Paralysis In a medical first, a paralyzed man is able to walk naturally through the use of electronic brain implants implanted by Swiss scientists.
2024 Republican Party presidential primaries Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announces his campaign for the 2024 United States presidential election.
Canada–Saudi Arabia relations Canada and Saudi Arabia agree to restore full diplomatic relations and to appoint new ambassadors for the first time since a breakdown in relations in 2018 over the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi.
Cotton Tree The historic Cotton Tree, a large "Ceiba pentandra", is felled during a rainstorm in Freetown, Sierra Leone. President Julius Maada Bio calls the destruction of the iconic tree a "great loss to the nation".
2023 Pacific typhoon season People in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands are told to seek refuge as Typhoon Mawar approaches with winds reaching 282 km-h (175mph).
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Four people are killed and several others are injured by a suicide car bombing at a checkpoint in North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Russian invasion of Ukraine Japan announces that it will donate 100 military vehicles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.