Current events: 2023-07-06

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Russia launches a Kalibr cruise missile attack on Lviv from the Black Sea, killing five civilians and wounding 34 others. Ukrainian forces say they shot down seven out of ten missiles fired. (Reuters)
• Arab–Israeli conflict
  • Israel shells Lebanon in response to rocket fire from the Lebanese side of the border. (Al Jazeera)
• The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy captures a commercial ship in the Persian Gulf. (RFE/RL)

Arts and culture

• Indonesia–Netherlands relations, Netherlands–Sri Lanka relations
  • The Dutch government announces plans to repatriate 478 colonial-era artifacts to Indonesia and Sri Lanka. (AFP via The Jakarta Post)

Disasters and accidents

• A large fire on a cargo ship docked at Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal in the Port of New York and New Jersey, United States, kills two firefighters and injures five others. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• 2023 Asia heat wave
  • The government of Beijing, China, orders employers to cease outdoor work due to extreme temperatures expected to reach {{convert|40|C}}. (AP)

Law and crime

• 2023 Wimbledon school crash
  • A child is killed and 16 other people are injured when a car crashes into a primary school in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. (BBC)

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