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June 11, 2023
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2023-06-11
)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Russian invasion of Ukraine
2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
Ukrainian forces
claim to have retaken three villages south of
Velyka Novosilka
in the southern
Donetsk region
.
(
The Guardian
)
2023 Đắk Lắk shooting
Four police officers are killed and two others are injured in shootings at two
police stations
in
Cư Kuin
,
Đắk Lắk
,
Vietnam
. Sixteen people are arrested.
(CNA)
Three people are killed and three others are injured after border clashes near the
North Waziristan District
,
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
,
Pakistan
, on the
Afghanistan–Pakistan border
Disasters and accidents
2023 Interstate 95 highway collapse
A section of
Interstate 95
in
Philadelphia
,
Pennsylvania
,
United States
, collapses after a
tanker truck
catches fire under an overpass.
(CNN)
Greta bus crash
Ten people are killed and 25 others are injured in a bus crash near
Greta
,
New South Wales
,
Australia
.
(Reuters)
Three British
tourists
are killed and 26 other people are rescued after a boat fire in the
Red Sea
near
Marsa Alam
,
Egypt
.
(Reuters)
International relations
China–Honduras relations
Honduras
opens its first
embassy
in
Beijing
,
China
, after breaking off relations with
Taiwan
in March.
(NBC News)
Law and crime
Former
Scottish First Minister
Nicola Sturgeon
is arrested as part of an investigation into financial misconduct by the
Scottish National Party
.
(
The Guardian
)
Sports
2023 FIA World Endurance Championship
2023 24 Hours of Le Mans
In
endurance racing
, the
AF Corse
Ferrari
team wins the
91st Le Mans 24 Hours
with drivers
James Calado
,
Antonio Giovinazzi
and
Alessandro Pier Guidi
. It is Ferrari's first victory at the event since 1965.
(
The Guardian
)
2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship
In
Test cricket
,
Australia
win their first
Test World Cup
title, defeating
India
by 209
runs
on the
final
day at
The Oval
in
London
,
England
. Australia's
Travis Head
is named
player of the match
.
(BBC Sport)
2023 French Open
In
tennis
,
Novak Djokovic
defeats
Casper Ruud
7–6
(7–1)
, 6–3, 7–5 in the final to win the
men's singles
title at the 2023
French Open
. Djokovic surpasses the
record
he shared with
Rafael Nadal
to become the men's singles player with the most
Grand Slam
titles (23).
(
The Guardian
)
2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
In
association football
,
Uruguay
win their first
FIFA U-20 World Cup
title with a 1–0 victory over
Italy
in the
final
at the
Estadio Único
in
La Plata
,
Argentina
. Italy's
Cesare Casadei
is awarded the tournament's
Golden Ball
.
(AP)
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