Fulani herdsmen attack the community of Odugbeho in Agatu, Benue State, killing 40 civilians in the process.
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June 7, 2021 (Monday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
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.
Disasters and accidents
Two passenger trains collide in Ghotki, Sindh, Pakistan, killing 40 people and injuring nearly 120 others.
Health and environment
The Philippines begins the mass vaccination campaign for economic frontline workers.
The Philippines's Food and Drug Administration approves for emergency use the Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV vaccine.
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.
The Cook Islands reports the country's first positive case of COVID-19.
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.
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.
International relations
Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a law formalizing Russia's withdrawal from the Treaty on Open Skies.
Maldivian Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Shahid is elected the 76th President of the United Nations General Assembly.
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.
Law and crime
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.
Attorney General of Israel Avichai Mandelblit tells the Supreme Court he will not intervene in the Sheikh Jarrah case.
Russian oppositional leader Alexei Navalny is returned to prison after fully recovering from his hunger strike.
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.
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 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.
Politics and elections
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.
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.
President Jovenel Moïse postpones the constitutional referendum, originally scheduled for June 27, to an unknown date citing rising COVID-19 cases in the country.
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