Portal:Current events/2023 June 19
Armed conflicts and attacks
Arts and culture
- The mayor of the mythology was born in India instead of Nepal. (Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
- Indian purchase agreement in commercial aviation. (CNN)
Disasters and accidents
- Titan submersible implosion
- The submersible Titan, carrying tourists to the wreck of the RMS Titanic, is reported missing, with the United States Coast Guard attempting to locate the missing vessel. (CBS News)
Health and environment
- The United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopts the High Seas Treaty, the first treaty aimed towards marine conservation in international waters. (The Hill)
- A report to the Japanese National Diet revealed that from the end of World War II to 1996 over 25,000 Japanese citizens were forcibly sterilized under their eugenics law, including two nine-year-olds. (BBC News)
International relations
- Qatar–United Arab Emirates relations
- The foreign ministries of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates announce that they will restore diplomatic relations and reopen their embassies in Doha and Abu Dhabi, after relations were suspended six years ago during the Qatar diplomatic crisis. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- Moldovan protests
- The Constitutional Court of Moldova outlaws the Șor Party after accusations that the party was trying to undermine the rule of law during the recent protests in Moldova. (Reuters)
- Commons Privileges Committee investigation into Boris Johnson, Partygate
- MPs vote to support the report issued by Parliament into former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (BBC News)
- Six people are killed and eight others injured in a shootout between rival gangs on a street in Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador. (AFP via France 24)
Sports
- Racism in association football
- The New Zealand national team abandon their friendly against Qatar at half-time in protest at a Qatari player's alleged use of a racial slur against New Zealand defender Michael Boxall, who is half Samoan. (CNN)
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