Portal:Current events/2023 August 3

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Bombing of Kherson
      • Eight civilians are injured in Russian strikes on the St. Catherine's Cathedral in Kherson. (AP) (The Kyiv Independent via Yahoo! News)
• 2023 Sudan conflict
  • Darfur campaign
    • Clashes in Sirba, West Darfur, Sudan, cause at least 460 deaths and more than 1,000 injuries, with the Rapid Support Forces seizing the city. (Dabanga Sudan)
• Colombian conflict
  • Colombia and the National Liberation Army begin a six-month ceasefire aimed at creating peace between both sides. (AP)
• War in Amhara
  • Ethiopian soldiers clash with ethnic Amhara Fano militiamen in several areas across the Amhara Region, with Fano seizing several airports and major cities. (AP)

Business and economy

• Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, extends their voluntary oil production cut of one million barrels per day for another month, maintaining daily production at approximately nine million barrels. (AFP via RFI)
• South Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia announce that they have recalled over 113,000 vehicles in the United States due to the risk of fire. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• In Mexico, at least 18 people are killed and 23 others are injured when a bus traveling from Mexico City to Tijuana, Baja California, falls into a ravine in Tepic, Nayarit. The driver is arrested for suspected overspeeding. (AFP via Le Monde)
• Nine days after catching fire off the coast of the Netherlands, the car carrier MV Fremantle Highway is successfully towed to the port of Eemshaven. (AD)
• The Kyrgyzstan Emergency Situations Ministry declares an emergency in the Tüp District due to flooding. (AKIPress)

International relations

• International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • The European Union extends sanctions against Belarus over their support of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (RFE/RL)
• 2023 Nigerien coup d'état
  • Senegal pledges to contribute troops if the Economic Community of West African States decides to intervene militarily in Niger in response to the recent coup d'état. (AFP via The Guardian)
• Norway–Russia relations
  • Russia adds Norway to its list of "unfriendly countries" after Norway expelled 15 Russian diplomats earlier this year. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Cristiano Zanin is sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil. (AP)
• At least 52 people are injured and 100 others are arrested at an Eritrean pro-government festival in Stockholm, Sweden, when anti-government protesters storm the festival. (AFP via The Manila Times)

Science and technology

• Research shows that fossil bones of the Perucetus colossus whale discovered in Peru could indicate that it was the heaviest animal to have ever existed. (BBC News)