The Sudanese Armed Forces bombs the International University of Africa in Khartoum, killing ten Congolese nationals.
Russia says they have prevented three attacks by the Russian Volunteer Corps in Belgorod Oblast.
worldview centered on African civilization
Italy's Cesare Casadei is awarded the tournament's Golden Ball.
The U.S. Army base at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, is renamed Fort Liberty.
central financial exchange where people can trade standardized futures contracts
Surrey Police make 19 arrests on suspicion of "conspiracy to cause public nuisance" ahead of the Epsom Derby.
The Russian Defence Ministry says it has destroyed several Ukrainian army tanks in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, including a Leopard 2 main battle tank, the first Western-made tank to be destroyed by Russian forces in the war. A video released by the ministry shows a column of tanks being hit in a field, with one of them confirmed to be a Leopard 2.
The Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii erupts after a 3-month pause, prompting evacuations.
List of foreign nationals detained in Iran
Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigns from Parliament after being told by the Privileges Committee that he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament over his involvement in Partygate. His resignation triggers a by-election for his constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip.
railway station of a rapid transit system
Russia launches cruise missiles and ballistic missiles at Kyiv, killing three civilians and injuring 12 others.
A section of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, collapses after a tanker truck catches fire under an overpass.
Ukrainian forces claim to have retaken three villages south of Velyka Novosilka in the southern Donetsk region.
British Group 1 horse race for 3-year-olds over 1m 4f 10yds
One person is killed and ten others are injured in a fire at a refugee centre in Apolda, Thuringia, Germany.
country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom
election held to fill a political office that has become vacant
de facto federal republic in North America from 1861 to 1865
In association football, Manchester City beat rivals Manchester United 2–1 in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium in London to win their seventh FA Cup title. İlkay Gündoğan breaks the record for the fastest goal in an FA Cup final, scoring after just 12 seconds.
molten rock expelled by a volcano during an eruption
The Russian Volunteer Corps claims to have captured the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka in the Belgorod region of Russia. The governor of Belgorod, Vyacheslav Gladkov, says that about 100 civilians are still trapped in the village and cannot be evacuated because of continued shelling.
2023 United States East Coast wildfire smoke
district in its namesake division in Bangladesh
Fourteen people are killed in wildfires in north-eastern Kazakhstan, while 316 others are evacuated, according to the Emergency Situations Ministry.
FBI investigation into Donald Trump's handling of government documents
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
Four children are found dead on a beach in Portneuf-sur-Mer, Quebec, Canada, after eleven people on a fishing trip on the St. Lawrence River were caught in a tidal bore and went missing. Six of the eleven people have been rescued, while one man is still missing.
legal declaration or de facto acts by a government allowing assumption of extraordinary powers
Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Fourteen people are killed and five others are missing after a landslide in a mountainous area near Leshan, Sichuan, China.
capital city of Virginia, United States of America
The citizens of Guinea-Bissau go to the polls to elect 102 members of the National People's Assembly.
vice-regal representative of the Australian monarch in New South Wales
The Nova Kakhovka dam in the Russian-occupied part of Ukraine's Kherson Oblast is destroyed, releasing a huge amount of water downstream on the Dnieper. The dam had held back 18 cubic kilometres of water in the Kakhovka reservoir.
One person is killed and nine others injured by a fire in a high-rise building in Rome, Italy.
At least 25 people are killed and 145 others are injured after heavy rains cause houses to collapse across Pakistan.
Five people are killed in an explosion at a missile and explosives factory in Ankara, Turkey.
Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov says that Ukrainian forces have shelled Shebekino with BM-21 Grad rockets, damaging a dormitory and an administrative building in the town. Hundreds of people are evacuated.
The Egyptian antiquities ministry prohibits a group of archaeologists from the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, Netherlands, from conducting excavations in Saqqara after the museum unveiled an exhibit about ancient Egyptian music that Egyptian authorities criticized for its Afrocentric depictions of certain figures, claiming it was historical negationism.
Fifty-one people are killed, 140 others are injured and eleven are missing after severe flooding in Haiti.
Heavy rains in Savaiʻi, Samoa, cause widespread flooding and infrastructure damage.
Russian missiles hit a residential building in the city of Kryvyi Rih, killing at least three people and injuring 25 others.
Prosecution of a former US president for mishandling of classified documents
three cup wins in a season in association football
land service branch of the United States Armed Forces
The plane was flying from Elizabethton Municipal Airport, Tennessee, United States, to Long Island MacArthur Airport, New York.
Three people are killed and 36 others injured by a 4.9 magnitude earthquake in Jérémie, Grand'Anse, Haiti.
head of state and head of government of the United States of America
At least 46 people are killed by CODECO in an IDP camp in the Bahema Badjere district of Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Honduras opens its first embassy in Beijing, China, after breaking off relations with Taiwan in March.
A wildfire in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada, continues to burn out of control, becoming the largest wildfire in the province's history.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2022
Pat Sajak announces his retirement from the American game show Wheel of Fortune after 41 seasons, having hosted the show since 1981.
A Swiss appeals court finds former Liberian rebel commander Alieu Kosiah guilty of crimes against humanity committed during the First Liberian Civil War, sentencing him to 20 years in prison at first instance.
A Florida court in the United States sentences a Haitian-Chilean national to life in prison for the July 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.
The government of Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada, declares a state of emergency and orders the evacuation of more than 10,000 residents following a series of wildfires in the eastern part of the country.
Third inauguration of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
presidential inauguration of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
At least 27 people are killed and 53 others are injured after a mortar attack in Qoryoley, Lower Shabelle, Somalia.
bilateral relations between Iceland and Russia
conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces that the United Kingdom will host the world's first summit on artificial intelligence later this year.
Seventy-seven primary school girls are hospitalised after a poison attack on two schools in Sancharak, Sar-e Pol, Afghanistan.
head of state and head of government of Colombia
The World Health Organization announces that the outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Equatorial Guinea, which has killed 35 people since February, has ended.
capital and largest city of the United Kingdom
ocean between Asia, Australia and the Americas
capital and most populous city of Russia
Wedding of Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan, and Rajwa Al Saif
Crown Prince of Jordan Hussein bin Abdullah marries Saudi architect and distant relative of the Saud family Rajwa Al Saif in the Jordanian capital of Amman.
New South Wales Governor Margaret Beazley unconditionally pardons Kathleen Folbigg, releasing her 20 years into a 25-year sentence for killing all four of her children, after scientific and medical research suggested the deaths were caused by genetic mutations.
Chile reports an outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus, which has killed four people.
The New Zealand government announces a ban on most disposable electronic cigarettes from August.
Romania recalls its ambassador to Kenya after he used a racist slur during a meeting with African Group representatives in Nairobi in April.
sovereign state made up of six islands in the Pacific Ocean
Branch of the Islamic State operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Seven people are killed and two others injured in a mass shooting at a hostel in the township of Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
President Joe Biden signs the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 to prevent the United States from breaching its debt ceiling.
244th running of the Epsom Derby horse race
production of new individuals that contain some portion of genetic material inherited from one or more parent organisms
Iceland announces that it will suspend operations at its embassy in Moscow, Russia, beginning on August 1, saying that "commercial, cultural and political relations" with Russia are "at an all-time low" and that maintaining the embassy is "no longer justifiable".
verdict that results when a court of law finds a defendant guilty of a crime
head of state and of government of Turkey
Nine people are killed during protests in Dakar and Ziguinchor, Senegal, between the police and supporters of convicted opposition leader Ousmane Sonko.
At least 34 others were arrested during the protest, which was in response to the government's decision to cut fuel subsidies.
Two people are killed after a small plane crashes in the Superstition Mountains in Arizona, United States.
Eritrea rejoins the Intergovernmental Authority on Development trade bloc almost 16 years after suspending its membership in 2007.
legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime
A Russian national is killed by a tiger shark off the coast of Hurghada, Egypt. Following the attack, authorities closed a 46 miles (74 km) stretch of the Red Sea coast until 11 June. The shark was later captured.
administrative division (oblast) in central Ukraine
Russian forces strike a residential area in Dnipro Raion with Iskander cruise missiles, killing a two-year-old girl and injuring 22 other civilians, including five children.
68th season of the UEFA club football tournament
public office; head of the capital of Poland
A United Nations peacekeeper is killed and four others are injured in an improvised explosive device attack in Ber, Tombouctou Region, Mali.
province of China, previously inclusive of the present Chongqing Municipality
Wagner Group mercenaries publish a video of a captured Russian commander claiming that he had ordered his troops to fire on a Wagner convoy leaving Bakhmut.
2023 UEFA Europa Conference League final
The Ministry of Justice says it will submit a bill to parliament to lift the ban on carrying out death sentences after 30 years, although South Korea has not carried out an execution since 1997.
Australian judge and Governor of New South Wales
racket sport played on a court bisected by a net
The deputy governor of Afghanistan's Badakhshan Province and his driver are killed and six civilians injured when a suicide car bomber rams their vehicle in Fayzabad.
2023 conflict in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces
unmanned aerial vehicle that is usually armed
A video released by the ministry shows a column of tanks being hit in a field, with one of them confirmed to be a Leopard 2.
2023 Marburg virus disease outbreak in Equatorial Guinea
marburg disease outbreak in Equatorial Guinea
capital and largest city of the Czech Republic
association football club in Manchester, England
List of military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
It is Ferrari's first victory at the event since 1965.
the second season of Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA
National Bureau of Investigation (Philippines)
agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Justice
head of government of the United Kingdom
reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion
A court in Angeles, Philippines, convicts a police officer and an official of the National Bureau of Investigation in connection with the kidnapping and murder of South Korean businessman Jee Ick-Joo in 2016. However, the alleged mastermind of the plot is acquitted.
Authorities find 45 bags containing human remains in Jalisco, Mexico, after seven people were reported missing in the state last week.
unlawful killing of a human with malice aforethought
A Russian national is killed by a tiger shark off the coast of Hurghada, Egypt.
ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria since 2011
Seven people are killed during a mass shooting against villagers in Polhó, a Zapatista community in Chenalhó, Mexico.
2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles
Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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.
1974 multi-role fighter aircraft family by General Dynamics
Three people in Lakhsh District, eastern Tajikistan are killed by a landslide.
The parliament of Zimbabwe votes in favour of a new clause of the penal code which will introduce the death penalty for "unpatriotic acts" such as supporting sanctions on the country or supporting calls to overthrow the government.
range of mountains east of Phoenix, Arizona
A new lawsuit is filed against American actor Bill Cosby by Playboy model Victoria Valentino, accusing him of drugging and raping her in 1969.
The third inauguration of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as President of Turkey takes place at the Presidential Complex in Ankara.
2015–present armed conflict in Afghanistan
One person is killed and 14 others are injured when a bus travelling from Lecce in Puglia to Rome crashes on a motorway in Vallesaccarda, Campania, Italy.
Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is arrested as part of an investigation into financial misconduct by the Scottish National Party.
Moldova and Ukraine sign an agreement to build a bridge across their border over the Dniester river between Chisinau, Moldova, and Yampil, Ukraine, bypassing the unrecognised state of Transnistria.
In tennis, defending champion Iga Świątek defeats Karolína Muchová 6–2, 5–7, 6–4 in the final to win the women's singles title at the 2023 French Open.
Thirteen people are killed after intercommunal fighting in a camp in Malakal, Upper Nile, South Sudan.
One person is killed, another injured and 14 rescued after an overcrowded boat capsizes off the coast of Haiti.
armed conflicts between indigenous peoples and white people in Mexico
DRC Foreign Minister Christophe Lutundula says his country has demanded an explanation from the Sudanese government.
Nine people are killed when Allied Democratic Forces insurgents attack a group of people on the Kyondo-Kyavinyonge road in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Sudanese Armed Forces bombs the International University of Africa in Khartoum, killing ten Congolese nationals. DRC Foreign Minister Christophe Lutundula says his country has demanded an explanation from the Sudanese government.
respiratory syndrome and infectious disease in humans, caused by SARS coronavirus 2
Two people are killed and two more injured during a mass shooting outside the entrance of a subway station in Farsta, Stockholm, Sweden.
motor vehicle designed to carry liquefied loads, dry bulk cargo or gases on roads
The attacker, a Syrian national, is arrested.
22st edition of top European women's football (soccer) competition
2023 aviation accident and rescue operation in Colombia
selected team of Italian football players under 20 years
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
death of a fetus before or during delivery, resulting in delivery of a dead baby
missile that follows a sub-orbital ballistic flightpath
human settlement in Shebekinsky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia
one of the governmental bodies of Saudi Arabia and part of the cabinet
denial or purposeful revision of history to falsehood in order to fit a political purpose
Turkish artillery shelling kills a Russian soldier and injures four others in northern Aleppo governorate, Syria.
Russian occupation official Vladimir Rogov says Ukrainian forces have shelled the port of Berdiansk in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, injuring nine people.
Apple announces and demonstrates the Vision Pro mixed reality headset at its Worldwide Developers Conference.
Evacuation orders are lifted in Nova Scotia, two weeks after wildfires swept through the area.
Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (Egypt)
United States Army installation; census designated place in North Carolina
Four people are injured by a knife attack at a school in Eskilstuna, Södermanland, Sweden.
simultaneous citizenship of multiple countries by the same person
Spanish association football player, born 1996
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.
grade of crude oil used as a benchmark in oil pricing
The system is the second discovered to have more than one circumbinary planet.
Two soldiers and two Pakistani Taliban members are killed in a shootout in North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
At least 11 people are killed and 30 others are injured by a car bomb outside a mosque in Fayzabad, Afghanistan, during a prayer service for the deputy governor of Badakhshan province who was killed two days ago.
Date: 13 November 1996 – present (27 years)
Governor of North Dakota Doug Burgum announces his candidacy for President of the United States in 2024.
Resignation from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Mechanism by which a British MP may resign, requiring the use of a legal fiction
Mexican libertarian-socialist political group
At least 288 people are killed and more than 900 injured in a train collision in Balasore district, Odisha, India.
Officials in Chibougamau, Quebec, order 7,300 residents to evacuate in response to two nearby wildfires.
A court in Angeles, Philippines, convicts a police officer and an official of the National Bureau of Investigation in connection with the kidnapping and murder of South Korean businessman Jee Ick-Joo in 2016.
cyber attack disrupting service by overloading the provider of the service
Former Vice President Mike Pence officially files to run for President of the United States in 2024.
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.
unmanned guided missile with atmospheric engine and a combat charge
Date: 2 June 2023 around 19:00 IST (13:30 UTC)
The Swiss Federal Administration reports a distributed denial of service attack on some of its websites.
head of state and of government of the U.S. state of North Dakota
Researchers suggest that the findings could provide insights into the reproduction of crocodile ancestors, including dinosaurs and pterosaurs.
major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology issues a "level 3 alert" for Mayon Volcano in Albay due to the presence of volcanic earthquakes, indicating an increased risk of lava flows and possible eruptions.
Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard resigns and announces he will run for president of Mexico in the 2024 elections. The mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, also announces that she will resign on Friday to focus on running for president.
first level administrative division of Ukraine
In association football, West Ham United defeat ACF Fiorentina 2–1 at the Fortuna Arena in Prague, Czech Republic, to win the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League and qualify for the group stage of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League.
clade of sauropsid vertebrates that dominated the Mesozoic Era (including birds)
town located in La Plata Partido, Buenos Aires province, Argentina
Ten people are killed and 25 others are injured in a bus crash near Greta, New South Wales, Australia.
In association football, Manchester City win their first UEFA Champions League title with a 1–0 victory over Inter Milan in the final at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, with Rodri scoring the winner.
cabinet-level ministry overseeing justice affairs in South Korea
Delfina Gómez of the MORENA party defeats Alejandra del Moral Vela in the election for governor of the state of Mexico, ending 94 years of the PRI rule in the state.
Four police officers are killed and two others are injured in shootings at two police stations in Cư Kuin, Đắk Lắk, Vietnam.
football stadium in Eindhoven, Netherlands
football stadium in London, England, UK, inaugurated in March 2007
headquarters for the police of a particular district, from which police officers are dispatched and to which persons under arrest are brought
Twenty-seven people are killed and at least 106 others are injured when rockets are fired at a market in Khartoum, Sudan.
Having also won the Premier League and FA Cup that season, City become the second English club to complete the continental treble after rivals Manchester United in 1999.
legality and use of capital punishment in South Korea
airport on Long Island, in Ronkonkoma, Town of Islip, Suffolk County, New York
Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard resigns and announces he will run for president of Mexico in the 2024 elections.
In tennis, defending champion Iga Świątek defeats Karolína Muchová 6–2, 5–7, 6–4 in the final to win the women's singles title at the 2023 French Open. Świątek is the first player to defend the title since Justine Henin in 2007 and the first woman to defend a major title since Serena Williams at Wimbledon in 2016.
Saudi Arabia's energy ministry announces a cut in oil production from around ten million barrels per day this month to nine million barrels per day from July.
2024 United States presidential election
60th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
American social news aggregation website and discussion portal
common name for large reptilian carnivore; approximately Crocodylidae (ca 18 species) or Crocodylinae (ca 14 species) or genus Crocodylus (ca 14 species)
One person is missing after a suspension bridge over the Ganges River in Bhagalpur district, Bihar, India, collapses for the second time in less than two months.
At least seven people are killed and 59 others are injured in floods and storms across Iran.
U Slavie 1540/2a, Vršovice, Prague, Czech Republic, 100 00
incident in which an active shooter shoots multiple people with a firearm, especially with an intent to kill in a public space
Anti-government protests erupt across Poland, with an estimated 500,000 demonstrators gathering in the capital of Warsaw, according to Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski.
2023 Egypt–Israel border shooting incident
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.
upcoming mixed reality headset by Apple Inc.
national debt crisis of the United States for 2023
Thousands of civilians are being evacuated from the town of Nova Kakhovka and surrounding villages as the floods spread.
Iran releases one Danish and two dual Austrian-Iranian citizens.
Most major communities on social media site Reddit are implementing a temporary 'blackout' in response to proposed changes to third-party access to Reddit's API.
Air quality in New York City becomes the worst in the world, with air pollution levels reaching more than 400 on the Air Quality Index.
department of the Ministry of Interior of Egypt
Former US president Donald Trump is indicted on thirty-seven counts related to his mishandling of classified government documents. He is due to be arraigned in federal court in Miami, Florida on June 13.
violent act where the offender pulls up a knife
Two people are killed and five others injured after a mass shooting at Huguenot High School in Richmond, Virginia, United States.
North Germanic ethnic group native to Denmark; citizens or residents of Denmark
In a report published in Biology Letters, researchers reveal the first-known case of facultative parthenogenesis or a "virgin birth" in a crocodile, where a female American crocodile living in isolation at a Costa Rican zoo laid an egg of a fully formed stillborn crocodile that exhibited parthenogenesis. Researchers suggest that the findings could provide insights into the reproduction of crocodile ancestors, including dinosaurs and pterosaurs.
In basketball, the Denver Nuggets win their first NBA title after defeating the Miami Heat in five games in the NBA Finals.
group of people from one state present in another state to represent the sending state
Apple announces and demonstrates the Vision Pro mixed reality headset at its Worldwide Developers Conference. It is the company's first major new product in almost 10 years and is expected to be commercially available in early 2024.
planet that orbits two stars instead of one
military operation during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
organisation of professional golf tournaments
Three people are killed by a 4.8 magnitude earthquake in Maubin, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar.
A Cessna Citation plane crashes over mountainous terrain after being intercepted by an F-16 jet over Washington, D.C., killing the four people on board. The plane was flying from Elizabethton Municipal Airport, Tennessee, United States, to Long Island MacArthur Airport, New York.
Nayib Bukele officially proposes two bills to the Legislative Assembly to reduce the number of municipalities from 262 to 44 and the number of seats in the Legislative Assembly from 84 to 60.
Apple developers' conference held annually in California, United States by Apple Inc.
multiple launch rocket system family of Soviet origin
United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy
However, the alleged mastermind of the plot is acquitted.
Tropical Storm Arlene forms as the first named storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season.
Date: 6 June 2023 between 02:00 and 02:54 (UTC+3)
Two people are killed when a small plane crashes at Tupelo Regional Airport in Tupelo, Mississippi, USA.
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.
financially motivated nonviolent crime committed by business and government professionals
bilateral relations between Israel and Egypt
1959 air-to-air missile family by Raytheon
The Islamic State claimed responsibility.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces a $500 million military aid package to Ukraine (including 288 AIM-7 missiles) and a $10 million humanitarian aid package to help victims of the Kakhovka dam collapse.
merging of real and virtual worlds to produce new environments
2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in Port-au-Prince
worldwide crisis affected by shortage of energy supplies
List of Grand Slam–related tennis records
military operation in Russia; part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
urgent movement of people away from the threat or actual occurrence of a hazard
Djokovic surpasses the record he shared with Rafael Nadal to become the men's singles player with the most Grand Slam titles (23).
association football club in Florence, Italy
school in which children receive primary or elementary education from the age of about five to twelve
sudden release of energy through high temperatures and gas expansion
sovereign wealth fund owned by Saudi Arabia
The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador votes to reduce the number of legislative seats from 84 to 60 ahead of the 2024 general election.
Urban-type settlement in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Islamist insurgency in the DR Congo and Uganda
airport in Tennessee, United States of America
park in Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
European association-football tournament
Six people, including four children, are injured in a mass stabbing at Lake Annecy in Haute-Savoie, France. The attacker, a Syrian national, is arrested.
Iran unveils a domestically produced hypersonic long-range missile named "Fattah", which they claim can penetrate missile defense systems.
supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom
At least 160 suspected gang members were killed in Haiti between April 24 and May 24 by armed citizens after an increase in violence across the country.
overview of wildfires in Nova Scotia during the year 2023
Fourteen people are killed in wildfires in north-eastern Kazakhstan, while 316 others are evacuated, according to the Emergency Situations Ministry. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev responds by sacking Emergency Situations Minister Yuri Ilyin.
overview of the energy use in Saudi Arabia
present phase of the Somali Civil War, concentrated in southern Somalia
Date: 24 February 2022 – present (1 year, 3 months and 3 weeks)
Date: 24 February 2022 – present (1 year, 3 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
person forced to leave their home who remains within their country
urban district in southern Stockholm, Sweden
Date: 16 March 2004 – present (19 years, 2 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
largest city in Pennsylvania, United States
Following the attack, authorities closed a 46 miles (74 km) stretch of the Red Sea coast until 11 June.
form of attack in which a perpetrator rams vehicle into people or structures
uncontrolled fire of natural, accidental or criminal origin, which spreads over a natural or agricultural area covered by combustible vegetation
Świątek is the first player to defend the title since Justine Henin in 2007 and the first woman to defend a major title since Serena Williams at Wimbledon in 2016.
gun battle between armed persons outside the context of organized military operations
viral pathogen of the human respiratory tract
any disturbed state of an astronomical body's atmosphere
Oil prices on Brent and West Texas Intermediate futures initially rise by more than two per cent, but later fall slightly.
The final match of the 2022–23 edition of the UEFA Champions League
Uxbridge and South Ruislip (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2010 onwards
Six civilians and three soldiers are killed and ten others are injured by al-Shabaab at a hotel in Lido Beach, Mogadishu. All seven attackers are also killed.
Interstate Highway on the east coast of the United States from Miami to Maine
Residents of Edson, west of Edmonton, and Yellowhead County, Alberta, have been ordered to evacuate due to wildfires in the area.
continent on the Earth's northern and southern hemispheres
province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
military offensive in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Democratic Republic of the Congo politician
Date: First raid: 22–23 May 2023 (1 day) Second raid: 1 June 2023 – present (1 week and 5 days)
Five people are killed and eight others injured when police open fire on taxi drivers protesting against high fuel prices in Huambo, Angola. At least 34 others were arrested during the protest, which was in response to the government's decision to cut fuel subsidies.
overview about the regulation of electronic cigarettes
Six civilians and three soldiers are killed and ten others are injured by al-Shabaab at a hotel in Lido Beach, Mogadishu.
5th First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party
Three Israeli soldiers and an Egyptian policeman are killed in an exchange of fire near the Egyptian-Israeli border. It is the first fatal incident between the two countries in more than a decade.
In a report published in Biology Letters, researchers reveal the first-known case of facultative parthenogenesis or a "virgin birth" in a crocodile, where a female American crocodile living in isolation at a Costa Rican zoo laid an egg of a fully formed stillborn crocodile that exhibited parthenogenesis.
association football club in London, England
Near Bahanaga Bazar railway station, Balasore, Odisha
classification of sweet light crude oil that serves as a major benchmark price for purchases of oil worldwide
He is due to be arraigned in federal court in Miami, Florida on June 13.
raion in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine (established in 2020)
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
Russian forces shell Kherson, injuring nine civilians near an evacuation point in a flooded part of the city following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam.
military forces of the Russian Federation
American professional tennis player (born 1981)
American multinational technology company
armed conflict involving Pakistan and armed militant groups
Six people, including four children, are injured in a mass stabbing at Lake Annecy in Haute-Savoie, France.
Six of the eleven people have been rescued, while one man is still missing.
Three Israeli soldiers and an Egyptian policeman are killed in an exchange of fire near the Egyptian-Israeli border.
capital city of the province of Alberta, Canada
The Russian Volunteer Corps claims to have captured the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka in the Belgorod region of Russia.
Highest-ranking official in Belgorod Oblast, Russia
Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials
ongoing controversy in the United States
vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
Monroe Park, Richmond, Virginia, United States
water wave traveling upstream a river or narrow bay due to incoming tide
2023 UEFA Women's Champions League final
President of the Republic of Turkey since 2014
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology issues a "level 3 alert" for Mayon Volcano in Albay due to the presence of volcanic earthquakes, indicating an increased risk of lava flows and possible eruptions. Albay Governor Edcel Lagman orders the evacuation of residents within a 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) radius of the volcano.
46th and current president of the United States
cricket ground in Kennington, South London
The dam had held back 18 cubic kilometres of water in the Kakhovka reservoir.
Three British tourists are missing after a boat fire in the Red Sea near Marsa Alam, Egypt.
The professional golf tour organisations LIV Golf, the PGA Tour and the PGA European Tour announce that they will combine their commercial rights into a new for-profit company, primarily funded by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.
administrative-presidential buildings belonging to the Office of President, Turkey
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.
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
bilateral relations between Ukraine and Canada
earthquake caused by the movement of magma
Japan's fertility rate is expected to have reached a record low of 1.2565 in 2022.
The Russian Defence Ministry says it has destroyed several Ukrainian army tanks in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, including a Leopard 2 main battle tank, the first Western-made tank to be destroyed by Russian forces in the war.
armed conflicts that started from January 2012
At least 11 people are killed and 30 others are injured by a car bomb outside a mosque in Fayzabad, Afghanistan, during a prayer service for the deputy governor of Badakhshan province who was killed two days ago. The Islamic State claimed responsibility.
Fayzabad, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
armed rebellion against a constituted authority when those taking part in the rebellion are not recognized as belligerents
İlkay Gündoğan breaks the record for the fastest goal in an FA Cup final, scoring after just 12 seconds.
Senegal tax inspector and tax justice advocate
second-highest constitutional office in the United States
the monitoring and observation of peace processes in post-conflict areas
capital of the Buenos Aires province, Argentina
urban area in Eskilstuna Municipality, Sweden
Perialpine lake in Haute-Savoie in France
Maricopa / Pinal / Gila counties, Arizona, US
software interface between computers and/or programs
Mexican cabinet member responsible for foreign policy
county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia
continuous series of wars in Afghanistan
specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health
association football tournament for under-20 national teams
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announces that the government will construct a prison to hold white-collar criminals. He also announces that the country's security forces had raided the properties of former president Alfredo Cristiani.
He also announces that the country's security forces had raided the properties of former president Alfredo Cristiani.
Somalia-based cell of the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda
FC Barcelona Femení lifted the UEFA Women's Champions League trophy for the second time after defeating VfL Wolfsburg 3–2 in the final at the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Fridolina Rolfö scored the winner after Barcelona had trailed 2–0 at the break.
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay announces that the United States will reapply for membership in July, after withdrawing from the agency in 2018.
President Gustavo Petro confirms the successful rescue of the four Witoto children who had been missing in the Amazon rainforest since the Cessna 206 they were traveling in crashed on May 1.
mass shooting occurred in Richmond, Virginia, United States on June 6, 2023
one of the 20 administrative districts of Paris, France
sovereign state in North Africa and Asia
eleventh season of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC)
disaster involving one or more trains (for train colliding with a pedestrian, animal or other objects, see Q19403959)
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
The United States Senate passes the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, sending the measure to President Joe Biden to sign in order to avoid a debt ceiling default.
number of children a woman is expected to have barring select circumstances
National People's Assembly (Guinea-Bissau)
major river in eastern Canada and the United States, flowing into the Gulf of St. Lawrence
Four children are found dead on a beach in Portneuf-sur-Mer, Quebec, Canada, after eleven people on a fishing trip on the St. Lawrence River were caught in a tidal bore and went missing.
association football club in Milan, Italy
6 June 2023 event on the Dnieper River during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
upper house of the United States Congress
Russian forces attack Odesa with drones and missiles, killing three civilians and injuring 27 others.
Australia's Travis Head is named player of the match.
low-intensity asymmetric war between the Mexican Government and various drug trafficking syndicates
ground warfare branch of Pakistan's military
football match between Manchester United and Manchester City
In basketball, the Denver Nuggets win their first NBA title after defeating the Miami Heat in five games in the NBA Finals. Serbian centre Nikola Jokić is named Most Valuable Player.
city of regional significance in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in central Ukraine
FC Barcelona's women's association football section
Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov says that Ukrainian forces have shelled Shebekino with BM-21 Grad rockets, damaging a dormitory and an administrative building in the town.
presence of dangerous substances in the atmosphere
The children were found alive but weak, while the bodies of the three adults accompanying them, including their mother, were found at the crash site.
person who is not a legitimate member of the military
commune and suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti
tennis term for winning all four major championships
Serbian centre Nikola Jokić is named Most Valuable Player.
Regional trial courts in the Philippines
land force component of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Millions of people in the eastern United States and central Canada are warned to limit their time outdoors due to smoke and bad air quality from large wildfires in northern Ontario and Quebec.
American professional basketball team based in Miami
In association football, Manchester City win their first UEFA Champions League title with a 1–0 victory over Inter Milan in the final at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, with Rodri scoring the winner. Having also won the Premier League and FA Cup that season, City become the second English club to complete the continental treble after rivals Manchester United in 1999.
In tennis, Novak Djokovic defeats Casper Ruud 7–6, 6–3, 7–5 in the final to win the men's singles title at the 2023 French Open.
field of computer science and engineering practices for intelligence demonstrated by machines and intelligent agents
the longest form of the sport of cricket; so called due to its long, grueling nature
Africa's largest gathering of business leaders with heads of state, draws 1,800 from 70 countries to discuss advancing African business, post-COVID-19 supply chain issues, and Africa's food crisis from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Five people are killed and eight others injured when police open fire on taxi drivers protesting against high fuel prices in Huambo, Angola.
city and municipality in South Holland, the Netherlands
Fifteen people are killed in a crash between a bus and a truck in Dakshin Surma Upazila, Sylhet District, Bangladesh.
transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Southeastern Europe
island sovereign state in the Caribbean Sea
action where a vessel turns on to its side or is upside down
most populous city in the United States of America
state-sponsored act constituting a serious violation of the laws of war
President Gustavo Petro confirms the successful rescue of the four Witoto children who had been missing in the Amazon rainforest since the Cessna 206 they were traveling in crashed on May 1. The children were found alive but weak, while the bodies of the three adults accompanying them, including their mother, were found at the crash site.
campaign for the 2024 United States presidential election
Astronomers announce in the journal Nature Astronomy the discovery of BEBOP-1c, an exoplanet orbiting a binary star. The system is the second discovered to have more than one circumbinary planet.
Astronomers announce in the journal Nature Astronomy the discovery of BEBOP-1c, an exoplanet orbiting a binary star.
series of wildfires affecting Canada in 2023
sport that is practiced between two teams of eleven players
generally refers to the spot price of a barrel of benchmark crude oil—a reference price for buyers and sellers of crude oil
bilateral relations between China and Honduras
murder of a prominent person, often a political leader or ruler
limit on the amount of debt the United States is allowed to owe
The professional golf tour organisations LIV Golf, the PGA Tour and the PGA European Tour announce that they will combine their commercial rights into a new for-profit company, primarily funded by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. This merger agreement will end all existing litigation between the three tours, with plans for a "fair and objective process for any players who wish to re-apply for membership".
type of court in which trials take place
tall building; as opposed to a low-rise building
battle in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
German association women's football club
South Korean businessman kidnapped by the Philippine National Police
Intergovernmental Authority on Development
airport in Lee County, Mississippi, United States
city and municipality in North Brabant, Netherlands
Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine
Saudi Arabia's energy ministry announces a cut in oil production from around ten million barrels per day this month to nine million barrels per day from July. Oil prices on Brent and West Texas Intermediate futures initially rise by more than two per cent, but later fall slightly.
attacks in western Russia during the invasion of Ukraine since 2022
(The New Voice of Ukraine via Yahoo! News)
specialised agency of the United Nations for education, sciences, and culture
United Kingdom police force responsible for policing the county of Surrey
It is the company's first major new product in almost 10 years and is expected to be commercially available in early 2024.
taking away or transportation of a person against that person's will
district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
long-ranged guns for land and sea warfare
change of the nucleotide sequence of the genome of an organism
A Cessna Citation plane crashes over mountainous terrain after being intercepted by an F-16 jet over Washington, D.C., killing the four people on board.
The Nova Kakhovka dam in the Russian-occupied part of Ukraine's Kherson Oblast is destroyed, releasing a huge amount of water downstream on the Dnieper.
The mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, also announces that she will resign on Friday to focus on running for president.
Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev responds by sacking Emergency Situations Minister Yuri Ilyin.
national archaeological museum of the Netherlands
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.
Date: 2 February 2015 – present (8 years, 2 weeks and 2 days)
UK House of Commons Parliamentary Select Committee
In tennis, Novak Djokovic defeats Casper Ruud 7–6, 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).
motorsport in which races cover extended distances and time periods designed to test durability and endurance
natural form of asexual reproduction in which growth and development of embryos occur without fertilization
Fridolina Rolfö scored the winner after Barcelona had trailed 2–0 at the break.
attack in which the attacker knows they will die
forgiveness of a crime and the cancellation of the relevant penalty
capital city of Odesa Oblast in southern Ukraine
Date: 16 January 2012 – present (11 years, 4 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
Asimila, Bahanaga, Balasore district, Odisha India
FC Barcelona Femení lifted the UEFA Women's Champions League trophy for the second time after defeating VfL Wolfsburg 3–2 in the final at the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
2023 Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election
de facto unrecognized state in Eastern Europe that has declared independence from Moldova
subjectively negative words to refer to an ethnic group or person
Legislative Branch of the El Salvador Government
city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States
governing body of the Russian Armed Forces
district in Districts of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan
diplomatic relations between Moldova and Ukraine
Ministry of Emergency Situations (Kazakhstan)
separates the state territories of the two States
smoke affecting U.S. east coast in 2023 due to wildfires in Quebec
train collision in Balasore, Odisha, India, on 2 June 2023
type of natural disasters involving ground movements, often caused by slope instability triggered by specific event
Date: 31 January 2009 – present (14 years, 4 months, 1 week and 5 days)
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announces that the government will construct a prison to hold white-collar criminals.
His resignation triggers a by-election for his constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip.
device usually used to quit or be an alternative to tobacco
artillery weapon that launches explosive projectiles at high angles
military occupation zone of Russia on the territory of the Kherson Oblast of Ukraine
Italian automotive brand manufacturing; subsidiary of Ferrari N.V.
detecting planets located outside the Solar System
This merger agreement will end all existing litigation between the three tours, with plans for a "fair and objective process for any players who wish to re-apply for membership".
federated state in the center of Germany
military unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine consisting of naturalized citizens of the Russian Federation
Former US president Donald Trump is indicted on thirty-seven counts related to his mishandling of classified government documents.
capital city of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine
The governor of Belgorod, Vyacheslav Gladkov, says that about 100 civilians are still trapped in the village and cannot be evacuated because of continued shelling.
city in, and the county seat of, Lee County, Mississippi, United States
country in Northwestern Europe with territories in the Caribbean
In association football, Manchester City beat rivals Manchester United 2–1 in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium in London to win their seventh FA Cup title.
team sport played on a court with baskets on either end
aviation occurrence that affects or could affect the safety of operation
It is the first fatal incident between the two countries in more than a decade.
transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations or their operating units are transferred or combined
Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts
Canada (11 out of 13 provinces and territories)
Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigns from Parliament after being told by the Privileges Committee that he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament over his involvement in Partygate.
Albay Governor Edcel Lagman orders the evacuation of residents within a 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) radius of the volcano.