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Revision as of 01:31, 28 July 2023 by Moscow Mule (talk | contribs) (rwd North Korea)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) July 27, 2023 (2023-07-27) (Thursday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
- Ukrainian forces reportedly capture the village of Staromaiorske, Donetsk Oblast. (CNN)
- 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
- 2023 Nigerien coup d'état
- Supporters of the military coup against President Mohamed Bazoum set fire to the headquarters of the ruling Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism in Niamey, Niger. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 25 people are killed and six others are missing when a boat capsizes off the coast of Binangonan, Rizal, Philippines. (Reuters)
- One person is killed and 84 others are injured by a chlorine gas leakage at a sewage plant in Qena, Egypt. (Egypt Independent)
International relations
- China–North Korea relations, North Korea–Russia relations
- North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu and a Chinese delegation meet in Pyongyang to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War. Kim and Shoigu also attend an exhibition of North Korean ballistic missiles, which have been prohibited by multiple United Nations resolutions endorsed by China and Russia. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Capital punishment in Kuwait
- Kuwait executes five men, including one involved in the suicide bombing of a mosque in 2015. (AP via ABC News)
Sports
- China–India relations
- The government of India withdraws the Indian Wushu team from the Summer World University Games in Chengdu, China, in order to protest against the issuance of Chinese stapled visas to three of the athletes who are from the state of Arunachal Pradesh, as the issuance of such visas are seen as an attempt by China to assert territorial claim over the state. (India Today)
Science and technology
- Climate change
- United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres declares that Earth has entered an "age of global boiling" as scientists confirm that this year's heat waves have been some of the hottest in recorded history. (The Guardian)