Portal:Current events/2023 June 14

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • At least three people are killed and 13 others are injured in a rocket attack on a residential area in Odesa, Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
  • Adam Delimkhanov, a Russian-Chechen member of the State Duma, is reportedly injured in Ukraine. (BBC News)
• 2022–2023 North Kosovo crisis
  • Kosovo–Serbia relations
    • Serbian forces detain three Kosovo Police officers, accusing them of illegally crossing the border. Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti denies the Serbian claims, saying that the officers were arrested 300 metres inside Kosovan territory, and demands their immediate release. (U.S. News and World Report)
• Syrian civil war
  • 2023 Northern Syria clashes
    • Ten SDF fighters and five Syrian soldiers are killed by Turkish drone strikes in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. (SOHR)
• 2023 Sudan conflict
  • Killing of Khamis Abakar
    • The state governor of West Darfur, Khamis Abakar, is killed in Geneina after being abducted by armed men shortly after accusing the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of committing genocide in the state. The RSF denies killing Abakar, blaming "outlaws" for his death. (BBC News)
• 2023 Manipur violence
  • Nine people are killed in ethnic clashes in Manipur, India. (Al Jazeera)
• Moro conflict
  • Two Islamic State operatives, including Abu Zacharia, a leader of Abu Sayyaf, are killed in separate operations by joint security forces in Marawi, Philippines. (CNN Philippines) (ABS-CBN News)

Business and economy

• The European Commission orders Google to sell off portions of its advertising services in order to comply with anti-competitive practices and threatens to fine the company up to 10% of its global turnover. Google, which relies on advertising services for up to 79% of its revenue, says that it will appeal the order. (Reuters)
• Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announces that Canada is suspending its relations with the China-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank while her department conducts an investigation into allegations of the Chinese Communist Party's influence over the organization. (CNA)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Messenia migrant boat disaster
  • At least 78 people die and 100 others are rescued after a boat carrying refugees and migrants from Libya to Italy capsizes near Pylos, Messenia, Greece. (Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
    • Indonesian President Joko Widodo announces that the country will end their COVID-19 emergency within the next two weeks and transition into endemic status. (Antara) (The Jakarta Post)

International relations

• Fiji–New Zealand relations
  • Fiji and New Zealand sign a defence pact in Suva, Fiji, which includes military cooperation and humanitarian aid. (The Guardian)

Law and crime

• 2023 Japan military facility shooting
  • Two soldiers are killed and another is injured during a live fire exercise at a training area in Gifu, Japan, as a recruit opens fire at them. The suspect is apprehended and charged with the attempted murder of a soldier. (AFP via SCMP) (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
    • Mayor of Miami, Florida, Francis Suarez files for candidacy as a Republican in the 2024 United States presidential election. (The New York Times)

Science and technology

• At the International Society for Stem Cell Research's annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, developmental biologist Magdalena Żernicka-Goetz reveals that American and British researchers have generated the world's first synthetic human embryo-like structures using stem cells. Żernicka-Goetz suggests that the findings could provide insights into the causes of miscarriages. (CNN)
• Astronomers report that the presence of phosphates on Enceladus, moon of the planet Saturn, has been detected, completing the discovery of all the basic chemical ingredients for life on the moon. (New York Times)