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
- 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)
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 32.1%. Her opposition Katrín Jakobsdóttir concedes the election with 25.1%. (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)
- Thousands of people gather in a rally in London organized by Tommy Robinson to protest against two-tier policing of protests in London and the growing Islamization of the country. (The Irish News)
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
- Kutum Hospital airstrike
- The Sudanese Armed Forces bomb a hospital in Kutum, Sudan in the east of El Fasher, wounding dozens. (Al Mayadeen English)
- Approximately eleven civilians are killed and 42 are injured after large clashes between the RSF, the Sudanese Armed Forces, and various rebel militia groups in El Fasher, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)
- UNICEF announces that over 270,000 people, including more than 130,000 children, are at risk after fighting at the Golo Reservoir in El Fasher. (The Print)
- Kutum Hospital airstrike
- Battle of El Fasher
- Battle of Khartoum
- Seven soldiers are killed and 28 are injured after an offensive by the Rapid Support Forces in the area of Khartoum. (Sudan Tribune)
- Darfur campaign
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
Politics and elections
- 2024 Mexican general election
- Voters in Mexico elect a new president and legislature, eight governors, the mayor of Mexico City, and some 20,000 other positions in federal and local elections. (CNN)
- 2024 Iranian presidential election
- Former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces he intends to run for President of Iran again following the death of Ebrahim Raisi. (ABC News Australia)
Science and technology
- China's Chang'e 6 lunar exploration mission successfully lands on the far side of the Moon. (Reuters)
June 3, 2024 (Monday)
June 11, 2024 (Tuesday)
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