Sunday, June 2nd, 2024 

Claudia Sheinbaum wins the presidential election. She will begin her term as Mexico’s first female president on October 1. (CBC) 

China‘s Chang’e 6 lunar exploration mission to collect moon rock successfully lands on the far side of the Moon. (Reuters) 

At the 2024 Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin meets with Chinese Minister of National Defense Dong Jun, with the two agreeing to resume military-to-military communication between the two countries. (Al Jazeera) 

Russia accuses NATO and the United States of “provoking a new level of tension” after some allies agreed to let Ukraine’s military use Western-supplied weapons to strike targets inside Russia. (BBC News) 

Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation submit an SEC filing acknowledging a data breach of customer information potentially affecting 560 million users. Banco Santander and cloud provider Snowflake Inc. are also believed to have been affected by the same data breach. (Reuters) 

Former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that he intends to run for president again following the death of Ebrahim Raisi. Ahmadinejad has been rejected from running in the two previous presidential elections. (ABC News Australia) 

UNICEF reports that more than 270,000 people, including more than 130,000 children, are at risk following fighting at the Golo Reservoir in El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan. (The Print) 

Syrian state media reports that a number of people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes near Aleppo, including an Iranian military advisor. (Reuters) 

A firefighter is killed and thousands of people are evacuated after heavy rains cause flooding in southern Germany, particularly in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. (Reuters) 

The Maldives announces a ban on Israeli passport holders from entering the country. (CNN) 

One person is killed and 24 others are injured in a mass shooting in Akron, Ohio, United States. (NPR) 

Saturday, June 1st, 2024 

A court run by the Houthis in Yemen sentences 44 people to death on charges of collaborating with the Saudi coalition. (ABC News) 

The Sudanese Armed Forces bomb a hospital in Kutum, Sudan, injuring dozens of people. (Al Mayadeen) 

Around eleven civilians are killed and 42 others are injured in large clashes between the Rapid Support Forces, the Sudanese Armed Forces, and various rebel militia groups in El Fasher, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune) 

Sudan’s Ambassador to Russia confirms willingness of his country to allow construction of a Russian naval base on the Red Sea. (Sudan Tribune) 

Russia launches missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, injuring at least four people and damaging critical infrastructure, including energy facilities. Ukraine says that it shot down 35 of 53 missiles and 46 of 47 drones. (Reuters) 

A boat carrying 25 people capsizes in eastern Afghanistan, killing 20 of them. (AP) 

At least 33 Indian election polling staff die from heatstroke in a heatwave across the country. (Al Jazeera) 

A jury in Idaho, United States, sentences Chad Daybell to death for the murders of his ex-wife and two of his wife’s children. (AP) 

Icelanders vote for the President of Iceland. Incumbent president Guðni Th. Jóhannesson had previously announced that he would not be seeking a third term. (Al Jazeera) 

Halla Tómasdóttir is elected as the President of Iceland with the plurality of the votes at 34.2%. Her opposition Katrín Jakobsdóttir concedes the election with 25.2%. (DW) 

The final phase of the general election in India is held, with the ruling National Democratic Alliance projected to win a majority. Results will be announced on June 4. (Reuters) 

Friday,  May 31st, 2024 

French security services arrest a Chechen teenager suspected of plotting a islamist-inspired ambush on a football game during the Summer Olympics. (The Guardian) 

Ukraine launches missile and drone strikes across Krasnodar Krai, Russia, injuring two people and damaging several oil refineries. (Reuters) 

At least three people are killed and 16 others are injured when Russian missiles hit civilian infrastructure in Kharkiv. (Reuters) 

Ukraine and Russia announce their first exchange of prisoners of war in nearly four months, with 150 people freed following negotiations mediated by the United Arab Emirates. (Reuters) 

The death toll from yesterday’s U.S. Navy and British Navy airstrikes in Yemen increases to 16 with 35 others injured. (AP) 

The Houthi Supreme Political Council states that it launched an attack on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, although American officials deny this claim. (The Independent) 

Seven soldiers are killed and 28 others are injured in an offensive by the Rapid Support Forces near Khartoum, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune) 

A medic is killed and another is injured in an Israeli airstrike against an ambulance in Naqoura, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera) 

France bans Israeli defense firms from exhibiting at the Eurosatory weapons expo convention. (Al Jazeera) 

Former First Lady of Zambia Esther Lungu is arrested on fraud charges. (BBC News) 

Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton dies in prison after being attacked by another inmate earlier this month. (AP) 

Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy parts of the Brooklyn Museum in New York City, New York, U.S. (Reuters) 

The End