Sunday, June 12th, 2022 

Demonstrators participate in more than 450 rallies nationwide to push for gun law changes after mass shootings in United States. (NBC News) 

At least 30 members of the American neo–fascist group Patriot Front are arrested for conspiring to riot at a pride event in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, United States. (AP) 

Authorities in Argentina seize an Iranian Boeing 747 which was transferred to Venezuela last year. It is unclear if the impound is related to sanctions that have been imposed on both countries. (Reuters) 

Three months after McDonald’s suspended its operations in Russia and sold its 850 restaurants to Alexander Govor, the rebranded restaurants are reopened as Vkusno & tochka. (AP) 

The Celsius Network cryptocurrency lending platform announced it was “pausing all withdrawals, swap, and transfers between accounts” amidst a large pullback in the cryptocurrency market. (CNBC) 

Voters in France go to the polls to elect the first round of the 577 members of the 16th National Assembly. (AP) 

Exit polls show the coalition of left-wing parties headed by far-left deputy Jean-Luc Mélenchon barely edging out President Emmanuel Macron’s coalition Ensemble Citoyens for the most votes in the first round, winning 25.6% and 25.2% of the votes respectively. Overall turnout is projected to be 47%, the lowest recorded for a French election. (The Guardian) 

The referendum for the reform of the judicial system is invalidated as it did not reach the required 50% threshold. (Reuters) 

At this year’s Tony Awards, A Strange Loop wins Best Musical while The Lehman Trilogy wins Best Play. (New York Times) 

Saturday, June 11th, 2022 

Russian forces shell the Azot chemical plant in Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk Oblast. Governor Serhiy Haidai says that the attack has caused a massive fire at the plant. (Reuters) 

Top oil and petrochemicals producers Iran and Venezuela sign a 20-year economic cooperation agreement. (Reuters) 

The former president of Bolivia Jeanine Áñez is sentenced to ten years in prison for the crimes of breach of duty and resolutions contrary to the Constitution and laws of Bolivia during the 2019 Bolivian political crisis. (elDiarioAR.com) 

North Korea appoints Choe Son-hui as its next foreign minister. (Reuters) 

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