Spaceflight American spaceflight company Virgin Galactic launches its first space tourism flight, Galactic 02. Antigua and Barbudan tourists Keisha Schahaff and Anastatia Mayers become the first mother-daughter duo and first people from the Caribbean to fly to space, while Mayers also becomes the youngest woman and second youngest person to fly to space.
Sanctions The United States imposes coordinated sanctions with Canada and the United Kingdom on former Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh and several of Salameh's associates for alleged embezzlement and money laundering of $300 million.
Criticism of Tesla, Inc. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opens an investigation into a fatal vehicle crash in Virginia, U.S., involving a Model Y vehicle from Tesla.
LGBT rights in Malaysia Malaysia bans the use of Swatch products containing LGBTQ elements, with users of these products facing up to three years in prison.
Assassinated Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso declares a state of emergency following the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito.
Iran–United States relations The United States announces an agreement with Iran to repatriate five American citizens in exchange for access to $6 billion in blocked funds.
China–Philippines relations Philippine President Bongbong Marcos suspends 22 land reclamation projects in Manila Bay due to environmental concerns and the involvement of Chinese state-owned enterprises.
Mass grave A mass grave is discovered near the city of Dzyarzhynsk, Belarus, believed to contain either the remains of a church cemetery, the inhabitants of the city's Jewish ghetto, or Calvinists.
Storm Hans After several days of heavy rains in Norway, the town of Hamar floods the speed skating rink at the Vikingskipet arena in order to relieve the flooding in other parts of the town.
Wildfires in 2023 Alaska, United States, reports its worst air quality in recorded history after extreme amounts of smoke enter the state.
The death toll from the wildfires increases to 53, all in the town of Lahaina in western Maui, Hawaii, United States.
LGBT rights in Kuwait Kuwait bans the American film "Barbie" over homosexual content, with the Lebanese Minister of Culture proposing a similar ban.
2023 Hollywood labor disputes The American Academy of Television Arts & Sciences postpones the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards until January 2024, due to the ongoing strikes of the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA.
Syrian civil war At least 23 soldiers are killed and ten more injured during an ambush by Islamic State gunmen against a military vehicle in Deir ez-Zor, Syria.
Russian invasion of Ukraine The Kupiansk city military administration says it will begin evacuating civilians from the Kupiansk Raion of the Kharkiv Oblast due to intense Russian shelling.
Russian forces attack Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast, with mortars and aerial bombs, injuring at least six people.
At least one person is killed and 14 others are injured in a Russian Iskander missile strike on a hotel in Zaporizhzhia.