer be considered a factor in university admissions, effectively ending affirmative action in higher learning. However, the court also rules that race considerations are still permitted for military academy admissions. (CBS News)
Dozens of people storm the compound of the Swedish embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, after an Iraqi living in Sweden set fire to a copy of the Quran. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

Science and technology