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jmetaB03bc0615a6cc6900df7108321285d7052f885a984716fc1107697ba7853288ca43@c68dc37064cc06fa105a5d01c8d4bdddb4b215fad1e4b7a38759dada50418c91rss.itemmetarss.netM :<item><title>Current events: 2024-06-09</title><link>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_June_9</link><description> &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Armed conflicts and attacks&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Lakki_Marwat_bombing" title="2024 Lakki Marwat bombing"&gt;2024 Lakki Marwat bombing&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;An &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvised_explosive_device" title="Improvised explosive device"&gt;IED&lt;/a&gt; kills seven &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army"&gt;Pakistan Army&lt;/a&gt; personnel in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakki_Marwat_District" title="Lakki Marwat District"&gt;Lakki Marwat District&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Khyber Pakhtunkhwa"&gt;Khyber Pakhtunkhwa&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan"&gt;Pakistan&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistans-army-says-bomb-blast-kills-seven-soldiers-2024-06-09/"&gt;(Reuters)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hezbollah_conflict" title="Israel–Hezbollah conflict"&gt;Israel–Hezbollah conflict&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Two people are killed by &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" title="Israel"&gt;Israeli&lt;/a&gt; attacks near &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aitaroun" title="Aitaroun"&gt;Aitaroun&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon"&gt;Lebanon&lt;/a&gt;, according to the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_News_Agency_%28Lebanon%29" title="National News Agency (Lebanon)"&gt;National News Agency&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/8/two-killed-in-southern-lebanon-as-hezbollah-israel-fighting-soars"&gt;(Al Jazeera)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Disasters and accidents&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;At least nine people are killed and 33 others are injured near &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasi" title="Reasi"&gt;Reasi&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_%28union_territory%29" title="Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)"&gt;Jammu and Kashmir&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India"&gt;India&lt;/a&gt;, after a bus carrying &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu" title="Hindu"&gt;Hindu&lt;/a&gt; pilgrims falls into a ravine following a suspected shooting attack. &lt;a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/9/at-least-nine-killed-after-attack-on-bus-in-indian-administered-kashmir"&gt;(Al Jazeera)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;International relations&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea%E2%80%93South_Korea_relations" title="North Korea–South Korea relations"&gt;North Korea–South Korea relations&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"&gt;South Korea&lt;/a&gt; announces that it will resume &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_in_South_Korea" title="Propaganda in South Korea"&gt;loudspeaker broadcasts&lt;/a&gt; over the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Demilitarized_Zone" title="Korean Demilitarized Zone"&gt;Korean Demilitarized Zone&lt;/a&gt; for the first time since 2018 in response to &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea"&gt;North Korea&lt;/a&gt; sending hundreds of balloons carrying &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage" title="Garbage"&gt;garbage&lt;/a&gt; across the border. &lt;a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1rr92dwqnyo"&gt;(BBC News)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Law and crime&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_Slovenia" title="Cannabis in Slovenia"&gt;Cannabis in Slovenia&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Voters in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenia" title="Slovenia"&gt;Slovenia&lt;/a&gt; approve the use of &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_%28drug%29" title="Cannabis (drug)"&gt;cannabis&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_cannabis" title="Medical cannabis"&gt;medicinal&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recreational_drug_use" title="Recreational drug use"&gt;recreational use&lt;/a&gt; in adults. &lt;a href="https://english.sta.si/3310327/voters-support-medical-personal-use-of-cannabis"&gt;(STA)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Politics and elections&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Israel–Hamas war"&gt;Israel–Hamas war&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_war_cabinet" title="Israeli war cabinet"&gt;Israeli war cabinet&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;War Cabinet member Minister &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Gantz" title="Benny Gantz"&gt;Benny Gantz&lt;/a&gt; resigns after &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Israel" title="Prime Minister of Israel"&gt;Prime Minister&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" title="Benjamin Netanyahu"&gt;Benjamin Netanyahu&lt;/a&gt; failed to present a post-war plan for &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip" title="Gaza Strip"&gt;Gaza&lt;/a&gt; by Gantz's previously announced June 8 deadline. Minister &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadi_Eisenkot" title="Gadi Eisenkot"&gt;Gadi Eisenkot&lt;/a&gt; also resigns. &lt;a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clkkdymdwlvo"&gt;(BBC News)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Belgian_federal_election" title="2024 Belgian federal election"&gt;2024 Belgian federal election&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgians" title="Belgians"&gt;Belgians&lt;/a&gt; head to the polls to vote for the 150 members of the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_of_Representatives_%28Belgium%29" title="Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)"&gt;Chamber of Representatives&lt;/a&gt; as well as for &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Belgian_regional_elections" title="2024 Belgian regional elections"&gt;regional representatives&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election" title="2024 European Parliament election"&gt;members of the European Parliament&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/08/belgium-general-election-european-elections-vlaams-belang"&gt;(&lt;i&gt;The Guardian&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Bulgarian_parliamentary_election" title="2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election"&gt;2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarians" title="Bulgarians"&gt;Bulgarians&lt;/a&gt; head to the polls for the sixth time in three years to elect the 240 members of the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_%28Bulgaria%29" title="National Assembly (Bulgaria)"&gt;parliament&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.dw.com/en/bulgaria-to-elect-sixth-parliament-in-three-years/a-69294114"&gt;(DW)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election" title="2024 European Parliament election"&gt;2024 European Parliament election&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The last day of the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament"&gt;European Parliament&lt;/a&gt; elections takes place with voting occurring in 20 countries. &lt;a href="https://apnews.com/article/eu-election-right-migration-climate-polls-vote-0fbfcb7bd987008e802d70f759fa870b"&gt;(AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_French_legislative_election" title="2024 French legislative election"&gt;2024 French legislative election&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Following major losses for &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_France" title="President of France"&gt;French President&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Macron" title="Emmanuel Macron"&gt;Emmanuel Macron&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_%28French_political_party%29" title="Renaissance (French political party)"&gt;Renaissance&lt;/a&gt; party in the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election" title="2024 European Parliament election"&gt;European Parliament elections&lt;/a&gt;, Macron &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_dissolution_of_the_National_Assembly" title="2024 dissolution of the National Assembly"&gt;dissolves&lt;/a&gt; the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_%28France%29" title="National Assembly (France)"&gt;National Assembly&lt;/a&gt; and calls snap elections for June 30 and July 7. &lt;a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/le-pens-party-trounces-macrons-eu-vote-exit-polls-2024-06-09/"&gt;(Reuters)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election" title="2024 Indian general election"&gt;2024 Indian general election&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi"&gt;Narendra Modi&lt;/a&gt; is sworn in for his third term as &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India"&gt;Prime Minister of India&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/9/indias-narendra-modi-sworn-in-as-countrys-prime-minister-for-a-third-term"&gt;(Al Jazeera)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Mexican_general_election" title="2024 Mexican general election"&gt;2024 Mexican general election&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"&gt;Mexico&lt;/a&gt;'s ruling party &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morena_%28political_party%29" title="Morena (political party)"&gt;Morena&lt;/a&gt; wins a &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermajority" title="Supermajority"&gt;supermajority&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_of_Deputies_%28Mexico%29" title="Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)"&gt;Chamber of Deputies&lt;/a&gt; but not in the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_of_the_Republic_%28Mexico%29" title="Senate of the Republic (Mexico)"&gt;Senate&lt;/a&gt;, falling short of the two-thirds majority needed to change the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Mexico" title="Constitution of Mexico"&gt;Constitution&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-ruling-party-misses-senate-super-majority-wins-lower-house-morena-says-2024-06-09/"&gt;(Reuters)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_San_Marino_general_election" title="2024 San Marino general election"&gt;2024 San Marino general election&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammarinese" title="Sammarinese"&gt;Sammarinese&lt;/a&gt; head to the polls to elect the members of the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_and_General_Council" title="Grand and General Council"&gt;Grand and General Council&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.libertas.sm/oggi-elezioni-a-san-marino-il-messaggio-dei-capitani-reggenti-la-faticosa-conquista-del-diritto-di-voto-non-puo-essere-messa-a-repentaglio-per-sfiducia/"&gt;(Libertas)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_South_Ossetian_parliamentary_election" title="2024 South Ossetian parliamentary election"&gt;2024 South Ossetian parliamentary election&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_South_Ossetia" title="Parliament of South Ossetia"&gt;Parliamentary&lt;/a&gt; elections are held in the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_%28country%29" title="Georgia (country)"&gt;Georgian&lt;/a&gt; breakaway region of &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Ossetia" title="South Ossetia"&gt;South Ossetia&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/georgia-condemns-election-held-in-breakaway-region-of-south-ossetia/3244953"&gt;(Anadolu Ajansi)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Swiss_referendums" title="2024 Swiss referendums"&gt;2024 Swiss referendums&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Voters in &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland"&gt;Switzerland&lt;/a&gt; reject limits on healthcare spending and an initiative against compulsory vaccination, while approving the initiative of a new law on electricity. &lt;a href="https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-politics/swiss-vote-on-healthcare-spending-electricity-and-vaccinations/79834485"&gt;(Swissinfo)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sports&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_French_Open" title="2024 French Open"&gt;2024 French Open&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;In &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis"&gt;tennis&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Alcaraz" title="Carlos Alcaraz"&gt;Carlos Alcaraz&lt;/a&gt; wins the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles" title="2024 French Open – Men's singles"&gt;Men's singles title&lt;/a&gt; at the &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Open" title="French Open"&gt;French Open&lt;/a&gt; after defeating &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Zverev" title="Alexander Zverev"&gt;Alexander Zverev&lt;/a&gt; in the final, earning his third &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Slam_%28tennis%29%23Tournaments" title="Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments"&gt;Grand Slam&lt;/a&gt; title. &lt;a href="https://apnews.com/article/french-open-2024-men-final-alcaraz-zverev-84b987ef5a0bf17c2d188a5a9bbd2d28"&gt;(AP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0000</pubDate></item>