Russian forces shell Lyman in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, killing eight people and injuring 13 others, according to governor Pavlo Kyrylenko.
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July 8, 2023 (Saturday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Arts and culture
English musician Elton John, the fourth best-selling music artist of all time, performs his final concert at the Tele2 Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, after touring for more than 50 years.
Disasters and accidents
Pemex, the Mexican oil company, estimates that Friday's fire on an offshore drilling platform has led to the loss of 700,000 barrels of oil production thus far.
Health and environment
The heads of government of the Amazon basin countries convene in Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia, to strategize conserving the Amazon rainforest.
Law and crime
Four insurgents and two officers are killed at a police station in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.
A correspondent for the Mexican newspaper La Jornada is found dead in Tepic, Nayarit, a day after being reported missing.
Four people are killed and five are injured in a series of shootings in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Iran executes two men for their involvement in a mass shooting at Shah Cheragh in Shiraz, Fars province.
Organizers cancel a pride festival in Tbilisi, Georgia, due to violent interventions by far-right groups which led to clashes with law enforcement.
Politics and elections
The New Democracy party, led by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, secures a vote of confidence in Parliament to begin its second four-year term.
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