Two people are killed and five others are injured when an assailant robs passengers and throws a Molotov cocktail on a bus in Dakar, Senegal.
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August 1, 2023 (Tuesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Protests begin in Kadugli, South Kordofan, Sudan, against the ongoing clashes in the city, with protesters also denouncing the war and the country's violations against women.
A Palestinian man is shot and killed by Israeli security forces after opening fire on Israelis in the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim in the West Bank.
Russia says that it destroyed three drones near Moscow. One drone damaged the 21st floor of the IQ-quarter mixed-use complex, which hosts offices for the Ministry of Economic Development. The Vnukovo International Airport temporarily closed for the second time in two days.
Turkmenistan Airlines announces that they will temporarily suspend flights from Ashgabat to Moscow following the drone attacks. Flights will instead travel to Kazan, located in Tatarstan.
Arts and culture
The Soviet state emblem emblazoned on the Motherland Monument statue in Kyiv is removed and will be replaced with the tryzub.
Business and economy
Major credit rating agency Fitch downgrades the United States' bond credit rating from AAA to AA+, citing an "erosion of governance" manifested in the country's debt ceiling impasses.
Disasters and accidents
Twenty workers are killed and three others are injured when a large crane collapses at a highway construction site in Thane, Maharashtra, India.
One person is killed and 56 others are injured after a tour bus rolls over in Grand Canyon West, Arizona, United States.
Health and environment
The Iranian government declares a two-day nationwide holiday due to extreme heat, closing all schools, banks, and government offices.
International relations
The Senate of the Philippines adopts a resolution condemning China's incursions in the West Philippine Sea and urges the Department of Foreign Affairs to file a resolution regarding China's harassment of Philippine vessels before the United Nations General Assembly.
Burundi and Russia sign a memorandum of cooperation on sharing nuclear technology for peaceful purposes at the Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Poland orders an increase in the number of soldiers near its border with Belarus after the Polish Ministry of National Defence says two Belarusian helicopters that were carrying out training exercises violated its airspace.
Law and crime
Two members of the Michigan Republican Party are charged by prosecutors for attempting to tamper with voting machines in Michigan during the 2020 election.
Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is pardoned on five of her convictions, thereby reducing her prison sentence from 33 to 27 years.
The Public Prosecutor of Costa Rica launches an influence peddling investigation into President Rodrigo Chaves Robles and several other government officials.
Suspended Filipino congressman and alleged mastermind of the Pamplona massacre Arnolfo Teves Jr. and twelve others are designated as terrorists by the Anti-Terrorism Council.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is indicted by DOJ Counsel Jack Smith on four criminal counts as part of an investigation for his role in attempting to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election.
Science and technology
Royal Mail initiates the first regular postal delivery by drones in the United Kingdom, delivering mail by Skyports drones on Scotland's Orkney archipelago.
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