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June 8

Law and crime

Six people, including four children, are injured in a mass stabbing at Lake Annecy in Haute-Savoie, France. The attacker, a Syrian national, is arrested.
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Former United States President Donald Trump is indicted on seven counts, relating to his mishandling of classified government documents. He is to be arraigned in federal court in Miami, Florida on Tuesday, June 13, 2023.
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Disasters and accidents

Heavy rains in Savaiʻi, Samoa, cause widespread flooding and infrastructure damage.
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A Russian national is killed by a tiger shark off the coast of Hurghada, Egypt. Following the attack, authorities close off a 46 miles (74 km) stretch of the Red Sea coastline until June 11. The shark was later captured.
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The Philippine Institute of Volcanology issues a "level 3 alert" for the Mayon volcano in Albay due to the presence of volcanic earthquakes, indicating an increased risk of lava flows and possible eruptions. Albay governor Edcel Lagman orders the evacuation of residents within a 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) radius of the volcano.
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Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian forces shell Kherson, injuring nine civilians near an evacuation point in a part of the city that flooded after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam.
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At least 11 people are killed and 30 others are injured by a car bomb outside a mosque in Fayzabad, Afghanistan, during a prayer service for the deputy governor of Badakhshan Province who was killed two days ago. The Islamic State claims responsibility for the bombing.
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Health and environment

The World Health Organization announces that the outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Equatorial Guinea, which has killed 35 people since February, has ended.
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June 7

Disasters and accidents

Millions of people in the eastern United States and central Canada are warned to limit their time outdoors due to smoke and bad air quality from large wildfires in northern Ontario and Quebec.
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Air quality in New York City becomes the worst in the world, with air pollution levels reaching more than 400 on the Air Quality Index.
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Officials in Chibougamau, Quebec, order 7,300 residents to evacuate in response to two nearby wildfires.
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Three people are killed by a 4.8 magnitude earthquake in Maubin, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar.
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Fifteen people are killed in a crash between a bus and a truck in Dakshin Surma Upazila, Sylhet District, Bangladesh.  
The Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii erupts after a 3-month pause, prompting evacuations.
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Science and technology

In a report published in , researchers reveal the first-known case of facultative parthenogenesis or a "virgin birth" in a crocodile, where a female American crocodile living in isolation at a Costa Rican zoo laid an egg of a fully formed stillborn crocodile that exhibited parthenogenesis. Researchers suggest that the findings could provide insights into the reproduction of related animals, including dinosaurs and pterosaurs.
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces that the United Kingdom will host the world's first summit on artificial intelligence later this year.
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Arts and culture

The Egyptian antiquities ministry prohibits a group of archaeologists from the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, Netherlands, from conducting excavations in Saqqara after the museum unveiled an exhibit about ancient Egyptian music that Egyptian authorities criticized for its Afrocentric depictions of certain figures, claiming it was historical negationism.
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Sports

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Politics and elections

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The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador votes to reduce the number of legislative seats from 84 to 60 ahead of the 2024 general election.
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June 6

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Nova Kakhovka dam in the Russian-occupied part of Ukraine's Kherson Oblast is destroyed, releasing a huge amount of water downstream on the Dnieper. The dam had held back 18 cubic kilometres of water in the Kakhovka reservoir.
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Thousands of civilians are being evacuated from the town of Nova Kakhovka and surrounding villages as the floods spread.
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The deputy governor of Afghanistan's Badakhshan Province and his driver are killed and six civilians injured when a suicide car bomber rams their vehicle in Fayzabad.
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Iran unveils a domestically produced hypersonic long-range missile named "Fattah", which they claim can penetrate missile defense systems.
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Sports

The professional golf tour organisations LIV Golf, the PGA Tour and the PGA European Tour announce that they will combine their commercial rights into a new for-profit company, primarily funded by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. This merger agreement will end all existing litigation between the three tours, with plans for a "fair and objective process for any players who wish to re-apply for membership".
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Disasters and accidents

Three people are killed and 36 others injured by a 4.9 magnitude earthquake in Jérémie, Grand'Anse, Haiti.
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Law and crime

Two people are killed and five others injured after a mass shooting at Huguenot High School in Richmond, Virginia, United States.
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A court in Angeles, Philippines, convicts a police officer and an official of the National Bureau of Investigation in connection with the kidnapping and murder of South Korean businessman Jee Ick-Joo in 2016. However, the alleged mastermind of the plot is acquitted.
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The New Zealand government announces a ban on most disposable electronic cigarettes from August.
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Five people are killed and eight others injured when police open fire on taxi drivers protesting against high fuel prices in Huambo, Angola. At least 34 others were arrested during the protest, which was in response to the government's decision to cut fuel subsidies.
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