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- 2023 Sudan conflict
- Battle of Nyala
- A shootout along with shelling begins south of Nyala, South Darfur, at El Wahda Hospital killing 3 people and wounding 30. (AllAfrica)
- Clashes begin again in Nyala, with at least 43 people confirmed dead along with dozens injured. (AllAfrica)
- Battle of Nyala
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israeli security forces shoot two Palestinians in a raid in Jericho in the occupied West Bank. (AP)
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
- Bryansk Oblast Governor Alexander Bogomaz says Russian soldiers and security services stopped a Ukrainian sabotage group from infiltrating the border near the village of Kurkovichi. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
Business and economy
- Economy of China
- The national statistics office announces that retail sales increased by 2.5 percent year on year in July, while industrial production increased by 3.7% and unemployment increased to 5.3%. The future release of statistics on age-specific data will be suspended. (AFP via CNA)
- The central bank lowers the medium-term lending facility rate, the interest rate on one-year loans to financial institutions, to 2.5%. (Reuters)
- 2023 Brazil blackout
- Brazil is affected by a nationwide blackout, with all of the states connected to the national energy system impacted. The state of Roraima is unaffected as it has its own energy system. The cause of the outage is still unknown. (The Brazilian Report)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Hawaii wildfires
- U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden announces that they plan to visit Maui, Hawaii, in an effort to help the island recover from the wildfires. This comes amidst criticism over his response to the wildfires including his "no comment" remarks. (KEYE-TV) (ABC News)
- 2023 Pacific typhoon season
- Typhoon Lan makes landfall in western Japan. (The New York Times)
- 2023 North India floods
- At least 65 people are killed and 20 others are missing after flooding and landslides in northern India. (AFP via France 24)
Law and crime
- 2023 Ecuadorian general election
- Pedro Briones, a local leader of the Citizen Revolution Movement, is assassinated by gunmen in the northern province of Esmeraldas. (AP)
- Child welfare advocates file a federal lawsuit to require the Biden administration to block imports of products with cocoa harvested by children in West Africa, alleging that the Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Homeland Security ignored evidence of the existence of these imports. (AP)
- New York Rangers winger Artemi Panarin is fined by the Novgorod police for shooting a gun in a non-designated area. He is also found guilty of a gun offense. (Amny) (The Hockey News)
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