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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by GWA88 (talk | contribs) at 17:32, 8 July 2023 (I would argue it's notability is fine. Other widely reported administrations have been covered here such as on 2023 January 28 and 2021 November 22. Also, it's within the context of the UK cost of living crisis which is listed as an ongoing event in the sidebar. And finally, I don't see how this is any less notable or internationally significant than the land reform story in the Philippines.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • The United States announces an $800 million aid package for Ukraine that includes cluster munitions for the first time. While the weapons are outlawed by over 100 countries under the Convention on Cluster Munitions, the United States and Ukraine are not signatories. (CNN)
    • The U.S. package also includes M777 howitzers, munitions for MIM-104 Patriot and M142 HIMARS missile systems, anti-tank weapons, UAVs, and additional Bradley Fighting Vehicles and Stryker armoured personnel carriers. (Reuters)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Israeli soldiers shoot dead two Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine militants during a raid at a house in Nablus in the occupied West Bank. (BBC News)

Business and economy

• Land reform in the Philippines
  • President Bongbong Marcos signs into law the New Agrarian Emancipation Act, canceling over ₱57.56 billion (US$1.04bn) in agricultural debt for more than 500,000 farmers. (AFP via CNA)
• 2021–present United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
  • British cinema chain Empire Cinemas collapses into administration with the immediate loss of 150 jobs. (BBC News)
• The China Securities Regulatory Commission imposes fines of nearly US$1 billion and $415 million on technology companies Ant Group and Tencent, respectively, for violating financial regulations and anti-money laundering obligations. (AFP via France 24)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Pakistan floods
  • At least 55 people, including eight children, are killed by floods caused by monsoon rains in Pakistan. (AP)
• 2023 Milan nursing home fire
  • Six people are killed and 81 others are injured in a fire at a nursing home in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. (AP)
• At least 833 people are hospitalized in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, due to dust storms. (Xinhua)
• Eight people are killed, five others are missing, and four are rescued after an apartment building collapsed in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. (Al Jazeera)
• Six people are killed in an explosion at a chemical factory in Chapayevsk, Samara Oblast, Russia. (TASS)
• Two people are killed and another is missing due to a fire at an oil platform owned by Mexican state owned company Pemex in the southern edge of Gulf of Mexico. (Reuters)

International relations

• China–Japan relations
  • China's General Administration of Customs announces a ban on food imports from ten Japanese prefectures, citing safety concerns over Japan's plan to discharge treated radioactive waste water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean. (AFP via Le Monde)

Law and crime

• 2019 El Paso shooting
  • Perpetrator Patrick Crusius is sentenced to 90 consecutive life terms in a federal prison after pleading guilty to hate crimes related to the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, United States. (AFP via The Manila Times)

Politics and elections

• In the Netherlands, the fourth Rutte cabinet collapses amid disagreements over asylum applications. Prime Minister Mark Rutte announces that he will submit his resignation on Saturday. (BBC News)

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