Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 2023. This year saw 279 significant events. 11 notable figures passed away.
Avenger's actor Jeremy Renner is accidentally run over by a snowplow, breaking more than 30 bones in his body near Reno, Nevada [1]
Crystal Renay Smith (37) divorces American singer NE-YO (43) after 12 years of marriage
At age 45, Tom Brady, regarded as the greatest NFL quarterback of all time, announces his re-retirement after a 23-year career and a record 7 Super Bowl titles with the NE Patriots and TB Buccaneers
Powerful earthquakes strike Turkey and Syria, first with a 7.8 magnitude at 4:15 am, 23 kilometers east of Nurdagi, and second with a 7.5 magnitude at 1:24 pm, with many strong aftershocks causing buildings to collapse. The death toll is 53,537 in Turkey and 8,000 in Syria [1]
Key figures in Artificial Intelligence including Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak sign an open letter warning the race to develop AI systems is out of control and asking for a suspension of at least six months [1] [2]
Ghana is the first country to approve a new vaccine for malaria, Mosquirix (RTS,S), developed at Oxford University. It is the first major vaccine approved first in Africa. [1]
India surpasses China as the worlds most populous country according to UN estimates, with 1,425,775,850 people (estimated to reach 1.7 billion by 2064) [1]
From May 2 to September 27, 2023, the Writers Guild of America (WGA)—representing 11,500 screenwriters—went on strike over a labor dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers…
George Harrison's "Here Comes the Sun" becomes the first Beatles song to register a billion streams on Spotify; it is also the oldest song to do so
In early June 2023, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Ukraine launched an offensive (commonly, although technically incorrectly, referred to as a "counteroffensive") against Russian forces occupying…
The PGA Tour, DP World Tour, and LIV Golf League agree to unify to create a for-profit entity run by the PGA Tour and funded by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund
Jason Thomas Mraz ( mə-RAZ; born June 23, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Singer Ricky Martin and Syrian-Swedish painter Jwan Yose announce their decision to divorce after six years of marriage [1]
Fantasy comedy film "Barbie," starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling and directed by Greta Gerwig, premieres at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles
Wildfire season in British Columbia becomes the most destructive on record, burning 14,100 square kilometers of land and surpassing the 2018 record [1]
Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara is a Colombian and American actress and television personality who has received five nominations each at the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards.
Former US President Donald Trump is indicted by special counsel Jack Smith on charges of conspiring to defraud the country and prevent the peaceful transfer of power [1]
American "Legally Blonde" actress Reese Witherspoon and American talent agent Jim Toth divorce after 11 years of marriage
Hesam Asghari is an American model, actor, fitness model and fitness trainer. He has appeared on the television shows Black Monday, Hacks, The Family Business, and The Traitors, as well as in several...
Rapper Jeezy files for divorce from TV personality Jeannie Mai Jenkins after two years of marriage [1]
Hugh Michael Jackman is an Australian actor, singer, and producer. Beginning in theatre and television, Jackman landed his breakthrough role as Wolverine, playing it across the X-Men film franchise...
American actress Bijou Phillips (43) files for divorce from American "That '70s Show" actor and convicted rapist Danny Masterson (47) after 11 years of marriage
Actor Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner settle their divorce after an acrimonious legal battle [1]
Joshua Carter Jackson is a Canadian and American actor. He is known for his portrayals of Pacey Witter on The WB's teen drama Dawson's Creek (1998–2003), Peter Bishop in the Fox science fiction...
Kevin McCarthy becomes the first Speaker of the US House of Representatives to be removed from office after fellow Republican hardliners, led by Matt Gaetz, vote for his ouster [1]
American Simone Biles wins all-around gold at the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, becoming the most decorated gymnast with 34 World and Olympic medals [1]
Hamas launches a major air and ground attack on Israel from Gaza, killing over a thousand people and taking hundreds of hostages, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare, "We are at war" [1]
Maren Larae Morris is an American country singer and songwriter from Arlington, Texas.
Taylor Swift is Spotify's most-streamed global artist of the year with 26.1 billion streams, and "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus is the most-streamed song [1]
Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapses from cardiac arrest and is revived by CPR on the field during a televised NFL game against the Bengals in Cincinnati
England's Michael Smith hits a nine-dart finish on the way to his first PDC world darts title, beating Dutchman Michael van Gerwen, 7-4 at the Alexandra Palace, London
39 people killed in car bomb attack in Hiraan province, Somalia, with al-Qaeda linked group al-Shabab claiming responsibility [1]
New Study discovers ancient Roman concrete is stronger than modern concrete because of the use of a hot mixing technique, with quicklime that self-healed any cracks over time [1]
China loosens travel restrictions and reopens its borders after nearly three years [1]
Periods of heavy rainfall caused by multiple atmospheric rivers in California between December 31, 2022, and March 25, 2023, resulted in floods that affected parts of Southern California, the...
Brock Richard Purdy is an American professional football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL).
China reports 60,000 COVID-19-related deaths in just over a month while another report estimates 900 million people have been infected, 64% of the country's population [1]
Brock Richard Purdy is an American professional football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL).
At least 68 people killed in a plane crash by Yeti Airlines in Pokhara, Nepal, the countries worst crash for three decades [1]
Italy's most wanted mobster Matteo Messina Denaro (61) arrested at a private cancer clinic in Palermo, Sicily after being on the run for 30 years [1]
Revival of 1980s American TV sitcom "Night Court" premieres on NBC TV; John Larroquette is the sole returning cast member
A series of atmospheric river storms pummelling California finally subside, after more than 500 mudslides with "extensive" damage to 40 out of 58 counties, killing 20 people [1]
Very Intense Tropical Cyclone Freddy, also known as Severe Tropical Cyclone Freddy, was an exceptionally long-lived, powerful, and deadly tropical cyclone that traversed the southern Indian Ocean for...
72 year-old gunman shoots and kills eleven people, injuring nine, at dance studio in Monterey Park, California. Attempts second killing nearby before being surrounded and killing himself.
Australian surfer Laura Enever sets world record riding the largest-ever wave by a woman at 43.6ft (13.3m) on Oahu's North Shore, Hawaii [1]
American Richard Barnett, who was pictured with his feet on Nancy Pelosi's desk during the Jan 6 riots, convicted on eight counts in a Washington court [1]
Adani Enterprises owned by Gautam Adani, world's third richest man, loses $108billion in value after investment firm Hindenburg Research publishes report alleging stock manipulation and accounting fraud [1]
America and Germany announce decision to send powerful battle tanks (US 31, Germany 14) to Ukraine to fight Russia invasion
Five ex-Memphis police officers charged with murdering Tyre Nichols who they beat at a traffic stop on Jan 7 [1]
International Holocaust Remembrance Day: representatives from various countries gather at site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp; among attendees is Doug Emhoff, the first Jewish spouse of a US president or vice president [1]
On 30 January 2023, at around 1:30 p.m. Pakistan Standard Time (UTC+5), a suicide bomber set off an explosion within the Police Lines mosque of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing 84...
Coldest wind chill likely ever recorded in the US of minus 108 degrees, taken at Mount Washington Observatory, New Hampshire [1]
Chinese surveillance balloon shot down by US fighter jets off the US eastern seaboard, after drifting across the US for days and igniting a political storm [1]
World War II era bomb found in Great Yarmouth, England explodes in "unplanned" detonation as experts attempt to disarm it [1]
India opens the first part of what will be its longest expressway linking Mumbai with New Delhi over 1,386-kilometer (861 mile) [1]
At least 73 European-bound migrants are missing presumed dead after a boat capsizes off the coast of Libya, with just seven known survivors, according to the UN [1]
Buffalo gunman Payton Gendron sentenced to life in prison, after pleading guilty to ten counts of first-degree murder and a count of domestic terrorism, the first in New York [1]
WWII: US Naval History and Heritage Command confirms identity of the wreck USS Albacore, a submarine lost in 1944, discovered by University of Tokyo sonar team in 2022 off of Hokkaidō, Japan
WorldPride is a series of international LGBT pride events coordinated by InterPride; they are hosted in conjunction with local LGBT pride festivals, with host cities selected via bids voted on during...
65th Daytona 500: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wins for JTG Daugherty Racing in double overtime and under caution over a record 212 laps; former NBA player Brad Daugherty first Black car owner to win the race
6.4 magnitude earthquake, followed by 5.8 magnitude aftershock strikes near city of Antakya, Turkey, on the Syria border, killing at least six people in same region devastated by earthquakes 6 Feb [1]
Astronomers reveal Webb telescope data is upending existing theories of how early galaxies were formed, after finding six massive galaxies 100x larger than expected soon after the Big Bang [1]
Puffin, publisher of author Roald Dhal, announces it will now print his books with their original unaltered text alongside those with offensive language removed, after widespread criticism and debate [1]
Turkey widens probe into buildings that collapsed during the Feb 6 earthquakes arresting 184 people, as the death toll passes 44,128 (including Syria, more than 50,000), with nearly two million people left homeless [1]
At least 59 migrants are killed after a boat breaks up in rough seas off the eastern coast of Calabria, Italy, with 80 survivors [1]
Crash between a Greek passenger service and a freight train kills at least 57 people near town of Larissa, in one of the country's worst-ever rail disasters [1]
At least 1000 Iranian school girls exposed to toxic gas attacks, since November, amid accusations they are an attempt to close schools after girls participated in recent anti-government protests [1]
Emory Andrew Tate III is an American and British social media personality, businessman, and former professional kickboxer who gained notoriety for promoting various highly controversial positions in...
1.28 million people protest in nationwide demonstrations throughout France against government plans tp raise the pension age from 62 to 64 [1]
trillion pieces of plastic now litter the world's oceans, increasing from 16 trillion in 2005, estimate scientists from Gyres Institute [1]
Recording Industry Association of America's 2022 year-end report states vinyl record sales (41 million) exceeded CD sales (33 million) for the first time since 1987
Arch rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia agree to re-establish diplomatic ties between them in a surprise move, after talks in Beijing [1]
Li Qiang is a Chinese politician who is the premier of China and the second-ranking member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Li joined the CCP in 1983, and...
Vinyl records outsell CDs in the US for the first time since 1987 (41 million vinyl records vs 33 million CDs), according to new report [1]
Argentina's annual inflation rate pasts 100% at 102.5%, for the first time since hyperinflation in 1991, one of the highest in the world, according to its statistics agency [1]
Another atmospheric river creates a storm across California, bringing widespread flooding and power outages, with Monterey County issuing a 25 mile evacuation order [1]
Banking jitters continues as US Wall Street banks agree to deposit US$30 billion in First Republic Bank as its stock plummets in the wake of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank
UBS, Switzerland's largest bank agrees to buy its rival Credit Suisse (established 1856) for about $3.2 billion to help ease global financial panic, in deal brokered by Swiss government [1]
6.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Afghanistan's north-east near the border with Pakistan, killing at least 19 and injuring over 200 people [1]
Abel Prize for Mathematics (equivalent to a Nobel Prize) awarded to Argentinian–American Luis Caffarelli for his work on partial differential equations [1]
According to the 2021 Canadian census, immigrants in Canada number 8.3 million persons and make up approximately 23 percent of Canada's total population.
Africa's first centralised biobank - Biodiversity Biobanks South Africa, collecting more than a million biodiversity samples opens in Pretoria, South Africa [1]
Rare, long-track tornado travels 170 miles from Rolling Fork to Armory, Mississippi; trail of devastation kills at least 25
WPL Cricket Final, Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai: Mumbai Indians win inaugural tournament beating Delhi Capitals by 7 wickets with 3 balls to spare; Player of the match: Nat Sciver-Brunt (Mumbai Indians) 60no
At least 40 people are killed and 28 injured in a fire at a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juárez on the Mexican US border, amid large numbers of migrants gathering on the Mexican border [1]
Researchers warn crucial deep Antarctic ocean currents could collapse by 42% by 2050, stopping nutrient-dense water from flowing north, accelerating ice melt and further warming the world's oceans [1]
Large storm system crosses the mid US from Mississippi and Alabama to Illinois and Wisconsin, unleashing numerous tornadoes and leaving at least 32 dead [1]
NASA announces the four astronauts for 2024 Artemis II lunar mission around the Moon - Christina Hammock Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen [1]
Finland officially joins NATO at a ceremony in Brussels, becoming its 31st member and doubling NATO's border with Russia [1]
Guinness world record for largest afro at 5ft 5in (165cm) set for the third time by Aevin Dugas of Reserve, Louisiana [1]
Fake jury trial reality television series "Jury Duty," created by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, stars Ronald Gladden as himself, who is unaware of the hoax, alongside James Marsden and Mekki Leeper as jurors, premieres on Amazon Freevee [1]
Joel Hans Embiid ( joh-EL em-BEED; born 16 March 1994) is a Cameroonian and American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Rare California poppy superbloom of orange poppies begins in Southern California around Lake Elinsore [1]
Largest cosmic explosion ever recorded (AT2021lwx)- fireball 100 x size of the solar system with a brightness 2trillion x the sun’s, thought to be large gas cloud entering a supermassive black hole eight million lights years away [1]
American F.B.I. arrests 21-year-old member of Massachusetts Air National Guard for leaking classified documents, including national security secrets, on an online gaming chat group [1]
European Space Agency's mission to Jupiter's moons, the Juice satellite launches on an Ariane-5 rocket from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana [1]
Germany ends its use of nuclear power, closing its last three nuclear power plants - Emsland, Isar 2 and Neckarwestheim to focus on renewable energy [1]
Spanish extreme athlete Beatriz Flamini exits a deep cave in Granada, Spain, after spending 500 days isolated underground in probable world record, as part of social isolation experiment [1]
New Research shows the Great Pacific Garbage Patch now has coast creatures living and breeding in it, including jellyfish, sponges and worms raising concerns about the spread of invasive species [1]
Fox News settles lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million, moments before trial, with Fox admitting it had defamed Dominion during US 2020 election by broadcasting conspiracy theories [1]
At least 78 people are killed, crushed in a crowd waiting for handouts at a school in Sanaa, Yemen during a Ramadan event [1]
people massacred in village of Karma, Burkina Faso, one of the country worst attacks on civilians, blamed on the country's security forces [1]
US Supreme Court rules abortion pill mifepristone can remain widely available, blocking ban by Texas U.S. District Judge [1]
At least 100 bodies discovered in shallow graves in Shakahola forest, eastern Kenya. Believed to be members of Good News International Church, which encourages salvation through starvation. [1]
Japanese M1 spacecraft crashes on the moon, in its attempt to become the first privately-owned spacecraft to land on the Moon [1]
Findings from the Zoonomia Project published - where genomes of 240 mammals collected and compared. Reveals 10.7% of the human genome identical to almost all species. [1]
72-hour ceasefire in Sudan breaks down between the Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, as air and artillery strikes on Khartoum resume [1]
40-year-old US weight loss company Jenny Craig announces it will close after failing to secure further financial backing [1]
13-year-old Serbian student shoots and kills nine people at his Belgrade school, eight students and a security guard, before handing himself in [1]
MLB LA Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani joins NY Yankee legend Babe Ruth as only pitcher to strike out 500 batters and hit over 100 career home runs in 6-4 over the Cardinals in St. Louis
"Primary" Trust" written by Eboni Booth and starring William Jackson Harper premieres at the Roundabout Theater in New York - 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama [1]
Canadian province Alberta declares a state of emergency over unprecedented wildfires, more than 100, that have forced the evacuation of 25,000 people [1]
Man rams car into group of migrants waiting at a bus stop in Brownsville, Texas, killing eight people and injuring at least 10 [1]
Death toll from flash floods and landslides in Kalehe, Congo, passes 400 with President Felix Tshisekedi declaring a national day of mourning for the victims [1]
Cyclone Mocha makes landfall on Rakhine coast, Myanmar, near southern border of Bangladesh with at least 400 killed. Second strongest storm on record in the North Indian Ocean. [1]
"Ëxceptional" missile attack on Kyiv by Russian forces largely repelled by Ukrainian air defense [1]
Montana is the first US state to ban TikTok, with Governor Greg Gianforte signing legislation to ban the Chinese-owned social media network to protect against alleged intelligence gathering [1]
English ITV This Morning TV presenter Phillip Schofield resigns after 20 years in the role. It later emerges he was having an affair with a younger colleague and lied about it.
First female Arab astronaut Rayyanah Barnawi, from Saudi Arabia goes into space on Axiom Space's second private mission, with fellow Saudi Ali Alqarni and Americans, Peggy Whitson and John Shoffner [1]
New deal cutting water usage of the Colorado River agreed by California, Arizona and Nevada, aims to conserve 3 million acre-feet of water by 2026 [1]
Illinois Catholic clergy sexually abused nearly 2,000 children over 70 years, according to state's attorney general’s office [1]
Oath Keepers militia founder Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years in prison for organizing Jan 6 attack on the US Capitol - first person to be sentenced for seditious conspiracy and longest sentence so far [1]
At least 828 civilians have now died and 3,688 have been injured over six weeks of fighting in Sudan, according to the Sudanese American Physicians Association [1]
Anatomy of a Fall (French: Anatomie d'une chute) is a 2023 French legal drama film directed by Justine Triet from a screenplay she co-wrote with Arthur Harari.
Canadian hiker Delaney Irving (19) wins perilous Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling in Brockworth, Glocestershire, England, despite being knocked unconscious [1]
leading AI industry experts sign letter warning “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.” [1]
Edgars Rinkēvičs is a Latvian public official and politician serving as the 11th and current president of Latvia since July 2023.
US Congress passes bipartisan legislation raising $31.4 trillion debt ceiling avoiding a default, after deal struck between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy [1]
A three-train collision in India's Balasore district, Odisha state, leaves 288 dead and more than 1,000 people injured in the country's worst rail accident this century [1]
Australian woman Kathleen Folbigg is pardoned after 20 years in prison for the murder of her four children, after new genetic research found evidence of gene disorders in the children [1]
Britain's Boxford Timber identified as UK's oldest decoratively carved wood at 6,000 years old by radio carbon dating after being found in West Berkshire during house renovations [1]
2nd ICC World Test Championship final, The Oval, London: Australia beats India by 209 runs to take it's first title; Nathan Lyon 4/41 and Scott Boland 3/46 combine to dominate Indian 2nd innings
At least 46 people, including 23 children, killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo at Lala displacement camp by militia group ‘Codeco’ [1]
Former US President Donald Trump and his aide Walt Nauta plead not guilty to federal charges of intentionally holding on to classified documents at a court in Miami [1]
An overcrowded fishing boast carrying refugees and migrants capsizes south of Greece killing at least 79, with 104 rescued but hundreds more feared dead [1]
Cyclone Biparjoy makes landfall as a category 1 storm along India’s Gujarat coast with both India and Pakistan evacuating over 180,000 people out of its path [1]
Attack on Mpondwe Lhubiriha Secondary School in Mpondwe, Uganda by Islamic State-linked militants leaves about 40 pupils dead
On 20 June 2023, a prison riot broke out in the Women's Center for Social Adaptation, a women's prison located in Támara, Honduras, about 29 km (18 mi) northwest from Tegucigalpa, the nation's...
US approves chicken made from animal cells - the country's first lab-grown meat, aimed at reducing harm to animals and the environment [1]
Beijing records its hottest June day of 41.1C (105.9F), since records began in 1961 [1]
MLB Los Angeles Angels Mike Trout, Brandon Drury, and Matt Thaiss hit home runs on 3 consecutive pitches in 25-1 win over Rockies at Coor's Field in Denver, Colorado
Greek voters re-elect Kyriakos Mitsotakis' New Democracy Party by a landslide [1]
Earliest possible evidence of cannibalism found in 1.45-million-year-old fossilized hominin leg bone, with cut marks made by stone tools from the National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi [1]
Archaeologists in Roman city of Pompeii uncover a "pizza" painting in a fresco from house next to a bakery (more likely flatbread as lacks essential ingredients tomatoes and mozzarella) [1]
New York Yankees' pitcher Domingo Germán (30) throws a perfect game in 11-0 win over Oakland A’s at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum; it is his first complete game in 7-year MLB career
British court rules government plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda as a deterrent is illegal, as it could not be considered a third safe country [1]
Dutch King Willem-Alexander makes formal apology for the country's role in the slave trade, at 160th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the Netherlands [1]
US schooner Cuyahoga Packet captured on the Detroit river by the Provincial Marine, including top secret war correspondence [1]
Hottest global temperature ever recorded as average global temperature tops 17.01 degrees Celsius (previous record 16.92 degrees Celsius August 13, 2016)
Australian rules player Heather Anderson first known professional female athlete to be diagnosed with degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) after landmark diagnosis at Australian Sports Brain Bank [1]
A wave of shootings across American during Fourth of July celebrations leaves a dozen people dead and more than 60 injured [1]
Airstrike on Sudanese district of Omdurman by the Sudanese army kills at least 22 people including women and children [1]
Heavy rains in northern India result in 20 deaths, with Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand states experiencing landslides and flash floods, closing over 700 roads [1]
NATO summit ends in Vilnius, Lithuania, with Turkey agreeing to Sweden's membership and Ukraine membership “when allies agree and conditions are met” [1]
Chandrayaan-3 (CHUN-drə-YAHN ) is the third mission in the Chandrayaan programme, a series of lunar-exploration missions developed by ISRO.
Owing to tremendous differences in latitude, longitude, and altitude, the climate of China is extremely diverse.
Russia pulls out of a deal allowing the export of Ukrainian grain past their naval blockade, threatening to push world food prices higher [1]
City of Phoenix, Arizona breaks a five decade heat record recording 19 consecutive days of temperature at or above 110°F (43.3°C); overnight low of 97°F (36.1°C) highest since 1989 [1]
Massive landslide after heavy monsoon rains in India leaves at least 27 dead in Irshalwadi village near Mumbai, with 78 still missing
India bans export of non-basmati rice, raising prospect of global price rises (more than half of rice imports for 42 countries come from India) [1]
2,000-year-old stone slab used to grind spices unearthed in Óc Eo, South Vietnam, is the earliest evidence of curry in Southeast Asia and still smells of nutmeg [1]
Greece mounts it biggest evacuation, moving 19,000 tourists and residents out of the path of wildfires on the island of Rhodes amid the country's hottest July in 50 years [1]
Dengue outbreak in Bangladesh, caused by heavy monsoon rains, claims more than 170 lives, with 33,000 hospitalizations, according to local health officials [1]
Scientists say a crucial Atlantic Ocean current is near collapse as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could reach its tipping point in the middle of this century [1]
City of Phoenix, Arizona, heat record continues with 28 consecutive days of temperatures at or above 110°F (43.3°C); overnight low falls below 90°F (32.2°C) for the first time in 18 days
Scientists genetically engineer female animals to reproduce without a male for the first time using fruit flies [1]
46,000-year-old minuscule pair of roundworms revived from their cryptobiotic state after being frozen in Siberian permafrost, proving life can be stopped and then restarted according tto scientists [1]
Évian Championship Women's Golf, Évian Resort GC: Céline Boutier of France wins her first major title by 6 strokes over Canada's defending champion Brooke Henderson
City of Phoenix, Arizona, experiences a high temperature of 108°F (42.2°C), ending a heat record of 31 consecutive days of temperatures at or above 110°F (43.3°C) [1]
Fitch downgrades credit rating for the U.S. government from AAA to AA+, citing an “erosion of governance" [1]
Beijing records its heaviest rainfall in 140 years, registering 744.8 millimeters (29.3 inches) between July 29th and August 2nd as Typhoon Doksuri passes through [1]
Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard's musical "Back to the Future: The Musical," based on the 1985 Robert Zemeckis film and starring Roger Bart and Casey Likes, opens at Winter Garden Theatre, NYC
Mudslide in the Chinese city of Xi’an kills at least 21 people following Typhoon Khanun [1]
Slovenia faces its "biggest natural disaster in its history," according to PM Robert Golob, after record rainfall and flooding affect two-thirds of the country and kill three people [1]
Ecuadorian opposition presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio is assassinated at a campaign rally in Quito [1]
A robotaxi, also known as robot taxi, robo-taxi, self-driving taxi or driverless taxi, is an autonomous car (SAE automation level 4 or 5) operated for a ridesharing company. Consultancy firms predict...
Suspected airstrike on Finote Selam in Ethiopia's Amhara region kills at least 26 people as government forces fight the Fano paramilitary force [1]
Former US President Donald Trump and 18 others, including Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows, are indicted by a grand jury in Atlanta on felony charges for attempting to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia [1]
Young activists win a landmark case, Held v Montana, with a judge ruling that the state of Montana must consider climate change when deciding to approve or renew fossil fuel projects [1]
British Museum reveals a staff member has been dismissed for stealing about 2,000 objects, including jewelry and semi-precious stones [1]
Gujarat is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about 2,340 km (1,450 mi) is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula.
Canadian province of British Columbia declares a state of emergency as two major wildfires combine near Adams Lake, forcing the evacuation of 30,000 people [1]
MLB Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Trea Turner hits two solo home runs in the same inning in a 12-3 win over the Nationals in Washington
Ecuador votes in a referendum against drilling for oil in Yasuní National Park, a world biosphere reserve inhabited by Indigenous groups in the Amazon [1]
Mario is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the star of the Mario franchise, a recurring character in the Donkey Kong franchise, and the mascot of their...
Eight people are dramatically rescued from a cable car after 14 hours in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, northwest Pakistan [1]
At least 26 people are killed after a railway bridge under construction collapses near the Indian town of Sairang in Mizoram state [1]
BRICS meeting of emerging nations in South Africa agrees to invite six new nations to join in an attempt to balance the global power of the US and Europe [1]
The longest alligator ever recorded in Mississippi at 14 ft 3 in (4.3 m) is captured in the Sunflower River, weighing 802.5 pounds (364 kilograms) [1]
Gymnast Simone Biles (26) wins her record 8th US Championship in San Jose, California
Barbie becomes Warner Bros' highest-grossing global release, overtaking Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, earning $1.34 billion [1]
Greek wildfire north of the city of Alexandroupoli is declared the EU's largest ever recorded, having burned 310 sq miles (810 sq km) and killed 20 people [1]
Gabonese military leaders seize power in a coup, placing President Ali Bongo Ondimba under house arrest in Libreville [1]
At least 76 die in a fire in a office building housing migrants and vulnerable people in Johannesburg, South Africa [1]
American rock band Aerosmith kicks off "Peace Out: The Farewell Tour" with concert at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lagos' first-ever metro rail service, the Blue Line, begins operation in Nigeria, reducing a 2-hour journey to 15 minutes [1]
American singer Joe Jonas (34) files for divorce from English actress Sophie Turner (27) in Miami, Florida, after 4 years of marriage [1]
Africa's first climate summit opens in Nairobi, Kenya, calling for greater climate-related financing from industrialized countries [1]
American rocker Bruce Springsteen (73) postpones the remaining eight shows of his summer tour under doctor's advice to treat peptic ulcer disease
American "That '70s Show" actor Danny Masterson sentenced to 30 years to life in prison after a jury convicted him in May of two rapes in 2003 [1]
6.8 magnitude earthquake hits central Morocco, its epicenter in the Atlas Mountains near Marrakesh, killing around 3,000 people and causing catastrophic damage affecting over 6 million people [1]
G2 summit begins in New Delhi, India: African Union is invited to become a permanent member, and a statement on the war in Ukraine condemns the use of force to seize territory [1]
Collapse of two dams after heavy rain from Storm Daniel sends a torrent of flooding through the city of Derna, Libya, cutting it off completely and leaving over 4,000 dead and 8,000 missing [1]
American rock band Aerosmith postpones their "Peace Out: The Farewell Tour" after three shows due to a vocal cord injury of singer Steven Tyler (75)
Convicted murderer Danilo Cavalcante, who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison, recaptured after nearly two weeks on the run in Chester County [1]
Huge loss of life in Libyan floods could have been avoided with functioning weather service, according to World Meteorological Organization, amid reports death toll could reach 20,000 [1]
United Auto Workers union go on strike at three locations - GM factory in Wentzville, a Ford plant in Wayne, Michigan, and a Jeep plant run by Stellantis in Toledo [1]
A massive rockslide in Greenland creates a tsunami wave in the Dickson Fjord that shakes the earth for nine days [1]
British comedian Russell Brand is accused of rape, sexual assaults, and emotional abuse by four women in investigation by "The Sunday Times" and Channel 4 [1]
America and Iran swap five prisoners each in an agreement that also allows the release of $6 billion in Iranian oil revenue [1]
Azerbaijan agrees to a ceasefire with Karabakh separatists after a 24-hour military offensive against ethnic Armenians in the South Caucasus [1]
The 2024 IFSC Climbing World Cup is the 36th edition of the international competition climbing series organised by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC), held in 9 locations.
At least 68 people are killed in a fuel depot explosion as ethnic Armenians rush to leave the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan after a military offensive by Azerbaijan [1]
At least 94 people die in a fire at a wedding in Qaraqosh, Iraq, after fireworks set a building alight [1]
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio returns to Earth with Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, setting an American record of 371 days in space [1]
"My Dad Wrote a Porno," hosted by host Jamie Morton, becomes the first inductee into the British Podcast Awards' Hall of Fame [1]
Bipartisan deal to avoid US government shutdown is signed just hours before the midnight deadline and provides funding for 45 days [1]
Brock Richard Purdy is an American professional football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL).
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for discoveries that enabled mRNA vaccine development [1]
Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier for research into attosecond pulses of light [1]
21 people are killed after a bus crashes off a bridge and plunges 15m (50ft) at Mestre, near Venice, Italy [1]
Jon Olav Fosse is a Norwegian author, translator, and playwright. In 2023, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable." Fosse's...
Claudia Goldin is awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for advancing our understanding of women's labor market outcomes [1]
Revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's musical "Merrily We Roll Along," based on George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's play and starring Jonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe, opens at Hudson Theatre in New York City and wins 4 Tony Awards
Wild beavers are reintroduced to Ealing, London, from Scotland after being absent from the city for 400 years [1]
Israel orders 1.1 million people to evacuate from north to south Gaza, in anticipation of a ground invasion of the territory [1]
The solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, dubbed the "Great American Eclipse" by some media, was a total solar eclipse visible within a band that spanned the contiguous United States from the Pacific to...
Daniel Roy Gilchrist Noboa Azín is an Ecuadorian politician and businessman serving as the 48th and current president of Ecuador since 2023.
Amazon's largest tributary, the Negro River, records its lowest-ever level, confirming the rainforest is in the midst of its most significant drought [1]
At least 500 Palestinians are killed in an explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in the Gaza Strip, with local officials blaming an Israeli missile attack and Israelis blaming a misfired Palestinian rocket [1]
Claim that the world's oldest pyramid constructed by humans is under the Indonesian prehistoric site of Gunung Padang, West Java, and is 27,000 years old causes controversy [1]
'Superfog' conditions near New Orleans cause a motorway pile-up involving 158 vehicles, causing seven deaths [1]
Aid Agency Save the Children says 2,000 children have been killed in Gaza by Israeli bombing amid calls for a ceasefire at the UN [1]
At least 18 people killed and 13 injured in a massed shooting in Lewiston, Maine sending the area into lockdown with the suspect still at large [1]
The Myanmar civil war began in 2021 following the military coup on 1 February 2021.
10th Rugby World Cup, Stade de France: South Africa become first to win four World Cups and second to go back-to-back after a gripping 12-11 win over New Zealand; MVP: Springboks flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.
"AI" is named the most notable word of the year by Chambers Dictionary [1]
European Space Telescope Euclid releases its first images, becoming the first telescope able to capture an entire galaxy in a single exposure and is also built to explore dark matter and dark energy [1]
Icelandic town of Grindavík on Reykjanes peninsula evacuated after thousands of earthquakes and rising magna point to an imminent eruption [1]
Unprecedented heatwave in Brazil affects more than 3,000 towns with Rio de Janeiro reaching 42.5C - very high humidity makes it feel like 58.5C [1]
Liberia General Election: Joseph Boakai defeats sitting President George Weah by just 1% in closest runoff in Liberia’s history [1]
Daryl Hall files a lawsuit and a request for a restraining order (later granted) against his music partner John Oates [1]
Revival of John Du Prez and Eric Idle's musical "Spamalot", based on the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," opens at the St. James Theatre, NYC
Earth's hottest day: global average surface temperature more than 2°C (2.06°C) above pre-industrial levels for the first time according to EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service [1]
Brazil records its highest-ever temperature - 44.8C (112.6F) in Araçuaí, Minas Gerais state [1]
Somalian authorities say 50 people have died in heavy rain and flooding, and 687,235 people displaced, amid large downpours across the Horn of Africa linked to El Nino [1]
Finland closes all but one border with Russia after an influx of migrants orchestrated, it said, by Russia [1]
Dallas Cowboys defensive back DaRon Bland breaks NFL single-season record for interception returns for a touchdown with his fifth, in 45-10 win over visiting Washington Commanders; previous record of 4 set in 1971 and most recently tied in 1993
Nigerians abducted for ransom and one killed by armed bandits on motorcycles in northern Zamfara state, amid increasing kidnappings in the region [1]
Paul Lynch is an Irish novelist known for his poetic, lyrical style and exploration of complex themes.
41 Indian construction workers are successfully rescued after 41 days trapped in a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand, India [1]
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in Russia face severe challenges and discrimination not experienced by non-LGBTQ people.
US House of Representatives votes 311-114 to expel indicted member George Santos (R-New York), after the House Ethics Committee issued a report concluding that he “sought to fraudulently exploit every aspect of his House candidacy for his own personal financial profit" [1]
American rock band KISS concludes farewell "End of the Road" tour at Madison Square Garden, NYC; the encore is performed by the premiere of digital avatars of the group
Indonesia's Mount Marapi, on island of Sumatra, erupts 3km into the air, killing 23 people [1]
The Turner Prize, named after the English painter J. M. W. Turner, is an annual prize presented to a British visual artist.
South Fork Wind, the first large-scale offshore wind farm, begins supplying electricity to the US 35 miles off Montauk [1]
The China Jinping Underground Laboratory (CJPL), the world's deepest and largest underground laboratory at 2,400 meters, begins operating below Jinping Mountains [1]
Exhibition "The Art of Zen" featuring ink painting "Persimmons" the 'Zen Mona Lisa' by 13th century Chinese monk Muqi opens In San Francisco [1]
Kawhi Anthony Leonard ( kə-WHY; born June 29, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
89th Heisman Trophy Award: Jayden Daniels, LSU (QB)
Mosconi Cup nine-ball pool, London, England: German Joshua Filler takes MVP award as Europe complete an 11-3 whitewash of the US
Canadian accused poison seller Kenneth Law who allegedly sent 200 packages to people in more than 40 countries, is charged with 14 counts of murder [1]
U.N. General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to demand a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, amid reports 18,000 Palestinians have been killed, 70% children and women, with over 80% now homeless [1]
COP28 in Dubai ends with agreement from 190 counties to begin “transitioning away from fossil fuels”, a compromise but still the first to directly address an end to fossil fuels [1]
The accession of Moldova to the European Union (EU) is on the current agenda for future enlargement of the EU. Following an application by Moldova in March 2022, Moldova was officially granted...
Lewis Terence Koumas is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for EFL Championship club Hull City on loan from Premier League club Liverpool, and the Wales national team.
American jazz vocal quartet "The Manhattan Transfer" marks their 50th anniversary with a farewell concert at Disney Hall in Los Angeles, California [1]
61 people drown after a boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast Zuwara, Libya [1]
6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Jishishan county in Gansu Province killing at least 127 people - China's worst earthquake in 13 years [1]
"Science" names anti-obesity medications that mimic the hormone GLP-1 their breakthrough of the year, that contain semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro) [1]
Gaza Health Authority says the death toll has reached nearly 20,000 from the war with Israel - higher than other Arab conflict with Israel in more than 40 years [1]
Caitlin Clark ties Elena Delle Donne as the fastest Division I women's player to reach 2,000 career points in a game for Iowa against Dartmouth
UN Security Council resolution votes to speed up delivery of desperately needed aid for Gaza 13-0 with Russia and the US abstaining [1]
Beijing breaks its 1951 record for sub-zero December temperatures, recording more than 300 hours as a record cold spell affects the north and northeast of China [1]
Ncuti Gatwa makes his debut as the fifteenth incarnation of the Doctor in "Doctor Who", with Millie Gibson as his companion
The Detroit Pistons suffer a 118-112 loss to the Brooklyn Nets at home to set an NBA single-season record with their 27th straight defeat
L’Oréal heiress and businesswoman Françoise Bettencourt Meyers is the first woman to be worth $100 billion, after a rise in the company's share price [1]
Lisa Marie Presley, American singer-songwriter, known for american singer-songwriter, died on 2023-01-12. Lisa Marie Presley (February 1, 1968 – January 12, 2023) was an American singer-songwriter.
Richard Belzer, American actor and comedian, known for american actor and comedian, died on 2023-02-19.
Joe Pepitone, American baseball player, known for american baseball player, died on 2023-03-13.
Gordon Lightfoot singer-songwriter, known for canadian singer-songwriter, died on 2023-05-01. Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr.
Tina Turner singer-songwriter and actress, known for american singer-songwriter and actress, died on 2023-05-24. Tina Turner was a singer, songwriter, actress, and author.
Jim Hines, American athletics sprinter, known for american athletics sprinter, died on 2023-06-03.
Silvio Berlusconi, Italian media tycoon and politician, known for italian media tycoon and politician, died on 2023-06-12.
Cormac McCarthy, American writer, known for american writer, died on 2023-06-13. Cormac McCarthy was an American author who wrote twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays, and three short stories,…
Tony Bennett, American singer, known for american singer, died on 2023-07-21. Anthony Dominick Benedetto (August 3, 1926 – July 21, 2023), known professionally as Tony Bennett, was an American jazz…
Michael Gambon, English irish-english actor, known for irish-english actor, died on 2023-09-27. Sir Michael John Gambon (19 October 1940 – 27 September 2023) was an Irish-English actor.
Li Keqiang dies
Avenger's actor Jeremy Renner is accidentally run over by a snowplow, breaking more than 30 bones in his body near Reno, Nevada [1]
Crystal Renay Smith (37) divorces American singer NE-YO (43) after 12 years of marriage
At age 45, Tom Brady, regarded as the greatest NFL quarterback of all time, announces his re-retirement after a 23-year career and a record 7 Super Bowl titles with the NE Patriots and TB Buccaneers
Powerful earthquakes strike Turkey and Syria, first with a 7.8 magnitude at 4:15 am, 23 kilometers east of Nurdagi, and second with a 7.5 magnitude at 1:24 pm, with many strong aftershocks causing buildings to collapse. The death toll is 53,537 in Turkey and 8,000 in Syria [1]
Key figures in Artificial Intelligence including Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak sign an open letter warning the race to develop AI systems is out of control and asking for a suspension of at least six months [1] [2]
Ghana is the first country to approve a new vaccine for malaria, Mosquirix (RTS,S), developed at Oxford University. It is the first major vaccine approved first in Africa. [1]
India surpasses China as the worlds most populous country according to UN estimates, with 1,425,775,850 people (estimated to reach 1.7 billion by 2064) [1]
From May 2 to September 27, 2023, the Writers Guild of America (WGA)—representing 11,500 screenwriters—went on strike over a labor dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers…
George Harrison's "Here Comes the Sun" becomes the first Beatles song to register a billion streams on Spotify; it is also the oldest song to do so
In early June 2023, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Ukraine launched an offensive (commonly, although technically incorrectly, referred to as a "counteroffensive") against Russian forces occupying…
The PGA Tour, DP World Tour, and LIV Golf League agree to unify to create a for-profit entity run by the PGA Tour and funded by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund
Jason Thomas Mraz ( mə-RAZ; born June 23, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Singer Ricky Martin and Syrian-Swedish painter Jwan Yose announce their decision to divorce after six years of marriage [1]
Fantasy comedy film "Barbie," starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling and directed by Greta Gerwig, premieres at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles
Wildfire season in British Columbia becomes the most destructive on record, burning 14,100 square kilometers of land and surpassing the 2018 record [1]
Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara is a Colombian and American actress and television personality who has received five nominations each at the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards.
Former US President Donald Trump is indicted by special counsel Jack Smith on charges of conspiring to defraud the country and prevent the peaceful transfer of power [1]
American "Legally Blonde" actress Reese Witherspoon and American talent agent Jim Toth divorce after 11 years of marriage
Hesam Asghari is an American model, actor, fitness model and fitness trainer. He has appeared on the television shows Black Monday, Hacks, The Family Business, and The Traitors, as well as in several...
Rapper Jeezy files for divorce from TV personality Jeannie Mai Jenkins after two years of marriage [1]
Hugh Michael Jackman is an Australian actor, singer, and producer. Beginning in theatre and television, Jackman landed his breakthrough role as Wolverine, playing it across the X-Men film franchise...
American actress Bijou Phillips (43) files for divorce from American "That '70s Show" actor and convicted rapist Danny Masterson (47) after 11 years of marriage
Actor Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner settle their divorce after an acrimonious legal battle [1]
Joshua Carter Jackson is a Canadian and American actor. He is known for his portrayals of Pacey Witter on The WB's teen drama Dawson's Creek (1998–2003), Peter Bishop in the Fox science fiction...
Kevin McCarthy becomes the first Speaker of the US House of Representatives to be removed from office after fellow Republican hardliners, led by Matt Gaetz, vote for his ouster [1]
American Simone Biles wins all-around gold at the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, becoming the most decorated gymnast with 34 World and Olympic medals [1]
Hamas launches a major air and ground attack on Israel from Gaza, killing over a thousand people and taking hundreds of hostages, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare, "We are at war" [1]
Maren Larae Morris is an American country singer and songwriter from Arlington, Texas.
Taylor Swift is Spotify's most-streamed global artist of the year with 26.1 billion streams, and "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus is the most-streamed song [1]
Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapses from cardiac arrest and is revived by CPR on the field during a televised NFL game against the Bengals in Cincinnati
England's Michael Smith hits a nine-dart finish on the way to his first PDC world darts title, beating Dutchman Michael van Gerwen, 7-4 at the Alexandra Palace, London
39 people killed in car bomb attack in Hiraan province, Somalia, with al-Qaeda linked group al-Shabab claiming responsibility [1]
New Study discovers ancient Roman concrete is stronger than modern concrete because of the use of a hot mixing technique, with quicklime that self-healed any cracks over time [1]
China loosens travel restrictions and reopens its borders after nearly three years [1]
Periods of heavy rainfall caused by multiple atmospheric rivers in California between December 31, 2022, and March 25, 2023, resulted in floods that affected parts of Southern California, the...
Brock Richard Purdy is an American professional football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL).
China reports 60,000 COVID-19-related deaths in just over a month while another report estimates 900 million people have been infected, 64% of the country's population [1]
Brock Richard Purdy is an American professional football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL).
At least 68 people killed in a plane crash by Yeti Airlines in Pokhara, Nepal, the countries worst crash for three decades [1]
Italy's most wanted mobster Matteo Messina Denaro (61) arrested at a private cancer clinic in Palermo, Sicily after being on the run for 30 years [1]
Revival of 1980s American TV sitcom "Night Court" premieres on NBC TV; John Larroquette is the sole returning cast member
A series of atmospheric river storms pummelling California finally subside, after more than 500 mudslides with "extensive" damage to 40 out of 58 counties, killing 20 people [1]
Very Intense Tropical Cyclone Freddy, also known as Severe Tropical Cyclone Freddy, was an exceptionally long-lived, powerful, and deadly tropical cyclone that traversed the southern Indian Ocean for...
72 year-old gunman shoots and kills eleven people, injuring nine, at dance studio in Monterey Park, California. Attempts second killing nearby before being surrounded and killing himself.
Australian surfer Laura Enever sets world record riding the largest-ever wave by a woman at 43.6ft (13.3m) on Oahu's North Shore, Hawaii [1]
American Richard Barnett, who was pictured with his feet on Nancy Pelosi's desk during the Jan 6 riots, convicted on eight counts in a Washington court [1]
Adani Enterprises owned by Gautam Adani, world's third richest man, loses $108billion in value after investment firm Hindenburg Research publishes report alleging stock manipulation and accounting fraud [1]
America and Germany announce decision to send powerful battle tanks (US 31, Germany 14) to Ukraine to fight Russia invasion
Five ex-Memphis police officers charged with murdering Tyre Nichols who they beat at a traffic stop on Jan 7 [1]
International Holocaust Remembrance Day: representatives from various countries gather at site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp; among attendees is Doug Emhoff, the first Jewish spouse of a US president or vice president [1]
On 30 January 2023, at around 1:30 p.m. Pakistan Standard Time (UTC+5), a suicide bomber set off an explosion within the Police Lines mosque of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing 84...
Coldest wind chill likely ever recorded in the US of minus 108 degrees, taken at Mount Washington Observatory, New Hampshire [1]
Chinese surveillance balloon shot down by US fighter jets off the US eastern seaboard, after drifting across the US for days and igniting a political storm [1]
World War II era bomb found in Great Yarmouth, England explodes in "unplanned" detonation as experts attempt to disarm it [1]
India opens the first part of what will be its longest expressway linking Mumbai with New Delhi over 1,386-kilometer (861 mile) [1]
At least 73 European-bound migrants are missing presumed dead after a boat capsizes off the coast of Libya, with just seven known survivors, according to the UN [1]
Buffalo gunman Payton Gendron sentenced to life in prison, after pleading guilty to ten counts of first-degree murder and a count of domestic terrorism, the first in New York [1]
WWII: US Naval History and Heritage Command confirms identity of the wreck USS Albacore, a submarine lost in 1944, discovered by University of Tokyo sonar team in 2022 off of Hokkaidō, Japan
WorldPride is a series of international LGBT pride events coordinated by InterPride; they are hosted in conjunction with local LGBT pride festivals, with host cities selected via bids voted on during...
65th Daytona 500: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wins for JTG Daugherty Racing in double overtime and under caution over a record 212 laps; former NBA player Brad Daugherty first Black car owner to win the race
6.4 magnitude earthquake, followed by 5.8 magnitude aftershock strikes near city of Antakya, Turkey, on the Syria border, killing at least six people in same region devastated by earthquakes 6 Feb [1]
Astronomers reveal Webb telescope data is upending existing theories of how early galaxies were formed, after finding six massive galaxies 100x larger than expected soon after the Big Bang [1]
Puffin, publisher of author Roald Dhal, announces it will now print his books with their original unaltered text alongside those with offensive language removed, after widespread criticism and debate [1]
Turkey widens probe into buildings that collapsed during the Feb 6 earthquakes arresting 184 people, as the death toll passes 44,128 (including Syria, more than 50,000), with nearly two million people left homeless [1]
At least 59 migrants are killed after a boat breaks up in rough seas off the eastern coast of Calabria, Italy, with 80 survivors [1]
Crash between a Greek passenger service and a freight train kills at least 57 people near town of Larissa, in one of the country's worst-ever rail disasters [1]
At least 1000 Iranian school girls exposed to toxic gas attacks, since November, amid accusations they are an attempt to close schools after girls participated in recent anti-government protests [1]
Emory Andrew Tate III is an American and British social media personality, businessman, and former professional kickboxer who gained notoriety for promoting various highly controversial positions in...
1.28 million people protest in nationwide demonstrations throughout France against government plans tp raise the pension age from 62 to 64 [1]
trillion pieces of plastic now litter the world's oceans, increasing from 16 trillion in 2005, estimate scientists from Gyres Institute [1]
Recording Industry Association of America's 2022 year-end report states vinyl record sales (41 million) exceeded CD sales (33 million) for the first time since 1987
Arch rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia agree to re-establish diplomatic ties between them in a surprise move, after talks in Beijing [1]
Li Qiang is a Chinese politician who is the premier of China and the second-ranking member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Li joined the CCP in 1983, and...
Vinyl records outsell CDs in the US for the first time since 1987 (41 million vinyl records vs 33 million CDs), according to new report [1]
Argentina's annual inflation rate pasts 100% at 102.5%, for the first time since hyperinflation in 1991, one of the highest in the world, according to its statistics agency [1]
Another atmospheric river creates a storm across California, bringing widespread flooding and power outages, with Monterey County issuing a 25 mile evacuation order [1]
Banking jitters continues as US Wall Street banks agree to deposit US$30 billion in First Republic Bank as its stock plummets in the wake of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank
UBS, Switzerland's largest bank agrees to buy its rival Credit Suisse (established 1856) for about $3.2 billion to help ease global financial panic, in deal brokered by Swiss government [1]
6.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Afghanistan's north-east near the border with Pakistan, killing at least 19 and injuring over 200 people [1]
Abel Prize for Mathematics (equivalent to a Nobel Prize) awarded to Argentinian–American Luis Caffarelli for his work on partial differential equations [1]
According to the 2021 Canadian census, immigrants in Canada number 8.3 million persons and make up approximately 23 percent of Canada's total population.
Africa's first centralised biobank - Biodiversity Biobanks South Africa, collecting more than a million biodiversity samples opens in Pretoria, South Africa [1]
Rare, long-track tornado travels 170 miles from Rolling Fork to Armory, Mississippi; trail of devastation kills at least 25
WPL Cricket Final, Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai: Mumbai Indians win inaugural tournament beating Delhi Capitals by 7 wickets with 3 balls to spare; Player of the match: Nat Sciver-Brunt (Mumbai Indians) 60no
At least 40 people are killed and 28 injured in a fire at a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juárez on the Mexican US border, amid large numbers of migrants gathering on the Mexican border [1]
Researchers warn crucial deep Antarctic ocean currents could collapse by 42% by 2050, stopping nutrient-dense water from flowing north, accelerating ice melt and further warming the world's oceans [1]
Large storm system crosses the mid US from Mississippi and Alabama to Illinois and Wisconsin, unleashing numerous tornadoes and leaving at least 32 dead [1]
NASA announces the four astronauts for 2024 Artemis II lunar mission around the Moon - Christina Hammock Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen [1]
Finland officially joins NATO at a ceremony in Brussels, becoming its 31st member and doubling NATO's border with Russia [1]
Guinness world record for largest afro at 5ft 5in (165cm) set for the third time by Aevin Dugas of Reserve, Louisiana [1]
Fake jury trial reality television series "Jury Duty," created by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, stars Ronald Gladden as himself, who is unaware of the hoax, alongside James Marsden and Mekki Leeper as jurors, premieres on Amazon Freevee [1]
Joel Hans Embiid ( joh-EL em-BEED; born 16 March 1994) is a Cameroonian and American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Rare California poppy superbloom of orange poppies begins in Southern California around Lake Elinsore [1]
Largest cosmic explosion ever recorded (AT2021lwx)- fireball 100 x size of the solar system with a brightness 2trillion x the sun’s, thought to be large gas cloud entering a supermassive black hole eight million lights years away [1]
American F.B.I. arrests 21-year-old member of Massachusetts Air National Guard for leaking classified documents, including national security secrets, on an online gaming chat group [1]
European Space Agency's mission to Jupiter's moons, the Juice satellite launches on an Ariane-5 rocket from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana [1]
Germany ends its use of nuclear power, closing its last three nuclear power plants - Emsland, Isar 2 and Neckarwestheim to focus on renewable energy [1]
Spanish extreme athlete Beatriz Flamini exits a deep cave in Granada, Spain, after spending 500 days isolated underground in probable world record, as part of social isolation experiment [1]
New Research shows the Great Pacific Garbage Patch now has coast creatures living and breeding in it, including jellyfish, sponges and worms raising concerns about the spread of invasive species [1]
Fox News settles lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million, moments before trial, with Fox admitting it had defamed Dominion during US 2020 election by broadcasting conspiracy theories [1]
At least 78 people are killed, crushed in a crowd waiting for handouts at a school in Sanaa, Yemen during a Ramadan event [1]
people massacred in village of Karma, Burkina Faso, one of the country worst attacks on civilians, blamed on the country's security forces [1]
US Supreme Court rules abortion pill mifepristone can remain widely available, blocking ban by Texas U.S. District Judge [1]
At least 100 bodies discovered in shallow graves in Shakahola forest, eastern Kenya. Believed to be members of Good News International Church, which encourages salvation through starvation. [1]
Japanese M1 spacecraft crashes on the moon, in its attempt to become the first privately-owned spacecraft to land on the Moon [1]
Findings from the Zoonomia Project published - where genomes of 240 mammals collected and compared. Reveals 10.7% of the human genome identical to almost all species. [1]
72-hour ceasefire in Sudan breaks down between the Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, as air and artillery strikes on Khartoum resume [1]
40-year-old US weight loss company Jenny Craig announces it will close after failing to secure further financial backing [1]
13-year-old Serbian student shoots and kills nine people at his Belgrade school, eight students and a security guard, before handing himself in [1]
MLB LA Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani joins NY Yankee legend Babe Ruth as only pitcher to strike out 500 batters and hit over 100 career home runs in 6-4 over the Cardinals in St. Louis
"Primary" Trust" written by Eboni Booth and starring William Jackson Harper premieres at the Roundabout Theater in New York - 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama [1]
Canadian province Alberta declares a state of emergency over unprecedented wildfires, more than 100, that have forced the evacuation of 25,000 people [1]
Man rams car into group of migrants waiting at a bus stop in Brownsville, Texas, killing eight people and injuring at least 10 [1]
Death toll from flash floods and landslides in Kalehe, Congo, passes 400 with President Felix Tshisekedi declaring a national day of mourning for the victims [1]
Cyclone Mocha makes landfall on Rakhine coast, Myanmar, near southern border of Bangladesh with at least 400 killed. Second strongest storm on record in the North Indian Ocean. [1]
"Ëxceptional" missile attack on Kyiv by Russian forces largely repelled by Ukrainian air defense [1]
Montana is the first US state to ban TikTok, with Governor Greg Gianforte signing legislation to ban the Chinese-owned social media network to protect against alleged intelligence gathering [1]
English ITV This Morning TV presenter Phillip Schofield resigns after 20 years in the role. It later emerges he was having an affair with a younger colleague and lied about it.
First female Arab astronaut Rayyanah Barnawi, from Saudi Arabia goes into space on Axiom Space's second private mission, with fellow Saudi Ali Alqarni and Americans, Peggy Whitson and John Shoffner [1]
New deal cutting water usage of the Colorado River agreed by California, Arizona and Nevada, aims to conserve 3 million acre-feet of water by 2026 [1]
Illinois Catholic clergy sexually abused nearly 2,000 children over 70 years, according to state's attorney general’s office [1]
Oath Keepers militia founder Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years in prison for organizing Jan 6 attack on the US Capitol - first person to be sentenced for seditious conspiracy and longest sentence so far [1]
At least 828 civilians have now died and 3,688 have been injured over six weeks of fighting in Sudan, according to the Sudanese American Physicians Association [1]
Anatomy of a Fall (French: Anatomie d'une chute) is a 2023 French legal drama film directed by Justine Triet from a screenplay she co-wrote with Arthur Harari.
Canadian hiker Delaney Irving (19) wins perilous Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling in Brockworth, Glocestershire, England, despite being knocked unconscious [1]
leading AI industry experts sign letter warning “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.” [1]
Edgars Rinkēvičs is a Latvian public official and politician serving as the 11th and current president of Latvia since July 2023.
US Congress passes bipartisan legislation raising $31.4 trillion debt ceiling avoiding a default, after deal struck between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy [1]
A three-train collision in India's Balasore district, Odisha state, leaves 288 dead and more than 1,000 people injured in the country's worst rail accident this century [1]
Australian woman Kathleen Folbigg is pardoned after 20 years in prison for the murder of her four children, after new genetic research found evidence of gene disorders in the children [1]
Britain's Boxford Timber identified as UK's oldest decoratively carved wood at 6,000 years old by radio carbon dating after being found in West Berkshire during house renovations [1]
2nd ICC World Test Championship final, The Oval, London: Australia beats India by 209 runs to take it's first title; Nathan Lyon 4/41 and Scott Boland 3/46 combine to dominate Indian 2nd innings
At least 46 people, including 23 children, killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo at Lala displacement camp by militia group ‘Codeco’ [1]
Former US President Donald Trump and his aide Walt Nauta plead not guilty to federal charges of intentionally holding on to classified documents at a court in Miami [1]
An overcrowded fishing boast carrying refugees and migrants capsizes south of Greece killing at least 79, with 104 rescued but hundreds more feared dead [1]
Cyclone Biparjoy makes landfall as a category 1 storm along India’s Gujarat coast with both India and Pakistan evacuating over 180,000 people out of its path [1]
Attack on Mpondwe Lhubiriha Secondary School in Mpondwe, Uganda by Islamic State-linked militants leaves about 40 pupils dead
On 20 June 2023, a prison riot broke out in the Women's Center for Social Adaptation, a women's prison located in Támara, Honduras, about 29 km (18 mi) northwest from Tegucigalpa, the nation's...
US approves chicken made from animal cells - the country's first lab-grown meat, aimed at reducing harm to animals and the environment [1]
Beijing records its hottest June day of 41.1C (105.9F), since records began in 1961 [1]
MLB Los Angeles Angels Mike Trout, Brandon Drury, and Matt Thaiss hit home runs on 3 consecutive pitches in 25-1 win over Rockies at Coor's Field in Denver, Colorado
Greek voters re-elect Kyriakos Mitsotakis' New Democracy Party by a landslide [1]
Earliest possible evidence of cannibalism found in 1.45-million-year-old fossilized hominin leg bone, with cut marks made by stone tools from the National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi [1]
Archaeologists in Roman city of Pompeii uncover a "pizza" painting in a fresco from house next to a bakery (more likely flatbread as lacks essential ingredients tomatoes and mozzarella) [1]
New York Yankees' pitcher Domingo Germán (30) throws a perfect game in 11-0 win over Oakland A’s at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum; it is his first complete game in 7-year MLB career
British court rules government plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda as a deterrent is illegal, as it could not be considered a third safe country [1]
Dutch King Willem-Alexander makes formal apology for the country's role in the slave trade, at 160th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the Netherlands [1]
US schooner Cuyahoga Packet captured on the Detroit river by the Provincial Marine, including top secret war correspondence [1]
Hottest global temperature ever recorded as average global temperature tops 17.01 degrees Celsius (previous record 16.92 degrees Celsius August 13, 2016)
Australian rules player Heather Anderson first known professional female athlete to be diagnosed with degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) after landmark diagnosis at Australian Sports Brain Bank [1]
A wave of shootings across American during Fourth of July celebrations leaves a dozen people dead and more than 60 injured [1]
Airstrike on Sudanese district of Omdurman by the Sudanese army kills at least 22 people including women and children [1]
Heavy rains in northern India result in 20 deaths, with Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand states experiencing landslides and flash floods, closing over 700 roads [1]
NATO summit ends in Vilnius, Lithuania, with Turkey agreeing to Sweden's membership and Ukraine membership “when allies agree and conditions are met” [1]
Chandrayaan-3 (CHUN-drə-YAHN ) is the third mission in the Chandrayaan programme, a series of lunar-exploration missions developed by ISRO.
Owing to tremendous differences in latitude, longitude, and altitude, the climate of China is extremely diverse.
Russia pulls out of a deal allowing the export of Ukrainian grain past their naval blockade, threatening to push world food prices higher [1]
City of Phoenix, Arizona breaks a five decade heat record recording 19 consecutive days of temperature at or above 110°F (43.3°C); overnight low of 97°F (36.1°C) highest since 1989 [1]
Massive landslide after heavy monsoon rains in India leaves at least 27 dead in Irshalwadi village near Mumbai, with 78 still missing
India bans export of non-basmati rice, raising prospect of global price rises (more than half of rice imports for 42 countries come from India) [1]
2,000-year-old stone slab used to grind spices unearthed in Óc Eo, South Vietnam, is the earliest evidence of curry in Southeast Asia and still smells of nutmeg [1]
Greece mounts it biggest evacuation, moving 19,000 tourists and residents out of the path of wildfires on the island of Rhodes amid the country's hottest July in 50 years [1]
Dengue outbreak in Bangladesh, caused by heavy monsoon rains, claims more than 170 lives, with 33,000 hospitalizations, according to local health officials [1]
Scientists say a crucial Atlantic Ocean current is near collapse as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could reach its tipping point in the middle of this century [1]
City of Phoenix, Arizona, heat record continues with 28 consecutive days of temperatures at or above 110°F (43.3°C); overnight low falls below 90°F (32.2°C) for the first time in 18 days
Scientists genetically engineer female animals to reproduce without a male for the first time using fruit flies [1]
46,000-year-old minuscule pair of roundworms revived from their cryptobiotic state after being frozen in Siberian permafrost, proving life can be stopped and then restarted according tto scientists [1]
Évian Championship Women's Golf, Évian Resort GC: Céline Boutier of France wins her first major title by 6 strokes over Canada's defending champion Brooke Henderson
City of Phoenix, Arizona, experiences a high temperature of 108°F (42.2°C), ending a heat record of 31 consecutive days of temperatures at or above 110°F (43.3°C) [1]
Fitch downgrades credit rating for the U.S. government from AAA to AA+, citing an “erosion of governance" [1]
Beijing records its heaviest rainfall in 140 years, registering 744.8 millimeters (29.3 inches) between July 29th and August 2nd as Typhoon Doksuri passes through [1]
Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard's musical "Back to the Future: The Musical," based on the 1985 Robert Zemeckis film and starring Roger Bart and Casey Likes, opens at Winter Garden Theatre, NYC
Mudslide in the Chinese city of Xi’an kills at least 21 people following Typhoon Khanun [1]
Slovenia faces its "biggest natural disaster in its history," according to PM Robert Golob, after record rainfall and flooding affect two-thirds of the country and kill three people [1]
Ecuadorian opposition presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio is assassinated at a campaign rally in Quito [1]
A robotaxi, also known as robot taxi, robo-taxi, self-driving taxi or driverless taxi, is an autonomous car (SAE automation level 4 or 5) operated for a ridesharing company. Consultancy firms predict...
Suspected airstrike on Finote Selam in Ethiopia's Amhara region kills at least 26 people as government forces fight the Fano paramilitary force [1]
Former US President Donald Trump and 18 others, including Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows, are indicted by a grand jury in Atlanta on felony charges for attempting to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia [1]
Young activists win a landmark case, Held v Montana, with a judge ruling that the state of Montana must consider climate change when deciding to approve or renew fossil fuel projects [1]
British Museum reveals a staff member has been dismissed for stealing about 2,000 objects, including jewelry and semi-precious stones [1]
Gujarat is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about 2,340 km (1,450 mi) is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula.
Canadian province of British Columbia declares a state of emergency as two major wildfires combine near Adams Lake, forcing the evacuation of 30,000 people [1]
MLB Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Trea Turner hits two solo home runs in the same inning in a 12-3 win over the Nationals in Washington
Ecuador votes in a referendum against drilling for oil in Yasuní National Park, a world biosphere reserve inhabited by Indigenous groups in the Amazon [1]
Mario is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the star of the Mario franchise, a recurring character in the Donkey Kong franchise, and the mascot of their...
Eight people are dramatically rescued from a cable car after 14 hours in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, northwest Pakistan [1]
At least 26 people are killed after a railway bridge under construction collapses near the Indian town of Sairang in Mizoram state [1]
BRICS meeting of emerging nations in South Africa agrees to invite six new nations to join in an attempt to balance the global power of the US and Europe [1]
The longest alligator ever recorded in Mississippi at 14 ft 3 in (4.3 m) is captured in the Sunflower River, weighing 802.5 pounds (364 kilograms) [1]
Gymnast Simone Biles (26) wins her record 8th US Championship in San Jose, California
Barbie becomes Warner Bros' highest-grossing global release, overtaking Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, earning $1.34 billion [1]
Greek wildfire north of the city of Alexandroupoli is declared the EU's largest ever recorded, having burned 310 sq miles (810 sq km) and killed 20 people [1]
Gabonese military leaders seize power in a coup, placing President Ali Bongo Ondimba under house arrest in Libreville [1]
At least 76 die in a fire in a office building housing migrants and vulnerable people in Johannesburg, South Africa [1]
American rock band Aerosmith kicks off "Peace Out: The Farewell Tour" with concert at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lagos' first-ever metro rail service, the Blue Line, begins operation in Nigeria, reducing a 2-hour journey to 15 minutes [1]
American singer Joe Jonas (34) files for divorce from English actress Sophie Turner (27) in Miami, Florida, after 4 years of marriage [1]
Africa's first climate summit opens in Nairobi, Kenya, calling for greater climate-related financing from industrialized countries [1]
American rocker Bruce Springsteen (73) postpones the remaining eight shows of his summer tour under doctor's advice to treat peptic ulcer disease
American "That '70s Show" actor Danny Masterson sentenced to 30 years to life in prison after a jury convicted him in May of two rapes in 2003 [1]
6.8 magnitude earthquake hits central Morocco, its epicenter in the Atlas Mountains near Marrakesh, killing around 3,000 people and causing catastrophic damage affecting over 6 million people [1]
G2 summit begins in New Delhi, India: African Union is invited to become a permanent member, and a statement on the war in Ukraine condemns the use of force to seize territory [1]
Collapse of two dams after heavy rain from Storm Daniel sends a torrent of flooding through the city of Derna, Libya, cutting it off completely and leaving over 4,000 dead and 8,000 missing [1]
American rock band Aerosmith postpones their "Peace Out: The Farewell Tour" after three shows due to a vocal cord injury of singer Steven Tyler (75)
Convicted murderer Danilo Cavalcante, who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison, recaptured after nearly two weeks on the run in Chester County [1]
Huge loss of life in Libyan floods could have been avoided with functioning weather service, according to World Meteorological Organization, amid reports death toll could reach 20,000 [1]
United Auto Workers union go on strike at three locations - GM factory in Wentzville, a Ford plant in Wayne, Michigan, and a Jeep plant run by Stellantis in Toledo [1]
A massive rockslide in Greenland creates a tsunami wave in the Dickson Fjord that shakes the earth for nine days [1]
British comedian Russell Brand is accused of rape, sexual assaults, and emotional abuse by four women in investigation by "The Sunday Times" and Channel 4 [1]
America and Iran swap five prisoners each in an agreement that also allows the release of $6 billion in Iranian oil revenue [1]
Azerbaijan agrees to a ceasefire with Karabakh separatists after a 24-hour military offensive against ethnic Armenians in the South Caucasus [1]
The 2024 IFSC Climbing World Cup is the 36th edition of the international competition climbing series organised by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC), held in 9 locations.
At least 68 people are killed in a fuel depot explosion as ethnic Armenians rush to leave the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan after a military offensive by Azerbaijan [1]
At least 94 people die in a fire at a wedding in Qaraqosh, Iraq, after fireworks set a building alight [1]
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio returns to Earth with Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, setting an American record of 371 days in space [1]
"My Dad Wrote a Porno," hosted by host Jamie Morton, becomes the first inductee into the British Podcast Awards' Hall of Fame [1]
Bipartisan deal to avoid US government shutdown is signed just hours before the midnight deadline and provides funding for 45 days [1]
Brock Richard Purdy is an American professional football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL).
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for discoveries that enabled mRNA vaccine development [1]
Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier for research into attosecond pulses of light [1]
21 people are killed after a bus crashes off a bridge and plunges 15m (50ft) at Mestre, near Venice, Italy [1]
Jon Olav Fosse is a Norwegian author, translator, and playwright. In 2023, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable." Fosse's...
Claudia Goldin is awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for advancing our understanding of women's labor market outcomes [1]
Revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's musical "Merrily We Roll Along," based on George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's play and starring Jonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe, opens at Hudson Theatre in New York City and wins 4 Tony Awards
Wild beavers are reintroduced to Ealing, London, from Scotland after being absent from the city for 400 years [1]
Israel orders 1.1 million people to evacuate from north to south Gaza, in anticipation of a ground invasion of the territory [1]
The solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, dubbed the "Great American Eclipse" by some media, was a total solar eclipse visible within a band that spanned the contiguous United States from the Pacific to...
Daniel Roy Gilchrist Noboa Azín is an Ecuadorian politician and businessman serving as the 48th and current president of Ecuador since 2023.
Amazon's largest tributary, the Negro River, records its lowest-ever level, confirming the rainforest is in the midst of its most significant drought [1]
At least 500 Palestinians are killed in an explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in the Gaza Strip, with local officials blaming an Israeli missile attack and Israelis blaming a misfired Palestinian rocket [1]
Claim that the world's oldest pyramid constructed by humans is under the Indonesian prehistoric site of Gunung Padang, West Java, and is 27,000 years old causes controversy [1]
'Superfog' conditions near New Orleans cause a motorway pile-up involving 158 vehicles, causing seven deaths [1]
Aid Agency Save the Children says 2,000 children have been killed in Gaza by Israeli bombing amid calls for a ceasefire at the UN [1]
At least 18 people killed and 13 injured in a massed shooting in Lewiston, Maine sending the area into lockdown with the suspect still at large [1]
The Myanmar civil war began in 2021 following the military coup on 1 February 2021.
10th Rugby World Cup, Stade de France: South Africa become first to win four World Cups and second to go back-to-back after a gripping 12-11 win over New Zealand; MVP: Springboks flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.
"AI" is named the most notable word of the year by Chambers Dictionary [1]
European Space Telescope Euclid releases its first images, becoming the first telescope able to capture an entire galaxy in a single exposure and is also built to explore dark matter and dark energy [1]
Icelandic town of Grindavík on Reykjanes peninsula evacuated after thousands of earthquakes and rising magna point to an imminent eruption [1]
Unprecedented heatwave in Brazil affects more than 3,000 towns with Rio de Janeiro reaching 42.5C - very high humidity makes it feel like 58.5C [1]
Liberia General Election: Joseph Boakai defeats sitting President George Weah by just 1% in closest runoff in Liberia’s history [1]
Daryl Hall files a lawsuit and a request for a restraining order (later granted) against his music partner John Oates [1]
Revival of John Du Prez and Eric Idle's musical "Spamalot", based on the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," opens at the St. James Theatre, NYC
Earth's hottest day: global average surface temperature more than 2°C (2.06°C) above pre-industrial levels for the first time according to EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service [1]
Brazil records its highest-ever temperature - 44.8C (112.6F) in Araçuaí, Minas Gerais state [1]
Somalian authorities say 50 people have died in heavy rain and flooding, and 687,235 people displaced, amid large downpours across the Horn of Africa linked to El Nino [1]
Finland closes all but one border with Russia after an influx of migrants orchestrated, it said, by Russia [1]
Dallas Cowboys defensive back DaRon Bland breaks NFL single-season record for interception returns for a touchdown with his fifth, in 45-10 win over visiting Washington Commanders; previous record of 4 set in 1971 and most recently tied in 1993
Nigerians abducted for ransom and one killed by armed bandits on motorcycles in northern Zamfara state, amid increasing kidnappings in the region [1]
Paul Lynch is an Irish novelist known for his poetic, lyrical style and exploration of complex themes.
41 Indian construction workers are successfully rescued after 41 days trapped in a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand, India [1]
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in Russia face severe challenges and discrimination not experienced by non-LGBTQ people.
US House of Representatives votes 311-114 to expel indicted member George Santos (R-New York), after the House Ethics Committee issued a report concluding that he “sought to fraudulently exploit every aspect of his House candidacy for his own personal financial profit" [1]
American rock band KISS concludes farewell "End of the Road" tour at Madison Square Garden, NYC; the encore is performed by the premiere of digital avatars of the group
Indonesia's Mount Marapi, on island of Sumatra, erupts 3km into the air, killing 23 people [1]
The Turner Prize, named after the English painter J. M. W. Turner, is an annual prize presented to a British visual artist.
South Fork Wind, the first large-scale offshore wind farm, begins supplying electricity to the US 35 miles off Montauk [1]
The China Jinping Underground Laboratory (CJPL), the world's deepest and largest underground laboratory at 2,400 meters, begins operating below Jinping Mountains [1]
Exhibition "The Art of Zen" featuring ink painting "Persimmons" the 'Zen Mona Lisa' by 13th century Chinese monk Muqi opens In San Francisco [1]
Kawhi Anthony Leonard ( kə-WHY; born June 29, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
89th Heisman Trophy Award: Jayden Daniels, LSU (QB)
Mosconi Cup nine-ball pool, London, England: German Joshua Filler takes MVP award as Europe complete an 11-3 whitewash of the US
Canadian accused poison seller Kenneth Law who allegedly sent 200 packages to people in more than 40 countries, is charged with 14 counts of murder [1]
U.N. General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to demand a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, amid reports 18,000 Palestinians have been killed, 70% children and women, with over 80% now homeless [1]
COP28 in Dubai ends with agreement from 190 counties to begin “transitioning away from fossil fuels”, a compromise but still the first to directly address an end to fossil fuels [1]
The accession of Moldova to the European Union (EU) is on the current agenda for future enlargement of the EU. Following an application by Moldova in March 2022, Moldova was officially granted...
Lewis Terence Koumas is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for EFL Championship club Hull City on loan from Premier League club Liverpool, and the Wales national team.
American jazz vocal quartet "The Manhattan Transfer" marks their 50th anniversary with a farewell concert at Disney Hall in Los Angeles, California [1]
61 people drown after a boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast Zuwara, Libya [1]
6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Jishishan county in Gansu Province killing at least 127 people - China's worst earthquake in 13 years [1]
"Science" names anti-obesity medications that mimic the hormone GLP-1 their breakthrough of the year, that contain semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro) [1]
Gaza Health Authority says the death toll has reached nearly 20,000 from the war with Israel - higher than other Arab conflict with Israel in more than 40 years [1]
Caitlin Clark ties Elena Delle Donne as the fastest Division I women's player to reach 2,000 career points in a game for Iowa against Dartmouth
UN Security Council resolution votes to speed up delivery of desperately needed aid for Gaza 13-0 with Russia and the US abstaining [1]
Beijing breaks its 1951 record for sub-zero December temperatures, recording more than 300 hours as a record cold spell affects the north and northeast of China [1]
Ncuti Gatwa makes his debut as the fifteenth incarnation of the Doctor in "Doctor Who", with Millie Gibson as his companion
The Detroit Pistons suffer a 118-112 loss to the Brooklyn Nets at home to set an NBA single-season record with their 27th straight defeat
L’Oréal heiress and businesswoman Françoise Bettencourt Meyers is the first woman to be worth $100 billion, after a rise in the company's share price [1]
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Li Keqiang dies