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June 10, 2024 (Monday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The last remaining operational hospital in Al-Fashir, North Darfur, closes down after being stormed and looted by the Rapid Support Forces, according to Médecins Sans Frontières.
At least 50 people are killed and an unknown number are kidnapped, including women and children, when gunmen attack the village of Yargoje in Katsina State, Nigeria.
Ukraine's military says that its missile strikes near Yevpatoriya and Chornomorske in Russian-occupied Crimea damaged three Russian air defense systems.
The Russian Defence Ministry says that its forces have recaptured the village of Staromaiorske in Donetsk Oblast.
The United States lifts a ban on sending U.S. weaponry to Ukraine's Azov Brigade.
Disasters and accidents
An aircraft carrying Malawian Vice-President Saulos Chilima and nine others is reported missing while flying from Lilongwe to Mzuzu.
Law and crime
Poland announces a "no-go zone" in the Białowieża Forest in order to prevent migrants from crossing the border from Belarus. In response, concerns are raised about the potential impact on tourism during the summer.
After 17 years of litigation, Chiquita Brands International is found liable by a jury in United States Federal Court of financing the far-right paramilitary death squad United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia in the Antioquia and Magdalena Departments of Colombia.
A Spanish court sentences three men to eight months in prison for racist chants directed towards Brazilian football player VinĂcius JĂşnior.
Four American instructors from Cornell College in Iowa, United States, and one Chinese passerby are wounded in a stabbing attack at a park in Jilin City, China. The perpetrator is arrested a day later.
Politics and elections
The United States Consulate General in Sydney, Australia, is vandalized by a pro-Palestinian activist.
The New Flemish Alliance win the highest percent of votes in the federal election, followed by Vlaams Belang and the Reformist Movement.
Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo resigns after his party Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats loses to centre-right and conservative parties.
Several large protests are held in Yerevan, Armenia, calling for Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign due to Armenia ceding territory to Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
No party attains a majority in the Bulgarian National Assembly, with GERB attaining a plurality of seats.
The United Nations Security Council votes 14–0, with Russia abstaining, to back the ceasefire proposal outlined by US President Joe Biden.
Following resignation of De Croo, government formation talks begin.
Science and technology
Apple holds its 2024 Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino, California, United States, unveiling its Apple Intelligence, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, MacOS Sequoia, and more.
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