Nigerien army general Abdourahamane Tchiani declares himself the new President of Niger following Wednesday's coup d'état.
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July 28, 2023 (Friday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Nine civilians are injured in a Russian missile strike on a residential complex and a nearby building of the SBU in Dnipro.
At least four civilians are injured in a Russian shelling of a residential area in Beryslav Raion, Kherson Oblast, according to Governor Oleksandr Prokudin.
Russia claim to have shot down two Ukrainian S-200 missiles, with the debris injuring at least nine civilians in Taganrog, Rostov Oblast.
Business and economy
Ford announces that it will recall more than 870,000 F-150 pickup trucks due to concerns about possible parking brake malfunctions.
Disasters and accidents
Four people are missing and feared dead after a helicopter crashes off the coast of Queensland, Australia.
At least one person is killed and 68 others are injured as Typhoon Doksuri makes landfall in Taiwan.
The death toll from Typhoon Doksuri's landfall in the Philippines rises to 39, with about 42,000 people displaced.
A Cessna Citation III goes missing with three people near Veracruz, Mexico. All three occupants are feared dead. Search and rescue operations ongoing.
Health and environment
Preliminary data by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reveals that the North Atlantic Ocean's temperature has hit an all-time high of 24.8 °C (76.6 °F), reaching this peak several weeks earlier than usual in the year.
International relations
The Biden administration orders U.S. government personnel and their families to leave Haiti, citing "kidnapping, crime, civil unrest, and poor health care infrastructure" in the country.
The U.S. Department of Defense announces the provision of a $345 million military aid package to Taiwan.
Law and crime
Singapore executes Saridewi Djamani, the first woman to be executed in the country in nearly twenty years. Djamani was found guilty of trafficking 30 grams of heroin in 2018.
A judge in Florida, U.S., denies a request by entertainment conglomerate Disney to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Governor Ron DeSantis against their effort to neutralize the Walt Disney World district takeover in Orange County.
At least thirteen people are killed during a police operation in São Paulo, Brazil, in response to the killing of a police officer of the Rondas Ostensivas Tobias de Aguiar unit.
Three people are killed and two others are injured during a spree shooting in Langweid am Lech, Bavaria, Germany.
Sports
In basketball, the Dallas Wings' Satou Sabally records her first triple-double with 14 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists in the Wings' 90–62 win over the Washington Mystics. This is the Wings' first triple-double since 2005, and the first since the franchise moved to Dallas in 2016.
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