Portal:Current events/2023 June 27

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Kramatorsk restaurant attack
      • A Russian missile strike on a restaurant in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, kills 13 civilians and injures 61 others. (The Guardian) (The Independent)
  • Wagner Group rebellion
    • Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko confirms that the head of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has arrived in Belarus in accordance with the agreement reached with the Russian government. (Reuters)
• Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
  • Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
    • Suspected jihadists kill several Burkinabé soldiers and members of the Volunteers for the Defence of the Homeland in a series of attacks on troops in the village of Noaka, Pissila department, Sanmatenga Province, and in the Sahel Region. (AFP via VOA)

Arts and culture

• Austrian painter Gustav Klimt's last completed oil painting, Lady with a Fan, sets a new European art auction record when an unnamed art dealer buys it for £85.3 million (US$108.4M), including the buyer's premium, at Sotheby's in London, UK. (AFP via The Straits Times)

Disasters and accidents

• One person is injured and many buildings are damaged after a magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes Muisne, Esmeraldas, Ecuador. (El Universo)
• At least four people are killed when landslides caused by flash floods hit Wenchuan County, Sichuan, China. (AP)

Health and environment

• 2023 Canadian wildfires
  • Smoke from the wildfires continues to blanket southern Ontario and the eastern and mid-western United States, including New York, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. (Yahoo! News)

Law and crime

• Moore v. Harper
  • In a 6–3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Elections Clause does not give state legislatures sole power over elections, rejecting the theory of independent state legislatures. (AP)
• Killing of Nahel Merzouk
  • A 17-year-old boy is shot dead by a police officer after an attempted traffic stop in Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France. (France 24)
• Mexican drug war
  • Fourteen police employees are kidnapped by armed men in Chiapas, Mexico, while travelling on the 190 motorway between Ocozocoautla and Tuxtla Gutiérrez. (AFP via Jamaica Observer)
• One park ranger is killed and another is injured in an attack by armed men near an illegal mine at the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AFP via The Manila Times)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Sierra Leonean general election
  • Julius Maada Bio is sworn in as president of Sierra Leone for a second consecutive term. His opponent, former Foreign Minister Samura Kamara, rejects the results and claims the election was rigged. (CNN)
• The National Assembly of Republika Srpska votes to suspend all decisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Constitutional Court, a move described as "legal secession" and a violation of the 1995 Dayton Agreement. The region's president, Milorad Dodik, had criticised the court for having foreign judges and an anti-Serb bias. (Reuters)