Portal:Current events/2023 July 14

July 14, 2023 (2023-07-14) (Friday)

Arts and culture

• 2023 Hollywood labor disputes
  • Universal announces that the upcoming red carpet premiere for the Oppenheimer film has been cancelled amidst the SAG-AFTRA strikes. The film is still expected to be screened. (Screen International)

Business and economy

• Foxconn, a tech giant headquartered in Taiwan, announces that it has made a deal with Karnataka, a state in India, to buy 300 acres of land for a new iPhone factory. (Economic Times)

International relations

• Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
  • Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
    • Azerbaijan's State Border Service reopens the Lachin corridor to allow the Red Cross to conduct medical evacuations from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia amid protests over the corridor's closure on July 11 and humanitarian concerns. (AFP via France 24)

Law and crime

• Gilgo Beach serial killings
  • A suspect in the Long Island serial murders is arrested in Massapequa Park, New York, United States. (The Independent)
• Protests against Quran desecration in Sweden
  • Police authorize a protest involving the burning of the Bible and the Torah outside the Israeli embassy in Stockholm following a series of anti-Islam demonstrations involving Quran desecration across the country. Israeli officials have urged the Swedish government to prevent the act. (AP)

Science and technology

• The Indian Space Research Organization launches Chandrayaan-3 on a mission to the Moon. The mission will deploy the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover to study the Moon's surface for two weeks. The mission is similar to the failed Chandrayaan-2 mission, which crashed shortly before landing in 2019. (Space.com)

Sports

• 2023 Pacific Four Series
  • In women's rugby union, New Zealand win their second consecutive Pacific Four Series title after defeating the United States 39–17 at TD Place Stadium in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (BBC Sport)

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