Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko confirms that the head of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has arrived in Belarus in accordance with the agreement reached with the Russian government.
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June 27, 2023 (Tuesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Suspected jihadists kill several Burkinabé soldiers and members of the Volunteers for the Defence of the Homeland in a series of attacks on troops in the village of Noaka, Pissila department, Sanmatenga Province, and in the Sahel Region.
A Russian missile strike on a restaurant in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, kills 12 civilians and injures 61 others.
Arts and culture
Austrian painter Gustav Klimt's last completed oil painting, Lady with a Fan, sets a new European art auction record when an unnamed art dealer buys it for £85.3 million (US$108.4M), including the buyer's premium, at Sotheby's in London, UK.
Disasters and accidents
One person is injured and many buildings are damaged after a magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes Muisne, Esmeraldas, Ecuador.
At least four people are killed when landslides triggered by flash floods hit Wenchuan County, Sichuan, China.
Health and environment
Smoke from the wildfires continues to blanket southern Ontario and the eastern and mid-western United States, including New York, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky.
Law and crime
A 17-year-old boy is shot dead by a police officer after an attempted traffic stop in Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France.
Fourteen police employees are kidnapped by armed men in Chiapas, Mexico, while travelling on the 190 motorway between Ocozocoautla and Tuxtla Gutiérrez.
In a 6–3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Elections Clause does not give state legislatures sole power over elections, rejecting the theory of independent state legislatures.
One park ranger is killed and another is injured in an attack by armed men near an illegal mine at the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Politics and elections
Julius Maada Bio is sworn in as president of Sierra Leone for a second consecutive term. His opponent, former Foreign Minister Samura Kamara, rejects the results and claims the election was rigged.
The National Assembly of Republika Srpska votes to suspend all decisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Constitutional Court, a move described as "legal secession" and a violation of the 1995 Dayton Agreement. The region's president, Milorad Dodik, had criticised the court for having foreign judges and an anti-Serb bias.
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