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Current events (Wikipedia Portal)


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Last update: 2024-06-17 21:06:01


June 17, 2024 (2024-06-17) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

  • Israel–Hamas war
      □ Israeli war cabinet
          ☆ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces the dissolution
            of the war cabinet after Minister Gantz of the Resilience Party
            left the cabinet earlier last week. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

  • 2024 West Bengal train collision
      □ A cargo train collides with a Kanchanjungha Express passenger train in
        West Bengal, India, killing at least 15 people and wounding several
        more. (Al Jazeera)
  • Six people, including three children, were killed in an early morning house
    fire in Newnan, Georgia, while five people were hospitalized. (Newsweek)

Health and environment

  • 2020–2024 H5N1 outbreak
      □ Bird flu (H5N1) spreads to a seventh Australian poultry farm. (Reuters)

Law and crime

  • Cannabis in Maryland
      □ Governor of Maryland Wes Moore pardons over 175,000 low-level marijuana
        convictions. (Reuters)

June 16, 2024 (2024-06-16) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

  • Russo-Ukrainian war
      □ Humanitarian aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
          ☆ Norway announces that it will give Ukraine 1.1 billion kroner
            (US$103 million) to help repair its energy infrastructure and
            secure the country's electricity supply before the winter. (Le
            Monde)
      □ Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
          ☆ The two-day Global Peace Summit, dedicated to the discussion of "
            Ukraine's Peace Formula", ends at the Bürgenstock Resort in
            Switzerland. (CNN)
      □ Russia claims that it captured the village of Zahirne in Zaporizhzhia
        Oblast, Ukraine. (Barron's)
  • Islamic terrorism in Russia
      □ Rostov-on-Don pre-trial detention center hostage crisis
          ☆ Previously-detained inmates with alleged links to the Islamic State
            take two employees hostage in a pre-trial detention center in
            Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Russian national guards storm the center,
            killing all six hostage takers. (The Washington Post) (AP)
  • Israel–Hamas war
      □ Gaza humanitarian crisis
          ☆ Israel's military announces that it will begin "tactical pauses" in
            combat along roads in Southern Gaza during the daytime in order to
            allow humanitarian aid trucks to travel through the Kerem Shalom
            crossing into Gaza with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
            calling the pauses "unacceptable". (AP)

Disasters and accidents

  • 2024 California wildfires
      □ Around 1,200 people are evacuated from the Hungry Valley area near Los
        Angeles, California, United States, as the Post Fire spreads through
        the dry mountains near Interstate 5. (AP)
  • Extreme heat during Hajj
      □ At least 19 Jordanian and Iranian pilgrims are killed during the hajj
        in Saudi Arabia, with at least 14 dying from heat stroke. (Barron's)
  • 2024 Baños landslide
      □ At least six people are killed by a landslide caused by heavy rainfall
        that struck a highway in Baños in central Ecuador, with thirty people
        reported missing. (AP)

Politics and elections

  • LGBT rights in Ukraine
      □ Hundreds of LGBTQ+ Ukrainian Armed Forces troops and supporters march
        in central Kyiv to demand legal reforms for more same-sex partnership
        rights despite opposition from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church as well as
        from counter-protesters. (AP)

Sports

  • 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship
      □ 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans
          ☆ In endurance racing, the AF Corse Ferrari team wins the 24 Hours of
            Le Mans for the second consecutive year with drivers Antonio Fuoco,
            Miguel Molina, and Nicklas Nielsen. (The Race)
  • 2024 UFL season
      □ In American football, the Birmingham Stallions defeat the San Antonio
        Brahmas to win the inaugural UFL championship. Stallions quarterback
        Adrian Martinez is named the Most Valuable Player. (Fox Sports)

June 15, 2024 (2024-06-15) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

  • Russian invasion of Ukraine
      □ Eastern Ukraine campaign
          ☆ Three people are killed and five others are injured in a Russian
            cluster munition strike on the village of Ulakly in Donetsk Oblast.
            (The Kyiv Independent)
      □ Humanitarian aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
          ☆ The United States announces a $1.5 billion aid package to Ukraine,
            focused primarily on the country's energy industry and humanitarian
            assistance. (Politico)
      □ June 2024 Ukraine peace summit
          ☆ World leaders meet at the Bürgenstock Resort in Switzerland to
            advance the Ukrainian peace process. (The Guardian)
  • Israel–Hamas war
      □ Rafah offensive
          ☆ An IED kills eight IDF personnel in a Namer armoured personnel
            carrier in Rafah. (Times of Israel) (AP)

Disasters and accidents

  • Two people are killed in a plane crash near Chino, California, United
    States. (Los Angeles Times)
  • A Dutch tourist is found dead and three other tourists are missing on
    different Greek islands. (AP)

International relations

  • Iran–Sweden relations
      □ Iran and Sweden complete a prisoner swap mediated by Oman, with former
        Iranian official Hamid Nouri being exchanged for former Swedish
        diplomat Johan Floderus and a Swedish-Iranian citizen. (Al Jazeera)
  • Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
      □ China issues new regulations allowing their national coastguard to
        detain foreigners accused of illegally entering China's claimed
        territorial waters and adjacent waters. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

  • 2024 French legislative election
      □ Over 600,000 people march in cities across France to protest against
        the far-right National Rally party. (Reuters)
  • Honduran gang crackdown
      □ Honduran President Xiomara Castro announces new measures to reduce gang
        activity in Honduras, including building a 20,000-capacity "megaprison"
        and plans to designate gang members as terrorists. (Al Jazeera)
  • Thousands of women march in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in protest of a bill that
    would equate late abortions after 22 weeks to homicide with sentences of
    six to 20 years in prison. (Reuters)

Sports

  • 2024 Categoría Primera A season
      □ In Colombian association football, Atlético Bucaramanga win their first
        Category-A professional league tournament in a penalty shoot-out
        against Independiente Santa Fe. (Vavel)

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