Portal:Current events/2023 July 28
July 28, 2023 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Nigerien coup d'état
- Nigerien army general Abdourahamane Tchiani declares himself the new President of Niger following Wednesday's coup d'état. (BBC News)
- The United Nations suspends humanitarian aid to Niger in response to the coup. (TRT World)
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
Business and economy
- Ford announces that they will recall over 870,000 F-150 pickup truck models over concerns of parking brake malfunctions. (CBS News)
International relations
- Haiti–United States relations, Haitian crisis (2018–present)
- The Biden administration orders U.S. government personnel and their families to leave Haiti, citing "kidnapping, crime, civil unrest, and poor health care infrastructure" in the country. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Capital punishment in Singapore
- Singapore executes Saridewi Djamani, the first woman to be executed in nearly twenty years. Djamani was found guilty of trafficking 30 grams of heroin in 2018. (BBC News)