Portal:Current events/2024 June 20
June 20, 2024 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine is prioritized as first among the list of countries to receive ordered deliveries of MIM-104 Patriot systems from the United States. (CNN)
- Sudanese civil war
- The Rapid Support Forces captures Al-Fulah, the capital of West Kordofan, after the Sudanese Armed Forces withdraw from the city after several hours of fighting. (Al Jazeera)
Arts and culture
- A company drilling for natural gas off the coast of northern Israel discovered a 3,300-year-old ship and its cargo, one of the oldest known examples of a ship sailing far from land. (NBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 36 people died and more than 60 were being treated in hospitals after consuming tainted liquor in Tamil Nadu, India. (Reuters)
- 2024 Hajj disaster
- At least 1081 pilgrims are now confirmed to have died from heat-related causes during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. (France 24)
- At least two people were killed and nine others injured when a train full of passengers collided with another train on a test run outside Santiago, Chile. (AP)
- A cruise ship rescues 68 migrants and finds five bodies in a wooden dinghy that was drifting off the Canary Islands, Spain. (ABC)
- Kuwait announce temporary power cuts in some parts of the country during peak consumption hours saying it is struggling to meet increased demand spurred by extreme summer heat. (Al Arabiya)
International relations
- Outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will assume the NATO Secretariat for a term that begins on October 2, 2024. (Politico)
Science and technology
- The International Union for Conservation of Nature announces that the Iberian lynx has been upgraded from being an endangered species to only being classified as vulnerable for the first time since 1986, after the 2023 census showed a population of 2,021 specimens. (BBC)
- Vandalism of Stonehenge
- The orange powder paint sprayed on Stonehenge by Just Stop Oil activists is removed with a "specialist handheld blower", leaving no visible damage. Damage would have been significant in the event of rain. (BBC)
Sports
- Anti-Serb sentiment
- Football Association of Serbia threatens to withdraw from UEFA Euro 2024 if UEFA doesn't punish Croatia and Albania after their supporters chant "kill, kill, kill the Serb". (Sky News)