Portal:Current events/2023 July 24

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 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)
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Russian forces attack Odesa Oblast with drones, destroying grain warehouses at the Reni Commercial Seaport and injuring seven civilians. (Reuters)
  • 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
    • Two drones damage buildings in Moscow, including one near the Defence Ministry headquarters. (Reuters)
• Somali Civil War
  • Mogadishu military academy bombing
    • An al-Shabaab suicide bomber blows himself up at a military academy in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing over 20 soldiers and injuring dozens more. (DW)

Business and economy

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

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 North Africa wildfires
  • Thirty-four people are killed, 26 others are injured, and thousands more are evacuated during wildfires in Algeria. (AFP via France 24)
• In Indonesia, at least 15 people are killed and 33 others are rescued after a ferry traveling from Buton to Muna capsizes off the coast of Sulawesi. (AFP via France 24)
• At least 14 people are killed when a pirogue capsizes off the coast of Dakar, Senegal. (AFP via Channels TV)

International relations

• Foreign relations of Algeria, Foreign relations of Denmark, Foreign relations of Sweden
  • 2023 Quran desecration in Sweden
    • 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)
• Mali–United States relations
  • 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–United States relations, North Korea–South Korea relations, South Korea–United States relations
  • 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)

Law and crime

• 2023 Israeli judicial reform
  • 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) (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

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

Science and technology

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