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• Russian invasion of Ukraine
□ Battle of Donbas
☆ Russia uses its T-14 Armata main battle tanks in combat against
Ukrainian forces for the first time. (Reuters)
□ China and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
☆ Chinese leader Xi Jinping called Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy, over a month after Xi's summit with Russia's President
Vladimir Putin. (National Public Radio)
• Iranian ayatollah and Assembly of Experts member Abbas-Ali Soleimani is
assassinated in a shooting at a bank in Babolsar, Mazandaran province. The
perpetrator, a security guard at the bank, has been arrested by police.
(BBC News)
• 6 injured after clashes after teen dies in car accident involving police.[
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• Proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft
□ The United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority blocks Microsoft
's $68.7bn (£55bn) acquisition of Activision Blizzard, saying the deal
will leave video gamers with less choice and will reduce innovation.
(BBC News)
• Capital punishment in Singapore
□ Singapore executes Tangaraju Suppiah for plotting to smuggle 1 kilo of
cannabis into the country. His execution, the country's first this
year, drew significant pleas for clemency, including from the United
Nations. (BBC News)
• 2023 Sudan conflict
□ Evacuation of foreign nationals during the 2023 Sudan conflict
☆ The United Kingdom begins a large-scale evacuation of British
citizens from Sudan. (The Guardian)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
□ Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
☆ A Russian S-300-type missile strike in Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast,
kills at least one civilian and injures 10 others. (RFE/RL)
• Foreign relations of Taiwan
□ Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei pays an official visit to
Taiwan to reaffirm support for Taiwan as one of the 13 countries which
recognize Taiwan in the One-China policy dispute. China condemns
Giammattei's visit. (Reuters)
• 2024 United States presidential election
□ Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign
☆ Incumbent President Joe Biden formally announces his re-election
campaign. (CNN)
• Hakuto-R Mission 1, an uncrewed lunar lander built by Japanese aerospace
company ispace, is presumed lost after the company lost contact with the
spacecraft during descent to the lunar surface. Onboard was the Emirates
Lunar Mission rover Rashid, along with a transformable robot, SORA-Q, built
by Tomy and JAXA. (CNN) (The New York Times)
• Philippine President Bongbong Marcos approves a 90-day extension of
mandatory registration of SIM cards, whose deadline is originally scheduled
for the following day. (The Philippine Star)
• 2023 Sudan conflict
□ Battle of Khartoum
☆ Switzerland suspends all diplomatic operations at its embassy in
Khartoum. (Reuters)
□ Evacuation of foreign nationals during the 2023 Sudan conflict
☆ Brazil, South Africa, Niger and Mexico evacuate more than 100
citizens from Sudan. (Radio Mozambique) (Universo Online) (El País)
(ABC News)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
□ 2022–2023 Crimea attacks
☆ Russian forces in Crimea repel a drone attack on Sevastopol,
according to governor Mikhail Razvozhaev, in the first attack on
the peninsula since February. (The Guardian)
• Fox News and host Tucker Carlson part ways. Less than an hour later, CNN
fires host Don Lemon. (Politico)
• 2023 Kabal explosions
□ Seventeen people are killed and more than 50 others are injured after
explosive material in the basement of a police station in Kabal Tehsil,
Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, catches fire, causing
explosions. (Al Jazeera)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
□ Five people are injured when a 39-year-old Palestinian terrorist rams
his car into a crowd of people on a street in Jerusalem. He is later
killed by an armed citizen. (Reuters)
• Thirteen suspected gang members are lynched and set on fire by residents in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Al Jazeera)
• 2023 British Virgin Islands general election
□ Citizens of the British Virgin Islands head to the polls to elect the
13 members of the House of Assembly. (Jamaica Observer)
• Iranian workers in major industries continue their strike for a third day.
(iranintl)
• Solar Cycle 25
□ A geomagnetic storm hits Earth, causing auroras as far south as Alabama
and southern England. The storm registers at a G4. (San Francisco
Chronicle) (New York Times) (Fox News)