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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 141640" data-attributes="member: 524">Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Pakistan_heat_wave" target="_blank">2024 Pakistan heat wave</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 568 people have died from heat-related illnesses due to extreme temperatures and humidity in southern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" target="_blank">Pakistan</a>. <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/pakistan-karachi-heatwave-temperature-death-toll-b2569734.html" target="_blank">(The Independent)</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn05rz3w4x1o" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Sudan_famine" target="_blank">2024 Sudan famine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">An <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Food_Security_Phase_Classification" target="_blank">Integrated Food Security Phase Classification</a> (IPC) report states that over 755,000 people in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan" target="_blank">Sudan</a> face the most severe IPC level of extreme hunger as well as the worst levels of acute food insecurity ever recorded in the country. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/27/over-750000-people-in-sudan-at-risk-of-starvation-global-hunger-monitor" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Five people are killed and five others are injured when a train collides with a bus near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nov%C3%A9_Z%C3%A1mky" target="_blank">Nové Zámky</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovakia" target="_blank">Slovakia</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/slovak-train-crash-kills-five-people-injures-least-five-others-2024-06-27/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Three people are killed and 40 others are injured in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derailment" target="_blank">train derailment</a> amid heavy rains in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komi_Republic" target="_blank">Komi</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-train-derailment-3a3613774af9221dcbcb2f7fd503ab67" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russian</a> satellite <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurs-P_No.1" target="_blank">Resurs-P No.1</a> breaks up into over 100 pieces of debris near the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station" target="_blank">International Space Station</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/russian-satellite-blasts-debris-space-forces-iss-astronauts-shelter-2024-06-27/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul>International relations<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/Foreign_involvement_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">According to an anonymous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea" target="_blank">South Korean</a> government official, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea" target="_blank">North Korea</a> is preparing to send <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_People%27s_Army" target="_blank">engineering forces</a> to the Russian-occupied <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk_Oblast" target="_blank">Donetsk region</a> of Ukraine in July. <a href="https://www.nknews.org/2024/06/fact-check-north-korea-has-not-announced-plans-to-send-troops-to-ukraine-yet" target="_blank">(NK News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid_epidemic_in_the_United_States" target="_blank">Opioid epidemic in the United States</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" target="_blank">United States Supreme Court</a> blocks a proposed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purdue_Pharma" target="_blank">Purdue Pharma</a> bankruptcy settlement that would have shielded members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sackler_family" target="_blank">Sackler family</a> from civil lawsuits relating to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid_epidemic" target="_blank">opioid epidemic</a>, citing issues regarding the protection of third parties from lawsuits. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/27/politics/purdue-pharma-supreme-court-opioid-settlement/index.html" target="_blank">(CNN)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" target="_blank">Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party</a> expels former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_National_Defense_%28China%29" target="_blank">Ministers of National Defense</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Shangfu" target="_blank">Li Shangfu</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei_Fenghe" target="_blank">Wei Fenghe</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party" target="_blank">Chinese Communist Party</a> following charges of corruption against them. <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/china-former-defence-minister-li-shangfu-expelled-communist-party-4439876" target="_blank">(CNA)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukrainian president</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy" target="_blank">Volodymyr Zelenskyy</a> signs a law establishing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" target="_blank">English</a> as an official language of international communication in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a>. <a href="https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-signs-law-on-use-of-english-in-ukraine/" target="_blank">(The Kyiv Independent)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Justice_Department" target="_blank">U.S. Justice Department</a> charges 193 people, including 76 medical professionals, with participating in healthcare <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraud" target="_blank">fraud</a> schemes totalling $2.75 billion, which include unlawful distribution of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adderall" target="_blank">Adderall</a> and fraudulent drug addiction treatment. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-justice-department-charges-193-defendants-275-billion-health-care-fraud-bust-2024-06-27/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya_Finance_Bill_protests" target="_blank">Kenya Finance Bill protests</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Thousands of people protest in cities across <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya" target="_blank">Kenya</a>, calling for the removal of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Kenya" target="_blank">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ruto" target="_blank">William Ruto</a>. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/27/kenya-protesters-call-for-president-rutos-removal-after-tax-bill-dropped" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The leaders of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" target="_blank">European Union</a> member states agree to nominate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen" target="_blank">Ursula von der Leyen</a> as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_European_Commission" target="_blank">President of the European Commission</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia" target="_blank">Estonian</a> Prime Minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaja_Kallas" target="_blank">Kaja Kallas</a> as the next <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Representative_of_the_Union_for_Foreign_Affairs_and_Security_Policy" target="_blank">High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy</a>, and also elect former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal" target="_blank">Portuguese</a> Prime Minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Costa" target="_blank">António Costa</a> as the next <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_European_Council" target="_blank">President of the European Council</a>. <a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/06/27/eu-leaders-agree-on-top-jobs-ursula-von-der-leyen-antonio-costa-and-kaja-kallas" target="_blank">(Euronews)</a></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_June_27" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 141640, member: 524"] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Pakistan_heat_wave']2024 Pakistan heat wave[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least 568 people have died from heat-related illnesses due to extreme temperatures and humidity in southern [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan']Pakistan[/URL]. [URL='https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/pakistan-karachi-heatwave-temperature-death-toll-b2569734.html']([I]The Independent[/I])[/URL] [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn05rz3w4x1o'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Sudan_famine']2024 Sudan famine[/URL] [LIST] [*]An [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Food_Security_Phase_Classification']Integrated Food Security Phase Classification[/URL] (IPC) report states that over 755,000 people in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan']Sudan[/URL] face the most severe IPC level of extreme hunger as well as the worst levels of acute food insecurity ever recorded in the country. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/27/over-750000-people-in-sudan-at-risk-of-starvation-global-hunger-monitor'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]Five people are killed and five others are injured when a train collides with a bus near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nov%C3%A9_Z%C3%A1mky']Nové Zámky[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovakia']Slovakia[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/slovak-train-crash-kills-five-people-injures-least-five-others-2024-06-27/'](Reuters)[/URL] [*]Three people are killed and 40 others are injured in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derailment']train derailment[/URL] amid heavy rains in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komi_Republic']Komi[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/russia-train-derailment-3a3613774af9221dcbcb2f7fd503ab67'](AP)[/URL] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russian[/URL] satellite [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurs-P_No.1']Resurs-P No.1[/URL] breaks up into over 100 pieces of debris near the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station']International Space Station[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/russian-satellite-blasts-debris-space-forces-iss-astronauts-shelter-2024-06-27/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_involvement_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*]According to an anonymous [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea']South Korean[/URL] government official, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea']North Korea[/URL] is preparing to send [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_People%27s_Army']engineering forces[/URL] to the Russian-occupied [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk_Oblast']Donetsk region[/URL] of Ukraine in July. [URL='https://www.nknews.org/2024/06/fact-check-north-korea-has-not-announced-plans-to-send-troops-to-ukraine-yet'](NK News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid_epidemic_in_the_United_States']Opioid epidemic in the United States[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States']United States Supreme Court[/URL] blocks a proposed [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purdue_Pharma']Purdue Pharma[/URL] bankruptcy settlement that would have shielded members of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sackler_family']Sackler family[/URL] from civil lawsuits relating to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid_epidemic']opioid epidemic[/URL], citing issues regarding the protection of third parties from lawsuits. [URL='https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/27/politics/purdue-pharma-supreme-court-opioid-settlement/index.html'](CNN)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party']Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party[/URL] expels former [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_National_Defense_%28China%29']Ministers of National Defense[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Shangfu']Li Shangfu[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei_Fenghe']Wei Fenghe[/URL] from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party']Chinese Communist Party[/URL] following charges of corruption against them. [URL='https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/china-former-defence-minister-li-shangfu-expelled-communist-party-4439876'](CNA)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Ukraine']Ukrainian president[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy']Volodymyr Zelenskyy[/URL] signs a law establishing [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language']English[/URL] as an official language of international communication in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL]. [URL='https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-signs-law-on-use-of-english-in-ukraine/']([I]The Kyiv Independent[/I])[/URL] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Justice_Department']U.S. Justice Department[/URL] charges 193 people, including 76 medical professionals, with participating in healthcare [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraud']fraud[/URL] schemes totalling $2.75 billion, which include unlawful distribution of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adderall']Adderall[/URL] and fraudulent drug addiction treatment. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-justice-department-charges-193-defendants-275-billion-health-care-fraud-bust-2024-06-27/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya_Finance_Bill_protests']Kenya Finance Bill protests[/URL] [LIST] [*]Thousands of people protest in cities across [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya']Kenya[/URL], calling for the removal of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Kenya']President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ruto']William Ruto[/URL]. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/27/kenya-protesters-call-for-president-rutos-removal-after-tax-bill-dropped'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]The leaders of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union']European Union[/URL] member states agree to nominate [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen']Ursula von der Leyen[/URL] as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_European_Commission']President of the European Commission[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia']Estonian[/URL] Prime Minister [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaja_Kallas']Kaja Kallas[/URL] as the next [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Representative_of_the_Union_for_Foreign_Affairs_and_Security_Policy']High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy[/URL], and also elect former [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal']Portuguese[/URL] Prime Minister [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Costa']António Costa[/URL] as the next [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_European_Council']President of the European Council[/URL]. [URL='https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/06/27/eu-leaders-agree-on-top-jobs-ursula-von-der-leyen-antonio-costa-and-kaja-kallas'](Euronews)[/URL] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_June_27"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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