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*United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced more than $400 million in new humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza. [https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/11/politics/antony-blinken-gaza-aid-humanitarian/index.html (CNN)] |
*[[United States Secretary of State]] [[Antony Blinken]] announced more than $400 million in new humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza. [https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/11/politics/antony-blinken-gaza-aid-humanitarian/index.html (CNN)] |
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*Sri Lanka’s foreign ministry said that his country received assurances from Russia that it would stop recruiting its citizens to fight in Ukraine. [https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/06/11/russia-to-stop-recruiting-fighters-from-sri-lanka-colombo-says- (Alarabiya)] |
*Sri Lanka’s foreign ministry said that his country received assurances from Russia that it would stop recruiting its citizens to fight in Ukraine. [https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/06/11/russia-to-stop-recruiting-fighters-from-sri-lanka-colombo-says- (Alarabiya)] |
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*A man self-immolates at [[St. Mark's Square, Zagreb|St. Mark's Square]] in [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]]. The square houses the [[Banski Dvori]] and the [[Croatian Parliament|Parliament]] building. [https://n1info.ba/english/news/man-sets-himself-on-fire-in-zagrebs-st-marks-square/ (N1)] |
*A man self-immolates at [[St. Mark's Square, Zagreb|St. Mark's Square]] in [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]]. The square houses the [[Banski Dvori]] and the [[Croatian Parliament|Parliament]] building. [https://n1info.ba/english/news/man-sets-himself-on-fire-in-zagrebs-st-marks-square/ (N1)] |
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*[[Hunter Biden]], son of [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Joe Biden]], is convicted in a federal court in [[Delaware]] on three felony counts of possession of a firearm while under the influence of narcotics. He faces up to 25 years in prison. [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/verdict-reached-hunter-biden-gun-trial-rcna155458 (NBC News)] |
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Revision as of 15:48, 11 June 2024
June 11, 2024 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Korean conflict
- South Korea says its forces fired warning shots at North Korean soldiers after they briefly crossed the demarcation line in the Korean Demilitarized Zone. (Reuters)
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russia says it has captured Timkovka village in Kharkiv Oblast and Miasozharivka village in Luhansk Oblast. (Barrons via Agence France-Presse)
- Islamic State insurgency in Iraq
- Iraqi security forces in cooperation with U.S.-led coalition forces kill Abu Zainab, a senior member of Islamic State in the city of Raqqa, Syria. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- The World Bank approved $1 billion for the construction of the Dasu Dam in northwest Pakistan. (Alarabiya)
- Production starts at Senegal's first offshore oil project which aims to produce 100,000 barrels of oil per day. (ABC News)
International relations
- United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced more than $400 million in new humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza. (CNN)
- Sri Lanka’s foreign ministry said that his country received assurances from Russia that it would stop recruiting its citizens to fight in Ukraine. (Alarabiya)
Politics and elections
- 2024 French legislative election
- France's left wing political parties join together in electoral alliance (New Popular Front) ahead of the French parliamentary elections. (Lemonde)
- 2024 South African general election
- Former South African president Jacob Zuma and his party uMkhonto weSizwe seek to block the newly elected parliament from sitting, citing vote-rigging. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Chikangawa Dornier 228 crash
- The wreckage of an aircraft which went missing yesterday in Malawi amid bad weather is found. All the ten people on board, including the country's Vice-President Saulos Chilima, are confirmed dead. (Reuters)
- A Russian Sukhoi Su-34 crashed in the Caucasus mountains during a routine training exercise, killing the crew aboard. (Reuters)
- At least 49 migrants drown, and 140 are missing off Yemen's coast, according to the U.N. Migration Agency. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- A man self-immolates at St. Mark's Square in Zagreb, Croatia. The square houses the Banski Dvori and the Parliament building. (N1)
- Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, is convicted in a federal court in Delaware on three felony counts of possession of a firearm while under the influence of narcotics. He faces up to 25 years in prison. (NBC News)