Portal:Current events/2023 July 1

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Nahel Merzouk protests
  • Riots continue across France. More than 1,300 people have been arrested, and 79 police officers have been injured. (BBC News)
  • Looters raid a gun shop in Marseille, stealing eight hunting rifles and ammunition before police intervene. (Sky News)
  • President Emmanuel Macron cancels a state visit to Germany, which would have been the first state visit in 23 years. (CBS News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Western North America heat wave
  • Authorities announce that more than 100 people have died across Mexico as a result of two weeks of heat waves in the country. (Reuters)
• 2023 Buldhana bus accident
  • At least 25 people are killed when a wedding bus crashes and catches fire in Buldhana district, Maharashtra, India. (CNN)
• Eight people are killed after a fire breaks out in an under-repair nightclub in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Shine)

Law and crime

• Four people are injured in a mass shooting in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. (Global News)

Politics and elections

• 2023 East Timorese parliamentary election
  • Xanana Gusmão is sworn in as prime minister of East Timor. (AP)

Science and technology

• European Space Agency Science Programme
  • The European Space Agency successfully launches the Euclid space telescope to study dark matter and dark energy at the second Lagrange point, 1.5 million kilometers from Earth. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)