Portal:Current events/2023 July 1
July 1, 2023 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Nahel Merzouk protests
- Riots continue across France. More than 1,300 people have been arrested, and 79 police officers have been injured. (BBC News)
- Looters raid a gun shop in Marseille, stealing eight hunting rifles and ammunition before police intervene. (Sky News)
- President Emmanuel Macron cancels a state visit to Germany, which would have been the first state visit in 23 years. (CBS News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Western North America heat wave
- 2023 Buldhana bus accident
- At least 25 people are killed when a wedding bus crashes and catches fire in Buldhana district, Maharashtra, India. (CNN)
- Eight people are killed after a fire breaks out in an under-repair nightclub in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Shine)
Law and crime
- Four people are injured in a mass shooting in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. (Global News)
Politics and elections
- 2023 East Timorese parliamentary election
- Xanana Gusmão is sworn in as prime minister of East Timor. (AP)
Science and technology
- European Space Agency Science Programme
- The European Space Agency successfully launches the Euclid space telescope to study dark matter and dark energy at the second Lagrange point, 1.5 million kilometers from Earth. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)