Current events: 2023-07-26

Wikipedia Current Events · Jul 26, 2023

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
  - Russia launches a wave of cruise missiles at Kyiv Oblast, Khmelnytskyi Oblast and Kirovohrad Oblast in Ukraine. Air Force Commander Mykola Oleschuk says 36 targets, including three Kalibr and 33 Kh-101/Kh-55 cruise missiles had been shot down. (Reuters)
2023 Nigerien coup d'état
- Soldiers from Niger's presidential guard detain President Mohamed Bazoum inside the presidential palace in Niamey. Entrances to government ministries have also been blocked by the guard in a possible coup attempt. (Al Jazeera English)
- Soldiers announce on state television that President Mohamed Bazoum has been removed from power. The country's borders are closed and a nationwide curfew is declared. (The Examiner), (The Guardian)

Arts and culture

Egypt cancels American rapper Travis Scott’s concert over alleged promotion of Freemasonry. (Rolling Stone) (Al Arabiya)

Disasters and accidents

The Shoei Kisen Kaisha-owned cargo ship Fremantle Highway with around 3,000 cars, en route from Germany to Egypt, is on fire near Ameland, the Netherlands. One person is killed; the other 22 people who were on board are injured. It is expected that the fire will take several days to extinguish. The ship is listing and a salvage operation needs to be carried out. (NOS)
Twenty-three people are killed and several others are injured when a bus flips over in Ngeune Sarr, Senegal. (Reuters)
Eleven people are injured after a crane catches fire and partially collapses, crashing into a neighboring building before falling to the street in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City, United States. (Sky News)

Law and crime

Politics and elections

Aftermath of the 2023 Cambodian general election
- Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen announces his upcoming resignation after four decades in power. His son Hun Manet will succeed him. (CNA)

Science and technology