Portal:Current events/2023 July 11

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
    • Russian Lieutenant General Oleg Tsokov is reportedly killed by a missile strike near Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. (CNN)
• Mexican drug war
  • Suspected drug cartel members set off bombs targeting police officers in Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco, Mexico, killing six people (four officers and two civilians) and injuring 12 others. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• Proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft
  • United States judge Jacqueline Scott Corley approves technology company Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of video game publisher Activision Blizzard, the largest video game acquisition in history, dismissing the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust injunction request. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• A Manang Air helicopter touring the Himalayas crashes near Solukhumbu, Koshi Province, Nepal, killing all six on board. (Reuters)
• Two people are killed and 11 others are injured when an elevated road collapses in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP)
• Montpelier, Vermont, United States, receives extensive flooding after the Wrightsville Dam exceeds capacity. (Reuters)

International relations

• Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
  • Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
    • Azerbaijan's State Border Service temporarily closes the Lachin corridor, the only road between Armenia and the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, alleging smuggling by the Armenian Red Cross Society. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
• Foreign relations of Hong Kong, Foreign relations of Japan
  • The Hong Kong government threatens to ban marine products from multiple prefectures if Japan pursues its plan to discharge treated radioactive waste water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean. (AP)
• Australia–Vietnam relations
  • The Vietnamese government releases Australian democracy activist Chau Van Kham from a 12-year prison sentence on terrorism charges following an appeal by Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese. (AP)

Law and crime

• LGBT rights in Japan
  • The Supreme Court overturns the restroom use restrictions that the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry imposed on a trans woman employee, marking the court's first ruling on LGBT working conditions. (AP)
• Six people are killed and four others are injured during a mass shooting at a home in Kwanobuhle, Eastern Cape, South Africa. (Reuters)
• Two German nationals are arrested and charged in the dismemberment death of German businessman Hans Peter Walter Mack in Pattaya, Thailand with a Pakistani-Thai national on the run. Two other German nationals are detained as suspects in relation to the case. (The Star (Malaysia))

Politics and elections

• Thai prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha announces his retirement from political office. (CNA)

Science and technology

• The Anthropocene Working Group identifies Crawford Lake near Milton, Ontario, Canada, as the origin of the proposed Anthropocene epoch due to its varves which provide a comprehensive geologic record of recent environmental change. (AFP via Daily Tribune)

Sports

• Testosterone regulations in women's athletics
  • The European Court of Human Rights rules in favor of South African runner Caster Semenya, stating that Semenya's previous appeals against World Athletics' testosterone regulations were inadequately reviewed, potentially enabling her to recontest these rules due to her hyperandrogenism. (Reuters)