Editing 2023 (section)

=== June === 
* [[June 2]] – A [[2023 Odisha train collision|train collision]] in [[Odisha]], [[India]] results in at least 296 deaths and more than 1,200 others injured.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Abinaya V |author2=Jatindra Dash |title=At least 207 dead, 900 injured in massive train crash in Odisha, India |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/india/least-30-dead-179-injured-train-collision-eastern-india-reports-2023-06-02/ |access-date=2 June 2023 |publisher=Reuters |date=2 June 2023 |archive-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602163304/https://www.reuters.com/world/india/least-30-dead-179-injured-train-collision-eastern-india-reports-2023-06-02/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[June 6]] 
** The [[2023 Guinea-Bissau legislative election]] is held; the coalition [[Inclusive Alliance Platform – Terra Ranka]] led by the [[African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde]], wins a majority of seats.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=PAI – Terra Ranka É A Grande Vencedora Das Legislativas, Com Cinquenta E Quatro Deputados |url=https://www.odemocratagb.com/?p=44844 |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=O Democrata GB |language=pt-BR |archive-date=June 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609165053/https://www.odemocratagb.com/?p=44844 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** The [[2023 Kuwaiti general election]] is held;<ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=2023-05-03 |title=Kuwait sets June 6 date for legislative elections, state news agency reports |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/kuwait-sets-june-6-date-legislative-elections-kuna-2023-05-03/ |access-date=2023-07-20 |archive-date=July 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725043455/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/kuwait-sets-june-6-date-legislative-elections-kuna-2023-05-03/ |url-status=live }}</ref> following the annulment of the results of the [[2022 Kuwaiti general election|2022 snap elections]] by the Constitutional Court.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kuwait court annuls 2022 parliamentary election – DW – 03/19/2023 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/kuwait-court-annuls-2022-parliamentary-election/a-65039649 |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=dw.com |language=en |archive-date=June 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230625001033/https://www.dw.com/en/kuwait-court-annuls-2022-parliamentary-election/a-65039649 |url-status=live }}</ref> 38 members retained their seats from the annulled 2022 session, while two returned from the dissolved 2020 session. Ten new MPs were elected for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=الخلف |first=مازن |title=10 أعضاء جدد ومقعد واحد للمرأة في مجلس الأمة الجديد بالكويت.. دلالات وتساؤلات |url=https://www.aljazeera.net/politics/2023/6/7/%d9%81%d9%88%d8%b2-10-%d8%a3%d8%b9%d8%b6%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d8%ac%d8%af%d8%af-%d9%88%d9%85%d9%82%d8%b9%d8%af-%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%ad%d8%af-%d9%84%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a3%d8%a9-%d9%85%d8%ac%d9%84%d8%b3 |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=www.aljazeera.net |language=ar |archive-date=July 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720164207/https://www.aljazeera.net/politics/2023/6/7/%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B2-10-%D8%A3%D8%B9%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D8%AF-%D9%88%D9%85%D9%82%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AF-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A3%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]: The [[Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant|Nova Kakhovka dam]] in the [[Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast|Russian-controlled]] [[Oblasts of Ukraine|region]] of [[Kherson Oblast|Kherson]] is [[Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam|destroyed]], threatening the region with devastating floodwaters.<ref>{{Cite news|date=6 June 2023|title=Russia has blown up major Ukrainian dam, says Kyiv|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-65816109|access-date=6 June 2023|archive-date=June 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606064453/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-65816109|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=6 June 2023|title=Russia-Ukraine war live: evacuations under way near Kherson after destruction of dam prompts flooding|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/jun/06/russia-ukraine-war-live-dam-near-kherson-blown-up-by-russian-forces-ukrainian-military-says|access-date=6 June 2023|archive-date=June 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606042021/https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/jun/06/russia-ukraine-war-live-dam-near-kherson-blown-up-by-russian-forces-ukrainian-military-says|url-status=live}}</ref>
** Due to smoke from [[2023 Canadian wildfires|wildfires in Canada]], [[New York City]] in the United States is declared to have the worst air quality out of any city in the world.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 8, 2023 |title=New York City has the worst air quality in the world as smoke from Canadian wildfires rolls in |publisher=[[NBC News]] |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/unhealthy-air-quality-canada-wildfires-live-updates-rcna88092 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921075647/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/unhealthy-air-quality-canada-wildfires-live-updates-rcna88092 |archive-date=September 21, 2023 |quote=The air quality in New York City was the worst in the world Wednesday, according to IQAir.com, a tracking service.}}</ref>
* [[June 11]] – [[Honduras]] opens its first [[embassy]] in [[Beijing]], [[China]], after breaking off relations with [[Taiwan]] in March.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-11 |title=Honduras opens embassy in China after breaking off ties with Taiwan |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/honduras-opens-embassy-china-breaking-ties-taiwan-rcna88733 |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=NBC News |language=en |archive-date=July 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716115547/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/honduras-opens-embassy-china-breaking-ties-taiwan-rcna88733 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[June 12]] – [[Eritrea]] rejoins the [[Intergovernmental Authority on Development]] [[trade bloc]] after suspending its membership in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eritrea rejoins East African bloc IGAD: Information minister – Africa – World |url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/10/502874/World/Africa/Eritrea-rejoins-East-African-bloc-IGAD-Information.aspx |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=Ahram Online |archive-date=July 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719232433/https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/10/502874/World/Africa/Eritrea-rejoins-East-African-bloc-IGAD-Information.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> 
* [[June 13]] – At least 106 people are killed when a wedding boat [[Kwara boat disaster|capsizes]] on the [[Niger River]] in [[Kwara State]], [[Nigeria]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=13 June 2023|title=Nigeria: At least 100 people killed after boat capsizes|work=Sky News|url=https://news.sky.com/story/nigeria-at-least-100-people-killed-after-boat-capsizes-12901819|access-date=14 June 2023|archive-date=June 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613200238/https://news.sky.com/story/nigeria-at-least-100-people-killed-after-boat-capsizes-12901819|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:1978- Antarctic sea ice extent - Purich and Doddridge.png |thumb |Reporting reducing Antarctic sea ice extent in mid 2023, researchers concluded that a "regime shift" may be taking place "in which previously important relationships no longer dominate sea ice variability".<ref name=CommsEarthEnv_20230913>{{cite journal |last1=Purich |first1=Ariaan |last2=Doddridge |first2=Edward W. |title=Record low Antarctic sea ice coverage indicates a new sea ice state |journal=Communications Earth & Environment |date=13 September 2023 |volume=4 |page=314 |doi=10.1038/s43247-023-00961-9 |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-00961-9 |access-date=October 7, 2023 |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004202305/https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-00961-9 |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
* [[June 14]]
** Scientists report the creation of the first synthetic [[Human embryonic development|human embryo]] from [[stem cell]]s, without the need for [[sperm]] or [[egg]] cells.<ref>{{cite news|title=Synthetic human embryos created in groundbreaking advance|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jun/14/synthetic-human-embryos-created-in-groundbreaking-advance|work=The Guardian|date=14 June 2023|access-date=14 June 2023|first=Hannah|last=Devlin|archive-date=June 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230615085515/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jun/14/synthetic-human-embryos-created-in-groundbreaking-advance|url-status=live}}</ref>
** At least 82 people die and 500 are reported missing after a [[2023 Messenia migrant boat disaster|boat carrying migrants]] capsizes off the coast of the [[Peloponnese]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Death toll in Greece refugee boat tragedy climbs to 59 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/14/seventeen-dead-after-boat-carrying-migrants-capsizes-off-greece |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=June 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619074450/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/14/seventeen-dead-after-boat-carrying-migrants-capsizes-off-greece |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[June 16]] – In [[Uganda]], the [[Jihadism|jihadist]] group [[Allied Democratic Forces]] [[Mpondwe school massacre|kill 42 people]] at a school in [[Mpondwe]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dozens killed, six abducted in attack on Uganda school |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/17/dozens-killed-in-attack-on-ugandan-school-near-drc-border |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=July 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723234200/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/17/dozens-killed-in-attack-on-ugandan-school-near-drc-border |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[June 18]] – [[Titan submersible implosion|''Titan'' submersible implosion]]: All five crew members of [[Titan (submersible)|''Titan'']], a deep-sea [[submersible]] exploring the [[Wreck of the Titanic|wreck]] of the [[RMS Titanic|''Titanic'']], are killed following a catastrophic implosion of the vessel.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-65967464 |title=All five people on Titan sub dead after 'catastrophic implosion' |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=22 June 2023 |access-date=22 June 2023 |archive-date=June 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622094614/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-65967464 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[June 19]] 
** The [[United Nations General Assembly]] unanimously adopts the [[High Seas Treaty]], the first [[treaty]] aimed towards [[marine conservation]] in [[international waters]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fortinsky |first=Sarah |date=2023-06-19 |title=UN adopts first treaty governing the high seas |url=https://thehill.com/policy/international/4057169-un-adopts-first-treaty-governing-the-high-seas/ |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=The Hill |language=en-US |archive-date=July 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705143810/https://thehill.com/policy/international/4057169-un-adopts-first-treaty-governing-the-high-seas/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Qatar]] and the [[United Arab Emirates]] announce that they will restore [[Qatar–United Arab Emirates relations|diplomatic relations]] after relations were suspended during the [[Qatar diplomatic crisis]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=UAE, Qatar reopen embassies after years-long diplomatic rift |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/19/uae-qatar-reopen-embassies-after-years-long-diplomatic-rift |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=July 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714065314/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/19/uae-qatar-reopen-embassies-after-years-long-diplomatic-rift |url-status=live }}</ref> 
* [[June 20]] – At least 46 people are killed after [[Támara prison riot|a riot]] between [[MS-13]] and [[18th Street gang|Barrio 18]] gang members at a women's prison near [[Tegucigalpa]], [[Honduras]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-06-20 |title='Monstrous murder': 46 women killed in Honduras prison riot |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/20/honduras-prison-riot-women-killed |access-date=2023-07-17 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=June 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620221805/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/20/honduras-prison-riot-women-killed |url-status=live }}</ref> 
*[[June 23]] 
**The [[June 2023 Greek legislative election]] is held; [[Kyriakos Mitsotakis]] becomes [[Prime Minister of Greece|prime minister]] after his [[New Democracy (Greece)|New Democratic party]] wins a majority of seats in the [[Hellenic Parliament|Greek parliament]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-06-25 |title=Greek elections: Mitsotakis hails conservative win as mandate for reform |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65997486 |access-date=2023-07-17 |archive-date=July 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717150646/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65997486 |url-status=live }}</ref>
**[[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]: The [[Wagner Group]], led by [[Yevgeny Prigozhin]], [[Wagner Group rebellion|begins an armed conflict]] with the Russian military, seizing the city of [[Rostov-on-Don]] and portions of the [[Voronezh Oblast]] before withdrawing the next day, after a peace agreement brokered by Belarusian President [[Alexander Lukashenko]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wagner-chief-prigozhin-russia-truce-brokered-by-belarus/|title=Wagner chief Prigozhin says he's accepted truce brokered by Belarus – CBS News|date=June 24, 2023|website=www.cbsnews.com|access-date=June 26, 2023|archive-date=June 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626124443/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wagner-chief-prigozhin-russia-truce-brokered-by-belarus/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[June 28]] – The [[2023 Sierra Leonean general election]] is held; [[Julius Maada Bio]] of the [[Sierra Leone People's Party]] is re-elected [[President of Sierra Leone|president]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-27 |title=Sierra Leone's president wins second term without need for runoff, election commission announces |url=https://apnews.com/article/sierra-leone-bio-kamara-presidential-election-winner-7aa073252405a08fb78821548bdeb9bc |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=July 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702104030/https://apnews.com/article/sierra-leone-bio-kamara-presidential-election-winner-7aa073252405a08fb78821548bdeb9bc |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[June 30]] – The [[United Nations Security Council]] votes unanimously to end [[MINUSMA]], its peacekeeping mission in [[Mali]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-30 |title=UN votes to end its peacekeeping mission in Mali as demanded by the country's military junta |url=https://apnews.com/article/mali-un-peacekeeping-mission-end-operations-b1d91eb33ec2971711900bbaec785ad1 |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=July 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718141019/https://apnews.com/article/mali-un-peacekeeping-mission-end-operations-b1d91eb33ec2971711900bbaec785ad1 |url-status=live }}</ref>