Current events: 2023-07-17

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2023 Crimean Bridge explosion
    • A couple are killed and their daughter is injured during explosions at the Crimean Bridge. (Reuters) (The Guardian)
  • Black Sea Grain Initiative
    • The agreement to allow safe passage of grain exports from Ukrainian ports, in effect since July 2022, expires following Russia's refusal to renew the deal. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Pacific typhoon season
  • Authorities report that monsoon rains aggravated by Tropical Storm Talim have affected the northern Philippines, killing a person during a landslide in Rizal. Nine crew members of a fishing vessel who went missing off Camarines Norte are rescued off Camarines Sur. (The Philippine Star) (Abante Tonite)
• Thirteen people are killed and five others are injured when a building collapses in Cairo, Egypt. (Al-Ahram)

International relations

• Political status of Western Sahara, Israel–Morocco relations
  • Israel recognizes Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara. (The Jerusalem Post)

Politics and elections

• Singaporean Parliament Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin and backbencher Cheng Li Hui resign from the Parliament of Singapore and the ruling People's Action Party after admitting to having an extramarital affair. (CNA)

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