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- Director of the British Museum Hartwig Fischer resigns, claiming responsibility for insufficient investigation of the recent series of thefts and disappearances of hundreds of items from its collection, including gold jewelry, semi-precious gems and antiquities. (AFP via RTÉ) (AP)
Business and economy
- Norway announces it will spend 63 million kroner ($6 million) per year until the end of the decade stocking up on grain due to environmental and geopolitical reasons. (AP)
- George Soros-founded grantmaking network Open Society Foundations plans to significantly reduce their activities in Europe and lay off much of their staff. The change coincides with Alex Soros's announcement of a shift to a new operating model. (AP)
Politics and elections
- Aftermath of the Afghanistan War
- U.S. Rep. Cory Mills introduces articles for impeachment against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, accusing him of ignoring key intelligence in the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan that saw the death of 13 soldiers and the surrender of Kabul to the Taliban. (The Hill)
- Estonia's pro-Ukrainian Prime Minister, Kaja Kallas, comes under pressure to resign after it was revealed her husband’s company indirectly undertook business in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine. (AP)
International relations
- Finland–Russia relations
- Yan Petrovsky, one of the leaders of the Russian far-right paramilitary Rusich Group, was detained in Finland. Ukraine sent a request for his extradition. The Rusich Group leadership stated that it "stops performing any combat missions" until the situation is resolved in their favor. (Meduza), (Fontanka.ru)
Sports
- 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup
- The 19th edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup opens, with the Philippine Arena setting a World Cup attendance record of 38,115 during the co-hosts' opening game against the Dominican Republic. (AP)
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