Portal:Current events/2023 July 8
July 8, 2023 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Sudan conflict
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Donbas
- Russian forces shell Lyman in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, killing eight people and injuring 13 others, according to governor Pavlo Kyrylenko. (BBC News)
- Battle of Donbas
- Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
- Four insurgents and two officers are killed at a police station in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. (Iran International)
Arts and culture
- Farewell Yellow Brick Road
- English musician Elton John, the fourth best-selling music artist of all time, performs his final concert at the Tele2 Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, after touring for more than 50 years. (Global News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Murrieta plane crash
- A plane crashes in Murrieta, California, United States, killing all six people aboard. (Forbes)
- One person is killed and seven others are missing due to a landslide that buried a highway in Yichang, Hubei, China. (Reuters)
- Pemex, the Mexican oil company, estimates that Friday's fire on an offshore drilling platform has led to the loss of 700,000 barrels of oil production thus far. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest
- The heads of government of the Amazon basin countries convene in Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia, to strategize conserving the Amazon rainforest. (AFP via The Business Standard)
Law and crime
- Shah Cheragh attack
- Iran executes two men for their involvement in a mass shooting at Shah Cheragh in Shiraz, Fars province. (CNN)
- LGBT rights in Georgia
- Organizers cancel a pride festival in Tbilisi, Georgia, due to violent interventions by far-right groups which led to clashes with law enforcement. (CNN)
- Four people are killed and five are injured in a series of shootings in Chicago, Illinois, United States. (WLS-TV)
- A correspondent for the Mexican newspaper La Jornada is found dead in Tepic, Nayarit, a day after being reported missing. (AFP via Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Politics and elections
- June 2023 Greek legislative election
- The New Democracy party, led by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, secures a vote of confidence in Parliament to begin its second four-year term. (AP)