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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 139091" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrians" target="_blank">Syrian</a> man is arrested in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucharest" target="_blank">Bucharest</a> after throwing a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov_cocktail" target="_blank">Molotov cocktail</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy" target="_blank">embassy</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania" target="_blank">Romanian</a> capital before trying to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-immolation" target="_blank">self-immolate</a>. <a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-804795" target="_blank">(Jerusalem Post)</a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-embassy-bucharest-attack-bb56fb3e1b48b0e76e55da12904b9400" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul>Business and economy<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameStop_short_squeeze" target="_blank">GameStop short squeeze</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameStop" target="_blank">GameStop</a> shares jump 21% after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Gill" target="_blank">Keith Gill</a> posts a $116 million investment on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddit" target="_blank">Reddit</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/gamestop-soars-90-after-super-bull-keith-gills-reddit-post-shows-116-mln-bet-2024-06-03/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Indian_heat_wave" target="_blank">2024 Indian heat wave</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Over 211 people are killed and nearly 25,000 others suffer from heatstroke after a severe heatwave strikes India. <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/india-heatwaves-deaths-election-2024-b2555692.html" target="_blank">(The Independent)</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/india/heat-wave-kills-least-56-india-nearly-25000-heat-stroke-cases-march-may-2024-06-03/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%ABlauea" target="_blank">Kīlauea</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano" target="_blank">volcano</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawai%CA%BBi_Volcanoes_National_Park" target="_blank">Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park</a> begins to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_eruption" target="_blank">erupt</a> for the first time in nine months. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/us/hawaii-volcano-eruption-kilauea.html" target="_blank">(The New York Times)</a></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrest_of_Imran_Khan" target="_blank">Arrest of Imran Khan</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamabad_High_Court" target="_blank">Islamabad High Court</a> overturns <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imran_Khan" target="_blank">Imran Khan</a>'s charges of leaking <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security" target="_blank">national security</a> secrets. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistan-court-suspends-former-pm-imran-khans-sentence-state-secrets-case-ary-2024-06-03/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_%282023%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Sudanese civil war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces" target="_blank">Rapid Support Forces</a> announce the establishment of a civil administration in the state of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Darfur" target="_blank">South Darfur</a>, which they fully control. <a href="https://www.altaghyeer.info/en/2024/06/03/rsf-establishes-civil-administration-in-south-darfur-reinforcing-fears-over-partition-of-sudan/" target="_blank">(Al Taghyeer)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Ministry_of_State_Security" target="_blank">Chinese Ministry of State Security</a> arrests and charges a couple for allegedly <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage" target="_blank">spying</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain" target="_blank">Britain</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MI6" target="_blank">MI6</a> agency. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/3/china-charges-couple-with-spying-for-britain" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan%E2%80%93Kazakhstan_relations" target="_blank">Afghanistan–Kazakhstan relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan" target="_blank">Kazakhstan</a> removes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban" target="_blank">Taliban</a> from its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_designated_terrorist_groups" target="_blank">list of terrorist organizations</a>. <a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-removes-taliban-from-terrorist-list/32977114.html" target="_blank">(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%E2%80%932024_Georgian_protests" target="_blank">2023–2024 Georgian protests</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairperson_of_the_Parliament_of_Georgia" target="_blank">Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalva_Papuashvili" target="_blank">Shalva Papuashvili</a> signs the foreign agent bill into law amidst mass protests and warnings from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_countries" target="_blank">Western countries</a> against signing the bill. <a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-parliament-signs-foreign-agent-law/32976772.html" target="_blank">(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_European_farmers%27_protests" target="_blank">2024 European farmers' protests</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain" target="_blank">Spanish</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" target="_blank">French</a> farmers block roads on highways through the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrenees_mountains" target="_blank">Pyrenees mountains</a> in protest against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_trade" target="_blank">trade</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_state_of_the_European_Union" target="_blank">non-European Union member states</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spanish-french-farmers-block-border-days-before-eu-election-2024-06-03/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" target="_blank">2024 United Kingdom general election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Farage" target="_blank">Nigel Farage</a> announces he will run in the UK general election. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/world/europe/nigel-farage-uk-parliament.html" target="_blank">(New York Times)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Major <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria" target="_blank">Nigerian</a> unions <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria_Labour_Congress" target="_blank">Nigeria Labour Congress</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria_Trade_Union_Congress" target="_blank">Trade Union Congress</a> begin an indefinite strike, causing closures to schools, public offices, airports, and shutting down the national power grid amid a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost-of-living_crisis" target="_blank">cost-of-living crisis</a> and record low <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage" target="_blank">minimum wage</a>. <a href="https://www.voanews.com/a/nigeria-workers-down-tools-as-economic-crisis-bites-/7640338.html" target="_blank">(Voice of America)</a> <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/3/nigerias-power-grid-shut-down-airlines-disrupted-as-unions-strike" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
</ul>Science and technology<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A rare <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syzygy_%28astronomy%29" target="_blank">planetary alignment</a> (of six) occurs. The next one will be in 2080. <a href="https://www.livemint.com/science/news/planetary-alignment-june-2024-enjoy-the-rare-alignment-of-planets-in-early-skies-on-june-3-know-details-11716511505850.html" target="_blank">(livemint)</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/may/31/six-planets-to-appear-in-alignment-next-week-in-rare-celestial-parade" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_June_3" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 139091, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*]A [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrians']Syrian[/URL] man is arrested in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucharest']Bucharest[/URL] after throwing a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov_cocktail']Molotov cocktail[/URL] at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israeli[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy']embassy[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania']Romanian[/URL] capital before trying to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-immolation']self-immolate[/URL]. [URL='https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-804795']([I]Jerusalem Post[/I])[/URL] [URL='https://apnews.com/article/israel-embassy-bucharest-attack-bb56fb3e1b48b0e76e55da12904b9400'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Business and economy[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameStop_short_squeeze']GameStop short squeeze[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameStop']GameStop[/URL] shares jump 21% after [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Gill']Keith Gill[/URL] posts a $116 million investment on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddit']Reddit[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/technology/gamestop-soars-90-after-super-bull-keith-gills-reddit-post-shows-116-mln-bet-2024-06-03/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Indian_heat_wave']2024 Indian heat wave[/URL] [LIST] [*]Over 211 people are killed and nearly 25,000 others suffer from heatstroke after a severe heatwave strikes India. [URL='https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/india-heatwaves-deaths-election-2024-b2555692.html'](The Independent)[/URL] [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/india/heat-wave-kills-least-56-india-nearly-25000-heat-stroke-cases-march-may-2024-06-03/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%ABlauea']Kīlauea[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano']volcano[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawai%CA%BBi_Volcanoes_National_Park']Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park[/URL] begins to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_eruption']erupt[/URL] for the first time in nine months. [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/us/hawaii-volcano-eruption-kilauea.html']([I]The New York Times[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrest_of_Imran_Khan']Arrest of Imran Khan[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamabad_High_Court']Islamabad High Court[/URL] overturns [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imran_Khan']Imran Khan[/URL]'s charges of leaking [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security']national security[/URL] secrets. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistan-court-suspends-former-pm-imran-khans-sentence-state-secrets-case-ary-2024-06-03/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_%282023%E2%80%93present%29']Sudanese civil war[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces']Rapid Support Forces[/URL] announce the establishment of a civil administration in the state of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Darfur']South Darfur[/URL], which they fully control. [URL='https://www.altaghyeer.info/en/2024/06/03/rsf-establishes-civil-administration-in-south-darfur-reinforcing-fears-over-partition-of-sudan/'](Al Taghyeer)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Ministry_of_State_Security']Chinese Ministry of State Security[/URL] arrests and charges a couple for allegedly [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage']spying[/URL] for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain']Britain[/URL]'s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MI6']MI6[/URL] agency. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/3/china-charges-couple-with-spying-for-britain'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan%E2%80%93Kazakhstan_relations']Afghanistan–Kazakhstan relations[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan']Kazakhstan[/URL] removes the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban']Taliban[/URL] from its [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_designated_terrorist_groups']list of terrorist organizations[/URL]. [URL='https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-removes-taliban-from-terrorist-list/32977114.html']([I]Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%E2%80%932024_Georgian_protests']2023–2024 Georgian protests[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairperson_of_the_Parliament_of_Georgia']Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalva_Papuashvili']Shalva Papuashvili[/URL] signs the foreign agent bill into law amidst mass protests and warnings from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_countries']Western countries[/URL] against signing the bill. [URL='https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-parliament-signs-foreign-agent-law/32976772.html']([I]Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_European_farmers%27_protests']2024 European farmers' protests[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain']Spanish[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France']French[/URL] farmers block roads on highways through the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrenees_mountains']Pyrenees mountains[/URL] in protest against [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_trade']trade[/URL] with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_state_of_the_European_Union']non-European Union member states[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spanish-french-farmers-block-border-days-before-eu-election-2024-06-03/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election']2024 United Kingdom general election[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Farage']Nigel Farage[/URL] announces he will run in the UK general election. [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/world/europe/nigel-farage-uk-parliament.html'](New York Times)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]Major [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria']Nigerian[/URL] unions [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria_Labour_Congress']Nigeria Labour Congress[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria_Trade_Union_Congress']Trade Union Congress[/URL] begin an indefinite strike, causing closures to schools, public offices, airports, and shutting down the national power grid amid a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost-of-living_crisis']cost-of-living crisis[/URL] and record low [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage']minimum wage[/URL]. [URL='https://www.voanews.com/a/nigeria-workers-down-tools-as-economic-crisis-bites-/7640338.html']([I]Voice of America[/I])[/URL] [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/3/nigerias-power-grid-shut-down-airlines-disrupted-as-unions-strike'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Science and technology[/B] [LIST] [*]A rare [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syzygy_%28astronomy%29']planetary alignment[/URL] (of six) occurs. The next one will be in 2080. [URL='https://www.livemint.com/science/news/planetary-alignment-june-2024-enjoy-the-rare-alignment-of-planets-in-early-skies-on-june-3-know-details-11716511505850.html'](livemint)[/URL] [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/may/31/six-planets-to-appear-in-alignment-next-week-in-rare-celestial-parade'](The Guardian)[/URL] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_June_3"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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