Sunday, June 11th, 2023 

The AF Corse Ferrari team wins the 91st Le Mans 24 Hours with drivers James Calado, Antonio Giovinazzi and Alessandro Pier Guidi. It was Ferrari’s first victory at the event since 1965. (The Guardian) 

The Russian Defence Ministry says it has destroyed several Ukrainian army tanks in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, including a Leopard 2 main battle tank, the first Western-made tank to be destroyed by Russian forces in the war. A video released by the ministry shows a column of tanks being hit in a field, with one of them confirmed to be a Leopard 2. (Business Insider) 

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces a $500 million military aid package to Ukraine (including 288 AIM-7 missiles) and a $10 million humanitarian aid package to help victims of the Kakhovka dam collapse. (CNBC) 

Ukrainian forces claimed that they’ve recaptured three villages south of Velyka Novosilka, in southern Donetsk Oblast. (The Guardian) 

Four police officers are killed and two others are injured in a mass shooting at two police stations in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Sixteen people are arrested in connection with the shootings. (CNA) 

A section of I-95 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, collapses after a tanker truck catches fire under an overpass. (CNN) 

Ten people are killed and eleven others are injured in a bus crash near Greta, New South Wales, Australia. (Sydney Morning Herald) 

Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is arrested as part of an investigation into financial misconduct by the Scottish National Party. (The Guardian) 

In Test cricket, Australia win their first Test World Cup title, defeating India by 209 runs on the final day at The Oval in London, England. Australia’s Travis Head is named player of the match. (BBC Sport) 

Saturday, June 10th, 2023 

Russian forces attack Odesa with drones and missiles, killing three civilians and injuring 27 others. (Reuters) 

Five people are killed in an explosion at a missile and explosives factory in Ankara, Turkey. (Al Jazeera) 

Six civilians and three soldiers are killed and ten others are injured by al-Shabaab at a hotel in Lido Beach, Mogadishu. All seven attackers are also killed. (AFP via Al Arabiya) 

Two people are killed after a small plane crashes in the Superstition Mountains in Arizona, United States. (AP) 

Fourteen people are killed in wildfires in north-eastern Kazakhstan, while 316 others are evacuated, according to the Emergency Situations Ministry. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev responds by sacking Emergency Situations Minister Yuri Ilyin. (Al Jazeera) 

Chile reports an outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus, which has killed four people. (Reuters) 

Romania recalls its ambassador to Kenya after he used a racist slur during a meeting with African Group representatives in Nairobi in April. (Al Jazeera) 

In tennis, defending champion Iga Świątek defeats Karolína Muchová 6–2, 5–7, 6–4 in the final to win the women’s singles title at the 2023 French Open. Świątek is the first player to defend the title since Justine Henin in 2007 and the first woman to defend a major title since Serena Williams at Wimbledon in 2016. (CNN) 

In association football, Manchester City win their first UEFA Champions League title with a 1–0 victory over Inter Milan in the final at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, with Rodri scoring the winner. Having also won the Premier League and FA Cup that season, City become the second English club to complete the continental treble after rivals Manchester United in 1999. (CNN)

Friday,  June 9th, 2023 

Iceland announces that it will suspend operations at its embassy in Moscow, Russia, beginning on August 1, saying that “commercial, cultural and political relations” with Russia are “at an all-time low” and that maintaining the embassy is “no longer justifiable”. (The Kyiv Post) 

A United Nations peacekeeper is killed and four others are injured in an improvised explosive device attack in Ber, Tombouctou Region, Mali. (Reuters) 

At least 27 people are killed and 53 others are injured after a mortar attack in Qoryoley, Lower Shabelle, Somalia. (Reuters) 

Residents of Edson, west of Edmonton, and Yellowhead County, Alberta, have been ordered to evacuate due to wildfires in the area. (CBC) 

Evacuation orders are lifted in Nova Scotia, two weeks after wildfires swept through the area. (The Star) 

President Gustavo Petro confirms the successful rescue of the four Witoto children who had been missing in the Amazon rainforest since the Cessna 206 they were traveling in crashed on May 1. The children were found alive but weak, while the bodies of the three adults accompanying them, including their mother, were found at the crash site. (AFP via ABS-CBN News) 

Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigns from Parliament after being told by the Privileges Committee that he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament over his involvement in Partygate. His resignation triggers a by-election for his constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip. (BBC News) 

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