Portal:Current events/2023 July 14
July 14, 2023 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Jihadist insurgency in Niger
- Five people are killed and 19 more injured during an ambush by gunmen at a convoy in the Tillabéri Region, Niger. Two attackers are killed in the ensuing shootout. (VOA)
Arts and culture
- 2023 Hollywood labor disputes
- 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike
- Universal announces that the upcoming red carpet premiere for the Oppenheimer film has been cancelled amidst the SAG-AFTRA strikes. The film is still expected to be screened. (Screen International)
- 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike
Business and economy
- Foxconn, a tech giant headquartered in Taiwan, announces that it has made a deal with Karnataka, a state in India, to buy 300 acres of land for a new iPhone factory. (Economic Times)
International relations
- Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
- Azerbaijan's State Border Service reopens the Lachin corridor to allow the Red Cross to conduct medical evacuations from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia amid protests over the corridor's closure on July 11 and humanitarian concerns. (AFP via France 24)
- Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
Law and crime
- Gilgo Beach serial killings
- A suspect in the Long Island serial murders is arrested in Massapequa Park, New York, United States. (The Independent)
- Protests against Quran desecration in Sweden
- Police authorize a protest involving the burning of the Bible and the Torah outside the Israeli embassy in Stockholm following a series of anti-Islam demonstrations involving Quran desecration across the country. Israeli officials have urged the Swedish government to prevent the act. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Cambodian general election
- Two members of the opposition Candlelight Party are arrested for allegedly encouraging voters to spoil ballots ahead of the election. (AFP via The Guardian)
Science and technology
- Japanese space program
- An Epsilon S solid-propellant rocket upper stage, an upgraded version of JAXA's Epsilon launch vehicle, explodes about a minute after ignition during a test in Akita Prefecture. (AFP via CNA)
- The Indian Space Research Organization launches Chandrayaan-3 on a mission to the Moon. The mission will deploy the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover to study the Moon's surface for two weeks. The mission is similar to the failed Chandrayaan-2 mission, which crashed shortly before landing in 2019. (Space.com)
Sports
- 2023 Pacific Four Series
- In women's rugby union, New Zealand win their second consecutive Pacific Four Series title after defeating the United States 39–17 at TD Place Stadium in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (BBC Sport)