Portal:Current events/2024 June 28

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Dnipro strikes
    • At least one person is killed and 12 others are injured when a Russian missile hits a nine-storey residential building in Dnipro, Ukraine. (Reuters)
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • The Russian Ministry of Defence claims that its forces have taken control of the village of Rozdolivka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Anadolu Agency)
• New People's Army rebellion
  • Philippine troops claim to have killed at least ten suspected communist guerrillas, including three commanders, near a village in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. (ABC News)

Business and economy

• The Argentine Chamber of Deputies approves economic reform measures proposed by President Javier Milei, which include investment incentives, the privatization of numerous state-owned entities, and tax overhauls. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Four people are killed and nine others are injured when a minivan crashes into a nail salon in Deer Park, Long Island, New York, United States. (WCBS-TV)
• A roof at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, collapses amid heavy rains killing one person, injuring eight others, and leading to the cancellation of some domestic flights. (Reuters)
• A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes off the coast of central Peru, injuring 23 people. (Bloomberg)

Health and environment

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
    • The U.S. military dismantles the Gaza floating pier for the third time due to bad weather. (AP)

Law and crime

• A mass shooting in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States kills two people, an 18-year-old and a 15-year-old, and leaves three other people injured including two 19-year-olds and a 20-year-old. (Killeen Daily Herald)
• British police arrest 27 Just Stop Oil activists accused of planning to disrupt airports during the upcoming summer holidays. (Reuters)
• Maldivian Minister of the Environment Fathima Shamnaz Ali Saleem and three others are arrested for allegedly performing black magic on President Mohamed Muizzu. (Hindustan Times)
• Indonesian officials arrest and intend to deport 103 Taiwanese nationals suspected of running a cybercrime operation in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia. (Al Jazeera)
• George Alvarez, the perpetrator of the 2023 Brownsville crash in Texas, United States, that killed eight people and injured ten others is found guilty of eight counts of intoxication manslaughter and ten counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and is sentenced to sixty years in prison. (CTV News)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Iranian presidential election
  • Iranians vote in a snap presidential election following the death of president Ebrahim Raisi. (AP)
• 2024 Mongolian parliamentary election
  • Mongolians vote for members of the State Great Khural. This is the first election since the Khural was expanded to 126 seats and the first to use parallel voting. The ruling Mongolian People's Party loses its supermajority but claims victory, maintaining a slim simple majority. (AP)
• Jadar mining project
  • Thousands of Serbians protest in Loznica, Serbia, against the Rio Tinto mining company and its plans to develop a lithium mining project in Jadar. (Reuters)
• Thousands of Japanese people protest at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo over multiple alleged sexual assault cases involving U.S. service members against Japanese people on Okinawa Island. (Al Jazeera)

Sports

• 2024 NHL Entry Draft
  • In ice hockey, the first day of the draft for the National Hockey League is held at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., with the San Jose Sharks selecting Macklin Celebrini with the first overall pick. (ESPN)