Our daily jaunt around the world

🇿🇦 South African sailor Kirsten Neuschäfer became the first woman to win a solo round-the-world yacht race. The 39-year-old set off from France on September 4, 2022, alongside 15 male competitors. After more than 235 straight days alone at sea in her 36-foot-long vessel, Neuschäfer became the first competitor to make it back to France on Thursday, having traveled a total of 30,290 nautical miles. (Fun fact: the route was a replica of the one Sir Robin Knox-Johnston took when he became the first person to perform a solo, nonstop circumnavigation of the globe in 1968-69.)

🇺🇦🇷🇺 Ukraine attacked Russian-occupied Crimea in preparation for a coming offensive. That’s according to a Ukrainian military spokesperson, who claimed responsibility yesterday for a drone attack on an oil depot in Sevastopol, the largest city in Crimea, that resulted in a large fire. One day earlier, Russia’s military had launched a series of missile strikes targeting Ukrainian towns located hundreds of miles from the front lines of battle, resulting in at least 23 civilian deaths.

🇬🇧 BBC Chairman Richard Sharp resigned over his previously-undisclosed involvement in a $1 million loan to former PM Boris Johnson. Sharp’s resignation on Friday came after a government investigation determined the former Goldman Sachs banker created the appearance of a conflict of interest by not fully disclosing his past relationship with then-PM Johnson when applying for the BBC chairman job in 2021 (he was later appointed by Johnson himself). Sharp will stay in his chairman role until a successor is appointed next month.