Armed conflicts and attacks
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- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Bombing of Kharkiv
- One person is killed, and sixteen others, including four children, are injured by Russian guided bomb strikes on Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Bombing of Kharkiv
Disasters and accidents
- Leipzig FlixBus highway accident
- At least five people are killed and 20 others are injured after a double-decker FlixBus overturns and crashes near Leipzig, Germany. (NOS)
- Four people are killed and seven others are injured in a stabbing in Rockford, Illinois, United States. (AP)
Law and crime
- Capital punishment in Tunisia
- A court in Tunisia sentences four people to death and two others to life in prison for the 2013 murder of politician Chokri Belaid. (Al Jazeera)
- First Liberian Civil War
- The French judiciary sentences the former leader of the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy Kunti Kamara to 30 years in prison on charges of committing "crimes against humanity." (Barron's)
- Recognition of same-sex unions in Thailand
- The Thai House of Representatives approves a bill to legalize same-sex marriage by a vote of 400–10, with five abstentions. (AP via MSN News)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Lithuanian presidential election
- A Special Investigative committee of the Seimas releases its findings, accusing President Gitanas Nausėda of receiving illegal support from the head of the State Security Department and for recruiting members of the Belarusian and Russian security services for his election campaign. Nauseda rejects the findings, accusing them of being politically motivated. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Belarusian Service)
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