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- Wildfires in Canada cause evacuations and hazardous air conditions across parts of North America (New York City pictured).
- In Ukraine, the Kakhovka Dam is breached, causing flooding and prompting mass evacuations.
- Flooding across Haiti leaves at least 51 people dead and 11 others missing.
- At least 275 people are killed and over 1,175 others injured in a collision involving three trains in Balasore, India.
- In cricket, the Indian Premier League concludes with the Chennai Super Kings defeating the Gujarat Titans in the final.
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is re-elected President of Turkey in a runoff.
June 8, 2023 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian forces shelled 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)
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Afghan conflict
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- A car bomb outside a mosque in Faizabad, Afghanistan, kills at least eleven people and injures 30 others during a prayer service for the deputy governor of Badakhshan province, who was killed two days ago. The Islamic State claimed responsibility. (BBC News)
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
Disasters and accidents
- Heavy rains in Savaiʻi, Samoa, cause widespread flooding and infrastructure damage. (RNZ)
- 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 6-kilometre radius of the volcano. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 2023 Annecy stabbing
- 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)
June 7, 2023 (Wednesday)
Arts and culture
- 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)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Canadian wildfires
- 2023 Central Canada wildfires, 2023 United States East Coast wildfire smoke
- 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)
- Officials in Chibougamau, Quebec, order 7,300 residents to evacuate in response to two nearby wildfires. (CBC News)
- 2023 Central Canada wildfires, 2023 United States East Coast wildfire smoke
- 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)
Politics and elections
- Doug Burgum 2024 presidential campaign
- Governor of North Dakota Doug Burgum announces his candidacy for President of the United States in 2024. (The Guardian)
- 2024 Salvadoran general election
- 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)
Science and technology
- 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 provide insights into the reproduction of crocodile ancestors, including dinosaurs and pterosaurs. (USA Today)
- 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)
Sports
- 2023 UEFA Europa Conference League final
- 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)
June 6, 2023 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam
- The Nova Kakhovka dam in the Russian-occupied part of Ukraine's Kherson Oblast is destroyed, releasing a huge amount of water downstream on the Dnieper. 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)
- Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam
- Afghan conflict, Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- 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)
- Iran unveils a domestically produced hypersonic long-range missile named "Fattah", which they claim can penetrate missile defense systems. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- Three people are killed and 36 others injured by a 4.9 magnitude earthquake in Jérémie, Grand'Anse, Haiti. (ABC News)
Law and crime
- 2023 Richmond shooting
- Two people are killed and five others injured after a mass shooting at Huguenot High School in Richmond, Virginia, United States. (Reuters)
- Kidnapping and killing of Jee Ick-Joo
- 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)
- Regulation of electronic cigarettes
- The New Zealand government announces a ban on most disposable electronic cigarettes from August. (The Guardian)
- 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)
Sports
- 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)
June 5, 2023 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2023 Belgorod Oblast incursions
- 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)
- 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)
- 2023 Belgorod Oblast incursions
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Two soldiers and two Pakistani Taliban members are killed in a shootout in North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)
Business and economy
- 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)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Haiti floods
- 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)
Law and crime
- Capital punishment in South Korea
- 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)
Politics and elections
- Mike Pence 2024 presidential campaign
- Former Vice President Mike Pence officially files to run for President of the United States in 2024. (BBC News)
- 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)
June 4, 2023 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Sudan conflict
- The Sudanese Armed Forces bombs the International University of Africa in Khartoum, killing ten Congolese nationals. DRC Foreign Minister Christophe Lutundula says his country has demanded an explanation from the Sudanese government. (BBC News)
- Seventy-seven primary school girls are hospitalised after a poison attack on two schools in Sancharak, Sar-e Pol, Afghanistan. (CNA)
Business and economy
- 2021–2023 global energy crisis
- 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)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Virginia plane crash
- 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)
- One person is killed and ten others are injured in a fire at a refugee centre in Apolda, Thuringia, Germany. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Guinea-Bissau legislative election
- The citizens of Guinea-Bissau go to the polls to elect 102 members of the National People's Assembly. (Reuters)
- 2023 Polish protests
- Anti-government protests erupt across Poland, with an estimated 500,000 demonstrators gathering in the capital of Warsaw, according to Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski. (AP)
June 3, 2023 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 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)
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Egypt–Israel relations
- 2023 Egypt–Israel border shooting incident
- 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)
- 2023 Egypt–Israel border shooting incident
- Aftermath of the Chiapas conflict
- Seven people are killed during a mass shooting against villagers in Polhó, a Zapatista community in Chenalhó, Mexico. (La Prensa Latina)
Business and economy
- 2023 United States debt-ceiling crisis
- President Joe Biden signs the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 to prevent the United States from breaching its debt ceiling. (NBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Nova Scotia wildfires
- A wildfire in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada, continues to burn out of control, becoming the largest wildfire in the province's history. (CBC News)
- Four children are found dead on a beach in Portneuf-sur-Mer, Quebec, Canada, after eleven people on a fishing trip on the St. Lawrence River were caught in a tidal bore and went missing. Six of the eleven people have been rescued, while one man is still missing. (CNN)
- Two people are killed when a small plane crashes at Tupelo Regional Airport in Tupelo, Mississippi, USA. (AP)
- One person is killed, another injured and 14 rescued after an overcrowded boat capsizes off the coast of Haiti. (AP)
Law and crime
- 2023 Epsom Derby
- 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 injured in a mass shooting at a hostel in the township of Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. (News 24)
Politics and elections
- Third inauguration of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
- The third inauguration of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as President of Turkey takes place at the Presidential Complex in Ankara. (TIME)
Sports
- 2022–23 FA Cup
- In association football, Manchester City beat rivals Manchester United 2–1 in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium in London to win their seventh FA Cup title. İlkay Gündoğan breaks the record for the fastest goal in an FA Cup final, scoring after just 12 seconds. (BBC Sport)
- 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League
- 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)
June 2, 2023 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- Russian occupation official Vladimir Rogov says Ukrainian forces have shelled the port of Berdiansk in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, injuring nine people. (Reuters)
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- Allied Democratic Forces insurgency, Kivu conflict
- Nine people are killed when Allied Democratic Forces insurgents attack a group of people on the Kyondo-Kyavinyonge road in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
Arts and culture
- Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials
- The U.S. Army base at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, is renamed Fort Liberty. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Odisha train collision
- At least 288 people are killed and more than 900 injured in a train collision in Balasore district, Odisha, India. (India Today) (Al Jazeera)
- 2023 Atlantic hurricane season
- Tropical Storm Arlene forms as the first named storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. (The Washington Post)
- One person is killed and nine others injured by a fire in a high-rise building in Rome, Italy. (BBC News)
- 2023 Central Canada wildfires
- 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)
Health and environment
- Japan's fertility rate is expected to have reached a record low of 1.2565 in 2022. (Reuters)
International relations
- Foreign nationals detained in Iran
- Iran releases one Danish and two dual Austrian-Iranian citizens. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- Assassination of Jovenel Moïse
- 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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