Portal:Current events/June 2024
June 2024 is the sixth month of the current leap year. The month, which began on a Saturday, will end on a Sunday after 30 days. It is the current month.
Portal:Current events[edit]
June 1, 2024 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Sudanese civil war
- Darfur campaign
- Battle of El Fasher
- Kutum Hospital airstrike
- The Sudanese Armed Forces bomb a hospital in Kutum, Sudan, injuring dozens of people. (Al Mayadeen)
- Around eleven civilians are killed and 42 others are injured in large clashes between the Rapid Support Forces, the Sudanese Armed Forces, and various rebel militia groups in El Fasher, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)
- Kutum Hospital airstrike
- Battle of El Fasher
- Darfur campaign
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Russia launches missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, injuring at least four people and damaging critical infrastructure, including energy facilities. Ukraine says that it shot down 35 of 53 missiles and 46 of 47 drones. (Reuters)
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
Disasters and accidents
- A boat carrying 25 people capsizes in eastern Afghanistan, killing 20 of them. (AP)
- At least 33 Indian election polling staff die from heatstroke in a heatwave across the country. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- Capital punishment in Yemen
- A court run by the Houthis in Yemen sentences 44 people to death on charges of collaborating with the Saudi coalition. (ABC News)
- Vallow–Daybell doomsday murders
- A jury in Idaho, United States, sentences Chad Daybell to death for the murders of his ex-wife and two of his wife's children. (AP)
- Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation submit an SEC filing acknowledging a data breach of customer information potentially affecting 560 million users. Banco Santander and cloud provider Snowflake Inc. are also believed to have been affected by the same data breach. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Icelandic presidential election
- Icelanders vote for the President of Iceland. Incumbent president Guðni Th. Jóhannesson had previously announced that he would not be seeking a third term. (Al Jazeera)
- Halla Tómasdóttir is elected as the President of Iceland with the plurality of the votes at 34.2%. Her opposition Katrín Jakobsdóttir concedes the election with 25.2%. (DW)
- 2024 Indian general election
- The final phase of the general election in India is held, with the ruling National Democratic Alliance projected to win a majority. Results will be announced on June 4. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2023–24 UEFA Champions League
- In association football, Real Madrid win a record 15th Champions League title after defeating Borussia Dortmund 2–0 in the final at Wembley Stadium in London, England. (CNN)
- 2023–24 NHL season
- In ice hockey, the Florida Panthers advance to the Stanley Cup Finals by beating the New York Rangers by four games to two. (Nhl.com)
June 2, 2024 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Sudanese civil war
- Darfur campaign
- Battle of El Fasher
- UNICEF reports that more than 270,000 people, including more than 130,000 children, are at risk following fighting at the Golo Reservoir in El Fasher, Sudan. (The Print)
- Battle of El Fasher
- Darfur campaign
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russia–NATO relations, Russia–United States relations
- Russia accuses NATO and the United States of "provoking a new level of tension" after some allies agreed to let Ukraine's military use Western-supplied weapons to strike targets inside Russia. (BBC News)
- Russia–NATO relations, Russia–United States relations
- Syrian civil war
- Israel's role in the Syrian civil war
- Syrian state media reports that a number of people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes near Aleppo. (Reuters)
- Israel's role in the Syrian civil war
Disasters and accidents
International relations
- International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war, Israel–Maldives relations
- The Maldives announces a ban on Israeli passport holders from entering the country. (CNN)
Law and crime
- One person is killed and 24 others are injured in an overnight mass shooting in Akron, Ohio, United States. (NPR)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Iranian presidential election
- Former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that he intends to run for President of Iran again following the death of Ebrahim Raisi. Ahmadinejad has been rejected from running in the two previous presidential elections. (ABC News Australia)
- 2024 Mexican general election
- Voters in Mexico elect a new president and legislature, eight governors, the mayor of Mexico City, and around 20,000 other positions in federal and local elections. (CNN)
- Claudia Sheinbaum wins the presidential election, becoming the first female Mexican president. She will begin her term on October 1. (CBC)
Science and technology
- Chinese space program
- China's Chang'e 6 lunar exploration mission to collect moon rock successfully lands on the far side of the Moon. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2023–24 NHL season
- In ice hockey, the Edmonton Oilers advance to the Stanley Cup Finals by beating the Dallas Stars by four games to two. (Nhl.com)
June 3, 2024 (Monday)
Politics and elections
- 2023–2024 Georgian protests
- Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia Shalva Papuashvili signs the foreign agent bill into law amidst mass protests and warnings from Western countries against signing the bill. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
June 4, 2024 (Tuesday)
June 11, 2024 (Tuesday)
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