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July 17, 2023 (Monday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
A couple are killed and their daughter is injured by explosions at the Crimean Bridge.
Three children are killed and two others are injured when a mortar warhead explodes in Dara-i Sufi Payin District, Samangan Province, Afghanistan.
Disasters and accidents
Two wildfires near the Greek seaside towns of Lagonisi, East Attica, and Loutraki, Corinthia, cause significant property damage and prompt the evacuation of thousands. The Athens urban area and most of southern Greece are on the second highest level of wildfire alert.
Monsoon rains aggravated by Tropical Storm Talim have affected the northern Philippines, killing a person during a landslide in Rizal. Nine crew members of a fishing vessel who went missing off Camarines Norte are rescued off Camarines Sur.
Fifteen people are killed, six others are injured and thirteen more are missing during landslides caused by heavy rains in Quetame, Colombia.
Health and environment
The World Health Organization reports that the avian influenza is responsible for killing dozens of cats across 13 regions of Poland, marking the first instance of the virus affecting a large number of felines over an extensive area.
International relations
Law and crime
A Kenyan magistrate court acquits former British-based evangelist Gilbert Deya, who claimed to aid infertile couples conceive through prayer, due to insufficient prosecution evidence connecting Deya to the trafficking of five children between 1999 and 2004.
Politics and elections
Singaporean Parliament Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin and backbencher Cheng Li Hui resign from the Parliament of Singapore and the ruling People's Action Party after admitting to having an extramarital affair.
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