2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Spain advances to the FIFA Women's World Cup final for the first time after defeating Sweden 2–1 in the semi-final.
Malaysia Former Malaysian prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin is acquitted by the high court of four corruption charges of obtaining bribes for his political party.
Federal lawsuit Child welfare advocates in the United States file a federal lawsuit to require the Biden administration to block imports of products containing cocoa harvested by children in West Africa, alleging that Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Homeland Security have ignored evidence of the existence of these imports.
2023 Ecuadorian general election Pedro Briones, a local leader of the Citizen Revolution Movement, is assassinated by gunmen in the northern province of Esmeraldas.
2023 North India floods At least 65 people are killed and 20 others are missing after flooding and landslides in northern India.
Wildfires in 2023 In the United States, Maui County officials including Governor Josh Green say that that the death toll of the wildfires have reached 106.
A state of emergency is declared in Canada's Northwest Territories as wildfires spread closer to the territorial capital Yellowknife. The hamlet of Enterprise, South Slave Region, is almost completely destroyed due to the fires.
Sri Lankan economic crisis Sri Lanka permits the importation of buses and trucks, reversing a part of its 2020 vehicle import ban initiated due to foreign exchange shortages, while bans on cars, motorcycles, and three-wheeled motor scooters persist pending improved foreign reserves.
Economy of Kenya Kenya's government debt surges to a record KSh 10.1 trillion (US$70.75 billion), surpassing its KSh 10 trillion debt limit, attributed to external debt and currency fluctuations. President William Ruto's response to the country's financial crisis has been met with months of civil disorder.
Economy of China The Chinese central bank lowers the medium-term lending facility rate, which is the interest rate on one-year loans to financial institutions, to 2.5%.
The Chinese national statistics office announces that retail sales increased by 2.5% year on year in July, while industrial production increased by 3.7% and unemployment increased to 5.3%. However, further releases of statistics on age-specific data will be suspended.
2023 Brazil blackout Brazil is affected by a nationwide blackout, with all of the states connected to the national energy system impacted. The state of Roraima is unaffected as it has its own energy system. The cause of the outage is still unknown.
Russian invasion of Ukraine Poland displays its weapons and defense systems at a military parade in Warsaw involving 2,000 troops, 200 vehicles and 100 aircraft.
Bryansk Oblast Governor Alexander Bogomaz says that Russian soldiers and security services stopped a Ukrainian sabotage group from infiltrating the border near the village of Kurkovichi.
Russia launches a large-scale airstrike on Lviv and northwestern Volyn Oblast, killing at least three civilians and injuring more than a dozen others.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict Two Palestinians combatants, including a 16-year old, are killed during a raid by Israeli soldiers in Jericho, in the occupied West Bank.
2023 Sudan conflict Clashes begin again in Nyala, with at least 43 people confirmed dead and dozens more injured.
Three people are killed and 30 others are injured in a shootout and subsequent shelling at a hospital south of Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan.