Portal:Current events/2023 June 7

June 7, 2023 (Wednesday)

Arts and culture

The Egyptian antiquities ministry prohibits a group of archaeologists from the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, Netherlands, from conducting excavations in Saqqara after the museum unveiled an exhibit about ancient Egyptian music that Egyptian authorities criticized for its Afrocentric depictions of certain figures, claiming it was historical negationism. (CNN)

Disasters and accidents

2023 Canadian wildfires
- 2023 Central Canada wildfires, 2023 United States East Coast wildfire smoke
  - Millions of people in the eastern United States and central Canada are warned to limit their time outdoors due to smoke and bad air quality from large wildfires in northern Ontario and Quebec. (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
  - Air quality in New York City becomes the worst in the world, with air pollution levels reaching more than 400 on the Air Quality Index. (NBC News)
  - Officials in Chibougamau, Quebec, order 7,300 residents to evacuate in response to two nearby wildfires. (CBC News)
Three people are killed by a 4.8 magnitude earthquake in Maubin, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar. (Ludunwayoo)
Fifteen people are killed in a crash between a bus and a truck in Dakshin Surma Upazila, Sylhet District, Bangladesh. (IndianExpress)　
The Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii erupts after a 3-month pause, prompting evacuations. (AP)

Politics and elections

Science and technology

In a report published in Biology Letters, researchers reveal the first-known case of facultative parthenogenesis or a "virgin birth" in a crocodile, where a female American crocodile living in isolation at a Costa Rican zoo laid an egg of a fully formed stillborn crocodile that exhibited parthenogenesis. Researchers suggest that the findings could provide insights into the reproduction of crocodile ancestors, including dinosaurs and pterosaurs. (USA Today)
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces that the United Kingdom will host the world's first summit on artificial intelligence later this year. (The Philippine Star)

Sports