Portal:Current events/2023 June 2
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- Russian occupation official Vladimir Rogov says Ukrainian forces have shelled the port of Berdiansk in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, injuring nine people. (Reuters)
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- Allied Democratic Forces insurgency, Kivu conflict
- Nine people are killed when insurgents attack a group of people on the Kyondo-Kyavinyonge road in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
- Nine people are killed when
Arts and culture
- Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials
- The U.S. Army base at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, is renamed Fort Liberty. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Odisha train collision
- At least 288 people are killed and more than 900 injured in a
- 2023 Atlantic hurricane season
- Tropical Storm Arlene forms as the first named storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. (The Washington Post)
- One person is killed and nine others injured by a fire in a
- 2023 Central Canada wildfires
- The government of Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada, declares a state of emergency and orders the evacuation of more than 10,000 residents following a series of wildfires in the eastern part of the country. (CNA)
Health and environment
- fertility rate is expected to have reached a record low of 1.2565 in 2022. (Reuters)
International relations
- Foreign nationals detained in Iran
- Iran releases one Danish and two dual Austrian-Iranian citizens. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- Assassination of Jovenel Moïse
- A Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. (The Guardian)
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