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Portal:Current events/2023 June 13
June 13, 2023 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian rockets hit a residential building in the city of Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, killing 11 people and injuring 28 others. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Arts and culture
- The Grammys announce new award categories: Best Pop Dance Recording, Best Alternative Jazz Album and Best African Music Performance. (Pitchfork)
Disasters and accidents
- Kwara boat disaster
- At least 100 people are killed when a wedding boat capsizes on the Niger River in Kwara State, Nigeria. (Sky News)
- 2023 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
- Cyclone Biparjoy approaches India and Pakistan, with seven people being killed in India. (Reuters)
- Two people are injured and buildings are damaged by a magnitude 5.0 earthquake in Jammu and Kashmir, India. (The Hindustan Times)
- Fifteen people are killed and two others are injured after a minibus collides into a parked pickup truck in El Saff, Egypt. (AP)
- Fifteen people are killed and several others are injured when two passenger buses collide with a truck between Fana and Konobougou, Mali. (AP)
Law and crime
- 2023 Nottingham attacks
- Three people are killed in two stabbings and three others are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack in Nottingham, England. Police arrest a 31-year-old West African man in connection with the attacks. (BBC News)
- Nine people are injured in a mass shooting in Denver, Colorado, United States. (BBC News)
- The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador votes to reduce the number of municipalities in the country from 262 to 44 ahead of the general elections in 2024. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup
- In association football, Nicaragua is banned from the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup for fielding an ineligible player for eight matches and will be replaced by Trinidad and Tobago. (CBS Sports)
- 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs
- In ice hockey, the Vegas Golden Knights win their first Stanley Cup after defeating the Florida Panthers in five games of a best-of-seven series in the Stanley Cup Final. Canadian forward Jonathan Marchessault wins the Conn Smythe Trophy. (The Sporting News)
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