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Ganymede

• The Juno spacecraft performs a flyby of Jupiter's moon Ganymede (pictured).
• Using a compromised encrypted device network, a multinational sting operation results in hundreds of arrests and the seizure of several tons of illegal drugs.
• Two trains collide in Sindh, Pakistan, killing at least 63 people.
• At the British Academy Television Awards, Save Me Too wins Best Drama and Inside No. 9 wins Best Scripted Comedy.
• Waddani, led by Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, wins the most seats in the Somaliland parliamentary election.

Ongoing:

• COVID-19 pandemic

Recent deaths:

• Addo Bonetti
• Richard R. Ernst
• Tilly Hirst
• John M. Patterson
• Karla Burns
• Mochtar Kusumaatmadja

Current events of June 10, 2021 (2021-06-10) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Israeli soldiers raid a home in the occupied West Bank, due to an arrest warrant for two Palestinians accused of being the perpetrators of recent attacks. One of the suspects is shot dead. Palestinian intelligence officers arrive at the scene after hearing gunfire and reportedly opened fire on the Israeli soldiers, but were shot by them. Two of the officers were killed and a third wounded. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

• Twelve people are killed as a Burmese military plane crashes near Mandalay, Myanmar. (Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in India, COVID-19 pandemic in Bihar
    • India reports a world record of 6,148 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours due to the state of Bihar adding 3,951 backlogged deaths to previous total 5,478. It brings the Bihar's death toll to 9,429 and the nationwide overall to 359,676. (Hindustan Times)

Law and crime

• Authorities charge deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi with corruption, a charge that carries a maximum sentence of 15 years' imprisonment. Her trial is expected to begin Monday as her lawyers say all the charges against her are to "keep her out of the public eye". (DW)

Politics and elections

• Pope Francis rejects the offer of resignation by Archbishop of Munich Reinhard Marx over what the latter described mishandling of the "catastrophe" of sexual abuse in the Church. Francis addresses a letter to Marx where he agrees that it is a worldwide "catastrophe" but that he should stay on. Francis further stated that they cannot remain "indifferent in the face of the crime". Marx is seen as a progressive ally of Francis within the Church. (Reuters)

Current events of June 9, 2021 (2021-06-09) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War in Afghanistan
  • 2021 Afghanistan attacks
    • Ten mine clearers are killed and 12 others are wounded while working at a Halo Trust compound in Baghlan. Afghan officials blamed the Taliban for the attack while the ISIL claimed responsibility for it. The Taliban denied responsibility for the attack and Halo Trust reports that local Taliban militants arrived at the scene of the attack defending the miners and shooting the attackers. (BBC News)
    • A truck carrying explosives is detonated at the police headquarters in Balkh, killing 16 people and wounding 117 others. In addition to the district building that was completely destroyed and the police headquarters that was nearly demolished, 10 houses and 80 shops were also damaged in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. (TOLO News)

Arts and culture

• The Economist Intelligence Unit releases its annual Global Liveability Ranking assessment, ranking the world's most livable cities. Auckland, New Zealand replaces long-time first place holder Vienna, Austria, largely because of New Zealand's handling of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. (BBC on MSN)

Business and economy

• North American energy company TC Energy terminates its Keystone Pipeline project, which many environmentalists and Native Americans have opposed, citing the risk of pollution and potential damage to wildlife. The move comes nearly five months after United States President Joe Biden signed an executive order to revoke the permit that was granted to the company for the construction of the project's fourth phase. (Business Times)

Disasters and accidents

• Nine people are killed and eight more wounded as a five-storey building being demolished in Gwangju, South Korea, collapses onto a bus. Authorities are concerned that people may have been buried in the demolition site or on the nearby pavement. (CNA)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in France
      • France reopens indoor dining for bars and restaurants as well as gyms as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to decline and the number of vaccinations increases. Rules for travellers from within the European Union are also eased, while cultural venues can relax their measures. The curfew has also been changed to 11:00 p.m. (The Straits Times)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
      • Portugal delays its easing of the COVID-19-related lockdown in Lisbon, Braga, Vale de Cambra and Odemira until June 27 amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. (Barron's)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
      • The United Kingdom reports 7,540 new cases in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day total since February 26 amid an increase in the number of Delta variant cases. (ITV News)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan
    • The number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Pakistan surpasses 10 million. (The Times of India)
• The World Mosquito Programme reports that an experiment in which mosquitos purposefully infected with Wolbachia bacteria were released in Yogyakarta, Indonesia saw rates of dengue fever cases in the city drop by 77%, and an 86% reduction in related hospitalizations. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• A court in Russia begins the process of evaluation of a request to label opposition activist Alexei Navalny's network Anti-Corruption Foundation as "extremists", which, according to Navalny's lawyers and allies, would prevent them from running for office and carrying out their activities. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2021 Mongolian presidential election
  • Mongolians head to the polls to elect a new president. (Al Jazeera)
• Supreme Court of Vanuatu Justice Oliver Saksak places a stay on speaker Gracia Shadrack's vacation of 18 seats of parliament until a court can formally consider the dispute. (RNZ)

Sports

• Vietnam announces that it plans to postpone the Southeast Asia Games, one of the five subregional Games of the Olympic Council of Asia, until next year, citing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. Eight of the 11 member states of the Southeast Asian Games Federation have objected to Vietnam's proposal to postpone the competition, according to a statement from the Olympic Council of Malaysia. (CNA)

Current events of June 8, 2021 (2021-06-08) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War in Afghanistan
  • 2021 Afghanistan attacks
    • Afghanistan's power distributor, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat, says that 23 electricity pylons have been destroyed or damaged by explosions in the past month, disrupting imported power from Iran and Uzbekistan to numerous provinces and districts. ISIL has claimed responsibility for destroying the towers. (TOLO News)

Arts and culture

• A 1933 U.S. double eagle gold coin once owned by King Farouk of Egypt is sold at auction in New York City for US$18.9 million, becoming the most expensive coin ever sold. (BBC News)

Business and economy

• The Iraqi Radioactive Sources Regulatory Authority announces that Iraq is seeking to build eight nuclear reactors capable of producing 11 gigawatts combined to address increasing electricity demand, which is predicted to rise 50% from roughly 28GW today to 42GW by 2030. Average electrical power output currently stands at about 18.4GW, of which 1.2GW is imported. The Authority says that they are in discussions with Korean, Russian, U.S., and French officials on how to implement the plan. (Bloomberg)
• ProPublica reveals that it received an anonymous leak of personal tax filings for thousands of the wealthiest Americans over multiple years, and publishes a long form analysis of the 25 wealthiest individuals' filings and rates per year. IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig said that the IRS is investigating the leak of the tax data to ProPublica and that any violations of law would be prosecuted. (ProPublica) (ABC News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2021 Ghotki rail crash
  • The death toll from yesterday's train crash in Ghotki, Sindh, Pakistan, increases to 65 people, as more bodies are recovered from the scene. (AP)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Kuwait
      • Kuwait approves the usage of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the fourth vaccine to be approved in the country. (Al Arabiya English)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, COVID-19 vaccination in South Korea
      • South Korea reports a new single-day record of 857,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine administered. (CNA)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • Statistics of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Florida, COVID-19 pandemic in Alabama
        • Florida and Alabama will no longer report COVID-19 data as the two U.S. states will move on to their next phase of the pandemic. (CNBC)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Vermont
      • Vermont reports their first case of the Lineage B.1.617 Delta variant in a Chittenden County traveler. (VTDigger)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina
    • Argentina surpasses four million cases of COVID-19 and 82,000 deaths from COVID-19 amid a second wave of the pandemic. (Perfil)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda
    • Uganda suspends their mass vaccination programme against COVID-19 due to a shortage of vaccines. (ANI News)

International relations

• Saudi Arabia–Syria relations
  • Syrian opposition group Free Officers Movement reports that Saudi Arabia is close to reaching a re-normalization deal with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, seeing it as vital to reducing Iranian influence in the region. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Death of Sarah Everard
  • Former Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens admits to kidnapping, raping and killing Everard, but not to murder. (BBC News)
• 2021 United States Capitol attack
  • A United States Senate report on the 2021 Capitol attack finds that intelligence was gathered regarding a potential storming of the building in December but was not relayed to the FBI, Homeland Security, the Justice Department or the Defense Department. (Axios)
• LGBT rights in Ghana
  • A court in Ghana denies bail to 21 gay rights activists arrested nearly three weeks ago during an assembly. The 16 women and five men are being prosecuted under the country's laws against homosexuality where gay sex is punishable with up to three years' imprisonment. A local LGBT organization says that the activists were in a meeting discussing human rights of gay people in Ghana, which is not illegal. The court has set June 16 for the next hearing on the case. (Reuters)
• ANOM sting operation
  • A global operation where crime gangs were sold encrypted phones that law enforcement could monitor has led to more than 800 arrests and the seizure of 30 tonnes of drugs, millions of dollars in cash, weapons and luxury cars. The FBI helped to infiltrate 12,000 devices into 300 criminal groups in more than 100 countries, providing the FBI and its partner forces around the world with access to 27 million messages. The operation also revealed that gangs were being tipped off about police actions, which prompted "numerous high-level public corruption cases in several countries", according to an affidavit from an FBI agent. (ABC News)
• Interpol reveals an operation in 92 countries that shut down 113,000 websites and online marketplaces selling counterfeit or illicit medicines and medical products last month, led to the arrests of 227 people worldwide, recovered pharmaceutical products worth $23 million, and led to the seizure of approximately nine million devices and drugs, including large quantities of fake COVID-19 tests and face masks. (New Indian Express)
• The UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals at The Hague upholds the life sentence of war criminal and Bosnian Serb Army chief Ratko Mladić, who was convicted for his roles in the siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica massacre. The tribunal also rejects attempts by the prosecution to overturn the acquittal of one of Mladić's genocide charges. This was Mladić's final appeal. (Al Jazeera)
• Two men are arrested for slapping French President Emmanuel Macron and shouting royalist slogans when Macron was greeting people in Tain-l'Hermitage, Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2021 Peruvian general election
  • Left-wing candidate Pedro Castillo takes a very slim but widening lead ahead of right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori, but the results still remain too close to call as Fujimori warns of "irregularities". (Al Jazeera)
• South African Health Minister Zweli Mkhize is put on special leave following allegations that he awarded COVID-19-related contracts to a company headed by his former associates. (Al Jazeera)
• Gracia Shadrack, Vanuatu's speaker, declares that the seats of the prime minister Bob Loughman, the deputy prime minister, and 16 other MPs are vacant after they boycott parliament for three days. (Radio New Zealand)

Science and technology

• The U.S. Senate votes 68–32 to pass the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, a bill that is aimed to strengthen the U.S. against competition from China. The bill will head to the U.S. House of Representatives for a vote. (Axios)
• A global internet outage caused by an internal issue at content delivery network Fastly causes thousands of websites such as the UK Government's website, BBC, The New York Times, CNN, Financial Times, The Guardian, Pinterest, Reddit, Twitch, Spotify, Bloomberg News, and Amazon to be inaccessible for up to an hour. (Channel News Asia) (New Indian Express) (Reuters)
• One of the largest X-ray surveys using the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton space observatory publishes their initial findings mapping the growth of 12,000 supermassive black holes at the cores of galaxies and galaxy clusters. (Phys.org)

Sports

• 2020–21 NBA season
  • In basketball, Serbian center Nikola Jokić of the Denver Nuggets wins the Most Valuable Player Award. He is the lowest-ever drafted player to win the award after being picked 41st overall in the 2014 NBA draft. (The Philippine Star)

Current events of June 7, 2021 (2021-06-07) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Communal conflicts in Nigeria
  • Fulani herdsmen attack the community of Odugbeho in Agatu, Benue State, killing 40 civilians in the process. (Sahara Reporters)

Business and economy

• Alphabet Inc., parent company of Google, announces that it has settled an antitrust suit with the French Autorité de la concurrence with a payment of €220m (US$270 million). The settlement amounts to less than 0.7% of Alphabet Inc.'s yearly earnings. (BBC News) (The New York Times)

Disasters and accidents

• 2021 Ghotki rail crash
  • Two passenger trains collide in Ghotki, Sindh, Pakistan, killing 40 people and injuring nearly 120 others. (BBC News)
• June 2021 Pune fire
  • At least 18 people are killed in a fire at a chemical plant in Pune, Maharashtra, India. (BBC News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
      • COVID-19 vaccination in the Philippines
        • The Philippines begins the mass vaccination campaign for economic frontline workers. (Rappler)
      • The Philippines's Food and Drug Administration approves for emergency use the Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV vaccine. (Rappler)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan
      • Taiwan extends its nationwide alert level 3 until June 28 as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to remain high. (Focus Taiwan)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
      • Thailand begins a long-awaited mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19 which aims to inoculate 70% of its population by the end of this year in order to prepare for a wider reopening next year. (The Straits Times)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Malta
      • Malta reports no new cases of COVID-19 for the first time since July 25, 2020, as bars, cinemas and theatres are reopened following months of closures. (Malta Today)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
      • Spain reopens its international borders to travellers who have been vaccinated against COVID-19. For tourists from low-risk countries, no proof of vaccination, recovery, or diagnostic test will be required and antigen tests are now accepted for travellers from risk zone countries. (El País)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the Cook Islands
    • The Cook Islands reports the country's first positive case of COVID-19. (RNZ International)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda
    • President Yoweri Museveni reimposes a lockdown including the closure of all educational institutions, the shutdown of weekly open markets, suspension of some inter-city travel, and the suspension of church services following an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. (U.S. News & World Report)
• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves the use of aducanumab to treat Alzheimer's disease, the first Alzheimer's drug to be approved in 18 years and the first to target the disease process. The drug is considered controversial as clinical trials gave conflicting results on its effectiveness. (The New York Times) (BBC News)

International relations

• U.S.-Mexico border crisis
  • In Guatemala, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris announces several steps to address the migration crisis at the Northern Triangle during a joint conference with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei. She also urged migrants not to flee to the Mexico–United States border. (NBC News)
• Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a law formalizing Russia's withdrawal from the Treaty on Open Skies. (MSN)
• Maldivian Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Shahid is elected the 76th President of the United Nations General Assembly. (The Indian Express)

Law and crime

• 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis
  • A pro-settler march that was scheduled for Thursday and would have traveled through sensitive sites in East Jerusalem is canceled after Israeli police refused to authorize it. However, the police said they would review a petition calling for the march to be rescheduled. The cancellation follows a warning from Hamas senior leader Khalil al-Hayya that the march could lead to renewed violence. (Al Jazeera English)
  • Attorney General of Israel Avichai Mandelblit tells the Supreme Court he will not intervene in the Sheikh Jarrah case. (Al Jazeera English)
• Immigration detention in Australia
  • The Federal Court of Australia finds an Iraqi asylum seeker detained for over two years was unlawfully imprisoned and orders the Commonwealth government to pay him AU$350,000 in damages. The case is expected to set a precedent for refugee rights claims in the future. (The Guardian)
• LGBT rights in India
  • The Madras High Court orders "strict action" to be taken against individuals that promote conversion therapy, and issues guidelines to the police, education institutes, and the judiciary on how to address LGBT issues and individuals. (Scroll.in)
• Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations
  • The U.S. Justice Department announces it will defend former President Donald Trump in a defamation suit brought against him by E. Jean Carroll, who says Trump raped her in the 1990s. (The Wall Street Journal)
• Russian oppositional leader Alexei Navalny is returned to prison after fully recovering from his hunger strike. (Deutsche Welle)

Politics and elections

• 2021 Mexican legislative election
  • The National Electoral Institute reports that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's coalition Juntos Hacemos Historia is projected to win between 265 and 292 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, retaining its majority but without the two-thirds majority that it previously had. His party National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) saw losses in Mexico City, previously a MORENA stronghold. López Obrador subsequently vows to do more to help the poor. (Reuters)
• 2021 Malian coup d'état
  • Assimi Goïta is sworn-in as President of Mali after the recent coup d'état, which was considered a "coup within a coup" after Goïta, who directed the 2020 coup, carried out another coup and arrested the leaders that were in charge after the 2020 coup. (Deutsche Welle)
• 2021 Haitian constitutional referendum
  • President Jovenel Moïse postpones the constitutional referendum, originally scheduled for June 27, to an unknown date citing rising COVID-19 cases in the country. (Al Jazeera English)

Current events of June 6, 2021 (2021-06-06) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• London, Ontario truck attack
  • Four people are killed and another is wounded after a man drives his truck into a Pakistani Muslim family in London, Ontario, Canada. The suspect is identified by police as Nathaniel Veltman, a local 20-year-old motivated by Islamophobia. He has been arrested and facing four charges of first-degree murder and 1 charge of attempted murder. (Al Jazeera English) (CBC News)

Arts and culture

• The British Normandy Memorial in Normandy, France, is officially unveiled on the 77th anniversary of the Normandy landings. (BBC News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh
      • COVID-19 vaccination in Bangladesh
        • Bangladesh approves the emergency use of the Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine, becoming the second Chinese-made vaccine to be approved in the country. (Dhaka Tribune)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Haryana
        • Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is currently serving prison time in Rohtak, tests positive for COVID-19. (India TV News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Israel
      • COVID-19 vaccination in Israel
        • Israel begins a vaccination campaign for 600,000 children between the ages of 12 and 16, with the first priority being children who are at greater risk of experiencing severe symptoms from COVID-19 and children from families who are expected to travel abroad. (The Times of Israel)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in North America
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
      • COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
        • The United States surpasses 300 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines being administered. (ABC News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Yukon
        • An outbreak is declared at a gold mine in Yukon after three people tested positive for COVID-19. (CBC News)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Fiji
    • Fiji reports a record 83 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national total of confirmed cases to 604. The Ministry of Health seals off the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva for COVID-19 patients only as 11 of the cases are of unconfirmed origin. (RNZ International)

Law and crime

• 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis
  • Israeli police arrest Sheikh Jarrah activists Muna and Mohammed El-Kurd, the former for allegedly participating in riots, and the latter after he turned himself in following a police summons. Both of them were released separately. (BBC News)
• Aftermath of the 2021 United States Capitol attack
  • U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) announces he has served Mo Brooks (R-AL) with a lawsuit that accuses him of being responsible for inciting the January 6 riot at the United States Capitol. (Axios)
• Six people were killed and 14 wounded in a knife attack by a 25-year-old man in the commercial pedestrian street of Anqing, east China's Anhui province. (South China Morning Post)

Politics and elections

• 2021 Saxony-Anhalt state election
  • Voters in the German State of Saxony-Anhalt head to the polls to elect a new Landtag. They are the last German elections before the 2021 German federal election. (SaltWire Network)
  • In a surprise victory, Chancellor Angela Merkel's party Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is projected to be the clear winner, taking in 37% of the vote. The far-right Alternative for Germany, which was polling neck-and-neck with the CDU for most of the campaign, came in second with 20.8%, down three percentage points from last state election. (Deutsche Welle) (Reuters)
• 2021 Peruvian general election
  • Peruvians head to the polls to elect their President. Left-wing candidate Pedro Castillo faces right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori, who is the daughter of the authoritarian former President Alberto Fujimori. Polls show Fujimori slightly ahead in the polls as Castillo warns of fraud. (Reuters)
• 2021 Somaliland parliamentary election
  • The National Electoral Council reports that in Somaliland's first parliamentary election since 2005, oppositional parties Waddani and Justice and Welfare Party won 31 and 21 seats respectively, while the ruling Kulmiye Peace, Unity, and Development Party won 30 seats. The victorious oppositional parties subsequently announce that they will form a government together. (Al Jazeera English)
• 2021 Mexican legislative election
  • Mexican voters head to the polls to elect a new session to the Chamber of Deputies. Analysts predict that while President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's party National Regeneration Movement will lose seats, his coalition will retain an overall majority. The lead-up to the election saw considerable violence, with at least 89 politicians, including 35 candidates, killed in the past 200 days. (Al Jazeera English)

Sports

• 2021 U.S. Women's Open
  • In golf, 19-year-old Yuka Saso of the Philippines wins this year's championship at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, California, after coming back from two double-bogeys to beat Japan's Nasa Hataoka in the third hole of a sudden death playoff. Saso is the first Filipino player to win a major golf championship and equals South Korea's Inbee Park as the youngest champion of the U.S. Women's Open. (CNN International)
• 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League
  • The United States wins the inaugural edition of the CONCACAF Nations League, defeating Mexico in the final by a scoreline of 3–2 after extra time. (ESPN)

Current events of June 5, 2021 (2021-06-05) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • Solhan and Tadaryat massacres
    • At least 160 people are killed by Islamic extremists in Solhan, Yagha, northeastern Burkina Faso. It is the deadliest terrorist attack in the country's history. Hours before the massacre, 13 civilians and a soldier were killed in an attack in Tadaryat. (BBC News)
• Yemeni Civil War
  • Seventeen people are killed and five more wounded during a rocket attack near a petrol station in the city of Marib, Yemen. The incident is blamed on the Houthis, who however did not claim responsibility. (Al Jazeera English)
• 2021 Myanmar protests
  • Clashes erupt in Ayeyarwady and Kyonpyaw, near Yangon, where the military shot and killed 20 protesters, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll since the February 1 coup to more than 845. Meanwhile, military junta leader Min Aung Hlaing meets with ASEAN leaders to discuss paths to peace in the country. (Reuters)
• Kurdish–Turkish conflict
  • A Turkish airstrike at the Makhmour Refugee Camp in northern Iraq kills three people and injures many others. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• The Group of Seven finance ministers agree on a deal to commit towards a minimum global corporate tax rate of at least 15 percent, which will be aimed at preventing tax havens that cater to large multinational corporations, during a meeting in London. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
• Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announces at a Bitcoin conference in Florida that his country will adopt the cryptocurrency as legal tender alongside the U.S. dollar, making El Salvador the first country to do so. He plans to introduce the relevant legislation to the Legislative Assembly next week. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• A coal mine collapse and subsequent flood leaves seven miners trapped in Múzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico. Rescue operations are currently underway. (Sky News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
      • China becomes the first major country to authorize the emergency use of the Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine for children as young as three years old. (Bloomberg)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka
      • Sri Lanka surpasses 200,000 cases of COVID-19. (Ada Derana)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan
      • Taiwan reports a record 38 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 225. (South China Morning Post)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium
    • Belgian federal and regional health ministers agree to open vaccination for teenagers aged 16 to 17 years old using Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The programme will begin once the vaccination of adults has been completed. (The Guardian)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Venezuela
    • Venezuela reaches an agreement to buy doses of the Russian EpiVacCorona vaccine, as well as manufacture the vaccine locally. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Aftermath of the 2021 United States Capitol attack
  • The U.S. Department of Justice says that over 465 people have been arrested since the attack on the United States Capitol. The Department of Justice is also seeking information on 250 other suspects. (ABC News)

Sports

• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports
  • 2020–21 PGA Tour
    • After completion of the third round of the Memorial Tournament, Jon Rahm is notified that he had tested positive for COVID-19. Rahm was leading the tournament by 6 strokes before having to withdraw due to Tour protocols. (CBC News)

Current events of June 4, 2021 (2021-06-04) (Friday)

Business and economy

• Nigerian Information Minister Lai Mohammed announces that the government is indefinitely suspending Twitter's operations in the country, saying that the social media service is being used for "activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence". The move comes two days after President Muhammadu Buhari was temporarily suspended from Twitter for posting an inflammatory tweet directed at groups believed to be responsible for attacking government buildings in recent weeks. (Al Jazeera English)
• United Airlines announces it has ordered 15 supersonic jets from the Denver-based aircraft startup Boom Technology, provided the jets meet safety standards, with plans to put them into service in 2029. This is the first time that an airline will use supersonic jets in their service since Air France and British Airways retired Concorde in 2003. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• A Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes in the Alay District in Kyrgyzstan, injuring 13 people. (AKIpress News Agency)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Afghanistan
      • Afghanistan reports a record 36 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 3,104. (Anadolu Agency)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
      • Malaysia surpasses 600,000 cases of COVID-19. (Today)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan
      • Taiwan surpasses 10,000 cases of COVID-19. (Focus Taiwan)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam, COVID-19 vaccination in Vietnam
      • The Ministry of Health approves the emergency use of the Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV vaccine, making it the third vaccine to be authorized for use in the country. (VnExpress International)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in France, Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic
      • The French government issues new rules that would allow all vaccinated travellers from the European Union and seven other "green" countries to enter the country without showing a negative testing result beginning on June 9. (ABC News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Malta
      • Malta reports its first case of the "Delta" B.1.617.2 variant, which was originally discovered in India. (The Malta Independent)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom
      • The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency approves the usage of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people between the ages of 12 and 15, making it the first vaccine to be approved for use in teenagers in the UK. (The Independent)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
    • Some lockdown restrictions are lifted in regional Victoria as health authorities are confident that the current outbreak is limited to the state capital of Melbourne. Restrictions will remain in place in Greater Melbourne for another week. A 5 km (3.1 mi) travel limit is extended to 10 km (6.2 mi), and QR check ins at public places are now mandatory. (The Guardian)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, COVID-19 vaccination in Brazil
    • Brazilian health regulator Anvisa grants a conditional approval for the Sputnik V and Covaxin vaccines. (Reuters)
• Nepal reports its first death from mucormycosis, or "black fungus", in a 65-year-old man who was being treated in the ICU at a hospital in Dhangadhi after being diagnosed with temporal lobe encephalitis. (Medical Xpress)

International relations

• Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya asks the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union to exercise more pressure on the government of Alexander Lukashenko. Tsikhanouskaya, who is currently in self-exile in Lithuania, has been calling for such sanctions since the arrest of activist and journalist Roman Protasevich on May 23. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis
  • International protests over the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis
    • Pro-Palestine protesters in the U.S. gather at the Port of Oakland to attempt to block an Israeli cargo ship from entering the port. Protesters also call for an economic boycott of Israel following the 11-day conflict. (San Francisco Chronicle)
  • At least 23 runners in East Jerusalem are injured after Israeli police fired tear gas and stun grenades at people participating in a 3.5 km (2.2 mi)-run organized to show solidarity with Palestinian families facing eviction in Sheikh Jarrah. (Al Jazeera English)
• 2020-2021 United States racial unrest, 2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest
  • Protesters face off with officers in Minneapolis over the shooting death of Winston Boogie Smith. It was the second night of protests in response to the fatal shooting in the Uptown neighborhood. The fatal shooting comes as the city has been on edge since the death of George Floyd and the fatal killing of Daunte Wright by police officers. (NBC News)

Science and technology

• Facebook announces that it will no longer grant blanket immunity to politicians who use its service, especially if their posts are deemed to be deceptive or abusive. The announcement comes as Facebook officially bans former U.S. President Donald Trump from the website until January 2023 after he posted a message which Facebook viewed as supportive of the 2021 United States Capitol attack. (The Daily Telegraph) (France 24)

Sports

• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on motorsport
  • 2021 Formula One World Championship, COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
    • The Singapore Grand Prix, originally scheduled for October 3, is cancelled due to pandemic-related travel restrictions imposed on Singapore. (Seven News)

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Ongoing events

Business

• COVID-19 recession

Disasters

• COVID-19 pandemic
• 2020–21 European windstorm season
• 2020–21 H5N8 outbreak
• 2021 Pacific typhoon season
• Yemeni famine

Politics

• Afghan peace process
• Anti-Netanyahu protests
• Arab protests
• Armenian protests
• Belarusian protests
• Brazilian protests
• Colombian tax reform protests
• Greek protests
• Haitian protests
• Indian farmers' protests
• Israel–Palestine crisis
• Indonesia omnibus law protests
• Jersey dispute
• Libyan peace process
• Myanmar protests
• Nicaraguan protests
• Nigerian protests
• Persian Gulf crisis
• Peruvian crisis
• Samoan constitutional crisis
• Sudanese protests
• Tigrayan peace process
• Thai protests
• United States racial unrest
• United States Stop Asian Hate protests
• Venezuelan presidential crisis
• Yellow vests movement

Elections and referendums

Recent

• May
  • 26: Syria, President
  • 30: Cyprus, House of Representatives
  • 31: Somaliland, House of Representatives
• June
  • 6: Mexico, Chamber of Deputies
  • 6: Peru, President (2nd)
  • 9: Mongolia, President (1st)

Upcoming

• June
  • 12: Algeria, People's National Assembly
  • 13: Switzerland, Referendums
  • 18: Iran, President
  • 20: Armenia, National Assembly
  • 21: Ethiopia, House of Representatives
  • 24: Gibraltar, Referendum

Trials

Recently concluded

• Brazil: Wilson Witzel
• Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai
• Indonesia: Muhammad Rizieq Shihab
• Israel: Faina Kirschenbaum
• Spain: 2017 Barcelona attacks
• United States: Derek Chauvin, Cristhian Bahena Rivera

Ongoing

• Argentina: Rodolfo Martín Villa
• Armenia: Serzh Sargsyan
• Colombia: Álvaro Uribe
• France: Nicolas Sarkozy
• India: Disha Ravi
• Indonesia: Edhy Prabowo, Juliari Batubara
• Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu
• Kyrgyzstan: Almazbek Atambayev
• Malta: Yorgen Fenech
• South Africa: Jacob Zuma
• Spain: Bárcenas affair, Barçagate
• Sudan: Omar al-Bashir
• International: Ali Kushayb, The Gambia v. Myanmar

Upcoming

• Canada: Raj Grewal
• Indonesia: Nurdin Abdullah
• Kosovo: Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli
• Lesotho: Maesiah Thabane
• Rwanda: Paul Rusesabagina
• United Kingdom: Apsana Begum
• United States: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Elizabeth Holmes, Meng Wanzhou, R. Kelly, Ghislaine Maxwell
• Zimbabwe: Ignatius Chombo

Sport

• Association football
  • 2021 Copa Libertadores final stages
  • 2020–21 UEFA Nations League
  • 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
  • 2021 Major League Soccer season
  • UEFA Euro 2020
• Women's association football
  • 2021 NWSL season
• American football
  • 2021 Spring NCAA Division I FCS
• Baseball
  • 2021 MLB season
• Basketball
  • 2021 NBA Playoffs
• Cricket
  • ICC World Test Championship 2019–21
  • ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League 2020–2023
  • 2019–2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2
  • ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Challenge League 2019–2022
• Golf
  • 2021 European Tour
  • 2021 LPGA Tour
  • 2020 PGA Tour Champions
  • 2021 Ladies European Tour
  • 2020–21 PGA Tour
• Ice hockey
  • 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs
• Motorsport
  • 2021 Formula One Championship
  • 2021 Rally Championship
  • 2021 MotoGP
  • 2021 Supercars Championship
• Rugby league
  • 2021 NRL season
  • 2021 Super League
• Rugby union
  • 2020–21 Premiership Rugby
  • Pro14 Rainbow Cup
  • 2020–21 Top 14
  • 2021 Bunnings NPC
  • 2021 Super Rugby season
• Tennis
  • 2021 ATP Tour
  • 2021 WTA Tour
  • 2020–21 Davis Cup (Finals)
• Other sports seasons
  • 2021 International cricket season

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

June

• 9: Edward de Bono
• 9: Libuše Šafránková
• 7: Douglas S. Cramer
• 7: Jim Fassel
• 7: Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur
• 5: T. B. Joshua
• 5: Richard Robinson
• 4: Richard R. Ernst
• 4: John Malcolm Patterson
• 4: Clarence Williams III
• 3: F. Lee Bailey
• 3: Karla Burns
• 3: Anerood Jugnauth
• 2: Raymond J. Donovan
• 1: Amedeo, Duke of Aosta

May

• 31: James Crawford
• 31: Arlene Golonka
• 30: Jason Dupasquier
• 29: Gavin MacLeod
• 29: Gwen Shamblin Lara
• 29: Joe Lara
• 29: Cornelius Sim
• 29: B.J. Thomas
• 28: Mark Eaton
• 27: Shane Briant
• 27: Carla Fracci
• 27: Foster Friess
• 27: Poul Schlüter
• 26: Jerome Hellman
• 25: Roger Gifford
• 25: John Warner
• 24: Robert Green Hall
• 24: Anna Halprin
• 24: Samuel E. Wright
• 23: Eric Carle
• 23: Lorrae Desmond
• 23: Bob Fulton
• 23: Ron Hill
• 23: Max Moseley
• 23: Alex Salaueu
• 22: Joe Beckwith
• 22: Cornelia Oberlander
• 22: Yuan Longping
• 21: Ibrahim Attahiru
• 21: Sunderlal Bahuguna
• 21: Tahir Salahov
• 21: Klemen Tinal
• 20: Francisco Brines
• 20: Margherita Marchione
• 20: Abubakar Shekau
• 19: Lee Evans
• 19: Paul Mooney
• 18: Franco Battiato
• 18: Charles Grodin
• 17: Buddy Roemer
• 17: Jesús Santrich
• 17: Héctor Silva
• 16: Bruno Covas
• 15: Đorđe Marjanović
• 15: Eva Wilma
• 14: Jay Barbree
• 14: Kenneth Mayhew
• 14: New Jack
• 12: Kira Kreylis-Petrova
• 13: Tai
• 11: Colt Brennan
• 11: Norman Lloyd
• 11: Lester L. Wolff

Ongoing conflicts

Africa

• Algeria, Libya and Tunisia
  • Maghreb insurgency
• Cameroon
  • Anglophone Crisis
• Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria
  • Boko Haram insurgency
• Central African Republic
  • Civil War
• Chad
  • Insurgency in Northern Chad
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Kivu conflict
  • Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
  • Ituri conflict
  • Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
• Ethiopia
  • Tigray War (spillover)
• Ethiopia and Sudan
  • Sudanese–Ethiopian clashes
• Ghana
  • Western Togoland Rebellion
• Mali
  • Mali War
• Mozambique
  • Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
• Nigeria
  • Communal conflicts in Nigeria
• Somalia
  • Civil war
• Sudan
  • War in Darfur
  • South Kordofan conflict
  • Sudanese nomadic conflicts (incl. South Sudan)
• Western Sahara
  • Western Sahara conflict
    • 2020–2021 Western Saharan clashes

Americas

• Colombia
  • Colombian conflict
• Mexico
  • Mexican drug war
• Peru
  • Internal conflict in Peru
• Paraguay
  • Insurgency in Paraguay

Asia-Pacific

• Afghanistan
  • Afghanistan War
• India
  • Khalistan movement
  • Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
  • Insurgency in Northeast India
• India and Pakistan
  • Kashmir conflict
• Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines
  • Moro conflict
    • Cross border attacks in Sabah
• Indonesia
  • Papua conflict
• Myanmar
  • Internal conflict in Myanmar
    • Kachin conflict
    • Karen conflict
    • Rohingya conflict
• Pakistan
  • Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Insurgency in Balochistan
• Philippines
  • Communist rebellion
  • Philippine drug war
• Thailand
  • South Thailand insurgency

Europe

• Armenia and Azerbaijan
  • Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
• Ukraine
  • War in Donbass
    • Russo-Ukrainian War

Global

• War on terror

Middle East

• Egypt
  • Sinai insurgency
• Iran and the Persian Gulf
  • Iran–Israel proxy conflict
  • Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict
• Iraq
  • American-led intervention in Iraq
  • Iranian intervention in Iraq
• Iraq and Syria (map)
  • International military intervention against ISIL
• Israel and Gaza
• Israel and Syria
  • Israeli-Syrian border conflict
• Syria
  • American-led intervention in Syria
  • Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war
  • Turkish occupation of northern Syria
• Turkey
  • Kurdish–Turkish conflict
• Yemen and Saudi Arabia
  • Yemeni Civil War
  • Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
  • Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict

Further information: List of ongoing armed conflicts

2021 events and developments by topic

Arts

Architecture – Comics – Film – Home video – Literature – Music (Country, Rock, Metal, UK, US) – Radio – Television (UK, US) – Video games

Politics and government

Elections – International leaders – Sovereign states – Sovereign state leaders – Territorial governors

Science and technology

Archaeology – Biotechnology – Computing – Palaeontology – Quantum computing and communication – Space/Astronomy – Spaceflight

Environment and environmental sciences

Birding/Ornithology – Climate change

Transportation

Aviation – Rail transport

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

Works and introductions categories

Works – Introductions – Works entering the public domain