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) 

The End