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Claudia Sheinbaum
- The CNSA Chang'e 6 completes sampling and takeoff from the far side of the Moon.
- Claudia Sheinbaum (pictured) is elected as the president of Mexico.
- In association football, the UEFA Champions League concludes with Real Madrid defeating Borussia Dortmund in the men's final and Barcelona defeating Lyon in the women's final.
- Former U.S. president Donald Trump is found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records.
June 5, 2024 (Wednesday)
June 4, 2024 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Russia–NATO relations
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warns that French military instructors will be "legitimate targets" if they are deployed to Ukraine. (France 24)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Russia–NATO relations
Disasters and accidents
- The Kanlaon volcano in central Philippines erupts, causing evacuations and a suspension of activities in the city of Canlaon. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Indian general election
- The alliance of parties led by Narendra Modi reaches the 272 seats threshold needed to form a government, but Modi's BJP party loses its outright parliamentary majority. (BBC News)
- International recognition of the State of Palestine
- Slovenia's parliament approves a motion to recognize a Palestinian state. (The Times of Israel)
- Mexico–United States border crisis
- US President Joe Biden enacts an executive order to temporarily suspend asylum claims processing at the Mexico–United States border when the seven-day average of claims exceeds 2,500 per day. Amnesty International criticizes the executive order, accusing Biden of "setting a dangerous international precedent". (NPR) (AP)
- North Korea–South Korea relations
- The State Council of South Korea suspends the 2018 Panmunjom Declaration due to border tensions over balloons sent across the border by North Korea. (AP)
Science and technology
- Chinese space program
- The China National Space Administration's Chang'e 6 spacecraft lifts off from the surface of the far side of the Moon carrying samples of lunar soil and rocks back to Earth. (Reuters)
- The National Health Service declares a "critical incident" after several hospitals in London, including King's College Hospital, say they have cancelled appointments and turned away patients after a cyberattack on their Synnovis IT systems. (AP)
June 3, 2024 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Sudanese civil war
- The Rapid Support Forces announce the establishment of a civil administration in the state of South Darfur, which they fully control. (Al Taghyeer)
- A Syrian man is arrested after throwing a Molotov cocktail at the Israeli embassy in Bucharest, Romania and attempting to self-immolate. (Jerusalem Post) (AP)
Business and economy
- GameStop short squeeze
- The value of GameStop shares increases by 21% after Keith Gill posts a $116 million investment on Reddit. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Indian heat wave
- More than 211 people are killed and nearly 25,000 others suffer from heatstroke amid a severe heat wave in India. (The Independent) (Reuters)
- The Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii, United States, erupts for the first time in nine months. (The New York Times)
- At least 11 are killed by two tornadoes in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. (Daily Maverick)
International relations
- Afghanistan–Kazakhstan relations, International relations with the Taliban
- Kazakhstan removes the Taliban from its list of terrorist organizations. (RFE/RL)
Law and crime
- Arrest of Imran Khan
- The Islamabad High Court overturns former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan's charges of leaking national security secrets. (Reuters)
- The Chinese Ministry of State Security arrests and charges a couple for allegedly spying for Britain's MI6 agency. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- 2023–2024 Georgian protests
- Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia Shalva Papuashvili signs the foreign agent bill into law amid mass protests and warnings from Western countries against signing the bill. (RFE/RL)
- 2024 European farmers' protests
- Spanish and French farmers block roads on highways through the Pyrenees mountains in protest against trade with non-European Union member states. (Reuters)
- 2024 United Kingdom general election
- Nigel Farage is appointed leader of Reform UK and announces that he will run as a candidate for the party in the upcoming UK general election in Clacton. (The New York Times)
- Major Nigerian unions Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress begin an indefinite general strike, causing closures of schools, public offices, and airports, as well as a shutdown of the national power grid amid a cost-of-living crisis and record low minimum wages in Nigeria. (VOA) (Al Jazeera)
June 2, 2024 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Sudanese civil war
- Darfur campaign
- Battle of El Fasher
- The Ministry of Health of North Darfur reports that there has been 82 deaths and hundreds of injuries due to clashes in El Fasher over the last two days. (Sudan Tribune)
- 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, North Darfur, 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
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Germany floods
- A firefighter is killed and thousands of people are evacuated after heavy rains cause flooding in southern Germany, particularly in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. (Reuters) (DW)
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
- A mass shooting in Akron, Ohio, kills a 27-year-old man and wounds 24 people. (NPR)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Mexican general election
- Mexicans 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. She will begin her term as Mexico's first female president on October 1. (CBC)
- 2024 Iranian presidential election
- Former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that he intends to run again following the death of Ebrahim Raisi. Ahmadinejad has been rejected from running in the two previous presidential elections. (ABC News Australia)
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)
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
- Sudan’s Ambassador to Russia confirms willingness of his country to allow construction of a Russian naval base on the Red Sea. (Sudan Tribune)
- 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)
- 2024 Indian heat wave
- 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)
May 31, 2024 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine launches missile and drone strikes across Krasnodar Krai, Russia, injuring two people and damaging several oil refineries. (Reuters)
- Kharkiv strikes
- Treatment of prisoners of war in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine and Russia announce their first exchange of prisoners of war in nearly four months, with 150 people freed following negotiations mediated by the United Arab Emirates. (Reuters)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Red Sea crisis
- 30 May 2024 Yemen strikes
- The death toll from yesterday's U.S. Navy and British Navy airstrikes in Yemen increases to 16 with 35 others injured. (AP)
- The Houthi Supreme Political Council states that it launched an attack on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, although American officials deny this claim. (The Independent)
- 30 May 2024 Yemen strikes
- Sudanese civil war
- Battle of Khartoum
- Seven soldiers are killed and 28 others are injured in an offensive by the Rapid Support Forces near Khartoum, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)
- Battle of Khartoum
- 2024 Mannheim stabbing
- A man with a knife stabs several people at an anti-Muslim rally in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany including two policemen, including one in the neck, before being injured by a bullet. (Reuters)
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- A medic is killed and another is injured in an Israeli airstrike against an ambulance in Naqoura, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
International relations
- France–Israel relations
- France bans Israeli defense firms from exhibiting at the Eurosatory weapons expo convention. (Al Jazeera)
- China–United States relations
- At the 2024 Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin meets with Chinese Minister of National Defense Dong Jun, with the two agreeing to resume military-to-military communication between the two countries. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- Corruption in Zambia
- Former First Lady of Zambia Esther Lungu is arrested on fraud charges. (BBC News)
- Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton dies in prison after being attacked by another inmate earlier this month. (AP)
- French security services arrest a Chechen teenager suspected of plotting a islamist-inspired ambush on a football game during the Summer Olympics. (The Guardian)
Politics and elections
- Israel–Hamas war protests
- Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States
- Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy parts of the Brooklyn Museum in New York City, New York, U.S. (Reuters)
- Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States
May 30, 2024 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Russia–NATO relations
- 2024 Kharkiv offensive
- The United States gives Ukraine permission to strike Russian territory near Kharkiv Oblast with U.S.-supplied weapons, but not with long-range missiles. (Politico) (CNN)
- Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen says Denmark has approved Ukrainian airstrikes on Russian territory using Danish-supplied F-16 jets. (The Moscow Times)
- 2024 Kharkiv offensive
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Russia–NATO relations
- Israel–Hamas war
- Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
- The Israeli military lifts a ban on the sale of food to the Gaza Strip from Israel and the West Bank. (Reuters)
- Rafah offensive, Siege of Gaza City, Refugee camp airstrikes in the Israel–Hamas war
- Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
- Red Sea crisis
- 2024 Sanaa strikes
- The United States Navy and the Royal Navy strike thirteen Houthi locations across Yemen, damaging underground facilities and vessels, killing at least two people and wounding ten. (NPR)
- 2024 Sanaa strikes
- North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
- North Korea launches a series of short-range ballistic missiles from Pyongyang toward the Sea of Japan. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- A bus falls into a gorge in Jammu division, India, killing 21 people travelling to a pilgrimage site in Reasi district. (ABC News)
- A person is killed after falling into a running aircraft engine of a departing plane at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands. (Al Jazeera)
Health and environment
- 2020–2024 H5N1 outbreak
- The third human case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States is found in a dairy worker in Michigan. (NPR)
International relations
- International recognition of the State of Palestine
- Slovenia's ruling cabinet approves a motion to recognize Palestine as an independent nation and sends the motion to the National Assembly for adoption. (AP)
Law and crime
- Catalan independence movement
- The Spanish parliament votes to pass a bill granting amnesty to hundreds of Catalan secessionists involved in the Catalan declaration of independence from 2011 to 2017. (Al Jazeera)
- Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York
- Former President of the United States Donald Trump is found guilty by a jury on all 34 felony counts relating to falsifying business records, becoming the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime. (CNN)
- Hong Kong convicts fourteen activists and politicians guilty of subversion under its national security law. (Al Jazeera)
- The United States Department of Labor files a lawsuit against Hyundai Motors over illegal use of child labor at the company's automobile factory in Montgomery, Alabama, amid a nationwide increase in child labor in the U.S. (Reuters)
- Three people, including a police officer, are killed in a mass shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. (WCCO-TV)
- Footballer Gerard Piqué is placed under official investigation for his alleged involvement in illegal payments in the relocation of the Supercopa de España from Spain to Saudi Arabia. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Israel–Hamas war protests
- 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
- Police dismantle and remove the student pro-Palestinian encampment at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. (The Detroit News) (AP)
- 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
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