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{{Short description|Current calendar year}} {{pp|small=yes}} {{Events by month|2023|prefix=Portal:Current events/}} <!-- Wait for consensus before adding collage images. {{image frame|content={{Photomontage |top left = International Criminal Court 2018.jpg |top middle = Ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh evacuated from their homes.png |top right = Signature bank storefront (39th & Madison) reporters swarming.png |middle left = 2023 Gaziantep Earthquake-Diyarbakir 1.jpg |bottom right = Chinese Balloon Envelope Recovery.jpg |bottom middle = Daniel 2023-09-05 2320Z.jpg |bottom left = Palestinian Protesters in London −2 – High Street Kensington |middle right = Damage in Gaza Strip during the October 2023 - 27.jpg (53254118372).jpg |size=335 }} |width= 335 |caption= From top left, clockwise: The headquarters of the [[ICC]], which issued [[International Criminal Court arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova|an arrest warrant]] for Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]] and [[Maria Lvova-Belova]] alleging responsibility for the [[Child abductions in the Russian invasion of Ukraine|unlawful deportation and transfer of children]] during the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]; in the aftermath of the [[2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh|2023 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]], over 100,617 [[Armenians]] [[Flight of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians|fled Nagorno-Karabakh]], concluding the wider, 35-year old [[Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]]; journalists interviewing customers outside a [[Signature Bank]] branch in [[New York]] during the [[2023 United States banking crisis|United States banking crisis]], one of the [[List of largest U.S. bank failures|largest in the country's history]]; destroyed Galeria Business Center in [[Diyarbakır]], following powerful [[2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes|earthquakes that killed 59,529 people]] in [[Turkey]] and [[Syria]] and became the [[Lists of 21st-century earthquakes|fifth-deadliest earthquakes of the 21st century]]; sailors recovering debris of a [[2023 Chinese balloon incident|alleged Chinese spy balloon]] shot down by the [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]]; [[Cyclone Daniel]] killed more than 11,026 across the eastern Mediterranean and [[Libya]] and became the deadliest and costliest cyclone in the [[Mediterranean Sea]]; [[Palestine (region)|Palestinian]] protesters in [[London]] during the [[Global day of Jihad]], part of the [[2023 Israel-Hamas War|Israel-Hamas war]]; aftermath of an [[airstrike]] during the [[2023 Israel-Hamas War|Israel-Hamas war]], in which [[Hamas]] and other Palestinian Islamic groups [[Operation Al-Aqsa Flood|invaded Israel]] in October. }} --> {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2019}} {{About year|2023}} {{Year nav|2023}} {{C21 year in topic}} {{Year article header|2023}} The year has seen the decline in severity of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], with the [[World Health Organization|WHO]] ending its [[Public health emergency of international concern|global health emergency]] status in May. The [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] has continued, and a series of [[Coup Belt|coups]], [[2023 Sudan conflict|an armed conflict]], and [[2023 Nigerien crisis|political crises]] broke out in numerous African nations. An escalation of the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict|Israeli-Palestinian conflict]] occurred in October when [[Hamas]], which governs the [[Gaza Strip]], launched an [[2023 Israel–Hamas war|attack]] on Israel, leading the latter to [[2023 Israel–Hamas war|declare war on Hamas]]. Furthermore, the [[Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]] ended after 100,000 [[Armenians]] [[Flight of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians|fled]] the region. Catastrophic natural disasters included the [[Lists of 21st-century earthquakes|fifth-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century]] [[2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes|striking]] [[Turkey]] and [[Syria]], leaving nearly 60,000 people dead, [[Cyclone Freddy]] – the longest-lasting recorded tropical cyclone in history – leading to over 1,400 deaths in [[Malawi]] and [[Mozambique]], [[Storm Daniel]], which became the deadliest cyclone worldwide since [[Cyclone Nargis]] after killing at least 11,000 people in [[Libya]], a major [[2023 Marrakesh-Safi earthquake|6.8 magnitude earthquake]] striking western [[Morocco]], killing 2,960 people, and a [[2023 Herat earthquakes|6.3 magnitude triplet earthquake]] striking western [[Afghanistan]], killing over 1,000 people. 2023 additionally witnessed a [[2023 United States banking crisis|banking crisis]] resulting in the collapse of numerous [[United States|American]] regional banks as well as the [[Acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS|buyout]] of [[Credit Suisse]] by [[UBS]] in [[Switzerland]]. Among American banks, the two largest banks which collapsed were [[Silicon Valley Bank]] and [[First Republic Bank]], the third and second largest [[List of largest bank failures in the United States|banking collapses]] in US history respectively. Furthermore, numerous acquisitions in various industries were announced, some of the largest and most notable being October's energy acquisitions with [[ExxonMobil]] and [[Chevron Corporation|Chevron]] buying [[Pioneer Natural Resources]] and [[Hess Corporation|Hess]] respectively, the luxury fashion holding company [[Tapestry, Inc.|Tapestry]] ([[Coach New York]] and [[Kate Spade New York]]) announcing its purchase of [[Capri Holdings]] (Michael Kors and [[Versace]]), and the closure of [[Microsoft]]'s [[Acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft|acquisition]] of [[Activision Blizzard]]. In the realm of technology, 2023 has seen [[AI boom|the continued rise of generative AI models]], with increasing applications across various industries. These models, leveraging advancements in [[machine learning]] and [[natural language processing]], have become capable of creating realistic and coherent text, images, and music. [[Artificial intelligence arms race|An AI arms race]] between private companies has continued since the late 2010s, with Microsoft-backed [[OpenAI]] and [[Google]]-owner [[Alphabet Inc.|Alphabet]] today most dominant among firms.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2023-02-16 |title=The AI Arms Race Is On. Start Worrying |url=https://time.com/6255952/ai-impact-chatgpt-microsoft-google/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |magazine=Time |language=en |archive-date=February 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219175338/https://time.com/6255952/ai-impact-chatgpt-microsoft-google/ |url-status=live }}</ref> {{horizontal TOC|nonum=yes}} == Events == === January === * [[January 1]] ** [[Croatia]] adopts the [[euro]] and joins the [[Schengen Area]], becoming the 20th member state of the [[Eurozone]] and the 27th member of the Schengen Area. This is the first enlargement of the Eurozone since [[Lithuania]]'s entry in [[2015]], and the first enlargement of the Schengen Area since [[Liechtenstein]]'s entry in [[2011]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 12, 2022 |title=Croatia set to join the euro area on 1 January 2023: Council adopts final required legal acts |url=https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/07/12/croatia-set-to-join-the-euro-area-on-1-january-2023-council-adopts-final-required-legal-acts/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725212627/https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/07/12/croatia-set-to-join-the-euro-area-on-1-january-2023-council-adopts-final-required-legal-acts/ |archive-date=July 25, 2022 |access-date=July 16, 2022 |website=European Council/Council of the European Union}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Buckley |first=Julia |date=January 2, 2023 |title=This popular European country just got a new currency |url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/croatia-joins-euro-zone-schengen/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103001950/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/croatia-joins-euro-zone-schengen/index.html |archive-date=January 3, 2023 |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=CNN}}</ref> ** Following the [[2022 Brazilian general election]] in October that year, [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva|Lula da Silva]] becomes [[President of Brazil|President]] of [[Brazil]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Análise das Eleições 2022: Veja Detalhes dos Resultados da Votação |url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/eleicoes/2022/analise/presidente-1-turno/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030225737/https://noticias.uol.com.br/eleicoes/2022/analise/presidente-1-turno/ |archive-date=30 October 2022 |access-date=31 October 2022 |website=noticias.uol.com.br |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Resultados – TSE |url=https://resultados.tse.jus.br/oficial/app/index.html#/eleicao/resultados |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102121453/https://resultados.tse.jus.br/oficial/app/index.html#/eleicao/resultados |archive-date=2 November 2022 |access-date=31 October 2022 |website=resultados.tse.jus.br}}</ref> One week later, supporters of former Brazilian president [[Jair Bolsonaro]] [[2023 invasion of the Brazilian Congress|storm]] the Brazilian [[National Congress of Brazil|National Congress]], the [[Supreme Federal Court]] and the [[Palácio do Planalto|Presidential Palace of Planalto]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gortázar |first=Naiara Galarraga |date=8 January 2023 |title=Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil's Congress |url=https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-01-08/bolsonaro-supporters-storm-brazils-congress.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108231244/https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-01-08/bolsonaro-supporters-storm-brazils-congress.html |archive-date=8 January 2023 |access-date=9 January 2023 |website=EL PAÍS English Edition}}</ref><ref name="decree">{{Cite web |date=10 January 2023 |title=Federal forces to intervene in Brasília after pro-coup riot |url=https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/politica/noticia/2023-01/senate-confirms-federal-intervention-public-safety-df |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111134007/https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/politica/noticia/2023-01/senate-confirms-federal-intervention-public-safety-df |archive-date=January 11, 2023 |access-date=11 January 2023 |website=Agência Brasil}}</ref> * [[January 3]] – Starting from this date, many countries impose travel restrictions on travel from China due to the relaxation of [[Chinese government response to COVID-19|the country's zero-COVID policy]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-12 |title=COVID restrictions ramp up as international travel from China resumes |url=https://www.euronews.com/travel/2023/01/12/china-resumes-international-travel-which-countries-are-introducing-new-covid-restrictions |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=euronews |archive-date=January 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116223816/https://www.euronews.com/travel/2023/01/12/china-resumes-international-travel-which-countries-are-introducing-new-covid-restrictions |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[January 5]] – The [[Death and funeral of Pope Benedict XVI|funeral]] of [[Pope Benedict XVI]] is held at [[St. Peter's Square|Saint Peter's Square]] within the [[Vatican City]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-31 |title=Pope Francis to lead funeral for Benedict XVI, a first in modern history |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20221231-pope-francis-to-lead-funeral-for-benedict-xvi-a-first-in-modern-history |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=France 24 |archive-date=December 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231164708/https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20221231-pope-francis-to-lead-funeral-for-benedict-xvi-a-first-in-modern-history |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[January 8]] ** The [[2023 Beninese parliamentary election]] is held, with the [[Progressive Union for Renewal]] party winning a plurality of seats.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-01-13 |title=Benin's ruling coalition won election, constitutional court says |url=https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20230113-benin-s-ruling-coalition-won-election-constitutional-court-says |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=France 24 |language=en |archive-date=January 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129191049/https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20230113-benin-s-ruling-coalition-won-election-constitutional-court-says |url-status=live }}</ref> ** [[COVID-19 pandemic]]: [[China]] reopens its borders to international visitors, marking the end of travel restrictions that began in March 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 January 2023 |title=China reopens borders as lunar new year travel kicks off amid Covid surge |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/08/china-drops-quarantine-for-visitors-as-lunar-new-year-travel-kicks-off-amid-covid-surge |access-date=8 January 2023 |website=The Guardian |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108112815/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/08/china-drops-quarantine-for-visitors-as-lunar-new-year-travel-kicks-off-amid-covid-surge |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=8 January 2023 |title=Zero-Covid over, Chinese travellers swing into overseas holiday mode |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3206017/zero-covid-over-chinese-travellers-swing-overseas-holiday-mode |access-date=8 January 2023 |website=South China Morning Post |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108112822/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3206017/zero-covid-over-chinese-travellers-swing-overseas-holiday-mode |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[January 10]] – [[January 17|17]] – A [[2023 Afghanistan cold snap|deadly cold snap in Afghanistan]] kills 166 people and nearly 80,000 livestock.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Afghanistan cold snap kills over 160, Taliban officials say – DW – 01/28/2023 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/afghanistan-cold-snap-kills-over-160-taliban-officials-say/a-64546879 |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=dw.com |archive-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208172714/https://www.dw.com/en/afghanistan-cold-snap-kills-over-160-taliban-officials-say/a-64546879 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[January 15]] – [[Yeti Airlines Flight 691]] crashes during final approach into [[Pokhara]], [[Nepal]], killing all 72 people on board.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-15 |title=Nepal crash: Dozens killed as plane crashes near Pokhara airport |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64280480 |access-date=2023-01-20 |archive-date=20 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120130951/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64280480 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[January 16]] – [[Tigray War]]: [[Amhara Region|Amharan]] Special Forces withdraw from the [[Tigray Region]] in line with an [[African Union]]-backed [[Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement|peace agreement]] between the [[Government of Ethiopia|Ethiopian government]] and the [[Tigray People's Liberation Front]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amhara forces withdraw from northern Ethiopia's Tigray region |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/13/amhara-forces-leave-northern-ethiopias-tigray-region |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=October 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025172622/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/13/amhara-forces-leave-northern-ethiopias-tigray-region |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[January 17]] – [[Nguyễn Xuân Phúc]] resigns as [[President of Vietnam]] amid several recent scandals in [[Government of Vietnam|the government]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/vietnam-legislature-approves-presidents-resignation-amid-graft-crackdown-2023-01-18/ | title=Vietnam legislature approves president's resignation amid graft crackdown | newspaper=Reuters | date=January 18, 2023 | access-date=January 25, 2023 | archive-date=January 25, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125152143/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/vietnam-legislature-approves-presidents-resignation-amid-graft-crackdown-2023-01-18/ | url-status=live }}</ref> * [[January 18]] – [[2023 Brovary helicopter crash|A helicopter crash]] in [[Brovary]] near [[Kyiv|Kiev]], [[Ukraine]] kills 14 people including [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ukraine)#Ministers of Internal Affairs|Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs]] [[Denys Monastyrsky]].<ref name="2023-01-18 BBC">{{cite news |last1=Waterhouse |first1=James |last2=Kirby |first2=Paul |date=2023-01-18 |title=Ukraine's interior ministry leadership killed in helicopter crash |language=en |publisher=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64315594 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125020952/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64315594 |archive-date=2023-01-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Koshiv |first1=Isobel |last2=Beaumont |first2=Peter |date=18 January 2023 |title=Ukraine's interior minister killed in helicopter crash |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/18/ukraine-interior-minister-killed-in-helicopter-crash-brovary-kyiv |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119145105/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/18/ukraine-interior-minister-killed-in-helicopter-crash-brovary-kyiv |archive-date=19 January 2023 |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Fornusek |first=Martin |date=3 August 2023 |title=Emergency service employees charged over helicopter crash that killed interior minister |url=https://kyivindependent.com/state-emergency-workers-charged-over-death-of-interior-minister/ |access-date=3 August 2023 |work=[[The Kyiv Independent]] |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804185125/https://kyivindependent.com/state-emergency-workers-charged-over-death-of-interior-minister/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[January 20]] – The [[Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago]] [[2023 Trinidad and Tobago presidential election|elects]] former [[Senate (Trinidad and Tobago)|senate]] president, minister and lawyer [[Christine Kangaloo]] as [[president of Trinidad and Tobago|president]] in a 48–22 vote.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alexander |first=Gail |title=Kangaloo is President-elect |url=http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/kangaloo-is-presidentelect-6.2.1614391.6ddaed2070 |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Guardian.co.tt |archive-date=January 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121064341/https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/kangaloo-is-presidentelect-6.2.1614391.6ddaed2070 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[January 21]] ** [[Burkina Faso]] requests [[French Armed Forces|French forces]] to withdraw from its territory after suspending a military accord that allowed the presence of French troops in the country.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=2023-01-22 |title=Burkina Faso military government demands departure of French troops |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/burkina-military-govt-demands-departure-french-troops-national-television-2023-01-21/ |access-date=2023-07-29 |archive-date=June 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619132147/http://www.reuters.com/world/africa/burkina-military-govt-demands-departure-french-troops-national-television-2023-01-21/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ** [[Tigray War]]: [[Eritrean Defence Forces|Eritrean forces]] withdraw from [[Shire (Tigray)|Shire]] and other major towns in the [[Tigray Region]] of [[Ethiopia]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Endeshaw |first=Dawit |date=2023-01-22 |title=Eritrean troops seen leaving Ethiopian town of Shire |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/eritrean-troops-seen-leaving-ethiopian-town-shire-2023-01-21/ |access-date=2023-07-29 |archive-date=May 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519153218/https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/eritrean-troops-seen-leaving-ethiopian-town-shire-2023-01-21/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[January 25]] – [[Chris Hipkins]] succeeds [[Jacinda Ardern]] as [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]],<ref name="January25">{{Cite news |last=McClure |first=Tess |date=22 January 2023 |title=New Zealand: Chris Hipkins taking over from Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/new-zealand-labour-caucus-votes-in-chris-hipkins-to-succeed-jacinda-ardern |url-status=live |access-date=22 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122020907/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/new-zealand-labour-caucus-votes-in-chris-hipkins-to-succeed-jacinda-ardern |archive-date=22 January 2023}}</ref> six days after she announced [[Resignation of Jacinda Ardern|her resignation]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-19 |title=Jacinda Ardern resigns: Reactions from around the world |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/482729/jacinda-ardern-resigns-reactions-from-around-the-world |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=RNZ |archive-date=January 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125005754/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/482729/jacinda-ardern-resigns-reactions-from-around-the-world |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[January 27]] – Widespread unrest erupts in [[Israel]] following an [[Israeli military]] [[January 2023 Jenin incursion|raid]] in [[Jenin]] which left nine Palestinians dead. Incendiary air balloons are launched into Israeli-populated areas following it. Israel responds with targeted airstrikes. Later the same day, seven Jewish civilians [[2023 Neve Yaakov shooting|are murdered]] in a synagogue in [[Neve Yaakov]] in a terrorist attack.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-57492745 | title=Israel strikes in Gaza after fire balloons launched | work=BBC News | date=June 15, 2021 | access-date=January 27, 2023 | archive-date=January 27, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127201132/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-57492745 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64430491 | title=Jerusalem synagogue shooting: Israel arrests 42 after deadly attack | work=BBC News | date=January 27, 2023 | access-date=January 27, 2023 | archive-date=January 27, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127201054/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64430491 | url-status=live }}</ref> * [[January 27]] – [[January 28|28]] – The second round of the [[2023 Czech presidential election]] is held, with [[Petr Pavel]] declared winner.<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=Česká televize|title=Prezidentské volby 2023 |url=https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/volby2023 |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=ČT24|language=cs |archive-date=January 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114070350/https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/volby2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[January 30]] ** A [[Jamaat-ul-Ahrar]] [[2023 Peshawar mosque bombing|suicide bombing]] inside a mosque in [[Peshawar]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], Pakistan, kills 84 people and injures over 220 others.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blast at mosque in Pakistan's Peshawar kills at least 28 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/30/peshawar-pakistan-mosque-explosion-casualties |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Aljazeera.com |archive-date=January 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130102529/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/30/peshawar-pakistan-mosque-explosion-casualties |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=46 killed, over 100 injured in Taliban suicide attack at mosque in high-security zone in Pakistan's Peshawar |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/blast-in-mosque-in-pakistans-peshawar-70-injured/articleshow/97439643.cms |access-date=2023-01-30 |archive-date=January 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130150235/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/blast-in-mosque-in-pakistans-peshawar-70-injured/articleshow/97439643.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64451936|title=Pakistan mosque blast: Police targeted in attack that kills 47|work=BBC News|date=30 January 2023|access-date=January 30, 2023|archive-date=January 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130104225/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64451936|url-status=live}}</ref> ** [[Prime Minister of Fiji]] [[Sitiveni Rabuka]] confirms that [[Kiribati]] will rejoin the [[Pacific Islands Forum]] after leaving the organization the previous year.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lyons |first=Kate |date=2023-01-30 |title=Kiribati to return to Pacific Islands Forum at vital moment for regional diplomacy |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/30/kiribati-to-return-to-pacific-islands-forum-at-vital-moment-for-regional-diplomacy |access-date=2023-07-29 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311054038/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/30/kiribati-to-return-to-pacific-islands-forum-at-vital-moment-for-regional-diplomacy |url-status=live }}</ref> === February === * [[February 1]] – [[Lebanese liquidity crisis]]: The [[Banque du Liban|central bank]] of [[Lebanon]] devalues the [[Lebanese pound]] by 90% amid an ongoing [[financial crisis]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Bassam |first1=Laila |last2=Gebeily |first2=Maya |last3=Azhari |first3=Timour |date=2023-01-31 |title=Lebanon to devalue currency by 90% on Feb. 1, central bank chief says |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/lebanon-devalue-currency-by-90-feb-1-cbank-chief-says-2023-01-31/ |access-date=2023-07-25 |archive-date=May 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530223509/https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/lebanon-devalue-currency-by-90-feb-1-cbank-chief-says-2023-01-31/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[February 2]] ** [[Israel]] and [[Sudan]] announce the finalization of an [[Israel–Sudan normalization agreement|agreement]] to normalize [[Israel–Sudan relations|relations]] between the two countries.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=2023-02-03 |title=Israel, Sudan announce deal to normalise relations |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/israeli-foreign-minister-heads-delegation-discuss-sudan-normalisation-2023-02-02/ |access-date=2023-07-25 |archive-date=February 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207015750/https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/israeli-foreign-minister-heads-delegation-discuss-sudan-normalisation-2023-02-02/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ** The [[European Central Bank]] and [[Bank of England]] raise their interest rates by 0.5 percentage points to combat inflation, one day after the [[Federal Reserve|US Federal Reserve]] raises its [[federal funds rate]] by 0.25 percentage points.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dmitracova |first=Olesya |date=2023-02-02 |title=ECB and Bank of England fight inflation with sharp interest rate hikes|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/02/economy/bank-of-england-ecb-interest-rates/index.html |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=CNN Business |archive-date=February 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203002331/https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/02/economy/bank-of-england-ecb-interest-rates/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[February 3]] ** The US announces it is tracking [[2023 Chinese balloon incident|alleged Chinese spy balloons]] over the Americas, with one drifting from Yukon to [[South Carolina]] before being shot down the next day, and a second hovering over Colombia and Brazil. This event is followed by subsequent [[List of high-altitude object events in 2023|detections and shootdowns of high-altitude objects]] elsewhere.<ref>{{Cite web |title=China condemns US military strike on suspected spy balloon |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/4/biden-says-us-will-take-care-of-suspected-chinese-spy-balloon |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=Aljazeera.com |archive-date=February 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205215155/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/4/biden-says-us-will-take-care-of-suspected-chinese-spy-balloon |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tangalakis-Lippert |first=Katherine |title=A second 'Chinese surveillance balloon' has been spotted over Latin America, according to Pentagon officials |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/second-chinese-surveillance-balloon-spotted-over-latin-america-2023-2 |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=Business Insider |archive-date=February 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205215155/https://www.businessinsider.com/second-chinese-surveillance-balloon-spotted-over-latin-america-2023-2 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Phil |last2=Shalal |first2=Andrea |last3=Stewart |first3=Phil |date=2023-02-13 |title=U.S. military brings down flying object over Lake Huron |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-officials-believe-flying-objects-over-alaska-canada-were-balloons-schumer-2023-02-12/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213000224/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-officials-believe-flying-objects-over-alaska-canada-were-balloons-schumer-2023-02-12/ |archive-date=2023-02-13}}</ref> ** A [[Norfolk Southern Railway|Norfolk Southern]] train carrying [[hazardous materials]] [[2023 Ohio train derailment|derails]] in [[East Palestine, Ohio]]. Multiple train cars burned for more than two days, followed by emergency crews conducting a [[controlled burn]] of several additional cars, releasing [[hydrogen chloride]] and [[phosgene]] into the atmosphere.<ref name="guardian">{{Cite web |date=February 11, 2023 |title=Ohio catastrophe is 'wake-up call' to dangers of deadly train derailments |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/11/ohio-train-derailment-wake-up-call |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213091852/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/11/ohio-train-derailment-wake-up-call |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |access-date=February 13, 2023 |website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Orsagos |first1=Patrick |last2=Seewer |first2=John |date=February 6, 2023 |title=Crews release toxic chemicals from derailed tankers in Ohio |url=https://apnews.com/article/ohio-train-derailment-updates-bf5a60de2243cd6f7f730096aa33294c |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207084734/https://apnews.com/article/ohio-train-derailment-updates-bf5a60de2243cd6f7f730096aa33294c |archive-date=February 7, 2023 |access-date=February 14, 2023 |website=Associated Press }}</ref> * [[February 5]] ** The [[2023 Cypriot presidential election]] is held, with [[Nikos Christodoulides]] elected [[President of Cyprus|president]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Disy leader to seek party nomination for presidency |url=https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/12/22/disy-leader-to-seek-party-nomination-for-presidency/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222105724/https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/12/22/disy-leader-to-seek-party-nomination-for-presidency/ |archive-date=December 22, 2021 |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=Cyprus Mail|date=December 22, 2021 }}</ref><ref name=":123">{{Cite news |last=Kambas |first=Michele |date=2023-02-12 |title=Former Cyprus foreign minister wins presidential election |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/cypriot-diplomats-face-off-cliffhanger-presidential-vote-2023-02-12/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212123454/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/cypriot-diplomats-face-off-cliffhanger-presidential-vote-2023-02-12/ |archive-date=12 February 2023}}</ref> ** [[Cyclone Freddy]] [[Meteorological history of Cyclone Freddy|forms]] in the [[Indian Ocean]]. It would become the longest lasting [[tropical cyclone]] in history and [[Humanitarian response to Cyclone Freddy|cause]] over 1,400 deaths and countless injuries and property damage across southeastern Africa.<ref name=":Records">{{cite news |last=Cappucci |first=Matthew |date=7 March 2023 |title=Deadly cyclone Freddy has become Earth's longest-lived tropical storm |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/03/07/cyclone-freddy-indian-ocean-hurricane/ |url-status=live |access-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307222002/https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/03/07/cyclone-freddy-indian-ocean-hurricane/ |archive-date=7 March 2023}}</ref> * [[February 6]] – A 7.8 {{M|ww|link=y}} [[2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes|earthquake strikes]] Gaziantep Province in [[Southeastern Anatolia Region|southeastern Turkey]]. A 7.5 {{M|ww}} aftershock occurs on the same day in nearby Kahramanmaraş Province. Widespread damage and at least 59,000 people die in [[Turkey]] and [[Syria]], with more than 121,000 injured.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-02-06 |title=Earthquake Kills More Than 110 People in Turkey, Syria |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-06/magnitude-7-7-earthquake-strikes-in-turkey-gfz |access-date=2023-02-06 |archive-date=February 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206014835/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-06/magnitude-7-7-earthquake-strikes-in-turkey-gfz |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-06 |title=Powerful quake kills at least 360 people in Turkey, Syria |url=https://apnews.com/article/earthquake-shakes-turkey-b927808f6a5c54bdb669120faa40b7bc |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=AP NEWS |archive-date=February 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206020324/https://apnews.com/article/earthquake-shakes-turkey-b927808f6a5c54bdb669120faa40b7bc |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[February 13]] – The [[2023 Bangladeshi presidential election]] scheduled for 19 February is held, with [[Shahabuddin Chuppu]] of the [[Awami League]], the only nominated candidate, elected unopposed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/tqmgis5pq0 |title=Bangladesh to elect new president on Feb 19 |access-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202155445/https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/tqmgis5pq0 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=সংবাদ বিজ্ঞপ্তি |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/files/1010TiaK4Nk5oYCjP9V4zOfr94rAeE0giSQHRhXq.pdf |website=www.ecs.gov.bd |publisher=[[Bangladesh Election Commission]] |access-date=13 February 2023 |language=bn |archive-date=February 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217065656/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/files/1010TiaK4Nk5oYCjP9V4zOfr94rAeE0giSQHRhXq.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Staff Correspondent |title=Mohammad Shahabuddin elected 22nd president of Bangladesh |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/v7du0ml03h |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=Prothomalo |date=February 13, 2023 |archive-date=February 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214061202/https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/v7du0ml03h |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/shahabuddin-declared-bangladeshs-next-president-3246491|title=Shahabuddin declared president-elect of Bangladesh|date=13 February 2023|access-date=13 February 2023|archive-date=February 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213093049/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/shahabuddin-declared-bangladeshs-next-president-3246491|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/df13i4f81g|title=Mohammad Shahbuddin to be elected president uncontested|date=12 February 2023|access-date=13 February 2023|archive-date=February 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213094949/https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/df13i4f81g|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[February 14]] – The [[European Parliament]] approves a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel [[vehicle]]s in the [[European Union]] from 2035, citing the need to combat [[climate change in Europe]] and promote [[electric vehicle]]s.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Abnett |first=Kate |date=2023-02-14 |title=EU lawmakers approve effective 2035 ban on new fossil fuel cars |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/eu-lawmakers-approve-effective-2035-ban-new-fossil-fuel-cars-2023-02-14/ |access-date=2023-07-25 |archive-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215082005/https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/eu-lawmakers-approve-effective-2035-ban-new-fossil-fuel-cars-2023-02-14/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[February 16]] – Lawmakers in the [[Russia]]n [[State Duma]] vote to withdraw Russia from 21 conventions of the [[Council of Europe]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Duma Lawmakers Back Russia's Exit From Council Of Europe Conventions |language=en |work=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-council-of-europe-conventions-exit/32274317.html |access-date=2023-07-25 |archive-date=July 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723171840/https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-council-of-europe-conventions-exit/32274317.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[February 17]] – The [[South African Navy]] hosts a ten-day joint [[military exercise]] in the [[Indian Ocean]] with [[Russia]] and [[China]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-02-17 |title=Why is South Africa's navy joining exercises with Russia and China? |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-64380572 |access-date=2023-07-25 |archive-date=July 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725043511/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-64380572 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[February 19]] – [[Libyan Crisis (2011–present)|Libyan Crisis]]: The [[African Union]] announces the organization of a [[peace conference]] to address the instability in [[Libya]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-02-19 |title=AU says to organise Libya reconciliation conference |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230219-au-says-to-organise-libya-reconciliation-conference |access-date=2023-07-25 |website=France 24 |language=en |archive-date=July 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725154656/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230219-au-says-to-organise-libya-reconciliation-conference |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[February 21]] – Vladimir Putin announces that Russia is suspending its participation in [[New START]], a nuclear arms reduction treaty with the US.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-64713099|title=Putin suspends key US nuclear arms deal in bitter speech against West|work=BBC News|date=21 February 2023|access-date=21 February 2023|archive-date=February 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221123413/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-64713099|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[February 23]] – [[Oman]] opens its [[airspace]] to [[Israel]]i [[List of airlines of Israel|airlines]] for the first time, in an upgrade of [[Israel–Oman relations|bilateral relations]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Oman Allows Israeli Flights Into Airspace, FM Praises 'Historic Decision' |language=en |work=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-02-23/ty-article/.premium/oman-allows-israeli-flights-into-airspace-fm-praises-historic-decision/00000186-7dd7-da01-abaf-7ff7b40b0000 |access-date=2023-07-25 |archive-date=March 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327094713/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-02-23/ty-article/.premium/oman-allows-israeli-flights-into-airspace-fm-praises-historic-decision/00000186-7dd7-da01-abaf-7ff7b40b0000 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[February 25]] – [[2023 Nigerian general election]]: [[Bola Tinubu]] is elected as Nigeria's [[President of Nigeria|president]], defeating former [[Vice President of Nigeria|vice president]] [[Atiku Abubakar]] and [[Peter Obi]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://dailytrust.com/inec-sets-new-dates-for-2023-general-elections/ |title=JUST IN: INEC Sets New Dates for 2023 General Elections |date=February 26, 2022 |access-date=February 16, 2023 |archive-date=January 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113011658/https://dailytrust.com/inec-sets-new-dates-for-2023-general-elections/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Punch Newspapers 2023">{{cite web | title=BREAKING: INEC declares Tinubu winner of presidential election | website=Punch Newspapers | date=2023-03-01 | url=https://punchng.com/breaking-inec-declares-tinubu-winner-of-presidential-election/ | access-date=2023-03-01 | archive-date=March 1, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301055215/https://punchng.com/breaking-inec-declares-tinubu-winner-of-presidential-election/ | url-status=live }}</ref> * [[February 27]] – The United Kingdom and the European Union reach an [[Windsor Framework|agreement]] surrounding modifications to the [[Northern Ireland Protocol]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.sky.com/story/amp/windsor-framework-what-role-will-eu-rules-continue-to-play-in-northern-ireland-12822023 | title=Windsor Framework: What role will EU rules continue to play in Northern Ireland? | access-date=February 28, 2023 | archive-date=February 28, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228225026/https://news.sky.com/story/amp/windsor-framework-what-role-will-eu-rules-continue-to-play-in-northern-ireland-12822023 | url-status=live }}</ref> * [[February 28]] – A [[Tempi train crash|train crash]] in [[Thessaly]], [[Greece]], kills 57 people and injures dozens. The crash leads to nationwide [[Tempi train crash protests|protests and strikes]] against the condition of Greek railways and their mismanagement.<ref>{{Cite news| date=2023-03-01| title=Dozens killed after two trains collide in Greece| url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-64807384| website=BBC News| access-date=2023-03-01| archive-date=1 March 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301102920/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-64807384| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/5/demonstrators-police-clash-amid-train-crash-protests-in-athens|title=Demonstrators, police clash at Greece train crash protest|website=Al Jazeera|access-date=March 6, 2023|archive-date=March 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306130727/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/5/demonstrators-police-clash-amid-train-crash-protests-in-athens|url-status=live}}</ref> === March === * [[March 2]] – The [[National Assembly of Vietnam]] declares [[Võ Văn Thưởng]] as the country's new president after receiving 98.38% votes from the Vietnamese parliament.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Vu |first1=Khanh |last2=Guarascio |first2=Francesco |date=2023-03-02 |title=Vietnam parliament elects Vo Van Thuong as new state president |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/vietnam-parliament-elects-vo-van-thuong-new-state-president-2023-03-02/ |access-date=2023-03-05 |archive-date=March 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302201335/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/vietnam-parliament-elects-vo-van-thuong-new-state-president-2023-03-02/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[March 4]] ** UN member states agree on a legal framework for the [[High Seas Treaty]], which aims to protect 30% of the world's [[ocean]]s by 2030.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ocean treaty: Historic agreement reached after decade of talks |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64815782 |date=5 March 2023 |access-date=5 March 2023 |archive-date=March 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305084347/https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64815782 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=High seas treaty: historic deal to protect international waters finally reached at UN |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/05/high-seas-treaty-agreement-to-protect-international-waters-finally-reached-at-un |date=5 March 2023 |access-date=5 March 2023 |archive-date=March 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305085854/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/05/high-seas-treaty-agreement-to-protect-international-waters-finally-reached-at-un |url-status=live }}</ref> ** [[Kivu conflict]]: [[Burundi]] deploys 100 [[National Defence Force (Burundi)|troops]] to the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] to help fight [[insurgencies]] by [[militia]]s, including [[March 23 Movement|M23]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-04 |title=Burundi to deploy 100 soldiers to eastern DR Congo |url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/burundi-to-deploy-troops-to-east-drc-4145612 |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=The East African |language=en |archive-date=April 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425060046/https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/burundi-to-deploy-troops-to-east-drc-4145612 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[March 5]] – The [[2023 Estonian parliamentary election]] is held, with two centre-right liberal parties gaining an absolute majority for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/4023/ |title=IFES Election Guide | Elections: Estonia Parliament 2023 |access-date=February 16, 2023 |archive-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215233833/https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/4023/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[March 8]] – [[Allied Democratic Forces]] jihadist insurgents use machetes to [[Mukondi massacre|kill]] about 35 people in the village of Mukondi, [[North Kivu]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Islamist militants kill at least 35 in east Congo village, army says|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/least-36-killed-east-congo-village-attack-local-official-civil-society-survivor-2023-03-09/|date=10 March 2023|access-date=11 May 2023|archive-date=March 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316151811/https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/least-36-killed-east-congo-village-attack-local-official-civil-society-survivor-2023-03-09/|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[March 8]] – [[March 21|21]] – [[2023 World Baseball Classic]] is held and won by [[2023 World Baseball Classic championship|Japan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Hall of Famer Mike Piazza to manage Italy when World Baseball Classic returns in 2023|work=[[CBS News]]|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/hall-of-famer-mike-piazza-to-manage-italy-when-world-baseball-classic-returns-in-2023/|date=23 March 2022|access-date=27 June 2023|archive-date=June 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627022155/https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/hall-of-famer-mike-piazza-to-manage-italy-when-world-baseball-classic-returns-in-2023/|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[March 10]] **The [[2023 Chinese presidential election]] is held with the [[National People's Congress]] unanimously re-electing [[Xi Jinping]] as the [[President of the People's Republic of China]] to an unprecedented third term.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Xi Jinping handed unprecedented third term as China's president|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/10/xi-jinping-handed-unprecedented-third-term-as-chinas-president|work=The Guardian|date=2023-03-10|access-date=March 10, 2023|archive-date=March 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310115320/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/10/xi-jinping-handed-unprecedented-third-term-as-chinas-president|url-status=live}}</ref> ** [[Iran]] and [[Saudi Arabia]] agree to resume diplomatic relations which were severed in 2016, at talks mediated by [[China]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/10/iran-saudi-arabia-agree-restore-ties-china-talks|title=Iran and Saudi Arabia agree to restore ties after China-brokered talks|first=Patrick|last=Wintour|date=March 10, 2023|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=March 11, 2023|archive-date=March 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314180558/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/10/iran-saudi-arabia-agree-restore-ties-china-talks|url-status=live}}</ref> ** [[Silicon Valley Bank]], the 16th largest bank in the United States, [[Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank|fails]], creating then the [[2023 United States banking crisis|largest bank failure]] since the [[2007–2008 financial crisis|2008 financial crisis]], affecting companies around the world.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Russell |first1=Karl |last2=Zhang |first2=Christine |date=2023-03-11 |title=The Second-Biggest Bank Failure |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/03/10/business/bank-failures-silicon-valley-collapse.html |access-date=2023-03-12 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311091407/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/03/10/business/bank-failures-silicon-valley-collapse.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Aby Jose |first=Koilparambil |date=March 14, 2023 |title=Factbox: Which companies are affected by SVB collapse? |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/global-firms-with-exposure-collapsed-svb-2023-03-13/ |url-status=live |access-date=March 14, 2023 |website=Reuters |archive-date=March 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314000653/https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/global-firms-with-exposure-collapsed-svb-2023-03-13/ }}</ref> ** [[Kivu conflict]]: [[Angola]] announces the deployment of [[Angolan Army|troops]] to the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], following the failure of a [[ceasefire]] between [[Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|government forces]] and [[March 23 Movement|M23 rebels]] in [[North Kivu]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-03-11 |title=DR Congo's M23 ceasefire: Angola to deploy troops after failed truce |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-64927180 |access-date=2023-07-21 |archive-date=March 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331214658/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-64927180 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[March 14]] – [[OpenAI]] launches [[GPT-4]], a large language model for [[ChatGPT]], which can respond to images and can process up to 25,000 words.<ref>{{Cite news|title=OpenAI announces ChatGPT successor GPT-4|work=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64959346|date=14 March 2023|access-date=11 May 2023|archive-date=May 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515221328/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64959346|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[March 17]] – The [[International Criminal Court]] issues [[ICC arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova|an arrest warrant]] for Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]], the first against a leader of a [[Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council|permanent member]] of the [[United Nations Security Council]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Putin arrest warrant: Biden welcomes ICC's war crimes charges |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64998165 |date=18 March 2023 |access-date=18 March 2023 |archive-date=March 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318093636/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64998165 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Russia-Ukraine war live: Biden welcomes Putin arrest warrant as UK says Moscow likely to expand conscription |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/mar/18/russia-ukraine-war-live-xxxxx |date=18 March 2023 |access-date=18 March 2023 |archive-date=March 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318093613/https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/mar/18/russia-ukraine-war-live-xxxxx |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[March 19]] – In a deal brokered by the [[Federal Council (Switzerland)|Swiss government]], investment bank [[UBS]] [[Acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS|agrees to buy]] [[Credit Suisse]] for {{CHF|link=yes|ISO=yes}} 3 billion ({{USD|3.2 billion}}) in an all-stock deal.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Capoot |first=Ashley |date=19 March 2023 |title=UBS buys Credit Suisse for $3.2 billion as regulators look to shore up the global banking system |work=[[CNBC]] |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/19/ubs-agrees-to-buy-credit-suisse-as-regulators-look-to-shore-up-global-banking-system.html |url-status=live |access-date=19 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319193819/https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/19/ubs-agrees-to-buy-credit-suisse-as-regulators-look-to-shore-up-global-banking-system.html |archive-date=19 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Halftermeyer |first1=Marion |last2=Bazelou |first2=Myriam |date=2023-03-19 |title=UBS Agrees to Buy Credit Suisse in Historic Deal to End Crisis |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-19/ubs-agrees-to-buy-credit-suisse-in-historic-deal-to-end-crisis |url-status=live |access-date=2023-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319172338/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-19/ubs-agrees-to-buy-credit-suisse-in-historic-deal-to-end-crisis |archive-date=19 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Massoudi |first1=Arash |last2=Morris |first2=Stephen |last3=Fontanella-Khan |first3=James |last4=Noonan |first4=Laura |last5=Walker |first5=Owen |date=19 March 2023 |title=UBS agrees to buy Credit Suisse for more than $2bn |work=[[Financial Times]] |url=https://www.ft.com/content/ec4be743-052a-4381-a923-c2fbd7ea9cfd?sharetype=gift |url-status=live |access-date=19 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319193829/https://www.ft.com/content/ec4be743-052a-4381-a923-c2fbd7ea9cfd?sharetype=gift |archive-date=19 March 2023}}</ref> * [[March 20]] – The [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]] (IPCC) releases the synthesis report of its [[IPCC Sixth Assessment Report|Sixth Assessment Report]] on [[climate change]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=AR6 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2023 |url=https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=ipcc.ch |archive-date=March 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320151942/https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[March 23]] – [[World Athletics]], the global governing body for athletics, bans [[trans women]] who have gone through male [[puberty]] from competing in female events.<ref>{{Cite news |title=World Athletics bans trans women from female events |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/65051900 |access-date=2023-07-21 |archive-date=July 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722001357/https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/65051900 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[March 24]] – 27 — A [[Tornado outbreak of March 24–27, 2023|tornado outbreak]] kills at least 26 people in Mississippi and Alabama. This includes a [[2023 Rolling Fork–Silver City tornado|violent tornado]] which devastated the city of [[Rolling Fork, Mississippi|Rolling Fork]] and the town of [[Silver City, Mississippi|Silver City]] in Mississippi, killing 16 people and injuring 165 others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/25/weather/us-severe-storms-saturday/index.html|title=At least 26 dead after tornado-spawning storms roll through Southeast. One town is 'gone,' mayor says|first=Aya Elamroussi,Joe Sutton,Rebekah Riess,Sharif Paget,Mallika Kallingal,Alaa|last=Elassar|date=March 25, 2023|website=CNN|access-date=March 25, 2023|archive-date=March 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325133048/https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/25/weather/us-severe-storms-saturday/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=[[National Weather Service]] in [[Jackson, Mississippi]] |title=The Intense Mississippi Tornadoes of March 24, 2023 |url=https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/498732c9fda04e6c85118c8e96e47de7 |website=ArcGIS StoryMaps |publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] |access-date=23 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923031603/https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/498732c9fda04e6c85118c8e96e47de7 |archive-date=23 September 2023 |language=English |format=[[Graphic organizer|StoryMap]] |date=22 September 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> * [[March 26]] ** [[Honduras]] switches its formal [[One China|diplomatic recognition of "China"]] from the [[Taiwan|Republic of China]] to the [[China|People's Republic of China]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Cash |first1=Joe |last2=Palencia |first2=Gustavo |last3=Blanchard |first3=Ben |date=2023-03-26 |title=China opens ties with Honduras, Taiwan decries monetary demands |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/honduras-government-says-ending-diplomatic-ties-with-taiwan-2023-03-26/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |archive-date=June 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607013344/https://www.reuters.com/world/honduras-government-says-ending-diplomatic-ties-with-taiwan-2023-03-26/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ** [[2023 Israeli judicial reform protests]]: Large-scale spontaneous protests erupt across Israel in the wake of Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] firing his defense minister who criticized the government's [[2023 Israeli judicial reform|judicial overhaul plan]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Netanyahu fires defense minister Gallant for calling to stop judicial overhaul|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-03-26/ty-article/netanyahu-fires-defense-minister-gallant-for-calling-to-stop-judicial-overhaul/00000187-1f31-d4ca-afff-1f39e2be0000|date=26 March 2023|access-date=March 27, 2023|archive-date=March 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326230726/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-03-26/ty-article/netanyahu-fires-defense-minister-gallant-for-calling-to-stop-judicial-overhaul/00000187-1f31-d4ca-afff-1f39e2be0000|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Israel: mass protests after sacking of minister who opposed judicial overhaul|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/26/benjamin-netanyahu-fires-defence-minister-yoav-gallant-judicial-overhaul|date=26 March 2023|access-date=March 27, 2023|archive-date=March 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327032000/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/26/benjamin-netanyahu-fires-defence-minister-yoav-gallant-judicial-overhaul|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Thousands of Israelis march on Benjamin Netanyahu's residence as tensions reach boiling point|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/26/israelis-break-past-security-barrier-near-benjamin-netanyahus/|date=26 March 2023|access-date=March 27, 2023|archive-date=March 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327034351/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/26/israelis-break-past-security-barrier-near-benjamin-netanyahus/|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[March 29]] ** [[Brazil]] and [[China]] sign an agreement to trade in their own currencies, ceasing the usage of the [[United States dollar]] as an intermediary.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-03-30 |title=China, Brazil strike deal to ditch dollar for trade |language=en |work=The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/world/china-brazil-strike-deal-to-ditch-dollar-for-trade |access-date=2023-07-21 |issn=0585-3923 |archive-date=April 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402041137/https://www.straitstimes.com/world/china-brazil-strike-deal-to-ditch-dollar-for-trade |url-status=live }}</ref> ** [[Burkina Faso]] formally resumes [[Burkina Faso–North Korea relations|diplomatic relations]] with [[North Korea]] after suspending them in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Burkina Faso to resume diplomatic relations with North Korea |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/burkina-faso-to-resume-diplomatic-relations-with-north-korea/2859013 |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=www.aa.com.tr |archive-date=April 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403212929/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/burkina-faso-to-resume-diplomatic-relations-with-north-korea/2859013 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[March 30]] – The [[International Court of Justice]] rules that the [[United States]] violated its [[Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations and Consular Rights|Treaty of Amity]] with [[Iran]] when it allowed its domestic courts to freeze assets held by Iranian companies.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Berg |first=Stephanie van den |date=2023-03-30 |title=World Court rules US illegally froze some Iranian assets |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/world-court-rule-iran-us-frozen-assets-claim-2023-03-30/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |archive-date=June 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609055308/https://www.reuters.com/world/world-court-rule-iran-us-frozen-assets-claim-2023-03-30/ |url-status=live }}</ref> === April === * [[April 2]] **The [[2023 Bulgarian parliamentary election]] results in a [[GERB—SDS]]–[[PP–DB]] coalition [[Denkov Government|government]] headed by [[Nikolai Denkov]] as [[Prime Minister of Bulgaria|prime minister]], and ends [[2021–2023 Bulgarian political crisis|two years of political deadlock]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 4, 2023 |title=Ex-PM Borissov's GERB nudges ahead in Bulgarian election, partial results show |website=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ex-pm-borissovs-gerb-nudges-ahead-bulgarian-election-partial-results-2023-04-03/ |access-date=April 4, 2023 |archive-date=April 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403073826/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ex-pm-borissovs-gerb-nudges-ahead-bulgarian-election-partial-results-2023-04-03/ |url-status=live }}</ref> **The [[2023 Montenegrin presidential election]] is held, with [[Jakov Milatović]] of the [[Europe Now!]] movement winning in the second round, becoming the first [[President of Montenegro|president]] not from the [[Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro|DPS]] party since the introduction of a multi-party system in 1990.<ref>[https://rtcg.me/predsjednickiizbori/413500/jakov-milatovic-ubjedljivo-pobijedio-dobio-601-odsto-glasova-djukanovic-399-.html Jakov Milatović ubjedljivo pobijedio: Dobio 60,1 odsto glasova, Đukanović 39,9 %] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403063242/https://www.rtcg.me/predsjednickiizbori/413500/jakov-milatovic-ubjedljivo-pobijedio-dobio-601-odsto-glasova-djukanovic-399-.html |date=April 3, 2023 }}, RTCG, 2 April 2023</ref> **The [[2023 Finnish parliamentary election]] is held, with the centre-right [[National Coalition Party|National Coalition]] led by [[Petteri Orpo]] receiving the most votes.<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |last=Karkkola |first=Minna |title=Näin Petteri Orpo laittaa hallitusneuvottelut käyntiin – Lähteekö viestejä SDP:lle tai PS:lle? |url=https://www.uusisuomi.fi/uutiset/nain-petteri-orpo-laittaa-hallitusneuvottelut-kayntiin-lahteeko-viesteja-sdplle-tai-pslle/d5fdecd9-d800-41b6-b61e-640322b60a77 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402211115/https://www.uusisuomi.fi/uutiset/nain-petteri-orpo-laittaa-hallitusneuvottelut-kayntiin-lahteeko-viesteja-sdplle-tai-pslle/d5fdecd9-d800-41b6-b61e-640322b60a77 |archive-date=2 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=Uusi Suomi |date=April 2, 2023 |language=fi}}</ref> **The [[2023 Andorran parliamentary election]] is held, with the ruling [[Democrats for Andorra]] led by Prime Minister [[Xavier Espot]] winning the majority of the seats.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://electionguide.org/elections/id/4032/?%27report_type=upcoming |title=IFES Election Guide | Elections: Andorra General Council 2022 |access-date=February 16, 2023 |archive-date=December 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225191004/https://electionguide.org/elections/id/4032/?%27report_type=upcoming |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[April 4]] – [[Finland]] becomes the 31st member of [[NATO]], doubling the alliance's border with Russia.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-04-04 |title=Nato's border with Russia doubles as Finland joins |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65173043 |access-date=2023-04-04 |archive-date=April 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405214936/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65173043 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[April 5]] – [[2023 Al-Aqsa clashes|Clashes]] between [[Palestinians]] and the [[Israel Police|Israeli police]] happen at [[Al-Aqsa Mosque]] in [[Jerusalem]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Israeli forces attack Palestinians in Al-Aqsa for second time |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/6/israeli-forces-attack-palestinians-in-al-aqsa-for-second-time |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=May 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517100218/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/6/israeli-forces-attack-palestinians-in-al-aqsa-for-second-time |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[April 10]] – [[2022–2023 Pentagon document leaks|Two document leaks]] from the [[The Pentagon|Pentagon]] detailing foreign military aid relating to the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] are leaked onto the Internet.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-04-11 |title=What the leaked Pentagon documents reveal – 8 key takeaways |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65238951 |access-date=2023-05-01 |archive-date=May 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501192054/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65238951 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[April 11]] – [[Myanmar civil war (2021–present)|Myanmar civil war]]: In the village of [[Pazigyi]], [[Pazigyi massacre|at least 165 people are killed]] by the [[Myanmar Air Force]] during the opening celebrations of a [[People's Defence Force (Myanmar)|People's Defence Force]] administration office.<ref>{{cite news |last1= |first1= |date=12 April 2023 |title=Myanmar's junta kills over 100 including women, children in a deadly airstrike on village: Report |language=en |work=India TV News |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/myanmar-junta-killed-over-more-than-100-including-women-children-live-updates-airstrike-village-kant-balu-sagaing-min-aung-hlaing-aung-san-suu-kyi-2023-04-12-862665 |access-date=April 12, 2023 |archive-date=April 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412011424/https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/myanmar-junta-killed-over-more-than-100-including-women-children-live-updates-airstrike-village-kant-balu-sagaing-min-aung-hlaing-aung-san-suu-kyi-2023-04-12-862665 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[April 14]] – [[Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer]] (JUICE) is launched by the [[European Space Agency]] (ESA) to search for life in the [[Moons of Jupiter|Jovian system]], with an expected arrival date of 2031.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 April 2023 |title=Space mission to Jupiter's moons blasts off |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/science-environment-65258309 |access-date=14 April 2023 |archive-date=June 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629234242/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/science-environment-65258309 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[April 15]] ** [[Nuclear power in Germany]] ends after 50 years, with the closure of the final power plants.<ref>[https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/energie/energie-atomkraft-konnte-die-versprechungen-nie-einloesen-deutschland-beendet-das-kernkraft-zeitalter/29085488.html Handelsblatt.com: „Atomkraft konnte die Versprechungen nie einlösen“ – Deutschland beendet das Kernkraft-Zeitalter] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413204045/https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/energie/energie-atomkraft-konnte-die-versprechungen-nie-einloesen-deutschland-beendet-das-kernkraft-zeitalter/29085488.html |date=April 13, 2023 }} (german), April 2023</ref><ref>[https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/atomausstieg-atomkraft-risiken-101.html Tagesschau.de: Nukleare Risiken bleiben] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413195638/https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/atomausstieg-atomkraft-risiken-101.html |date=April 13, 2023 }} (german), April 2023</ref> ** [[2023 Sudan conflict|Fighting]] breaks out across [[Sudan]] between the [[Sudanese Armed Forces]] and the paramilitary [[Rapid Support Forces]]. The RSF captures [[Khartoum International Airport]], and the [[Presidential Palace, Khartoum|presidential palace]] in [[Khartoum]].<ref name="AtStakeRegion">{{Cite news |last1=Fulton |first1=Adam |last2=Holmes |first2=Oliver |date=2023-04-25 |title=Sudan conflict: why is there fighting and what is at stake in the region? |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/25/sudan-conflict-why-is-there-fighting-what-is-happening |url-status=live |access-date=2023-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503000543/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/27/sudan-conflict-why-is-there-fighting-what-is-at-stake |archive-date=3 May 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> * [[April 19]] – At least 90 people are killed and another 322 injured in a [[Sanaa stampede|crowd crush]] during a [[Ramadan]] charity event in [[Sanaa]], [[Yemen]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 April 2023 |title=Stampede in Yemen at Ramadan charity event kills at least 78 |work=AP NEWS |url=https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthis-stampede-sanaa-ab3873de51fd74fc5f6f765a39a47d3d |access-date=20 April 2023 |archive-date=April 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420000024/https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthis-stampede-sanaa-ab3873de51fd74fc5f6f765a39a47d3d |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=20 April 2023 |title='People sacrificed their lives for just 10 dollars': At least 78 killed in Yemen crowd surge |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/19/middleeast/yemen-sanaa-crowd-surge-intl/index.html |access-date=20 April 2023 |archive-date=April 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421171602/https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/19/middleeast/yemen-sanaa-crowd-surge-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[April 20]] – [[SpaceX Starship|SpaceX's Starship]] rocket, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, [[SpaceX Starship Integrated Flight Test|launches for the first time]] in a test flight from Texas. It explodes four minutes after launch.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-20 |title=Musk's SpaceX big rocket explodes on test flight |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65334810 |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB |archive-date=April 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420202244/https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65334810 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[April 21]] – The [[Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans]], representing a majority of the global Anglican population, reject the leadership of [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] [[Justin Welby]] as the head of global [[Anglicanism]] over his support for [[same-sex marriage]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Gafcon Kigali communiqué in full |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2023/28-april/news/world/the-gafcon-kigali-communiqu%C3%A9-in-full |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=www.churchtimes.co.uk |archive-date=May 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520042800/https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2023/28-april/news/world/the-gafcon-kigali-communiqu%C3%A9-in-full |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[April 24]] – The [[2023 British Virgin Islands general election]] is held; with the ruling [[Virgin Islands Party]] remaining the largest party in the [[House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands|House of Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-04-25 |title=No clear winner following general election in British Virgin Islands |url=https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/news/caribbean-news/no-clear-winner-following-general-election-in-british-virgin-islands/ |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=CNW Network |language=en-US |archive-date=July 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720155650/https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/news/caribbean-news/no-clear-winner-following-general-election-in-british-virgin-islands/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Natalio Wheatley]] is elected as [[Premier of the British Virgin Islands]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-05 |title=Dr Wheatley sworn in as Premier! New cross-party gov't also installed |url=https://bvinews.com/just-in-dr-wheatley-sworn-in-as-premier-new-govt-also-installed/ |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=BVI News |language=en |archive-date=May 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505233347/https://bvinews.com/just-in-dr-wheatley-sworn-in-as-premier-new-govt-also-installed/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[April 25]] – A [[Shakahola Forest incident|mass cult suicide]] is uncovered in [[Shakahola forest]] in [[Kenya]]. 429 followers of the [[Good News International Ministries]] are found in shallow graves throughout the forest, with over 613 people missing.<ref>{{cite news |last1= |first1= |date=25 April 2023 |title=Kenya starvation cult death toll hits 90 as morgues fill up: 'Nothing prepares you for shallow mass graves of children' |language=en |work=CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kenya-starvation-cult-death-toll-rises-child-graves-shakahola-forest-massacre/ |access-date=May 2, 2023 |archive-date=April 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426035813/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kenya-starvation-cult-death-toll-rises-child-graves-shakahola-forest-massacre/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[April 29]] – The [[2023 Niuean general election]] is held and incumbent [[Dalton Tagelagi]] is re-elected as [[Premier of Niue]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-10 |title=Dalton Tagelagi re-elected premier of Niue |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/489641/dalton-tagelagi-re-elected-premier-of-niue |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz |archive-date=May 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510191055/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/489641/dalton-tagelagi-re-elected-premier-of-niue |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[April 30]] ** The [[2023 Paraguayan general election]] is held, with the [[Colorado Party (Paraguay)|Colorado Party]] candidate [[Santiago Peña]] being the [[President of Paraguay|president-elect of Paraguay]], winning in a plurality.<ref>{{cite news|work=BBC Mundo|title=Elecciones en Paraguay: el oficialista Santiago Peña gana al opositor Efraín Alegre con una amplia ventaja y será el nuevo presidente|date=30 April 2023|url=https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-65445095|language=es|access-date=May 1, 2023|archive-date=May 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501170035/https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-65445095|url-status=live}}</ref> ** The second round of the [[2023 French Polynesian legislative election]] is held; the [[Tāvini Huiraʻatira]] party wins a majority of seats.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samoyeau |first=Antoine |title=La nouvelle composition de l'assemblée |url=https://www.tahiti-infos.com/La-nouvelle-composition-de-l-assemblee_a216883.html |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=TAHITI INFOS, les informations de Tahiti |language=fr |archive-date=May 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512141847/https://www.tahiti-infos.com/La-nouvelle-composition-de-l-assemblee_a216883.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Moetai Brotherson]], Tāvini Huiraʻatira's deputy leader, is elected [[President of French Polynesia]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Segalard |first=Thibault |title=Moetai Brotherson élu à la tête du Pays |url=https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Moetai-Brotherson-elu-a-la-tete-du-Pays_a217120.html |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=TAHITI INFOS, les informations de Tahiti |language=fr |archive-date=May 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524151156/https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Moetai-Brotherson-elu-a-la-tete-du-Pays_a217120.html |url-status=live }}</ref> === May === * [[May 1]] – [[2023 banking crisis]]: San Francisco-based [[First Republic Bank]] fails and is auctioned off by the US [[Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation|FDIC]] to [[JPMorgan Chase]] for $10.7 billion. The collapse surpasses March's collapse of Silicon Valley Bank to become the second largest in US history.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brooks |first1=Khristopher J. |last2=Dakss |first2=Brian |title=Troubled First Republic Bank seized and sold to JPMorgan Chase |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/first-republic-bank-fdic-jpmorgan-chase-control/ |website=www.cbsnews.com |date=May 2023 |access-date=2 May 2023 |archive-date=May 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503044332/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/first-republic-bank-fdic-jpmorgan-chase-control/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[May 3]] – A [[Belgrade school shooting|school shooting occurs]] in [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]]. <ref>{{Cite news |date=3 May 2023 |title=Belgrade shooting: Teen made 'kill list' for Serbia school attack |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65468404 |url-status=live |access-date=17 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503091248/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65468404 |archive-date=3 May 2023}}</ref> A [[Mladenovac and Smederevo shootings|second mass murder]] occurs the next day near near [[Mladenovac]] and [[Smederevo]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dragojlo |first=Saša |date=5 May 2023 |title=Second Mass Shooting in Two Days Stuns Serbia, Killing Eight |url=https://balkaninsight.com/2023/05/05/second-mass-shooting-in-two-days-stuns-serbia-killing-eight/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Balkan Insight |language=en-US |archive-date=October 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025172604/https://balkaninsight.com/2023/05/05/second-mass-shooting-in-two-days-stuns-serbia-killing-eight/ |url-status=live }}</ref> These events leave 19 people dead, causing the government to increase regulations on gun ownership<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 May 2023 |title=Factbox: How countries have legislated after mass shootings |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/how-countries-have-legislated-after-mass-shootings-2023-05-05/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |archive-date=October 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025172555/https://www.reuters.com/world/how-countries-have-legislated-after-mass-shootings-2023-05-05/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[2023 Serbian protests|mass anti-government protests]] to begin.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dragojlo |first=Saša |date=8 May 2023 |title=Serbia's Opposition Parties Call for Protest Following Mass Shootings |url=https://balkaninsight.com/2023/05/08/serbias-opposition-parties-call-for-protest-following-mass-shootings/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Balkan Insight |language=en-US |archive-date=17 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517225127/https://balkaninsight.com/2023/05/08/serbias-opposition-parties-call-for-protest-following-mass-shootings/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[May 4]] – A [[2023 African Great Lakes floods#Democratic Republic of the Congo|series of floods and landslides]] strikes villages in the eastern [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], resulting in over 400 deaths.<ref name="ALJAZEERA">{{Cite web |date=7 May 2023 |title=DR Congo floods death toll surpasses 400 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/7/dr-congo-floods-death-toll-surpasses-200 |access-date=8 May 2023 |website=Al Jazeera |archive-date=May 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509021142/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/7/dr-congo-floods-death-toll-surpasses-200 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[May 5]] – The [[World Health Organization]] ends its declaration of [[COVID-19]] being a [[Public health emergency of international concern|global health emergency]], but continues to refer to it as a [[pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 May 2023 |title=WHO says Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency |work=CNN |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/05/health/who-ends-covid-health-emergency/index.html |access-date=5 May 2023 |archive-date=May 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505143734/https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/05/health/who-ends-covid-health-emergency/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=5 May 2023 |title=Statement on the fifteenth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic |work=WHO |url=https://www.who.int/news/item/05-05-2023-statement-on-the-fifteenth-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-(2005)-emergency-committee-regarding-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-19)-pandemic |access-date=5 May 2023 |archive-date=May 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505135517/https://www.who.int/news/item/05-05-2023-statement-on-the-fifteenth-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-%282005%29-emergency-committee-regarding-the-coronavirus-disease-%28covid-19%29-pandemic |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[May 6]] – The [[coronation of Charles III and Camilla]] as [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|King]] and [[List of British royal consorts|Queen]] of the [[United Kingdom]] and the other [[Commonwealth realm]]s is held in [[Westminster Abbey]], [[London]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coronation on 6 May for King Charles and Camilla, Queen Consort |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63172425 |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=[[BBC News]] |archive-date=October 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011170432/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63172425 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[May 7]] – [[Syria]] is readmitted into the [[Arab League]] after being suspended since [[2011]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arab League readmits Syria after 11-year absence |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/07/middleeast/arab-league-readmits-syria-intl/index.html |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=CNN |date=May 7, 2023 |language=en |archive-date=May 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230508154903/https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/07/middleeast/arab-league-readmits-syria-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[May 9]] – [[Cyclone Mocha]] forms in the [[Indian Ocean]], killing over 400 people and injuring over 700 as it strikes [[Myanmar]] and [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/environment/cyclone-mocha-myanmar-government-claims-435-dead-appeals-for-international-aid-16688751.htm/ | title=Cyclone Mocha: Myanmar government claims 435 dead, appeals for international aid | date=May 17, 2023 | access-date=May 18, 2023 | archive-date=May 17, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517113945/https://www.cnbctv18.com/environment/cyclone-mocha-myanmar-government-claims-435-dead-appeals-for-international-aid-16688751.htm | url-status=live }}</ref> * [[May 9]] – [[May 13|13]] – The [[Eurovision Song Contest 2023]] is held in [[Liverpool]], [[United Kingdom|UK]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-07 |title=Liverpool will host Eurovision 2023 |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/liverpool-will-host-eurovision-2023 |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=Eurovision.tv |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |archive-date=May 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514002441/https://eurovision.tv/story/liverpool-will-host-eurovision-2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> Swedish contestant [[Loreen]] wins with the song "[[Tattoo (Loreen song)|Tattoo]]".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sweden's Loreen has won Eurovision 2023! |url=https://www.jpost.com/j-spot/article-742949 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en-US |archive-date=May 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522075423/https://www.jpost.com/j-spot/article-742949 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[May 11]] – The [[World Health Organization]] ends its declaration of [[mpox]] being a [[Public health emergency of international concern|global health emergency]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-05-11 |title=WHO declares mpox no longer a global health emergency |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230511-who-declares-mpox-no-longer-a-global-health-emergency |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=France 24 |language=en |archive-date=July 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725154655/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230511-who-declares-mpox-no-longer-a-global-health-emergency |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[May 14]] ** The [[2023 Thai general election]] is held, with pro-democratic parties such as the [[Move Forward Party|Move Forward]] and [[Pheu Thai Party|Pheu Thai]] parties gaining a majority of seats in the [[House of Representatives of Thailand|House of Representatives]] while pro-military parties such as [[Palang Pracharath Party|Palang Pracharat]] lost seats.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Ratcliffe |first1=Rebecca |date=2023-05-14 |title=Thailand election 2023: opposition delivers crushing blow to military rule |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/15/thailand-election-2023-national-elections-opposition-parties-crushing-blow-military-rule-junta |access-date=2023-05-15 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=May 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514234106/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/15/thailand-election-2023-national-elections-opposition-parties-crushing-blow-military-rule-junta |url-status=live }}</ref> ** [[49th G7 summit]] takes place in [[Hiroshima Prefecture|Hiroshima, Japan]]. Ukrainian president [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]] arrives in Japan on the second day of the summit.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ukraine's President Zelenskyy attends the G7 summit in Japan |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/5/20/g7-summit-live-news-ukraines-zelenskyy-set-to-arrive-in-japan |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=May 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520095303/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/5/20/g7-summit-live-news-ukraines-zelenskyy-set-to-arrive-in-japan |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[May 21]] ** The [[May 2023 Greek legislative election]] is held; the ruling [[New Democracy (Greece)|New Democracy]] wins a plurality of seats in the [[Hellenic Parliament]]. Just days later incumbent prime minister [[Kyriakos Mitsotakis]], called for another snap election to be held in June.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-05-21 |title=Greek election: Centre-right Mitsotakis hails big win but wants majority |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65666261 |access-date=2023-05-21 |archive-date=May 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521233517/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65666261 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=24 May 2023 |title=Senior judge to lead Greek caretaker government until fresh June election |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/24/greece-to-hold-fresh-elections-on-25-june |access-date=28 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=June 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621110700/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/24/greece-to-hold-fresh-elections-on-25-june |url-status=live }}</ref> ** The [[2023 East Timorese parliamentary election]] is held; with the [[National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction]] and [[Fretilin]] parties receiving the most votes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-23 |title=East Timor's opposition party wins most seats in parliamentary election |url=https://apnews.com/article/east-timor-parliamentary-election-d0e4fcf786061f3bc49526ade399fdbe |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=July 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711104639/https://apnews.com/article/east-timor-parliamentary-election-d0e4fcf786061f3bc49526ade399fdbe |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Xanana Gusmão]] is elected [[Prime Minister of East Timor]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-01 |title=East Timor's independence hero Xanana Gusmao returns to power as prime minister |url=https://apnews.com/article/east-timor-prime-minister-gusmao-9d3f254834da006a71e1597f361a33a5 |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=July 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713011806/https://apnews.com/article/east-timor-prime-minister-gusmao-9d3f254834da006a71e1597f361a33a5 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[May 24]] – [[Canada]] and [[Saudi Arabia]] agree to restore full [[Canada–Saudi Arabia relations|diplomatic relations]] after a breakdown in relations in 2018 over the [[assassination of Jamal Khashoggi]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Scherer |first=Steve |date=2023-05-25 |title=Canada and Saudi Arabia normalize diplomatic relations after 2018 split |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/canada-saudi-arabia-appoint-new-ambassadors-end-2018-dispute-2023-05-24/ |access-date=2023-07-19 |archive-date=June 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604133727/https://www.reuters.com/world/canada-saudi-arabia-appoint-new-ambassadors-end-2018-dispute-2023-05-24/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[May 25]] – [[Russia]] and [[Belarus]] sign an agreement in [[Minsk]] allowing the stationing of Russian [[tactical nuclear weapon]]s on Belarusian territory.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Faulconbridge |first1=Guy |date=2023-05-26 |title=Russia moves ahead with deployment of tactical nukes in Belarus |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russia-belarus-sign-document-tactical-nuclear-weapon-deployment-belarus-2023-05-25/ |access-date=2023-07-19 |archive-date=July 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705033741/https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russia-belarus-sign-document-tactical-nuclear-weapon-deployment-belarus-2023-05-25/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[May 27]] – The second round of the [[2023 Mauritanian parliamentary election]] is held; with the ruling [[Equity Party (Mauritania)|El Insaf Party]] receiving the most votes.<ref name="MYCENI">{{cite web |title=My CENI Résultats 2023 |url=https://res-myceni.org/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=res-myceni.org |publisher=[[National Independent Election Commission]] |language=ar,fr |archive-date=May 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528181545/https://res-myceni.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[May 28]] – The second round of the [[2023 Turkish presidential election]] is held; [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] defeats [[Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu]] with 52.18% of the vote to win a third term as president.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Qiblawi |first=Gul Tuysuz,Yusuf Gezer,Tamara |date=2023-05-28 |title=Erdogan wins Turkish election, extending rule to third decade |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/28/europe/turkey-president-runoff-polls-erdogan-intl/index.html |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=May 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530010132/https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/28/europe/turkey-president-runoff-polls-erdogan-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[May 31]] – The [[2023 Latvian presidential election]] is held; [[Edgars Rinkēvičs]] is elected the [[President of Latvia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Edgars Rinkēvičs elected next President of Latvia |url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/president/31.05.2023-edgars-rinkevics-elected-next-president-of-latvia.a510815/ |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=eng.lsm.lv |language=en |archive-date=June 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629003411/https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/president/31.05.2023-edgars-rinkevics-elected-next-president-of-latvia.a510815/ |url-status=live }}</ref> === 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> === July === *[[July 3]] **[[India]]n [[Oil refinery|oil refiners]] start payments for Russian oil imports in [[Renminbi|Chinese yuan]] as an alternative to the [[United States dollar|US dollar]] due to increasing [[International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine|sanctions against Russia]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Verma |first=Nidhi |date=2023-07-03 |title=Exclusive: India refiners start yuan payments for Russian oil imports |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/india-refiners-start-yuan-payments-russian-oil-imports-sources-2023-07-03/ |access-date=2023-07-18 |archive-date=July 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722023631/https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/india-refiners-start-yuan-payments-russian-oil-imports-sources-2023-07-03/ |url-status=live }}</ref> **In the largest incursion by Israel into the [[West Bank]] since the [[Second Intifada]], [[Israel Defense Forces|the Israeli military]] [[July 2023 Jenin incursion|deploys ground forces and armed drones]] into the [[Jenin refugee camp|Jenin camp]], killing 13 and injuring more than 100. [[July 2023 Tel Aviv attack|An attack]] claimed by Hamas as retaliation for the incursion, occurs in Tel Aviv the following day, injuring nine.<ref name="Iajib">{{cite news |last1=McKernan |first1=Bethan |last2=Beaumont |first2=Peter |date=3 July 2023 |title=Israel attacks Jenin in biggest West Bank incursion in 20 years |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/03/palestinians-killed-israeli-strike-west-bank-jenin |access-date=July 6, 2023 |archive-date=July 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706004629/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/03/palestinians-killed-israeli-strike-west-bank-jenin |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="G">{{cite web |last=Beaumont |first=Peter |date=4 July 2023 |title=Nine injured in Tel Aviv ramming and stabbing attack |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/04/seven-injured-in-tel-aviv-ramming-and-stabbing-attack |access-date=4 July 2023 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=July 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704121144/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/04/seven-injured-in-tel-aviv-ramming-and-stabbing-attack |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[July 4]] – [[Iran]] joins the [[Shanghai Cooperation Organisation]], becoming the organization's ninth member.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Kaushik |first1=Krishn |last2=Rajesh |first2=Y. P. |last3=Kaushik |first3=Krishn |date=2023-07-04 |title=SCO says not against any country as it expands reach, welcomes Iran |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/india/putin-xi-attend-virtual-sco-summit-hosted-by-indias-modi-2023-07-04/ |access-date=2023-07-18 |archive-date=July 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713051551/https://www.reuters.com/world/india/putin-xi-attend-virtual-sco-summit-hosted-by-indias-modi-2023-07-04/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[July 8]] – In the Netherlands, [[Fourth Rutte cabinet|the governing coalition]] collapses and [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands|Prime Minister]] [[Mark Rutte]] announces his upcoming resignation.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-07 |title=Mark Rutte: Dutch coalition government collapses in migration row |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66139789 |access-date=2023-07-16 |archive-date=July 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715100029/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66139789 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[July 9]] – [[New Zealand]] signs a [[free trade agreement]] with the [[European Union]], increasing [[New Zealand–European Union relations|bilateral]] trade.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-10 |title=European Union and New Zealand sign free trade deal that's expected to boost trade by up to 30% |url=https://apnews.com/article/euopean-union-new-zealand-free-trade-7f35faa4fc0fc555bc2e72d17bf25187 |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=July 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718133225/https://apnews.com/article/euopean-union-new-zealand-free-trade-7f35faa4fc0fc555bc2e72d17bf25187 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[July 10]] **[[China]] and the [[Solomon Islands]] sign a cooperation agreement between the [[People's Police (China)|People's Police]] and the [[Royal Solomon Islands Police Force]] in an upgrade of [[China–Solomon Islands relations|bilateral]] relations.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=2023-07-11 |title=China, Solomon Islands sign policing pact in upgrade of ties |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-solomon-islands-agree-strategic-partnership-2023-07-10/ |access-date=2023-07-18 |archive-date=July 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713150101/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-solomon-islands-agree-strategic-partnership-2023-07-10/ |url-status=live }}</ref> **The [[European Commission]] and the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. government]] sign a new [[data communication]] [[Multilateral treaty|agreement]] aimed at resolving [[Legal certainty|legal uncertainties]] that European and American companies face when transferring [[personal data]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chee |first=Foo Yun |date=2023-07-10 |title=EU seals new US data transfer pact, but challenge likely |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/eu-announces-new-us-data-transfer-pact-challenge-ahead-2023-07-10/ |access-date=2023-07-18 |archive-date=July 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718112027/https://www.reuters.com/technology/eu-announces-new-us-data-transfer-pact-challenge-ahead-2023-07-10/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[July 14]] – [[SAG-AFTRA]] announces it will begin [[2023 SAG-AFTRA strike|an ongoing strike]] against the major film and TV studios in protest of low compensation, ownership of work, and [[generative AI]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whitten |first=Sarah |date=2023-07-13 |title=Actors union joins writers on strike, shutting down Hollywood |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/13/sag-actors-union-goes-on-strike-joining-hollywood-writers.html |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=CNBC |language=en |archive-date=July 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714111151/https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/13/sag-actors-union-goes-on-strike-joining-hollywood-writers.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[July 19]] – [[Typhoon Doksuri (2023)|Typhoon Doksuri]] forms in the eastern [[Pacific Ocean]], going on to kill 137 people in [[Southeast Asia]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-24 |title=Doksuri to gain super typhoon strength as it hurls towards China |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/china/doksuri-gain-super-typhoon-strength-it-hurls-towards-china-2023-07-24/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |archive-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005114140/https://www.reuters.com/world/china/doksuri-gain-super-typhoon-strength-it-hurls-towards-china-2023-07-24/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[July 20]] – [[August 20]] – The [[2023 FIFA Women's World Cup]] is held in [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]]. In the [[2023 FIFA Women's World Cup final|final]], [[Spain women's national football team|Spain]] wins 1–0 against [[England women's national football team|England]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pal |first=Alasdair |date=2023-08-21 |title=Spain defeat England in final of record-breaking Women's World Cup |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/england-spain-final-round-off-record-breaking-womens-world-cup-2023-08-20/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |archive-date=August 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821075833/https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/england-spain-final-round-off-record-breaking-womens-world-cup-2023-08-20/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[July 20]] – [[Bolivia]] and [[Iran]] sign a [[memorandum of understanding]], in an upgrade of [[Bolivia–Iran relations|bilateral]] relations, expanding cooperation in the security and defense sectors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iran, Bolivia sign deal on expanding defense, security cooperation-Xinhua |url=https://english.news.cn/20230720/a5ee3e0451b14224b6cbc87080eedaeb/c.html |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=english.news.cn |archive-date=July 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720170230/https://english.news.cn/20230720/a5ee3e0451b14224b6cbc87080eedaeb/c.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[July 23]] **[[2023 Greece wildfires]]: Tens of thousands of tourists flee [[Rhodes (city)|Rhodes]], [[Greece]], amid wildfires and a major heatwave, in what officials say is the largest evacuation in the country's history.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-23 |title=Greece carries out its biggest ever evacuation as wildfires rage on Rhodes |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/23/high-winds-expected-to-impede-fight-wildfires-in-rhodes |access-date=2023-07-23 |archive-date=July 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723205457/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/23/high-winds-expected-to-impede-fight-wildfires-in-rhodes |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-23 |title=Greece fires: Warning Rhodes fires could worsen as thousands flee homes and hotels |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66279520 |access-date=2023-07-23 |archive-date=July 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723185635/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66279520 |url-status=live }}</ref> **The [[2023 Cambodian general election]] is held, with the dominant [[Cambodian People's Party]] retaining control of every seat in the [[National Assembly (Cambodia)|National Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501103479/date-of-2023-national-assembly-election-announced/|title=Date of 2023 National Assembly election announced|work=[[Khmer Times]]|date=29 June 2022|access-date=29 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/cambodias-ruling-party-endorses-pm-hun-sens-son-future-leader-2021-12-24/|title=Cambodia's ruling party endorses PM's son as future leader|work=[[Reuters]]|date=24 December 2021|access-date=4 January 2022|archive-date=December 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224100518/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/cambodias-ruling-party-endorses-pm-hun-sens-son-future-leader-2021-12-24/|url-status=live}}</ref> **The [[2023 Spanish general election]] is held, with the [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]] becoming the largest party in the [[Congress of Deputies]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Cué |first=Carlos E. |date=29 May 2023 |title=Pedro Sánchez adelanta las elecciones generales al 23 de julio ante el fiasco de las autonómicas |language=es |trans-title=Pedro Sánchez advances general elections to 23 July after the fiasco of the autonomous community elections |newspaper=[[El País]] |url=https://elpais.com/espana/2023-05-29/sanchez-adelanta-las-elecciones-al-23-de-julio-ante-el-fiasco-de-las-autonomicas.html |access-date=29 May 2023 |archive-date=May 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529093226/https://elpais.com/espana/2023-05-29/sanchez-adelanta-las-elecciones-al-23-de-julio-ante-el-fiasco-de-las-autonomicas.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[July 26]] – President [[Mohamed Bazoum]] of [[Niger]] is toppled in a [[2023 Nigerien coup d'état|coup d'état]] after members of his presidential guard and [[Niger Armed Forces|the armed forces]] seize control of the country and install General [[Abdourahamane Tchiani]] as leader of a [[National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland|military junta]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66320895|title=Niger soldiers declare coup on national TV|work=BBC News|date=July 26, 2023|access-date=July 27, 2023|archive-date=July 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727000929/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66320895|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[July 30]] – 63 people are killed and over 200 are injured after a [[2023 Khar bombing|suicide bombing occurs]] in [[Khar, Bajaur|Khar, Pakistan]]; the [[Islamic State – Khorasan Province]] claims responsibility for the attack.<ref name="“aj63”">{{Cite web |date=2 August 2023 |title=Pakistan suicide bombing death toll rises to 63 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/2/pakistan-suicide-bombing-death-toll-rises-to-63 |work=Aljazeera |access-date=August 2, 2023 |archive-date=August 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230802193253/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/2/pakistan-suicide-bombing-death-toll-rises-to-63 |url-status=live }}</ref> === August === [[File:1994- Global average temperature during June-July-August.svg|thumb|2023's June–July–August season was the warmest on record globally by a large margin, as El Niño conditions continued to develop.<ref name=Copernicus_202309>{{cite web |title=August Climate Bulletins / Summer 2023: the hottest on record |url=https://climate.copernicus.eu/summer-2023-hottest-record |publisher=Copernicus Programme |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908232623/https://climate.copernicus.eu/summer-2023-hottest-record |archive-date=8 September 2023 |date=6 September 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>]] *[[August 1]] – [[Global warming]]: The world's [[Ocean temperature|oceans]] reach a new record high temperature of {{conv|20.96|C|F}}, exceeding the previous record in 2016. July is also the hottest month on record for globally averaged [[Temperature measurement#Surface air temperature|surface air temperatures]] by a considerable margin ({{conv|0.3|C|F}}).<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ocean heat record broken, with grim implications for the planet |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66387537 |date=4 August 2023 |access-date=4 August 2023 |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804080821/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66387537 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite news |title=These places baked the most during Earth's hottest month on record |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/08/02/july-hottest-month-global-temperatures/ |date=2 August 2023 |access-date=4 August 2023 |archive-date=September 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906234234/https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/08/02/july-hottest-month-global-temperatures/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=July 2023 is set to be the hottest month on record |work=World Meteorological Organization |url=https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/july-2023-set-be-hottest-month-record |date=31 July 2023 |access-date=5 August 2023 |archive-date=August 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230802000509/https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/july-2023-set-be-hottest-month-record |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[August 8]] – [[2023 Hawaii wildfires]]: 17,000 acres of land are burned and at least 98 people are killed, with 31 others missing, when a series of [[wildfire]]s break out on the island of [[Maui]] in [[Hawaii]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Maui police raise county’s official wildfire death toll to 98 |url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/10/03/breaking-news/police-id-lahaina-woman-65-as-official-death-toll-grows-to-98/ |publisher=Star Advertiser |access-date=4 October 2023 |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004170824/https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/10/03/breaking-news/police-id-lahaina-woman-65-as-official-death-toll-grows-to-98/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[August 10]] – [[Tapestry, Inc.|Tapestry]], the holding company of [[Coach New York]] and [[Kate Spade New York|Kate Spade]], announces it will acquire [[Michael Kors]]' [[Capri Holdings]], which also owns [[Versace]] and [[Jimmy Choo (fashion house)|Jimmy Choo]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Valinsky |first=Jordan |date=2023-08-10 |title=Coach and Versace's parent companies are combining in an $8.5 billion deal {{!}} CNN Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/10/investing/tapestry-capri-acquisition/index.html |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=October 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018191148/https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/10/investing/tapestry-capri-acquisition/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[August 14]] – [[August 16]] – The death toll from fighting in [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] between the 444 brigade and the [[RADA Special Deterrence Forces|RADA Special Deterrence Force]] increases to 55 people, with 146 more injured. The fight ended after the release of a commander.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Libya fighting leaves 55 dead, dozens injured: Medics |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/16/libya-fighting-leaves-dead-dozens-injured-medics |access-date=2023-08-29 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=October 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025172552/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/16/libya-fighting-leaves-dead-dozens-injured-medics |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Abdulrahim |first=Raja |last2=Goldman |first2=Russell |date=2023-08-17 |title=Renewed Violence in Libya Reflects Power of Militias |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/world/middleeast/libya-tripoli-violence-clashes.html |access-date= |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=August 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824074358/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/world/middleeast/libya-tripoli-violence-clashes.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[August 16]] – [[August 21]] – [[Hurricane Hilary]], a Category 4 Pacific Hurricane, strikes the [[Baja California peninsula]] and later [[Southern California]], the region's first in 84 years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-20 |title=Rain from Tropical Storm Hilary lashes California and Mexico, swamping roads and trapping cars |url=https://apnews.com/article/hilary-tropical-storm-flooding-california-mexico-f89aeddeb62d55c935699ac81ca85f1d |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=August 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822134547/https://apnews.com/article/hilary-tropical-storm-flooding-california-mexico-f89aeddeb62d55c935699ac81ca85f1d |url-status=live }}</ref>{{importance inline|date=September 2023}} *[[August 18]] – [[American–Japanese–Korean trilateral pact]]: The United States, Japan, and South Korea agree to sign a trilateral pact.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/us/politics/biden-japan-south-korea-sum.html |title=Biden Welcomes Japanese and South Korean Leaders to Camp David Summit |date=18 August 2023 |last=Baker |first=Peter |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=18 August 2023 |archive-date=August 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819064829/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/us/politics/biden-japan-south-korea-sum.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[August 20]] – [[2023 Guatemalan general election|2023 Guatemalan presidential election]]: After two rounds of voting, [[Bernardo Arévalo]] of [[Semilla (political party)|Semilla]] is elected with 58 percent of the vote.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Judt |first=Daniel |date=2023-08-22 |title=Bernardo Arévalo's Unexpected Victory Brings Guatemala Another Democratic Spring |language=en-US |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/world/bernardo-arevalo-guatemala-election/ |access-date=2023-08-22 |issn=0027-8378 |archive-date=August 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822154305/https://www.thenation.com/article/world/bernardo-arevalo-guatemala-election/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Romero |first1=Simon |last2=García |first2=Jody |date=2023-08-21 |title=Anticorruption Crusader Wins in Guatemala, in Rebuke to Establishment |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/20/world/americas/arevalo-wins-election-guatemala.html |access-date=2023-08-22 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=August 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822154305/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/20/world/americas/arevalo-wins-election-guatemala.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[August 21]] **[[2023 Canadian wildfires]]: 68% of the [[Northwest Territories]] are forced to evacuate to other parts of the country due to wildfires.<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Neill |first=Natasha |last2=Otis |first2=Daniel |date=August 21, 2023 |title=Military deploys 350 soldiers to Northwest Territories, 68 per cent of population evacuated |work=[[CTV News]] |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/military-deploys-350-soldiers-to-northwest-territories-68-per-cent-of-population-evacuated-1.6527811 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906171003/https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/military-deploys-350-soldiers-to-northwest-territories-68-per-cent-of-population-evacuated-1.6527811 |archive-date=September 6, 2023}}</ref> **[[Saudi Arabia]] is accused of [[mass killing]] hundreds of African migrants attempting to cross its border with [[Yemen]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Hundreds of migrants killed by Saudi border guards – report |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-66545787 |date=21 August 2023 |access-date=21 August 2023 |archive-date=August 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821090934/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-66545787 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title='Fired on like rain': Saudi border guards accused of mass killings of Ethiopians |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/aug/21/fired-on-like-rain-saudi-border-guards-accused-of-mass-killings-of-ethiopians |date=21 August 2023 |access-date=21 August 2023 |archive-date=August 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821084151/https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/aug/21/fired-on-like-rain-saudi-border-guards-accused-of-mass-killings-of-ethiopians |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[August 23]] **India's [[Chandrayaan-3]] becomes the first spacecraft to land near the [[Lunar south pole|south pole]] of the [[Moon]], carrying a [[lunar lander]] named [[Chandrayaan-2#Vikram lander|''Vikram'']] and a [[lunar rover]] named [[Pragyan (rover)|''Pragyan'']].<ref>{{Cite news |title=India makes history as Chandrayaan-3 lands near Moon's south pole |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-asia-india-66576580 |date=23 August 2023 |access-date=23 August 2023 |archive-date=August 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823114540/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-asia-india-66576580 |url-status=live }}</ref> **[[Wagner Group]] leader [[Yevgeny Prigozhin]], founder [[Dmitry Utkin]] and eight others are<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-08-23-23/h_7fad337568d6a8b1188bdb5512584868 |title=Russian transport agency says Prigozhin was on board plane that crashed |date=23 August 2023 |last=Knight |first=Mariya |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=24 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-08-23-23/h_e0c870b779d2c84274c7a0dcd82d1b8b |title=Wagner-linked social media channel says Prigozhin has been killed |date=23 August 2023 |last1=Krebs |first1=Katharina |last2=Pennington |first2=Josh |last3=Knight |first3=Mariya |publisher=CNN |access-date=24 August 2023 |archive-date=24 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824050903/https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-08-23-23/h_e0c870b779d2c84274c7a0dcd82d1b8b |url-status=live}}</ref> killed when their plane [[2023 Wagner Group plane crash|crashes]] in Russia.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66599733|title=Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia|work=BBC News|date=August 23, 2023|access-date=August 23, 2023|archive-date=August 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823171520/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66599733|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[August 26]] – [[August 31]] – [[Hurricane Idalia]] hits northern [[Florida]] and the [[Southeastern United States]], the worst to hit Florida's [[Big Bend (Florida)|Big Bend]] in nearly 100 years.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Hurricane Idalia: 12 hours in 80 seconds |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-66665397 |access-date=2023-09-12 |archive-date=September 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230911014009/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-66665397 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{importance inline|date = September 2023}} *[[August 30]] – Following the announcement of incumbent president [[Ali Bongo Ondimba|Ali Bongo Ondimba's]] reelection as [[President of Gabon|President]] of [[Gabon]] after the [[2023 Gabonese general election|2023 presidential election]], the [[Armed Forces of Gabon|military]] launches [[2023 Gabonese coup d'état|a successful coup d'état]] and creates the [[Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions]] to govern the country, ending the rule of the [[Bongo family]] after 56 years in power.<ref name="cnn">{{cite news |date=30 August 2023 |title=Gabon military officers claim to have seized power after election |language=en |work=CNN |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/30/africa/gabon-military-officers-say-power-seized-election-intl-hnk/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=30 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830064634/https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/30/africa/gabon-military-officers-say-power-seized-election-intl-hnk/index.html |archive-date=30 August 2023}}</ref> *[[August 31]] – [[2023 Johannesburg building fire]]: 77 people are killed and more than 85 are injured in a fire in a building that had been taken over by gangs who rented it out to [[squatters]].<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |date=2023-09-01 |title=Sniffer dogs search for clues in ashes of deadly South African fire |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/sniffer-dogs-search-clues-ashes-deadly-south-african-fire-2023-09-01/ |access-date=2023-09-05 |archive-date=September 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903080650/https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/sniffer-dogs-search-clues-ashes-deadly-south-african-fire-2023-09-01/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Allison |first=Simon |last2=Sullivan |first2=Helen |date=2023-08-31 |title=At least 73 killed as fire engulfs five-storey building in Johannesburg |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/31/johannesburg-south-africa-building-fire-deaths |access-date=2023-09-05 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=August 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831153317/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/31/johannesburg-south-africa-building-fire-deaths |url-status=live }}</ref> === September === [[File:09 September - Percent of global area at temperature records - Global warming - NOAA.svg |thumb |In September 2023, 20% of the earth's surface experienced new record high temperatures ("off the chart", above), raising the ten-year average of record new high temperatures (bold red line) to a new high for Septembers.<ref name=NOAA_Sept>{{cite web |title=Mean Monthly Temperature Records Across the Globe / Timeseries of Global Land and Ocean Areas at Record Levels for September from 1951–2023 |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/global/202309/supplemental/page-3 |website=NCEI.NOAA.gov |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014030010/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/global/202309/supplemental/page-3 |archive-date=14 October 2023 |date=September 2023 |url-status=live}} (change "202309" in URL to see years other than 2023, and months other than 09=September)</ref>]] * [[September 1]] – [[2023 Singaporean presidential election]]: Economist and former [[Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore|deputy prime minister]] [[Tharman Shanmugaratnam]] is elected [[President of Singapore|president]] with a vote share of over 70 percent.<ref>{{cite web |title=PE 2023: Ng Kok Song concedes defeat to Tharman after 'clear result' in sample count |url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/pe-2023-ng-kok-song-concedes-defeat-tharman-after-clear-result-sample-count-2245601 |access-date=1 September 2023 |website=TODAY |language=en |archive-date=September 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901155819/https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/pe-2023-ng-kok-song-concedes-defeat-tharman-after-clear-result-sample-count-2245601 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[September 2]] – The [[ISRO|Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)]] successfully launches [[Aditya-L1]], India's first solar observation mission.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-09-01 |title=Aditya-L1: India successfully launches its first mission of the Sun |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66643805 |access-date=2023-09-04 |archive-date=September 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230902182110/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66643805 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[September 8]] – [[October 28]] – The [[2023 Rugby World Cup]] is held in [[France]], and [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand]] (the All Blacks) will play [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]] in the final at the [[Stade de France]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 15, 2021|title=Australia up to host mini rugby World Cup|url=https://www.espn.com/rugby/story/_/id/30718815/australia-host-mini-rugby-world-cup|access-date=January 21, 2020|website=ESPN|archive-date=January 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129000613/https://www.espn.com/rugby/story/_/id/30718815/australia-host-mini-rugby-world-cup|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[September 8]] – [[2023 Marrakesh–Safi earthquake]]: A 6.9 magnitude earthquake strikes [[Marrakesh–Safi]] province in western [[Morocco]], killing at least 2,960 people and damaging historic buildings.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kasraoui |first1=Safaa |title=Morocco’s Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 2,960 |url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2023/09/357935/moroccos-earthquake-death-toll-rises-to-2-960 |access-date=4 October 2023 |agency=Morocco World News |date=27 September 2023 |archive-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005114141/https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2023/09/357935/moroccos-earthquake-death-toll-rises-to-2-960 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[September 9]] – At the [[2023 G20 New Delhi summit|18th G20 summit]] in [[New Delhi]], the [[African Union]] is announced as the 21st permanent member of the [[G20]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-09-09 |title=G20 includes African Union in historic decision |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-66724117 |access-date=2023-09-09 |archive-date=September 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909055827/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-66724117 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[September 10]] – [[Storm Daniel]], a [[Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone]] makes landfall in [[Libya]], killing at least 5,000 people, with a further 10,000 to 100,000 reported missing. In the city of [[Derna, Libya|Derna]] in [[Libya]], two dams [[Derna dam collapses|collapse]], resulting in a quarter of the city being destroyed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/powerful-storm-rolls-through-eastern-libya-killing-least-three-2023-09-11/|title=Eastern Libya authorities say 2,000 dead in flood, thousands missing|first=Ayman|last=Werfali|date=September 12, 2023|via=www.reuters.com|access-date=September 11, 2023|archive-date=September 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230911205330/https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/powerful-storm-rolls-through-eastern-libya-killing-least-three-2023-09-11/|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[September 14]] – The [[European Central Bank]] (ECB) raises [[eurozone]] interest rates to an all-time high of 4%, amid ongoing inflationary pressures across the continent.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-09-14 |title=Eurozone interest rates raised to all-time high |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66805855 |access-date=2023-09-14 |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914224609/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66805855 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[September 15]] – The [[United Auto Workers]] (UAW) begin [[United Auto Workers strike of 2023|a strike]] against the [[Big Three (automobile manufacturers)|three largest American automakers]], namely [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], [[General Motors]], and [[Stellantis]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wayland |first=Michael |date=2023-09-15 |title=UAW members go on strike at three key auto plants after deal deadline passes |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/14/uaw-strikes-ford-gm-stellantis.html |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=CNBC |language=en |archive-date=September 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915041200/https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/14/uaw-strikes-ford-gm-stellantis.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-15 |title=About 13,000 US auto workers go on strike seeking better wages and benefits |url=https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230915-about-13-000-us-auto-workers-go-on-strike-seeking-better-wages-and-benefits |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=France 24 |language=en |archive-date=September 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230916002647/https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230915-about-13-000-us-auto-workers-go-on-strike-seeking-better-wages-and-benefits |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[September 19]] – [[Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]]: [[Azerbaijan]] launches [[2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh|a military offensive]] against the [[Armenia]]-backed [[Republic of Artsakh]], which ends with a swift [[Azerbaijan|Azerbaijani]] victory.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kirby |first=Paul |date=2023-09-19 |title=Azerbaijan launches operation against Nagorno-Karabakh |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66851975 |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=BBC |language=en-US |archive-date=September 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919112712/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66851975 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[2023 Armenian protests|Protests]] erupt in Armenia, Artsakh announces the dissolution of [[Government of Artsakh|government institutions]], and over 100,000 ethnic [[Armenians]] [[Flight of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians|flee]] [[Nagorno-Karabakh]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-28 |title=Why this week's mass exodus from embattled Nagorno-Karabakh reflects decades of animosity |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/nagornokarabakh-ap-armenia-azerbaijan-people-b2420471.html |access-date=2023-09-29 |work=The Independent |archive-date=September 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929104250/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/nagornokarabakh-ap-armenia-azerbaijan-people-b2420471.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 September 2023 |title=Separatist government of Nagorno-Karabakh says it will dissolve itself by January 2024 |language=en |work=AP News |url=https://apnews.com/article/nagorno-karabakh-azerbaijan-armenia-separatist-government-689e9e437f60a92eaca2523d57bc3d42 |url-status=live |access-date=28 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928072944/https://apnews.com/article/nagorno-karabakh-azerbaijan-armenia-separatist-government-689e9e437f60a92eaca2523d57bc3d42 |archive-date=28 September 2023}}</ref> * [[September 20]] – Archaeologists in [[Zambia]] find the world's [[Kalambo structure|oldest wooden structure]], dating back 476,000 years, consisting of two interlocking wooden logs connected by a notch securing one perpendicular to the other.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World's oldest wooden structure found in Zambia – DW – 09/20/2023 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/worlds-oldest-wooden-structure-found-in-zambia/a-66878895 |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=dw.com |language=en |archive-date=September 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921015344/https://www.dw.com/en/worlds-oldest-wooden-structure-found-in-zambia/a-66878895 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[September 21]] – [[Rupert Murdoch]] announces his retirement and passes his businesses on to his son [[Lachlan Murdoch|Lachlan]]. Murdoch led [[News Corp]] and [[Fox Corporation|Fox]], and formerly [[Sky Group]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-07-08 |title=Who is Rupert Murdoch? |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-14078128 |access-date=2023-09-21 |archive-date=September 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921234623/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-14078128 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-21 |title=Rupert Murdoch stepping down as chairman of News Corp. and Fox – CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rupert-murdoch-stepping-down-news-corp-fox-chairman/ |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US |archive-date=September 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921191618/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rupert-murdoch-stepping-down-news-corp-fox-chairman/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[September 24]] – [[2023 Nigerien crisis]]: French President [[Emmanuel Macron]] announces that France will end its military presence in Niger and will recall its [[Sylvain Itté|ambassador]] from the country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/france-niger-military-ambassador-coup-0e866135cd49849ba4eb4426346bffd5|title=President Macron says France will end its military presence in Niger, pull its ambassador after coup|date=September 24, 2023|website=AP News|access-date=September 25, 2023|archive-date=September 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925131356/https://apnews.com/article/france-niger-military-ambassador-coup-0e866135cd49849ba4eb4426346bffd5|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[September 25]] – An estimated 170 people are killed and over 300 are injured during a [[Nagorno-Karabakh fuel depot explosion|explosion at a gas station]] in [[Stepanakert]], [[Nagorno-Karabakh]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-09-29 |title=Death toll in Nagorno-Karabakh fuel depot blast jumps to 170 |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66958338 |access-date=2023-09-30 |archive-date=September 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930005849/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66958338 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[September 30]] – [[2023 Slovak parliamentary election]]: [[Direction – Social Democracy|Smer]], under the leadership of former prime minister [[Robert Fico]], wins a plurality of seats in the [[National Council (Slovakia)|National Council]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lopatka |first=Jan |last2=Hovet |first2=Jason |date=2023-10-01 |title=Slovakia's poll winner defies European consensus on Ukraine |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/slovak-party-ps-says-it-will-still-try-form-coalition-after-fico-win-2023-10-01/ |access-date=2023-10-01 |archive-date=October 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001145029/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/slovak-party-ps-says-it-will-still-try-form-coalition-after-fico-win-2023-10-01/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Slovakia election: Strongman Robert Fico's return to power – DW – 10/01/2023 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/slovakia-election-strongman-robert-ficos-return-to-power/a-66974208 |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=dw.com |language=en |archive-date=October 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001145523/https://www.dw.com/en/slovakia-election-strongman-robert-ficos-return-to-power/a-66974208 |url-status=live }}</ref> === October === [[File:October_2023_Gaza−Israel_War.png |thumb |October 7: Hamas launches its biggest attack against Israel in decades.]] * {{Anchor|October 7}} [[October 3]] – [[January 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election|Elected]] on January 8,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kasperowicz |first=Peter |date=January 7, 2023 |title=Kevin McCarthy elected House speaker in 15th floor vote after days of high drama |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mccarthy-late-night-mulligan-elected-house-speaker-vote |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614063827/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mccarthy-late-night-mulligan-elected-house-speaker-vote |archive-date=June 14, 2023 |access-date=January 7, 2023 |website=Fox News}}</ref> [[Kevin McCarthy]] [[Removal of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House|is removed]] as [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker]] of the [[United States House of Representatives]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Racker |first1=Mini |date=October 3, 2023 |title=Why House Democrats Refused to Save McCarthy |url=https://time.com/6320202/house-democrats-refused-save-kevin-mccarthy.html |url-status=live |magazine=[[Time (magazine)]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004044919/https://time.com/6320202/house-democrats-refused-save-kevin-mccarthy.html |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |access-date=October 3, 2023}}</ref> with [[Mike Johnson (Louisiana politician)|Mike Johnson]] [[October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election|being elected]] new Speaker on October 25.<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Mike Hayes |author2=Kaanita Iyer |author3=Elise Hammond |date=October 25, 2023 |title=Rep. Mike Johnson voted new House speaker {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/house-speaker-vote-10-25-23/index.html |access-date=October 25, 2023 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> * [[October 7]] ** [[2023 Israel–Hamas war]]: [[Hamas]] launches [[2023 Hamas attack on Israel|an incursion into]] southern [[Israel]] from the [[Gaza Strip]], prompting a military response from the [[Israel Defense Forces]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Live updates: Militants infiltrate Israel from Gaza as Hamas claims major rocket attack |url=https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/al-aqsa-storm-militants-infiltrate-israel-after-gaza-rockets-10-07-intl-hnk/index.html |date=7 October 2023 |work=CNN |access-date=7 October 2023 |archive-date=October 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007075445/https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/al-aqsa-storm-militants-infiltrate-israel-after-gaza-rockets-10-07-intl-hnk/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Israel launches [[October 2023 Hezbollah strike|numerous air strikes]] on [[October 2023 Hezbollah strike|Lebanon]] after rockets are fired by [[Hezbollah]] and further attempts are made to penetrate Israel. Israel's [[Security Cabinet of Israel|Security Cabinet]] formally [[declaration of war|declares war]] for the first time since the [[Yom Kippur War]] in 1973.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 9, 2023 |title=Israel shells south Lebanon after Palestinian militants crossed into Israel |url=http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/300869 |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=Naharnet |archive-date=October 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009202156/https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/300869 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-gaza-hamas-hezbollah-1.6990466 |title=Israel formally declares war, approves 'significant' steps to retaliate for Hamas attack |access-date=October 8, 2023 |archive-date=October 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008232028/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-gaza-hamas-hezbollah-1.6990466 |url-status=live }}</ref> ** [[2023 Herat earthquakes|A series of earthquakes]] occur in [[Herat Province]] in [[Afghanistan]], killing over 1,000 people and injuring nearly 2,000, with tremors felt in [[Iran]] and [[Turkmenistan]]. The earthquakes are the deadliest in the country since [[May 1998 Afghanistan earthquake|1998]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-07 |title=Death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan rises to over 2,000 |url=https://apnews.com/article/earthquake-herat-afghanistan-ba6f50c0cd0590f179756077f5f01393 |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=[[AP News]] |archive-date=October 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008051155/https://apnews.com/article/earthquake-herat-afghanistan-ba6f50c0cd0590f179756077f5f01393 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[October 11]] – [[ExxonMobil]] announces it will acquire [[Pioneer Natural Resources]] for $65 billion USD, the first of two major energy industry acquisitions of the month. The second occurs less than two weeks later on October 23, where [[Hess Corporation|Hess]] announces it will be acquired by [[Chevron Corporation|Chevron]] for $50 billion.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clifford |first=Catherine |date=2023-10-25 |title=Why Exxon and Chevron are doubling down on fossil fuel energy with big acquisitions |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/25/why-exxon-chevron-are-doubling-down-on-fossil-fuel-energy.html |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=US energy giant Chevron to acquire Hess – DW – 10/23/2023 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/us-energy-giant-chevron-to-acquire-hess/a-67185506 |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[October 13]] – After British regulators' approval, [[Microsoft]] closes its $68.7 billion USD [[Acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft|acquisition]] of [[Activision Blizzard]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sandle |first=Paul |last2=Shabong |first2=Yadarisa |last3=Soni |first3=Aditya |date=2023-10-13 |title=Microsoft closes $69 billion Activision deal after Britain's nod |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/uk-antitrust-regulator-clears-microsofts-acquisition-activision-2023-10-13/ |access-date=2023-10-25}}</ref> *[[October 14]] ** [[2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum]]: A majority of Australians vote against establishing an [[Indigenous Voice to Parliament|Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice]] in the constitution.<ref>{{cite news|last=Higgins|first=Isabella|date=14 October 2023|title=After a rocky referendum campaign, it's time for Australians to decide whether a Voice to Parliament belongs in the constitution|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-14/australians-prepare-to-vote-on-voice-to-parliament-referendum/102974498|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=14 October 2023|archive-date=October 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021130438/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-14/australians-prepare-to-vote-on-voice-to-parliament-referendum/102974498|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Briggs|first=Casey|date=14 October 2023|title=ABC projection: The Voice referendum has been defeated|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-14/live-updates-voice-to-parliament-referendum-latest-news/102969568#live-blog-post-53268|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=14 October 2023|archive-date=October 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021045855/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-14/live-updates-voice-to-parliament-referendum-latest-news/102969568#live-blog-post-53268|url-status=live}}</ref> ** [[2023 New Zealand general election]]: The [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]] wins a plurality of seats under leader [[Christopher Luxon]], while the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]] suffers the worst result for an incumbent ruling party in modern New Zealand history.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-14 |title=New Zealand elects conservative Christopher Luxon as premier after 6 years of liberal rule |url=https://apnews.com/article/new-zealand-election-luxon-hipkins-ardern-9309fc1816569adac27efe0e7ec77c25 |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014135238/https://apnews.com/article/new-zealand-election-luxon-hipkins-ardern-9309fc1816569adac27efe0e7ec77c25 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[October 15]] ** In the second round of the [[2023 Ecuadorian general election]], [[Daniel Noboa]] of the [[National Democratic Action (Ecuador)|National Democratic Action]] is elected as the youngest-ever [[President of Ecuador]].<ref>{{cite news |date=15 October 2023 |title=Daniel Noboa, presidente electo de Ecuador con el 87% de actas escrutadas |work=Metro Ecuador |url=https://www.metroecuador.com.ec/noticias/2023/10/16/daniel-noboa-el-presidente-electo-de-ecuador-con-el-87-de-actas-escrutadas/ |access-date=15 October 2023 |archive-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016054017/https://www.metroecuador.com.ec/noticias/2023/10/16/daniel-noboa-el-presidente-electo-de-ecuador-con-el-87-de-actas-escrutadas/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ** [[2023 Polish parliamentary election]]: The [[Law and Justice]] party wins the most seats, but loses its majority.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-15 |title=Opposition wins Polish election, according to exit poll |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/opposition-wins-polish-election-according-to-exit-poll-poland-kaczynski-duda-tusk-election-rule-of-law/ |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=POLITICO |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015191532/https://www.politico.eu/article/opposition-wins-polish-election-according-to-exit-poll-poland-kaczynski-duda-tusk-election-rule-of-law/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Picheta |first=Rob |date=2023-10-15 |title=Poland's opposition has path to oust populist ruling party, exit poll shows |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/15/europe/poland-election-voting-intl/index.html |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015152206/https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/15/europe/poland-election-voting-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[October 17]] – [[Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion|An explosion]] occurs at the [[Al-Ahli Arab Hospital]]. Displaced Palestinians were taking refuge at the hospital, resulting in a number of fatalities and injuries.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-17 |title=After blast kills hundreds at Gaza hospital, Hamas and Israel trade blame as rage spreads in region |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-hamas-war-biden-rafah-e062825a375d9eb62e95509cab95b80c |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=October 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017144838/https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-hamas-war-biden-rafah-e062825a375d9eb62e95509cab95b80c |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[October 22]] – [[2023 Swiss federal election]]: The [[Swiss People's Party]] retains its majority in the [[National Council (Switzerland)|National Council]].<ref>{{Cite act|type=Circular|index=FF 2022 2547|date=19 October 2022|title=Circulaire du Conseil fédéral aux gouvernements cantonaux concernant les élections pour le renouvellement intégral du Conseil national du 22 octobre 2023|trans-title=Circular of the Federal Council to the cantonal governments regarding the elections for the full renewal of the National Council of 22 October 2023|url=https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/fga/2022/2547/fr|language=French}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010113155/https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/fga/2022/2547/fr |date=October 10, 2023 }}</ref> == Predicted and scheduled events == * [[November 19]] – Second round of the [[2023 Argentine presidential election]]<ref name="Arg Election">{{Cite web |title=Meet the Candidates: Argentina |url=https://www.americasquarterly.org/article/meet-the-candidates-argentina-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210151852/https://www.americasquarterly.org/article/meet-the-candidates-argentina-2/ |archive-date=February 10, 2023 |access-date=February 16, 2023}}</ref> * [[November 22]] – [[2023 Dutch general election]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-07 |title=Dutch premier resigns because of deadlock on thorny issue of migration, paving way for new elections |url=https://apnews.com/article/netherlands-migration-rutte-government-0a52333c06947d689eb38a43a13ff7b1 |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=July 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708221724/https://apnews.com/article/netherlands-migration-rutte-government-0a52333c06947d689eb38a43a13ff7b1 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[November 26]] – The [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023|Junior Eurovision Contest 2023]] will take place in [[Nice]], [[France]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Korycińska |first=Zuzanna |date=2023-04-03 |title=Znamy datę i miejsce Eurowizji Junior 2023 |trans-title=We know the date and venue of Junior Eurovision 2023 |url=https://allaboutmusic.pl/znamy-date-i-miejsce-eurowizji-junior-2023/ |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=All About Music |language=pl |archive-date=July 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705223018/https://allaboutmusic.pl/znamy-date-i-miejsce-eurowizji-junior-2023/ |url-status=live }}</ref> === Date unknown === * The [[European Spallation Source]] is expected to go into operation in [[Lund]], [[Sweden]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.europeanspallationsource.se/ | work=European Spallation Source | title=Home Page | date=August 11, 2015 | access-date=December 26, 2019 | archive-date=April 9, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409233212/https://europeanspallationsource.se/ | url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Next Ukrainian parliamentary election|2023 Ukrainian parliamentary election]] is to be held if martial law is revoked before the end of the year.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stern |first=David L. |last2=Ebel |first2=Francesca |date=2023-08-17 |title=Zelensky extends martial law, casting doubt on fall parliamentary elections |language=en-US |work=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/17/ukraine-martial-law-parliamentary-elections/ |access-date=2023-09-14 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=September 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924192316/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/17/ukraine-martial-law-parliamentary-elections/ |url-status=live }}</ref> == Deaths == {{Main|Deaths in 2023}} == Nobel Prizes == [[File:Nobel medal.png|right|120px|Nobel medal]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] – [[Moungi G. Bawendi]], [[Louis E. Brus]] & [[Alexei I. Ekimov]], for the discovery and synthesis of [[quantum dot]]s.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pollard |first=Niklas |last2=Burger |first2=Ludwig |date=2023-10-04 |title=Nobel Chemistry prize awarded for 'quantum dots' that bring coloured light to screens |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/science/bawendi-brus-ekimov-win-2023-nobel-prize-chemistry-2023-10-04/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004103919/https://www.reuters.com/science/bawendi-brus-ekimov-win-2023-nobel-prize-chemistry-2023-10-04/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Economics]] – [[Claudia Goldin]], for her research into female income and employment.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ziady |first=Anna Cooban Hanna |date=2023-10-09 |title=Nobel Prize in economics awarded to Claudia Goldin for her work on women in the labor market |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/09/economy/nobel-prize-economics-claudia-goldin-2023/index.html |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=October 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009194632/https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/09/economy/nobel-prize-economics-claudia-goldin-2023/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] – [[Jon Fosse]], for his innovative plays, prose and style, which has come to be known as Fosse minimalism<ref>{{Cite web |last=Christian |first=Edwards |date=2023-10-05 |title=Nobel Prize in literature goes to Jon Fosse for 'innovative' works that 'give voice to the unsayable' |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/nobel-prize-literature-jon-fosse-intl/index.html |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005171720/https://www.cnn.com/style/article/nobel-prize-literature-jon-fosse-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] – [[Narges Mohammadi]], for her works on the promotion of [[feminism]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who is Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/6/who-is-nobel-peace-prize-winner-narges |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=October 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006163613/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/6/who-is-nobel-peace-prize-winner-narges |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] – [[Pierre Agostini]], [[Ferenc Krausz]] & [[Anne L'Huillier]], for experimental methods that generate [[attosecond]] pulses of light for the study of [[electron]] dynamics in matter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, Anne L’Huillier win Nobel Prize for physics |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/3/pierre-agostini-ferenc-krausz-anne-lhuillier-win-nobel-prize-for-physics |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005044623/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/3/pierre-agostini-ferenc-krausz-anne-lhuillier-win-nobel-prize-for-physics |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] – [[Katalin Karikó]] & [[Drew Weissman]], for their discoveries concerning [[nucleoside]] [[Nucleoside-modified messenger RNA|base modifications]] that enabled the development of effective [[mRNA vaccine]]s against [[COVID-19]].<ref name="nobel-2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2023/summary/|title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023|access-date=2 October 2023|date=2 October 2023|archive-date=October 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002202612/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2023/summary/|url-status=live}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Portal bar|2020s|Current events}} {{Events by month links}} {{2020s}} [[Category:2023| ]]
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