Portal:Current events/2023 July 14
July 14, 2023 (Friday)
Business and economy
- Foxconn, a tech giant headquartered in Taiwan, has made a deal with a state in India, Kamataka, to buy a plot of land for a new factory for the assembly of [iPhones]]. International relations (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)
- Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
Law and crime
- Long Island serial killer
- 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 2 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)