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- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Insurgency in the North Gaza Strip
- At least 42 Palestinians are killed by Israeli airstrikes across northern Gaza. (AP) (Reuters)
- Insurgency in the North Gaza Strip
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kharkiv strikes
- At least three people are killed and 38 others are injured when Russian guided bombs hit civilian infrastructure in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (The Washington Post)
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Russia launches missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, injuring two people and damaging energy infrastructure. Ukraine says that it shot down 12 of 16 missiles and all 13 drones. (Reuters)
- Kharkiv strikes
- 2021–2024 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
- At least 23 people are killed by the CODECO militia groups in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Tamil Nadu alcohol poisoning
- The death toll from the tainted liquor accident in Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India, increases to 54. (Al Jazeera)
- The death toll from the storms and heavy rains between El Salvador and Guatemala increases to 29 people, including at least six children, while another person is killed in Honduras. (Reuters)
- Three people are missing following thunderstorms and landslides in southeastern Switzerland. (Al Jazeera)
- A severe water crisis on the island of Capri due to Italian mainland water system failures causes several areas in Anacapri to run dry, and forces Capri's mayor to halt tourist arrivals. (AP)
Politics and elections
- LGBT rights in Hungary
- Thousands of people march in {{ill|Budapest Pride|hu|Budapest Pride}} in Budapest, Hungary, to protest against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's anti-LGBTQ+ policies. (Reuters)
Science and technology
- History of tornado research
- A University of Illinois team lead by Joshua Wurman and Karen Kosiba confirms mobile radar measurements of between {{cvt|309|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} and {{cvt|318|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} in the violent tornado that struck Greenfield, Iowa, United States on May 21, 2024. Tornadic winds of over {{cvt|300|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} had previously only ever been confirmed in the 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado and the 2013 El Reno tornado. (NBC News) (University of Illinois)
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