Current events: 2024-06-17

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Eight Palestinians are allegedly killed by Israeli fire while waiting for commercial trucks in Gaza. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Hezbollah commander Muhammad Ahmed Ayoub is killed in a drone strike in Selaa, Lebanon. (Jerusalem Post)

Arts and culture

• 77th Tony Awards
  • At the 2024 Tony Awards, Stereophonic wins Best Play and The Outsiders wins Best Musical. (CBS)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 West Bengal train collision
  • Fifteen people are killed and several more are wounded when a cargo train collides with a Kanchanjungha Express passenger train in West Bengal, India. (Al Jazeera)
• Incidents during the Hajj
  • Egypt’s Tourism Hajj Mission announces that at least eight Egyptian pilgrims have died during the Hajj. (Ahram)
• 2024 Russian botulism outbreak
  • At least 139 people suffer from botulism in Russia believed to be caused by eating ready-made salads, causing 30 people to go into intensive care and leading to a nation-wide recall. (AP)
• Six people, including three children, are killed in a house fire in Newnan, Georgia, United States, while five people are hospitalized. (ABC)

International relations

• North Korea–Russia relations
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin announces he will visit North Korea this week for the first time in 24 years. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Cannabis in Maryland
  • Governor of Maryland Wes Moore pardons over 175,000 people with low-level marijuana convictions. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli war cabinet
    • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces the dissolution of the war cabinet after Minister Benny Gantz of the Resilience Party left the cabinet earlier last week. (Reuters)

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