A Russian drone strike in Izmail, Odesa Oblast, damages administrative buildings and grain storage facilities.
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August 2, 2023 (Wednesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Business and economy
The Wall Street Journal discloses that cryptocurrency exchange Binance continues to do business within the People's Republic of China despite a formal prohibition of such activity by PRC authorities in 2021; WSJ says that more-or-less open trading totals US$90 billion per month.
Disasters and accidents
A Cessna 152 aircraft crashes in Luna, Apayao, Philippines, during a training flight from Laoag, Ilocos Norte, to Tuguegarao, Cagayan, killing an Indian student pilot and his flight instructor.
A train collides with a bus near El Marqués, Querétaro, Mexico, killing at least seven people and injuring seventeen others.
Twenty people are killed, five others are missing, and nine others are rescued after a boat carrying charcoal and food capsizes in the Ugandan waters of Lake Victoria.
Two people are killed and two others are injured by an explosion at a house in Buena, New Jersey, United States.
Law and crime
A man is charged after crashing a stolen Hyundai Tucson car that injured 10 pedestrians during a police chase near the Grand Central Terminal in New York City, U.S.
The Moldovan Interior Ministry reports that a man has been arrested by Chișinău police after ramming his vehicle near the Russian Embassy in the country.
At least 10 people are killed in a police raid on a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, days after 19 people in Bahia and 14 people in São Paulo State were killed in other raids.
The perpetrator of the 2018 mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, is sentenced to death.
Politics and elections
Tunisian president Kais Saied appoints Ahmed Hachani as prime minister after dismissing Najla Bouden, the first female prime minister in the Arab world, from the role.
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra announces a return to Thailand after 15 years of exile in the United Arab Emirates.
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau announce their separation.
Sports
Jamaica become the first Caribbean team to qualify for the knockout stage of a FIFA Women's World Cup after drawing 0–0 with Brazil in their final group stage match to finish second in their group.
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