Current events: 2023-07-21

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Bombing of Odesa
      • Russian Armed Forces strike grain warehouses in Odesa with Kalibr missiles, destroying 120 tons of crops and injuring two civilians, according to Governor Oleh Kiper. (CNN)
    • Bombing of Mykolaiv
      • Russian Armed Forces strike a civilian building in Mykolaiv killing two civilians. (Yeni Şafak)
• 2023 Sudan conflict
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • 15 civilians and 19 army officers are killed in a drone attack in Khartoum. (Globe Echo)
• The US military deploys Marines and other assets to the Persian Gulf after Iranian threats. (Politico)

Health and environment

• Nigeria's northwestern Kaduna State reports an outbreak of diphtheria, which has killed 10 children since early July. (Xinhua)

Law and crime

• Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia
  • Police detain former intelligence officer, separatist commander and Angry Patriots Club leader Igor Girkin for alleged extremism. (AFP via The Guardian)
• One person is killed and three others are injured during a mass stabbing near a subway station in Seoul, South Korea. The attacker is apprehended. (AFP via The Hindustan Times)

Politics and elections

• Aftermath of the 2023 Guatemalan general election
  • Police raid the headquarters of the opposition party Movimiento Semilla of presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo. (Reuters)

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