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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 95569" data-attributes="member: 524">Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_Citation_V" target="_blank">Cessna Citation</a> plane traveling from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabethton_Municipal_Airport" target="_blank">Elizabethton Municipal Airport</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island_MacArthur_Airport" target="_blank">Long Island MacArthur Airport</a> turns southwest toward the direction of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_D.C." target="_blank">Washington D.C.</a> miles before landing and becomes unresponsive. An <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon" target="_blank">F-16 jet</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Base_Andrews" target="_blank">Joint Base Andrews</a> attempts to intercept the Cessna jet at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersonic_speed" target="_blank">supersonic speed</a>, causing a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_boom" target="_blank">sonic boom</a> heard around the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area" target="_blank">Washington metropolitan area</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_FAA" target="_blank">US FAA</a> later confirms that the Cessna plane crashed over mountainous terrain in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Mary%27s_Wilderness" target="_blank">Saint Mary's Wilderness</a> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montebello%2C_Virginia" target="_blank">Montebello, Virginia</a> around 3:30 p.m. local time. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/washington-virginia-maryland-loud-boom-crash-military-jet-biden-joint-base-andrews-7116356c23f2ade0d6c842159e261f1b" target="_blank">(AP)</a> <a href="https://www.fox29.com/news/large-explosion-heard-across-the-dmv-cause-unknown" target="_blank">(FOX 29)</a> <a href="https://www.fox5dc.com/news/cessna-plane-crashes-into-mountainous-terrain-in-southwest-virginia" target="_blank">(FOX 5)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fourteen people are killed and five others are missing after a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landslide" target="_blank">landslide</a> in a mountainous area near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leshan" target="_blank">Leshan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sichuan" target="_blank">Sichuan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" target="_blank">China</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/landslide-chinas-sichuan-province-kills-14-leaves-5-missing-2023-06-04/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">One person is killed and ten others are injured in a fire at a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugee" target="_blank">refugee</a> centre in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apolda" target="_blank">Apolda</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuringia" target="_blank">Thuringia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" target="_blank">Germany</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/refugee-center-fire-eastern-germany-60d336e18ee7781407ea87bb71e64aca" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">In Italy, one person is killed and 14 others are injured when a bus traveling from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" target="_blank">Lecce</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puglia" target="_blank">Puglia</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome" target="_blank">Rome</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazio" target="_blank">Lazio</a> crashes on a motorway in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vallesaccarda" target="_blank">Vallesaccarda</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campania" target="_blank">Campania</a>. <a href="https://www.ansa.it/puglia/notizie/2023/06/04/bus-in-scarpata-in-irpinia-partito-da-lecce-era-diretto-a-roma_f9c075db-1b2e-4cf9-b4f5-cf9a0ad49342.html" target="_blank">(Ansa)</a></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_police" target="_blank">Hong Kong police</a> arrest dozens of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-democracy_camp_%28Hong_Kong%29" target="_blank">pro-democracy activists</a>, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Wong" target="_blank">Alexandra Wong</a>, for holding a vigil to mark the anniversary of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_massacre" target="_blank">Tiananmen Square massacre</a>. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-65803053" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pro-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy" target="_blank">democratic</a> protests break out across <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland" target="_blank">Poland</a>, with an estimated 500,000 demonstrators gathering in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw" target="_blank">Warsaw</a>, according to mayor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafa%C5%82_Trzaskowski" target="_blank">Rafał Trzaskowski</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/poland-democracy-march-tusk-kaczynski-duda-4ab13141a16b88d63b060c1f977bb75e" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Guinea-Bissau_legislative_election" target="_blank">2023 Guinea-Bissau legislative election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The citizens of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea-Bissau" target="_blank">Guinea-Bissau</a> go to the polls to elect 102 members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_People%27s_Assembly_%28Guinea-Bissau%29" target="_blank">National People's Assembly</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/guinea-bissau-holds-legislative-elections-amid-political-deadlock-2023-06-04/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_June_4" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 95569, member: 524"] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*]A [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_Citation_V']Cessna Citation[/URL] plane traveling from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabethton_Municipal_Airport']Elizabethton Municipal Airport[/URL] to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island_MacArthur_Airport']Long Island MacArthur Airport[/URL] turns southwest toward the direction of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_D.C.']Washington D.C.[/URL] miles before landing and becomes unresponsive. An [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon']F-16 jet[/URL] from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Base_Andrews']Joint Base Andrews[/URL] attempts to intercept the Cessna jet at [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersonic_speed']supersonic speed[/URL], causing a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_boom']sonic boom[/URL] heard around the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area']Washington metropolitan area[/URL]. The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_FAA']US FAA[/URL] later confirms that the Cessna plane crashed over mountainous terrain in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Mary%27s_Wilderness']Saint Mary's Wilderness[/URL] near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montebello%2C_Virginia']Montebello, Virginia[/URL] around 3:30 p.m. local time. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/washington-virginia-maryland-loud-boom-crash-military-jet-biden-joint-base-andrews-7116356c23f2ade0d6c842159e261f1b'](AP)[/URL] [URL='https://www.fox29.com/news/large-explosion-heard-across-the-dmv-cause-unknown'](FOX 29)[/URL] [URL='https://www.fox5dc.com/news/cessna-plane-crashes-into-mountainous-terrain-in-southwest-virginia'](FOX 5)[/URL] [*]Fourteen people are killed and five others are missing after a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landslide']landslide[/URL] in a mountainous area near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leshan']Leshan[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sichuan']Sichuan[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China']China[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/china/landslide-chinas-sichuan-province-kills-14-leaves-5-missing-2023-06-04/'](Reuters)[/URL] [*]One person is killed and ten others are injured in a fire at a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugee']refugee[/URL] centre in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apolda']Apolda[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuringia']Thuringia[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany']Germany[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/refugee-center-fire-eastern-germany-60d336e18ee7781407ea87bb71e64aca'](AP)[/URL] [*]In Italy, one person is killed and 14 others are injured when a bus traveling from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce']Lecce[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puglia']Puglia[/URL] to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome']Rome[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazio']Lazio[/URL] crashes on a motorway in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vallesaccarda']Vallesaccarda[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campania']Campania[/URL]. [URL='https://www.ansa.it/puglia/notizie/2023/06/04/bus-in-scarpata-in-irpinia-partito-da-lecce-era-diretto-a-roma_f9c075db-1b2e-4cf9-b4f5-cf9a0ad49342.html'](Ansa)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_police']Hong Kong police[/URL] arrest dozens of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-democracy_camp_%28Hong_Kong%29']pro-democracy activists[/URL], including [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Wong']Alexandra Wong[/URL], for holding a vigil to mark the anniversary of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_massacre']Tiananmen Square massacre[/URL]. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-65803053'](BBC News)[/URL] [*]Pro-[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy']democratic[/URL] protests break out across [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland']Poland[/URL], with an estimated 500,000 demonstrators gathering in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw']Warsaw[/URL], according to mayor [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafa%C5%82_Trzaskowski']Rafał Trzaskowski[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/poland-democracy-march-tusk-kaczynski-duda-4ab13141a16b88d63b060c1f977bb75e'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Guinea-Bissau_legislative_election']2023 Guinea-Bissau legislative election[/URL] [LIST] [*]The citizens of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea-Bissau']Guinea-Bissau[/URL] go to the polls to elect 102 members of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_People%27s_Assembly_%28Guinea-Bissau%29']National People's Assembly[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/guinea-bissau-holds-legislative-elections-amid-political-deadlock-2023-06-04/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_June_4"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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