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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Thursday, June 8th, 2023 

Air quality in New York City becomes the worst in the world, with air pollution levels reaching more than 400 on the Air Quality Index. (NBC News) 

Former US President Donald Trump is indicted on seven counts related to his mishandling of classified government documents. He is due to be arraigned in federal court in Miami, Florida on June 13. (The Washington Post) 

Iran unveils a domestically produced hypersonic long-range missile named “Fattah“, which they claim can penetrate missile defense systems. (Al Jazeera) 

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces that the United Kingdom will host the world’s first summit on artificial intelligence later this year. (The Philippine Star) 

Russian forces shell Kherson, injuring nine civilians near an evacuation point in a part of the city flooded after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam. (The New York Times) 

At least 11 people are killed and 30 others are injured by a car bomb outside a mosque in Fayzabad, Afghanistan, during a prayer service for the deputy governor of Badakhshan province who was killed two days ago. The Islamic State claimed responsibility. (BBC News) 

A Russian national is killed by a tiger shark off the coast of Hurghada, Egypt. Following the attack, authorities closed a 46 miles (74 km) stretch of the Red Sea coast until 11 June. The shark was later captured. (The Guardian) 

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology issues a “level 3 alert” for Mayon Volcano in Albay due to the presence of volcanic earthquakes, indicating an increased risk of lava flows and possible eruptions. Albay Governor Edcel Lagman orders the evacuation of residents within a 6km radius of the volcano. (Reuters) 

The World Health Organization announces that the outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Equatorial Guinea, which has killed 35 people since February, has ended. (CBC News) 

Six people, including four children, are injured in a mass stabbing at Lake Annecy in Haute-Savoie, France. The attacker, a Syrian national, is arrested. (BBC News) 

Wednesday, June 7th, 2023 

The Egyptian antiquities ministry prohibits a group of archaeologists from the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, Netherlands, from conducting excavations in Saqqara after the museum unveiled an exhibit about ancient Egyptian music that Egyptian authorities criticized for its Afrocentric depictions of certain figures, claiming it was historical negationism. (CNN) 

Millions of people in the eastern United States and central Canada are warned to limit their time outdoors due to smoke and bad air quality from large wildfires in northern Ontario and Quebec. (Reuters via Yahoo! News) 

Three people are killed by a 4.8 magnitude earthquake in Maubin, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar. (Ludunwayoo) 

Fifteen people are killed in a crash between a bus and a truck in Dakshin Surma Upazila, Sylhet District, Bangladesh. (IndianExpress)　 

The Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii erupts after a 3-month pause, prompting evacuations. (AP) 

Governor of North Dakota Doug Burgum announces his candidacy for President of the United States in 2024. (The Guardian) 

The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador votes to reduce the number of legislative seats from 84 to 60 ahead of the 2024 general election. (Reuters) 

In a report published in Biology Letters, researchers reveal the first-known case of facultative parthenogenesis or a “virgin birth” in a crocodile, where a female American crocodile living in isolation at a Costa Rican zoo laid an egg of a fully formed stillborn crocodile that exhibited parthenogenesis. Researchers suggest that the findings could provide insights into the reproduction of related animals, including dinosaurs and pterosaurs. (USA Today) 

In association football, West Ham United defeat ACF Fiorentina 2–1 at the Fortuna Arena in Prague, Czech Republic, to win the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League and qualify for the group stage of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League. (BBC Sport) 

Millions of people in the eastern United States and Canada are being warned to limit their time outdoors due to smoke and poor air quality from large wildfires in northern Ontario and Quebec. (Reuters via Yahoo! News) 

Officials in Chibougamau, Quebec, order 7,000 residents to evacuate in response to two nearby wildfires. (Forbes) 

Three people are killed by a 4.8 magnitude earthquake in the Ayeyarwady Region of Myanmar. (Ludunwayoo) 

Fifteen people are killed when a bus and a truck collide in Dakshin Surma Upazila of Sylhet District, Bangladesh. (IndianExpress)　 

Governor of North Dakota Doug Burgum announces his candidacy for President of the United States in 2024. (The Guardian) 

Tuesday,  June 6th, 2023 

Apple announces and demonstrates the Vision Pro mixed reality headset at its Worldwide Developers Conference. It is the company’s first major new product in almost 10 years and is expected to be commercially available in early 2024. (The Washington Post) 

Apple announces and demonstrates the Vision Pro mixed reality headset at its Worldwide Developers Conference. It is the company’s first major new product in almost 10 years and is expected to be commercially available in early 2024. (The Washington Post) 

The Nova Kakhovka dam in Russian-occupied part of Ukraine’s Kherson region is destroyed, releasing a huge amount of water downstream. The dam had held back 18 cubic kilometres of water in the Kakhovka reservoir. (Reuters) 

The Nova Kakhovka dam in Russian-occupied part of Ukraine’s Kherson region is destroyed, releasing a huge amount of water downstream. The dam had held back 18 cubic kilometres of water in the Kakhovka reservoir. (Reuters) 

Thousands of civilians are being evacuated from the town of Nova Kakhovka and surrounding villages as the floods spread. (BBC News) 

The New Zealand government announces a ban on most disposable electronic cigarettes from August. (The Guardian) 

The deputy governor of Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province and his driver are killed and six civilians injured when a suicide car bomber rams their vehicle in Fayzabad. (DW) 

Two people are killed, including the Taliban governor of Afghanistan’s Badakhshan Province, when a car packed with explosives rams into his vehicle. (DW) 

Two people are killed and five others injured after a mass shooting at Huguenot High School in Richmond, Virginia, United States. (Reuters) 

A court in Angeles, Philippines, convicts a police officer and an official of the National Bureau of Investigation in connection with the kidnapping and murder of South Korean businessman Jee Ick-Joo in 2016. However, the alleged mastermind of the plot is acquitted. (Philippine Daily Inquirer) 

Five people are killed and eight others injured when police open fire on taxi drivers protesting against high fuel prices in Huambo, Angola. At least 34 others were arrested during the protest, which was in response to the government’s decision to cut fuel subsidies. (News24) 

The professional golf tour organisations LIV Golf, the PGA Tour and the PGA European Tour announce that they will combine their commercial rights into a new for-profit company, primarily funded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. This merger agreement will end all existing litigation between the three tours, with plans for a “fair and objective process for any players who wish to re-apply for membership”. (Sky Sports) 

Monday,  June 5th, 2023 

Wagner Group mercenaries publish a video of a captured Russian commander claiming that he had ordered his troops to fire on a Wagner convoy leaving Bakhmut. (The Guardian) 

The Russian Volunteer Corps claims to have captured the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka in the Belgorod region of Russia. The governor of Belgorod, Vyacheslav Gladkov, says that about 100 civilians are still trapped in the village and cannot be evacuated because of continued shelling. (Novaya Gazeta Europe) 

Two soldiers and two Pakistani Taliban members are killed in a shootout in North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP) 

One person is missing after a suspension bridge over the Ganges River in Bhagalpur district, Bihar, India, collapses for the second time in less than two months. (Reuters) 

The Ministry of Justice says it will submit a bill to parliament to lift the ban on carrying out death sentences after 30 years, although South Korea has not carried out an execution since 1997. (Yonhap) 

New South Wales Governor Margaret Beazley unconditionally pardons Kathleen Folbigg, releasing her 20 years into a 25-year sentence for killing all four of her children, after scientific and medical research suggested the deaths were caused by genetic mutations. (The Guardian) 

Delfina Gómez of the MORENA party defeats Alejandra del Moral Vela in the election for governor of the state of Mexico, ending 94 years of the PRI rule in the state. (ABC) 

Former Vice President Mike Pence officially files to run for President of the United States in 2024. (BBC News) 

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Sunday, June 4th, 2023 

Saudi Arabia’s energy ministry announces a cut in oil production from around ten million barrels per day this month to nine million barrels per day from July. Oil prices on Brent and West Texas Intermediate futures initially rise by more than two per cent, but later fall slightly. (CNBC) 

A Cessna Citation plane crashes over mountainous terrain after being intercepted by an F-16 jet over Washington, D.C., killing the four people on board. The plane was flying from Elizabethton Municipal Airport, Tennessee, United States, to Long Island MacArthur Airport, New York. (AP) 

Fourteen people are killed and five others are missing after a landslide in a mountainous area near Leshan, Sichuan, China. (Reuters) 

One person is killed and 14 others are injured when a bus travelling from Lecce in Puglia to Rome crashes on a motorway in Vallesaccarda, Campania, Italy. (Ansa) 

Anti-government protests erupt across Poland, with an estimated 500,000 demonstrators gathering in the capital of Warsaw, according to Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski. (AP) 

Seventy-seven primary school girls are hospitalised after a poison attack on two schools in Sancharak, Sar-e Pol, Afghanistan. (CNA) 

Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 

Russian forces strike a residential area in Dnipro Raion with Iskander cruise missiles, killing a two-year-old girl and injuring 22 other civilians, including five children. (Reuters) 

Three Israeli soldiers and an Egyptian policeman are killed in an exchange of fire near the Egyptian-Israeli border. It is the first fatal incident between the two countries in more than a decade. (The Washington Post) 

The third inauguration of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as President of Turkey takes place at the Presidential Complex in Ankara. (TIME) 

FC Barcelona Femení lifted the UEFA Women’s Champions League trophy for the second time after defeating VfL Wolfsburg 3–2 in the final at the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Fridolina Rolfö scored the winner after Barcelona had trailed 2–0 at the break. (Al Jazeera) 

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Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 

President Joe Biden signs the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in order to prevent the United States from breaching its debt ceiling. (NBC News) 

The U.S. Army base at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, is renamed Fort Liberty. (Reuters) 

Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin accuses Russian forces of trying to kill his troops with anti-tank mines in Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, as the mercenary group withdraws from the war-torn city. (Reuters) 

Three Israeli soldiers and an Egyptian policeman are killed in an exchange of fire near the Egyptian-Israeli border. It is the first fatal incident between the two countries in more than a decade. (The Washington Post) 

A wildfire in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, continues to burn out of control, becoming the largest wildfire in the province’s history. (CBC News) 

Surrey Police make 19 arrests on suspicion of “conspiracy to cause public nuisance” ahead of the Epsom Derby. (BBC Sport) 

Seven people are killed and two others are injured in a mass shooting at a hostel in the township of Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. (News 24) 

Manchester City beat rivals Manchester United 2–1 at Wembley Stadium to win the 2022–23 FA Cup, their seventh title. İlkay Gündoğan breaks the record for the fastest goal in an FA Cup final, scoring after just 12 seconds. (BBC Sport) 

Friday,  June 2nd, 2023 

Russian occupation official Vladimir Rogov says Ukrainian forces have shelled the port of Berdiansk in Zaporizhzhya region, injuring nine people. (Reuters) 

Nine people are killed after extremist rebels attack a group of people on the Kyondo-Kyavinyonge road in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP) 

At least 288 people are killed and more than 900 injured in a train collision in Balasore district, Odisha, India. (India Today) (Al Jazeera) 

The government of Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada, declares a state of emergency and orders the evacuation of more than 10,000 residents following a series of wildfires in the eastern part of the country. (CNA) 

Japan’s fertility rate is expected to reach a record low of 1.2565 in 2022. (Reuters) 

Iran releases one Danish and two dual Austrian-Iranian citizens. (BBC News) 

A Florida court in the United States sentences a Haitian-Chilean national to life in prison for the July 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. (The Guardian) 

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