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**[[Honduran President]] [[Xiomara Castro]] announces new measures to reduce gang activity in [[Honduras]], including building a 20,000-capacity "megaprison" and plans to designate gang members as [[terrorists]]. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/15/honduras-to-build-20000-inmate-megaprison-as-part-of-gang-crackdown (Al Jazeera)] |
**[[Honduran President]] [[Xiomara Castro]] announces new measures to reduce gang activity in [[Honduras]], including building a 20,000-capacity "megaprison" and plans to designate gang members as [[terrorists]]. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/15/honduras-to-build-20000-inmate-megaprison-as-part-of-gang-crackdown (Al Jazeera)] |
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*Thousands of women march in [[Sao Paulo]], [[Brazil]], in protest of a bill that would equate [[late termination of pregnancy|late abortions]] after 22 weeks to homicide with sentences of six to 20 years in prison. [https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-women-march-against-bill-tightening-abortion-ban-2024-06-15/ (Reuters)] |
*Thousands of women march in [[Sao Paulo]], [[Brazil]], in protest of a bill that would equate [[late termination of pregnancy|late abortions]] after 22 weeks to homicide with sentences of six to 20 years in prison. [https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-women-march-against-bill-tightening-abortion-ban-2024-06-15/ (Reuters)] |
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*[[2024 Categoría Primera A season]] |
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**In Colombian [[association football]], [[Atlético Bucaramanga]] win their first [[Categoría Primera A|Category-A]] professional league tournament in a [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]] against [[Independiente Santa Fe]]. [https://www.vavel.com/en-us/live/2024/06/16/1185189-independiente-santa-fe-atletico-bucaramanga.html (Vavel)] |
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Revision as of 15:35, 17 June 2024
June 15, 2024 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Three people are killed and five others are injured in a Russian cluster munition strike on the village of Ulakly in Donetsk Oblast. (The Kyiv Independent)
- Humanitarian aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- The United States announces a $1.5 billion aid package to Ukraine, focused primarily on the country's energy industry and humanitarian assistance. (Politico)
- June 2024 Ukraine peace summit
- World leaders meet at the Bürgenstock Resort in Switzerland to advance the Ukrainian peace process. (The Guardian)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Israel–Hamas war
- Rafah offensive
- An IED kills eight IDF personnel in a Namer armoured personnel carrier in Rafah. (Times of Israel) (AP)
- Rafah offensive
Disasters and accidents
- Two people are killed in a plane crash near Chino, California, United States. (Los Angeles Times)
- A Dutch tourist is found dead and three other tourists are missing on different Greek islands. (AP)
- Nine people are injured, including two young children, in a shooting at a splash pad in Rochester Hills, Michigan, United States. (NPR)
- Two people died and six were injured after a shooting at a Juneteenth celebration at a park in Texas, United States. (AP)
International relations
- Iran–Sweden relations
- Iran and Sweden completes a prisoner swap mediated by Oman, with former Iranian official Hamid Nouri being exchanged for former Swedish diplomat Johan Floderus and a Swedish-Iranian citizen. (Al Jazeera)
- Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
- China issues new regulations allowing their national coastguard to detain foreigners accused of illegally entering China's claimed territorial waters and adjacent waters. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- 2024 French legislative election
- Over 600,000 people march in cities across France to protest against the far-right National Rally party. (Reuters)
- Honduran gang crackdown
- Honduran President Xiomara Castro announces new measures to reduce gang activity in Honduras, including building a 20,000-capacity "megaprison" and plans to designate gang members as terrorists. (Al Jazeera)
- Thousands of women march in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in protest of a bill that would equate late abortions after 22 weeks to homicide with sentences of six to 20 years in prison. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2024 Categoría Primera A season
- In Colombian association football, Atlético Bucaramanga win their first Category-A professional league tournament in a penalty shoot-out against Independiente Santa Fe. (Vavel)