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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 140915" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a> is prioritized as first among the list of countries to receive ordered deliveries of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIM-104_Patriot" target="_blank">MIM-104 Patriot</a> missile systems from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a>. <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/20/politics/ukraine-us-air-defense-capabilities/index.html" target="_blank">(CNN)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">United States officials announce that they will allow <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a> to use US weapons to strike <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russian</a> forces within Russia, removing the prior limit of only allowing strikes across the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv" target="_blank">Kharkiv</a> front. <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/20/us-says-ukraine-can-hit-inside-russia-anywhere-00164261" target="_blank">(Politico)</a></li>
</ul></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> captures <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Fulah" target="_blank">Al-Fulah</a>, the capital of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Kordofan" target="_blank">West Kordofan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan" target="_blank">Sudan</a>, after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">Sudanese Armed Forces</a> withdraw from the city after several hours of fighting. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/20/sudans-rsf-captures-key-army-stronghold-of-el-fula" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Arts and culture<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Antiquities_Authority" target="_blank">Israel Antiquities Authority</a> announces the discovery of a 3,300-year-old ship and its cargo, one of the oldest known examples of a ship sailing far from land. The ship was discovered last year by a company drilling for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas" target="_blank">natural gas</a> off the coast of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_District_%28Israel%29" target="_blank">Northern Israel</a>. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-sunken-ship-ancient-navigation-archaeology-rcna158012" target="_blank">(NBC News)</a></li>
</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Hajj_disaster" target="_blank">2024 Hajj disaster</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 1,081 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim" target="_blank">pilgrims</a> are now confirmed to have died from heat-related causes during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajj" target="_blank">Hajj</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" target="_blank">Saudi Arabia</a>. <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240620-death-toll-tops-1-000-after-hajj-marked-by-extreme-heat-afp-tally" target="_blank">(France 24)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Tamil_Nadu_alcohol_poisonings" target="_blank">2024 Tamil Nadu alcohol poisonings</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 36 people are killed and more than 60 others are hospitalized after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_methanol_poisoning_incidents%23India" target="_blank">consuming tainted liquor</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" target="_blank">Tamil Nadu</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" target="_blank">India</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/india/least-31-die-indias-tamil-nadu-state-after-consuming-tainted-liquor-2024-06-20/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_ship" target="_blank">cruise ship</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue" target="_blank">rescues</a> 68 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_migrant_vessel_incidents_on_the_Mediterranean_Sea" target="_blank">migrants</a> and finds five bodies in a wooden <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinghy" target="_blank">dinghy</a> that was drifting off the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_Islands" target="_blank">Canary Islands</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain" target="_blank">Spain</a>. <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/cruise-ship-rescues-68-migrants-finds-5-bodies-111274018" target="_blank">(ABC News)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least two people are killed and nine others are injured when a passenger train <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_wreck" target="_blank">collides</a> with a train on a test run near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago" target="_blank">Santiago</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile" target="_blank">Chile</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/chile-train-collision-san-bernardo-57a473185042654ccd6e1de13b003b44" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait" target="_blank">Kuwait</a> announces temporary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_cut" target="_blank">power cuts</a> in parts of the country during peak consumption hours, saying that the country is struggling to meet increased demand caused by extreme summer heat. <a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/gulf/2024/06/20/kuwait-announces-power-cuts-as-demand-spikes-in-summer-heat" target="_blank">(Al Arabiya)</a></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Outgoing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_Netherlands" target="_blank">Dutch Prime Minister</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rutte" target="_blank">Mark Rutte</a> is announced as the next <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_General_of_NATO" target="_blank">Secretary General of NATO</a>, beginning his term on October 2. <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/mark-rutte-will-be-natos-next-secretary-general/" target="_blank">(Politico)</a></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandalism_of_Stonehenge" target="_blank">Vandalism of Stonehenge</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The orange powder paint sprayed on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge" target="_blank">Stonehenge</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Stop_Oil" target="_blank">Just Stop Oil</a> activists yesterday is removed with a &quot;specialist handheld blower&quot;, leaving no visible damage. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crgg0683e7po" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Stop_Oil" target="_blank">Just Stop Oil</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activist" target="_blank">activists</a> film themselves cutting through a metal fence and spraying orange paint on two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_jet" target="_blank">private jets</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stansted_Airport" target="_blank">Stansted Airport</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex" target="_blank">Essex</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" target="_blank">United Kingdom</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_Police" target="_blank">Police</a> arrest the activists for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_damage" target="_blank">criminal damage</a>. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9eedx9legpo" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A man accused of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quran_desecration" target="_blank">desecrating the Quran</a> is removed from a police station in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swat_District" target="_blank">Swat District</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" target="_blank">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" target="_blank">Pakistan</a>, by a mob who burn and kill the man. <a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/06/21/mob-in-pakistan-kills-man-accused-of-burning-quran" target="_blank">(Al Arabiya)</a></li>
</ul>Science and technology<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Union_for_Conservation_of_Nature" target="_blank">International Union for Conservation of Nature</a> announces that the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberian_lynx" target="_blank">Iberian lynx</a> has been upgraded from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endangered_species" target="_blank">endangered</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulnerable_species" target="_blank">vulnerable</a> for the first time since 1986, after a 2023 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census" target="_blank">census</a> showed a population of 2,021 animals. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyxxz51vwz2o" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
</ul>Sports<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2024" target="_blank">UEFA Euro 2024</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Serb_sentiment" target="_blank">Anti-Serb sentiment</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia_national_football_team" target="_blank">Serbia</a> threatens to withdraw from UEFA Euro 2024 if <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA" target="_blank">UEFA</a> does not punish <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia_national_football_team" target="_blank">Croatia</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albania_national_football_team" target="_blank">Albania</a> after their supporters chant &quot;kill, kill, kill the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbs" target="_blank">Serb</a>&quot; during a match on Wednesday. <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/serbia-threatens-to-pull-out-of-euro-2024-over-croatia-and-albania-chants-13156050" target="_blank">(Sky News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_June_20" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 140915, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL] is prioritized as first among the list of countries to receive ordered deliveries of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIM-104_Patriot']MIM-104 Patriot[/URL] missile systems from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL]. [URL='https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/20/politics/ukraine-us-air-defense-capabilities/index.html'](CNN)[/URL] [*]United States officials announce that they will allow [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL] to use US weapons to strike [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russian[/URL] forces within Russia, removing the prior limit of only allowing strikes across the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv']Kharkiv[/URL] front. [URL='https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/20/us-says-ukraine-can-hit-inside-russia-anywhere-00164261'](Politico)[/URL] [/LIST] [/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] captures [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Fulah']Al-Fulah[/URL], the capital of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Kordofan']West Kordofan[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan']Sudan[/URL], after the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_Armed_Forces']Sudanese Armed Forces[/URL] withdraw from the city after several hours of fighting. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/20/sudans-rsf-captures-key-army-stronghold-of-el-fula'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Arts and culture[/B] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Antiquities_Authority']Israel Antiquities Authority[/URL] announces the discovery of a 3,300-year-old ship and its cargo, one of the oldest known examples of a ship sailing far from land. The ship was discovered last year by a company drilling for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas']natural gas[/URL] off the coast of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_District_%28Israel%29']Northern Israel[/URL]. [URL='https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-sunken-ship-ancient-navigation-archaeology-rcna158012'](NBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Hajj_disaster']2024 Hajj disaster[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least 1,081 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim']pilgrims[/URL] are now confirmed to have died from heat-related causes during the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajj']Hajj[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia']Saudi Arabia[/URL]. [URL='https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240620-death-toll-tops-1-000-after-hajj-marked-by-extreme-heat-afp-tally'](France 24)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Tamil_Nadu_alcohol_poisonings']2024 Tamil Nadu alcohol poisonings[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least 36 people are killed and more than 60 others are hospitalized after [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_methanol_poisoning_incidents%23India']consuming tainted liquor[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu']Tamil Nadu[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India']India[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/india/least-31-die-indias-tamil-nadu-state-after-consuming-tainted-liquor-2024-06-20/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]A [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_ship']cruise ship[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue']rescues[/URL] 68 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_migrant_vessel_incidents_on_the_Mediterranean_Sea']migrants[/URL] and finds five bodies in a wooden [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinghy']dinghy[/URL] that was drifting off the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_Islands']Canary Islands[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain']Spain[/URL]. [URL='https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/cruise-ship-rescues-68-migrants-finds-5-bodies-111274018'](ABC News)[/URL] [*]At least two people are killed and nine others are injured when a passenger train [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_wreck']collides[/URL] with a train on a test run near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago']Santiago[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile']Chile[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/chile-train-collision-san-bernardo-57a473185042654ccd6e1de13b003b44'](AP)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait']Kuwait[/URL] announces temporary [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_cut']power cuts[/URL] in parts of the country during peak consumption hours, saying that the country is struggling to meet increased demand caused by extreme summer heat. [URL='https://english.alarabiya.net/News/gulf/2024/06/20/kuwait-announces-power-cuts-as-demand-spikes-in-summer-heat'](Al Arabiya)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*]Outgoing [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_Netherlands']Dutch Prime Minister[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rutte']Mark Rutte[/URL] is announced as the next [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_General_of_NATO']Secretary General of NATO[/URL], beginning his term on October 2. [URL='https://www.politico.eu/article/mark-rutte-will-be-natos-next-secretary-general/'](Politico)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandalism_of_Stonehenge']Vandalism of Stonehenge[/URL] [LIST] [*]The orange powder paint sprayed on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge']Stonehenge[/URL] by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Stop_Oil']Just Stop Oil[/URL] activists yesterday is removed with a "specialist handheld blower", leaving no visible damage. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crgg0683e7po'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]Two [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Stop_Oil']Just Stop Oil[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activist']activists[/URL] film themselves cutting through a metal fence and spraying orange paint on two [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_jet']private jets[/URL] at [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stansted_Airport']Stansted Airport[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex']Essex[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom']United Kingdom[/URL]. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_Police']Police[/URL] arrest the activists for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_damage']criminal damage[/URL]. [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9eedx9legpo'](BBC News)[/URL] [*]A man accused of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quran_desecration']desecrating the Quran[/URL] is removed from a police station in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swat_District']Swat District[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa']Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan']Pakistan[/URL], by a mob who burn and kill the man. [URL='https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/06/21/mob-in-pakistan-kills-man-accused-of-burning-quran'](Al Arabiya)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Science and technology[/B] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Union_for_Conservation_of_Nature']International Union for Conservation of Nature[/URL] announces that the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberian_lynx']Iberian lynx[/URL] has been upgraded from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endangered_species']endangered[/URL] to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulnerable_species']vulnerable[/URL] for the first time since 1986, after a 2023 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census']census[/URL] showed a population of 2,021 animals. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyxxz51vwz2o'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Sports[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2024']UEFA Euro 2024[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Serb_sentiment']Anti-Serb sentiment[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia_national_football_team']Serbia[/URL] threatens to withdraw from UEFA Euro 2024 if [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA']UEFA[/URL] does not punish [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia_national_football_team']Croatia[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albania_national_football_team']Albania[/URL] after their supporters chant "kill, kill, kill the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbs']Serb[/URL]" during a match on Wednesday. [URL='https://news.sky.com/story/serbia-threatens-to-pull-out-of-euro-2024-over-croatia-and-albania-chants-13156050'](Sky News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_June_20"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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