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August 2, 2023 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Business and economy

Binance. The Wall Street Journal discloses that cryptocurrency exchange Binance continues to do business within the People's Republic of China despite a formal prohibition of such activity by PRC authorities in 2021. WSJ says that more-or-less open trading totals US$90 billion per month. Street Journal)

Disasters and accidents

2023 Pacific typhoon season
- Typhoon Doksuri
  - 2023 China Doksuri floods
    - The death toll from the flooding in Beijing, China, which is the city's worst flooding in more than 140 years, increases to 21. (CP24)
Twenty people are killed, five others are missing, and nine others are rescued after a boat carrying charcoal and food capsizes in the Ugandan waters of Lake Victoria. (Al Jazeera)
A train collides with a bus near El Marqués, Querétaro, Mexico, killing at least seven people and injuring seventeen others. (AP)
Two people are killed and two others are injured by an explosion at a house in Buena, New Jersey, United States. (NBC News via Yahoo!)
A Cessna 152 aircraft crashes in Luna, Apayao, Philippines, during a training flight from Laoag, Ilocos Norte, to Tuguegarao, Cagayan, killing an Indian student pilot and his flight instructor. (AFP via Gulf News)

Law and crime

Politics and elections

Sports

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
- Jamaica become the first Caribbean team to qualify for the knockout stage of a FIFA Women's World Cup after drawing 0–0 with Brazil in their final group stage match to finish second in their group. (Forbes)

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 **[[Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure (2022–present)|Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure]]
 ***A [[Russian Armed Forces|Russian]] [[drone strike]] in [[Izmail]], [[Odesa Oblast]], damages administrative buildings and [[grain]] storage facilities. [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-02/ukraine-s-izmail-port-hit-in-russian-drone-attack-reports-say (Bloomberg)]
+'''Business and economy'''
+*[[Binance]]. The [[Wall Street Journal]] discloses that cryptocurrency exchange Binance continues to do business within the [[People's Republic of China]] despite a formal prohibition of such activity by PRC authorities in 2021. WSJ says that more-or-less open trading totals US$90 billion per month. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/crypto-is-illegal-in-china-binance-does-90-billion-of-business-there-anyway-2a0af975#_=_(Wall Street Journal)]
 '''Disasters and accidents'''