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- Philippine president Bongbong Marcos signs into law the Maharlika Investment Fund, the country's sovereign wealth fund, amid warnings and opposition from various sectors. (Bloomberg)
- Spain's competition commission fines American technology companies Amazon and Apple {{Euro|194 million|link=yes}} (US$218 million) for allegedly agreeing to restrict competition by having Apple products sold directly through Amazon's platforms and limiting third-party retailers' opportunities. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- Eight people are killed and more than 115,000 people are displaced after heavy flooding in Assam, India. (Reuters)
- An elderly woman is killed and two other people are injured when a three-story residential building partially collapses in Cairo, Egypt. (Al-Ahram)
Health and environment
- 2023 European heat waves
- The European Union's emergency response coordination centre issues red alerts due to extreme heat for Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, most of Italy, and areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Spain. (Reuters)
- An outbreak of dengue fever infects over 200 people in a rural region of Egypt's Qena Governorate. The patients are said to all have mild to moderate symptoms, which include fatigue and fevers. (Egyptian Independent)
International relations
- South Korea–United States relations
- The USS Kentucky deploys to Busan, South Korea, marking the first time a nuclear-capable missile submarine has been deployed to the region since 1981. (Navy Times)
- An American soldier facing disciplinary action flees across the inter-Korean border into North Korea and is believed to be in North Korean custody. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Philippine drug war
- The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court rejects the appeal of the Philippine government against the resumption of the investigation of the war on drugs under the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte. (CNN)
- An Egyptian court sentences Christian rights activist Patrick Zaki to three years in prison over an opinion article he wrote in 2019 about discrimination against Coptic Christians. (AP) (BBC)
Sports
- 2026 Commonwealth Games
- The Australian state of Victoria withdraws as host of the 2026 Commonwealth Games due to the increasing cost projections relative to initial estimations. (AFP via Philippine Daily Inquirer)
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