Tuesday,  July 25th, 2023 

NASA announces that the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered water around the PDS 70 star. (Forbes) 

Israeli security forces kill three Palestinian gunmen in the Nablus neighborhood of al-Tur in the occupied West Bank. (AP) 

A five-month-old girl dies when Indian forces fire tear gas at Rohingya refugees trying to escape a detention centre in Hiranagar, Jammu and Kashmir. (The Guardian) 

Two people are killed when a Canadair CL-215 waterbomber crashes on Evia island, Greece. (Metro) 

Four people are killed and several others injured by floods in Lombardy, Italy. Heavy rains also occur in Veneto. (Fanpage) 

Four people are killed in wildfires in southern Italy. A firefighter also dies in Sardinia after extinguishing fires in Baunei. (La Repubblica) 

A 25-year-old man is charged with three counts of murder four days after intentionally causing a fatal accident on the Bruce Highway in Federal, Queensland, Australia. The suspected killer had been chasing one of the vehicles in the lead-up to the accident in what police suspects is domestic violence, killing three people. (ABC News Australia) 

Six men are found guilty of terrorist murder for their participation in the 2016 Brussels bombing, with two of them also being found guilty for their roles in the November 2015 Paris attacks. (BBC) 

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang is replaced by his predecessor Wang Yi after non-attendance at public engagements for a month. (India Today) 

American Casey Phair, participating as part of the South Korean football team in a match against Colombia, becomes the youngest player to appear at a FIFA Women’s World Cup game at 16 years old. (NPR) 

Monday,  July 24th, 2023 

New Zealand justice minister Kiri Allan resigns following charges of careless driving and refusal to accompany police after an alcohol-related car accident. (AP) 

The Algerian foreign ministry summons Danish ambassador Ole Wøhlers Olsen and the Swedish chargé d’affaires following a series of protests involving Quran desecration in Copenhagen and Stockholm. (Xinhua) 

Two drones damage buildings in Moscow, including one near the Defence Ministry headquarters. (Reuters) 

A child is killed and six people are wounded in a Russian missile strike on Kostiantynivka. (The Guardian) 

Dylan Collins, a journalist for Agence France-Presse, is wounded in Bakhmut by a Russian drone attack. (The Guardian) 

An al-Shabaab suicide bomber blows himself up at a military academy in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing over 20 soldiers and injuring dozens more. (DW) 

GAC Toyota, a subsidiary of Toyota, announces that they have cut off 1,000 jobs from China. (Nikkei Asia) 

Thirty-four people are killed, 26 more are injured, and thousands are evacuated during wildfires in Algeria. (AFP via France 24) 

The United States announces sanctions on three senior Malian officials, including the country’s Defence Minister Sadio Camara, for allegedly “helping to facilitate” the presence of the Russian paramilitary Wagner Group in the country. (Al Jazeera) 

North Korea shoots two ballistic missiles into a sea, hours after the arrival of USS Annapolis at a port on South Korea’s Jeju Island. (AP via The Guardian) 

The Knesset votes 64–0, with the 56-member opposition boycotting, to approve a law that prevents the Supreme Court from overturning government decisions on the basis of “reasonableness.” (Reuters) 

The United States justice department files a lawsuit against the state of Texas for placing buoys in the Rio Grande as part of the state’s effort to deter migrants from crossing into the United States. (NBC News) 

Indian police arrest 74 Rohingya refugees, including ten minors. (Reuters) 

Russian forces attack Odesa Oblast with drones, destroying grain warehouses and injuring seven civilians. (Reuters) 

A nighttime Russian missile attack on Odesa kills at least one person, injures 22 others, and severely damages the Transfiguration Cathedral. (AP) 

Nine people, including four soldiers, are killed when a civilian Antonov aircraft crashes due to technical issues in Port Sudan, Sudan. A child is the sole survivor of the crash. (AFP via The Daily Star) 

In Indonesia, at least 15 people are killed and 19 others are missing after a ferry traveling from Buton to Muna capsizes off the coast of Sulawesi. (AFP via France 24) 

Wildfires killed 15 people in the mountainous Bejaia and Bouira regions of Algeria. (alarabiya) 

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Sunday, July 23rd, 2023 

A nighttime Russian missile attack on Odesa kills at least one person, injures 22 others, and severely damages the Transfiguration Cathedral. (AP) 

At least four road police patrol officers are killed in an ambush in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. (Reuters) 

A deal to sell a controlling interest in the Israeli financial firm Phoenix Group to a consortium led by an Abu Dhabi state holding company has fallen through. (Reuters) 

Flash floods in Afghanistan‘s Kabul, the Ghazni and Maidan Wardak provinces, have killed at least 31 people, injured 74 others, and left 41 missing in the past three days. Around 250 livestock are also killed. In neighboring Pakistan, thirteen people are also killed due to heavy rains and landslides. (AP) 

At least 33 people are killed and 21 others are injured when a building collapses in Douala, Cameroon. (BBC News) 

Eleven people are killed and three injured after a school’s roof collapses in Qiqihar, China. (Al Jazeera) 

One person is killed and 12 others are injured after a bridge collapses in Patras, Greece. (Greek City Times) 

Thousands of tourists flee their hotels in Rhodes, Greece, in what officials say is the largest evacuation in the country’s history. (CNN) 

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation suspends Sweden‘s special envoy in response to incidents of Quran desecration during public demonstrations permitted by the Swedish government in Stockholm. (AP) 

A soldier kills 13 people, including ten children, during a mass shooting at his son’s funeral in Nyamamba, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Al Jazeera) 

Two people are killed and four more injured during a mass shooting in Manta, Ecuador. The city’s mayor is among the killed. (AP) 

A pregnant woman killed and four injured in a mass shooting in a city park of Houston, Texas. Two suspects are arrested. (People) 

Six killed, 20 injured in shootings across Chicago, Illinois (Yahoo) 

Spaniards head to the polls to elect the members of the Cortes Generales. (Reuters) 

Alberto Núñez Feijóo‘s People’s Party wins the election, but falls short of a clear majority, while Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez‘s Socialist Workers’ Party holds slightly more seats with its allies despite finishing second, thus resulting in a hung parliament. (AP) 

Cambodians head to the polls to elect the members of the parliament. (Reuters) 

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party, led by Prime Minister Hun Sen, claims a landslide victory in the election, winning 120 out of 125 seats according to unofficial results, despite criticism over alleged suppression of the opposition. (AP) 

American golfer Brian Harman wins his first Open Championship, his first career major championship, and his first PGA Tour win in six years, by six shots over Australia‘s Jason Day, South Korea‘s Tom Kim, Spain‘s Jon Rahm, and Austria‘s Sepp Straka. (AP) 

In sailing, Spain win their first SailGP championship in the Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix in California, United States. (AP) 

In the men’s 400 metre individual medley, French swimmer Léon Marchand breaks the longstanding world record previously set by American swimmer Michael Phelps, finishing in 4 minutes, 2.5 seconds. (AFP via Channels TV) 

Hosts Poland win their first VNL title after defeating the United States 3–1 in the final at the Ergo Arena in Gdańsk. (Volleyball World) 

Saturday, July 22nd, 2023 

Ukraine strikes an ammunition depot in occupied Crimea, leading to the evacuation of houses within a 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) radius. (AP) 

The Ministry of Communications and Digital cancels a music festival in Sepang, Selangor, after Matty Healy, the lead vocalist of English band the 1975, openly criticized the country‘s anti-LGBT laws and kissed his male bandmate on stage. (AFP via ABS-CBN News) 

Four people are killed and ten others are injured in a hot water pipe burst accident at a mall in Moscow, Russia. (Reuters) 

A thunderstorm in Serbia kills three people and causes widespread damage and power disruptions. (AP) 

A deck collapse at a country club in Billings, Montana, United States, injures more than 30 people. (AP) 

The National Observatory of Athens reports that Greece faces its longest-ever heat wave, with temperatures expected to exceed 40 °C (104 °F), marking a possible 16–17-day wave. The country remains on an alert state. (AFP via Herald Sun) 

NASA climatologist Gavin Schmidt states that July 2023 is anticipated to be the hottest month recorded “in hundreds, if not thousands, of years”, attributing the trend to continuous greenhouse gas emissions. (AFP via Le Monde) 

President Bongbong Marcos formally ends the declaration of COVID-19 as a public health emergency in the country. (Khaleej Times) 

About 2,000 Magellanic penguins are found dead along Uruguay‘s eastern coast, with their cause of death remaining undetermined, although the environment ministry has ruled out avian influenza. Advocates point to overfishing and a recent subtropical cyclone as potential factors, while additional marine wildlife deaths, including sea turtles and sea lions, are also reported in the region. (AFP via NDTV) 

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei states that people who desecrate the Quran should face the “most severe punishment”, and that Sweden has “gone into battle-array for war on the Muslim world“. (Reuters) 

Protests in Copenhagen, Denmark, involving Quran desecration, responding to similar protests in Sweden, trigger unrest in Iraq, leading to an attempted breach of Baghdad‘s Green Zone and armed attacks on Danish Refugee Council facilities in Basra. (AP via PBS) 

The Democratic Republic of the Congo announces plans to “monitor” aid agencies operating in the country due to reported security issues and concerns over potential subversive activities amid ongoing armed conflict. (AFP via The Manila Times) 

Eleven people are killed in an arson attack at a bar in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, Mexico. The perpetrator was thrown out by the bar shortly before the attack for being heavily drunk and harassing women. (Reuters) 

In chess, Ju Wenjun wins her fourth Women’s World Chess Championship title after a victory in the 12th game of the match against challenger Lei Tingjie. (FIDE) 

Friday,  July 21st, 2023 

Russian Armed Forces strike grain warehouses in Odesa with Kalibr missiles, destroying 120 tons of crops and injuring two civilians, according to Governor Oleh Kiper. (CNN) 

Russian Armed Forces strike a building in Mykolaiv, killing two civilians. (Yeni Şafak) 

Fifteen civilians and 19 army officers are killed in a drone attack in Khartoum, Sudan. (Globe Echo) 

At least 20 civilians are killed and more than 45 others are injured by rocket attacks on residential areas in Nyala, South Darfur, and shelling in proximity to hospitals in El-Obeid, North Kordofan, as per reports from medical professionals and lawyers. (AFP via Arab News) 

A World Food Programme employee is killed by unknown assailants in Taiz, Yemen, with security forces launching a pursuit of the individuals responsible. (AFP via Manila Bulletin) 

A wet market in Tomohon, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, becomes the country’s first market to cease cat and dog meat trade following prolonged campaigning by local activists and global figures, supported by the Humane Society International. (AP via Los Angeles Times) 

The Gambian government identifies imported Indian cough syrups as the cause of at least 70 child deaths to kidney failure, leading to regulatory changes and potential legal action against the manufacturer, Maiden Pharmaceuticals. The World Health Organization confirms lethal antifreeze substances in the syrups. (AFP via Al Arabiya) 

Nigeria‘s northwestern Kaduna State reports an outbreak of diphtheria, which has killed 10 children since early July. (Xinhua) 

Police detain former intelligence officer, separatist commander and Angry Patriots Club leader Igor Girkin for alleged extremism. (AFP via The Guardian) 

One person is killed and three others are injured in a mass stabbing near a subway station in Seoul, South Korea. The attacker is apprehended. (AFP via The Hindustan Times) 

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Police raid the headquarters of the opposition party Movimiento Semilla and presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo in Guatemala City, Guatemala. (Reuters) 

The US military deploys Marines and other assets to the Persian Gulf in response to seizures and attempted seizures of shipping by naval forces of Iran. (Politico) 

In athletics, Faith Kipyegon of Kenya sets a new women’s mile record, finishing the Herculis at Stade Louis-II in Fontvieille, Monaco, in 4:07.64 and surpassing the previous 2019 record held by Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands. (CNN) 

Russian forces strike grain warehouses in Odesa with Kalibr missiles, destroying 120 tons of crops and injuring two civilians, according to Governor Oleh Kiper. (CNN) 

15 civilians and 19 army officers are killed in a drone attack in Khartoum. (Globe Echo) 

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