Portal:Current events/2023 June 30
June 30, 2023 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Chișinău International Airport shooting
- Two people are killed and another is injured after a man opens fire at the Chișinău International Airport in Chișinău, Moldova. The perpetrator is injured and detained. (BBC News)
- Mali War
- The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously to end MINUSMA, its peacekeeping mission in Mali. (MSN)
- Killing of Nahel Merzouk
- Rioters set fire to the main public library in Marseille as civil unrest continues across France. More than 900 people have been arrested and Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin deploys an additional 45,000 police officers to the streets. (Freepress Journal) (BBC News)
Business and economy
- List of mass media in Austria
- Wiener Zeitung, one of the oldest newspapers still published in the world, ends its daily print after 320 years. (The Associated Press via ABC News)
- The initial phase of the Skyline light metro rail formally opens to the public in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. (Hawaii News Now) (Railway Age)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Kericho truck crash
- Fifty-two people are killed and 30 more injured in a multiple-vehicle collision involving a truck on a highway between Kericho and Nakuru in Kenya. (Al Jazeera)
- One person is killed and two others are injured by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Bambanglipuro, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. (Jawapos)
- Seven people are killed and nine others are injured after a building collapses in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. (Reuters)
International relations
- Romania–Russia relations
- Around 40 Russian diplomatic staff members leave Bucharest amid worsening relations between the two countries. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Law and crime
- Biden v. Nebraska
- In a 6–3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Secretary of Education does not have the power to waive student loans under the HEROES Act. (AP)
- In a 5–2 vote, the Superior Electoral Court of Brazil rules to ban former president Jair Bolsonaro from holding public office for eight years due to his conduct during last year's election. (Reuters)
Science and technology
- IceCube Collaboration, a detector operating at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, detects evidence of high-energy neutrino emission from the Milky Way galaxy. (Science)
- The Australian Space Agency cancels its AU$1.2 billion (US$770 million) satellite program launched last year, citing budgetary adjustments amid a financial crisis. (AFP via The Manila Times)