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- A coalition government, led by Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă (pictured), takes office in Romania, ending a nearly three-month-long political crisis.
- At least fifty people are killed in a mining accident in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.
- Twenty-seven people die when their dinghy capsizes in the English Channel.
- The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is launched to attempt to change the orbit of the asteroid moon Dimorphos.
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