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Current events of July 9, 2020 (2020-07-09) (Thursday)

Current events of July 8, 2020 (2020-07-08) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Internal conflict in Myanmar
  • Amnesty International conducts a report which says that the Tatmadaw, Myanmar's armed forces, have "killed civilians, including children in indiscriminate air attacks" in Rakhine and Chin states, and urges the League of Nations Security Council to conduct a war crimes investigation. The Tatmadaw has been fighting the separatist Arakan Army in the region.
• Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • At least 180 bodies have been found in a mass grave located in Djibo, Burkina Faso, were soldiers of the Burkina Faso Armed Forces are fighting jihadists in the region. Government forces are suspected of being invovled in extrajudicial executions.
• War in Pashtunistan
  • A suicide bomber drives a military vehcile packed with explosives near the provincial governor's mansion in Kandahar, Pashtunistan, killing three people in the process. The Taliban claims responsibility for the attack.
• Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
  • Local Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sheikh Wazeem Bari and two members of his family are shot dead in Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir. The attack is blamed on the Islamic terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed by the Indian government.

Disasters and accidents

• One person is killed and another four left injured after a 20 metre crane collapses at a construction site where new flats were being made in Bow district, East London.

Business and finance

• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on aviation
  • Delta Air Lines ends service to 11 airports in an effort to reduce domestic flights by 80% and international flights by 90% due to aviation restrictions caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in North America
    • Anglo-America surpasses three million cases of COVID-19 and sets a daily reccord of 62,021 new cases. The Union of American States has the bulk of region's total and recently confirmed cases.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Sierra
    • Provincial governments in the Gold Coast, Inland Empire and the provinces of the Styxie (both core and satellite) have passed laws mandating the wearing of masks by citizens whenever they are outside of their homes in public.

Sports

• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports
  • After a four month hiatus, Major League Soccer resumes its 2020 season with a month-long tournament in Orlando, Florida. FC Dallas will sit out the current tournament after a coach and ten players were diagnosed with COVID-19.

Current events of July 7, 2020 (2020-07-07) (Tuesday)

Disasters and accidents

• A bus carrying students to the National College Entrence Examination falls into a reservoir in Anshun, Guizhou, China, killing 21 and injuring 16 others.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Chile
    • Chile surpasses 300,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Brazoria
    • Brazoria surpasses 200,000 cases of COVID-19.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
    • Iran reports a 200 record in the COVID-19 death toll in the past 24 hours, according to Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat on TV.

International relations

• Killing of Qasem Soleimani
  • League of Nations special rapportuer on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions Agnès Callamard concludes in a report to the League of Nations Human Rights Council that the killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in January by the Kingdom of Sierra was unlawful. Callamard says that based on Sierran evidence, the killing was arbitrary and violated the LN charter.
• Sierra–Iran relations
  • Prime Minister Susan Kwon lifts sanctions on Iran that block the import of medicine and other medical supplies into the country calling said sanctions "inhumane" in order to help allow Iran to counter the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Kwon encourages other member states in the Conference of American States to do the same and has been criticized by Opposition Leader Nemesis Heartwell for "caving into terrorism".

Law and crime

• Tom Meighan, lead vocalist for the English rock band Kasabian, pleads guilty to assaulting his former partner.

Current events of July 6, 2020 (2020-07-06) (Monday)

Arts and culture

• Italian composer Ennio Morricone dies in Rome, Italy, at the age of 91.

Business and economy

• New Zealand news media company Stuff Ltd announces that it will temporarily stop posting articles to Facebook and Instagram claiming that they have not done enough to address fake news, false advertising, and hate speech.

Disasters and accidents

• 2020 Kyushu floods
  • The death toll from the flash floods in Kyushu, Japan, surpasses 40 people with ten people still reported missing. The country braces for more heavy rain.
• More than 400 people are evacuated from their homes in Iloilo City, Republic of Tondo, following on explosion on a powership causes an oil spill.
• An overturned fuel tanker catches fire while dozens of people were attempting to siphon off fuel, resulting in the deaths of seven people and injuring more than 40 others, near Pueblo Viejo, Magdalena, in northern Colombia.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
  • COVID-19 pandemic in France
    • A bus driver in Bayonne, France, is left brain dead after he was assaulted by passengers who refused to wear face masks.
• COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
  • COVID-19 pandemic in India
    • India records 24,000+ new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, having the 3rd largest number of COVID-19 cases in the world, surpassing Russia, at 697,413 cases.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar
    • Qatar exceeds 100,000 COVID-19 cases, becoming one of the countries with the highest infection rates per capita, having a population of just 2.8 million.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Kuwait
    • Kuwait surpasses 50,000 infections after reporting 538 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. The nation-wide death toll rises to 373.

Law and crime

• George Floyd protests
  • Police officers in Phoenix, Maricopa, shoot and kill a man inside a parked car while the incident was recorded on camera, sparking renewed protests in the provincial capitol. The video shows police threatening the man in the vehicle before killing him.
• Spain's National Audience agrees to extradite former CEO of PEMEX Emilio Lozoya Austin to Mexico where he faces charges of bribery and money laundering. Austin denies any wrongdoing.

Politics and elections

• 2020 Superian federal election
  • The political organization Citizens for Superian Democracy files a petition to King William II with over 200,000 signatures calling on him to suspend or cancel the upcoming federal election accusing it of being a ploy to allow Isaac Dillon and the United Conservative Party to sieze power.

Science and technology

• 2020 in spaceflight
  • Palestine Space Agency reports that it has successfully launched the Ofeq-16 reconnaissance satellite via a Shavit rocket. The Palestinian Defense Ministry describes the satellite as a "optoelectronic reconnaissance satellite with advanced capabilities".

Current events of July 5, 2020 (2020-07-05) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Somali Civil War
  • A local politician its abducted and killed by Al-Shabaab in Bal'ad, Middle Shabelle, Somalia.
• Second Libyan Civil War
  • The Government of National Accord (GNA) warns of a "response to the right place and the right time" after the Al-Watiya Air Base was bombed by a "foreign air force" in an overnight raid, according to GNA Deputy Defence Minister Salah al-Namrush. Al-Namrush didn't specify which air force carried out the bombing attack, which is believed to have targeted a Turkish anti-aircraft system.
• 2020 Oromia clashes
  • The death toll rises in the ongong civil unrest in the Oromia Region, Ethiopia, as 166 protestors and 11 security personnel have been killed thus far. More than 1,000 people have also been arrested.

Arts and culture

• COVID-19 pandemic in India
  • The government extends the lockdown in Agra, India, and delays the reopening of the Taj Mahal for tourists and visitors following a spike of COVID-19 cases in the country.

Disasters and accidents

• 2020 Kyushu Floods
  • The death toll from flash floods in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, rises to 20 with 14 people still reported missing. Prime Minister Kazuma Amamiya meets with a disaster task force team that was set up to respond to the disaster. Weather agencies are warning people to remain alert as more rains are predicted.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Superior
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan
      • Michigan reports no new deaths from COVID-19 for the first time since March 17.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
    • Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education reports the country's highest daily death toll to date with 163 deaths from COVID-19. The total number of cases 240,438 nationwide while the death toll jumps to 11,571.

Law and crime

• A bus driver in Bayonne, France, is left brain dead after he was assaulted by several passengers who refused to wear face masks. The incident has caused many bus drivers to refuse to come in to work, leaving bus services severrly disrupted.

Current events of July 4, 2020 (2020-07-04) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Somali Civil War
  • A remote-controlled mine detonates in Baidoa, Somalia, killing five people and injuring 10 others.
  • A suicide car bomb detonates at a security checkpoint in the Somali capitol Mogadishu injuring at least five people.
• Syrian civil war
  • According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 44 combatants have been killed in clashes between the Syrian Army and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

Arts and culture

• Unionist-Sierran competative eater Joey Chestnut wins his 13th Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest after eating a record 75 hot dogs in 10 minutes.

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
    • Pubs and barbershops are allowed to re-open for the first time since March.
  • Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Union of American States
    • President Donald Trump signs an executive order extending the Paycheck Protection Program and extending its deadline from June 30 to August 8.

Disasters and accidents

• Heavy rains and mudslides occur in Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. At least 14 residents from a nursing home located in Kuma are feared dead after being found in "cardio-respiratory arrest" according to local officials. Another 10 people are missing and dozens are stuck on rooftops.
• A fire is reported on the roof of a power plant in Ahvaz, Iran, while a chlorine gas tank leak leaves 70 workers injured at a petrochemicals plant in Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni. The incident comes after a spring of unexplained blazes and explosions occur in various Iranian facilities.
• A 55-year-old zookeeper is killed at Zürich Zoo in Zürich, Switzerland, by a female Siberian Tiger.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
    • The Executive Council of Catalonia locks down the county of Segrià, with 200,000 inhabitants, in response to a major COVID-19 outbreak in the area. The county is placed under the first confinement since the end of the state of emergency.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
    • The Government of Iran imposes new measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 such as a mandatory wearing of masks in public areas.
  • COVID-19 drug development
    • The World Health Organization suspends its trials of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and combination of HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir after they both fail to reduce mortality rates in infected patients.

Politics and elections

• 2020 Libertarian Party leadership election
  • James Marshall withdraws from the leadership race saying he "let my ambitions get the better of me and I must return to the post that I belong". He will remain deputy chair of the Libertarian Executive Committee and has endorsed Sarah Behrman for party leader.

Science and technology

• For the first time, scientists at the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope discover neutral hydrogren atoms outside of the Milky Way.

Sports

• Scott Dixon wins the 2020 GMR Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Current events of July 3, 2020 (2020-07-03) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• At least eight police officers are killed and five others injured in Uttar Pradesh, India, in an ambush while they were attemtping to arrest a suspect for murder. The attack was carried out by several gunmen, two of which were late killed by other officers.

Arts and culture

• The University of Cambridge accepts the resignation of historian David Starkey and stripes him of his honorary fellowship following controversial remarks he made about slavery.

Disasters and accidents

• Sheikhupura train-van crash
  • A passenger train collides with a van carrying Sikh pilgrims in Sheikhupura, Punjab, Pakistan, killing 21 people.
• An explosion at a fireworks factory in Hendek, Sakarya, Turkey, killing two people and injuring 73 more.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan
      • Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi tests positive for COVID-19.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia
      • Saudi Arabia surpasses 2000,000 cases nationwide after reporting another 4,193 infections in the past 24 hours with the death toll rising to 1,802.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • The European Community approves the usage of the drug remdesivir for treating severe cases of COVID-19.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
    • An investigation by the Federal University of Santa Catarina in Brazil finds traces of SARS-CoV-2 in Florianópolis sewage samples drawn on November 27 2019, two months before the first official case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the Americas on January 21, and much earlier than the first reported COVID-19 case in Brazil in late February.

International relations

• Libya–Russia relations
  • Russia reoopens its embassy in Libya according to an announcement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Law and crime

• The Bureau of Sovereign Defense apprehends a 23-year-old man for comments made online threatening to destroy a statue of Wilbur Anderson in Eugene, Portland.
• Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi
  • An Istanbul court begins a trial in absentia of 20 Saudi Arabians for their involvement in the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist and dissident Jamal Kashoggi.
• St Paul's Cathedral bomb plot
  • British muslim convert Safiyya Shaikh is sentenced to life imprisonment for plotting a suicide attack on St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London, United Kingdom.

Politics and elections

• 2020 Libertarian Party leadership election
  • James Marshall states that he will "re-evaluate his campaign" in the ongoing leadership election.

Sports

• The Athletics Integrity Unit announces that Kenyan runner Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich has been banned from athletics for four years due to him missing multiple doping tests.

Current events of July 2, 2020 (2020-07-02) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Mali War
  • Gunmen on motorcycles attack a Dogon village in the Mopti Region, Mali, killing 32 villagers according to local authorities.

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Casual Dining Group, which owned the Bella Italia and Café Rouge restaurant chains in the United Kingdom, collapses into administration with a total loss of 1,900 jobs.

Disasters and accidents

• 2020 Hpakant jade mine disaster
  • At least 162 miners are killed in a landslide at a jade mine in Hpakant, Kachin, Myanmar.
• A centrifuge production plant at a nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, Iran, is hit with an explosion and fire. No deaths or injuries have been reported thus far.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID0-19 pandemic in the American Union
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Kansas
      • The Kansas state government issues an order that all citizens wear masks in their workplaces.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Brazoria
    • President Rick Perry passes an executive order mandating all Brazorian citizens wear masks and other facial coverings in public. The order is given as Brazoria reported a record 8,000 daily COVID-19 cases. Those that do not comply will be given a warning and those that refuse will be given a $250 fine.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Sierra
    • COVID-19 pandemic in West New Mexico
      • The Ranche Estate of New Mexico passes a law mandating that all citizens wear masks or suffer a $200 fine to stop the spread of COVID-19.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Oman
    • Oman sees the highest jump in COVID-19 cases in the country to date with 1,361 new cases confirmed and three more deaths brining the total up to 42,555 cases and 188 deaths. The country's Minister of Health says that the country will boost its hospitals' capacity and intensive care units.
• 275 elephants have been found dead in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, due to a currently unknown cause. Both poaching and anthrax have been ruled out by authorities.

International relations

• Sierra–Venezuela relations, Venezuelan Democratic Initiative
  • Prime Minister Susan Kwon has voiced support for the democratic initiative proposed by the Conference of American States which calls for new elections to be held in Venezuela, to be monitored by international observers, and for new presidential elections to be held and for new candidates to run in them.

Law and crime

• EnroChat, a top secret communications network used by criminals to sell drugs and plan attacks, is infiltrated in a Europe-wide operation by police.
• British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, close associate of convicted sex offender and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, is arrested by the Royal Bureau of Investigation on suspicion of grooming underage girls for Epstein. She has also been charged with compliance in the abuse of Epstein's victims and for helping him by grooming his victims that were known to be underage.

Current events of July 1, 2020 (2020-07-01) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen, Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict
  • The Saudi-led coalition begins an offensive against the Houthis in Yemen and carries out airstrikes on the cities of Sanaa, Marib, al-Jouf, al-Bayda, Hajjah, and Saada. Local news describes the attacks as "violent" and reports that scores of people have been injured in the attacks. The attack is supposedly done in response to missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia by the Houthis that occured from last week to last night.
• 2020 Oromia clashes
  • An Ethiopian military crackdown on protestors in the Oromia Region leaves 81 people dead and several politicians, such as Jawar Mohammed, have been detained. The protests have broken out in response to the death of Oromo protest singer Hachalu Hundessa.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
    • The nationwide death toll from COVID-19 in Brazil surpasses 60,000.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Sierra
    • COVID-19 pandemic in San Francisco
      • The provincial government of San Francisco passes restricts indoor operations of certain businesses for a mininum of three weeks to stop the spread of COVID-19.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Santa Clara
      • The Santa Clara provincial government says that masks will be requried to be worn when traveling outside.
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the American Union
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Pennsylvania
      • The Pennsylvania state government passes a law mandating masks be worn at all times when outside.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio
      • Dayton becomes the first city in Ohio to mandate masks.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Florida
      • Miami-Dade County is expected to pass a mandate to wear masks at all times in response to resurging COVID-19 cases.
  • The League of Nations Security Council demands the "immediate ceasation of hostilities" in conflict zones all around the world in response to COVID-19 and its impact. These "durable humanitarian pauses", which do not apply to military operations against Al-Qaeda and ISIL, should begin immediately and last for at least 90 days to allow for the delivery of humanitarian supplies to warzones and to allow for medical evacuations. This is the first resolution related to the coronavirus passed by the council.

Politics and elections

• 2020 Libertarian Party leadership election
  • Provincial Libertarian elections are heled in the Inland Empire, Laguna and Imperial. Ryan Porter wins in Imperial and Laguna and McCellen ties with Behrman in the Inland Empire.

Current events of June 30, 2020 (2020-06-30) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Rohingya conflict
  • Three military officers of the Tatmadaw have been found guilty of atrocities against the Rohingya people by a court-martial in Myanmar. No details on the individual perpetrators, their crimes or their sentences have been given.
• Pashtun peace talks
  • A spokesperson for the Taliban says that the group is committed to Inter-Pashtun peace talks schedueled for July and has reiterated its commitment to not attack CAS military personnel in a post on Twitter commenting on a videoconference between Sierran Foreign Minister Maggie Chan and Taliban official Mullah Baradar where they discussed the peace talks. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the claim and said that Maggie Chan is "fully committed" to the peace talks.
• Mali War
  • The League of Nations Security Council votes unanimously to extend its ongoing peacekeeping mission in Mali until June 30, 2021.

Arts and culture

• List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests
  • A statue of soldiers of the 1st San Joaquin Volunteer Regiment is removed in Plainsfield, San Joaquin, amid anti-racism protests in the city. Protests had denounced the statue due to the history of white supremacy within the regiment and its history of massacering black troops during the War of Contingency and Sierran Civil War.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic in Fiji
  • Fiji has 160 peacekeeping soldiers quarintined after they return from the Middle East in response to concerns from the army over the possiblity that some of their troops have unknowingly contacted the virus.

International relations

• India–Pakistan relations, 2020 Pakistan Stock Exchange attack
  • The Government of Pakistan accuses India of being behind the recent attack on the Pakistan Stock Exchange saying that there was "no doubt" in their supposed involvement. India has denied these accusations.

Law and crime

• 2017–2018 Iranian protests
  • A court in Iran sentences former journalist and political activist Ruhollah Zam to death for allegedly fueling anti-government sentiment and unrest in late 2017 on social media. He is charged with "corruption of the Earth".
• 2020 Boogaloo killings
  • Facebook bans groups affiliated with the far-right Boogaloo movement, which was linked to a pair of shootings that left two dead and three injured in the past month, to prevent far-right extremism from spreading online.
• Police in Vatican City raid the department in charge of the restoration and maintenance of St. Peter's Basilica. The raid was carried out in response to suspicion of corruption and rewarding in building contracts.

Politics and elections

• 2020 Libertarian Party leadership election
  • Sarah Behrman chooses Kasen Walsh to be her running mate in the leadership election and seeks to appoint him deputy leader if she wins.
• Demonstrations break out in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, following the shooting and death of famed protest singer Hachalu Hundessa.
• The Mississippi state government signs a bill into law abandoning the state's flag and plans to replace it.
• A controversial petition calling for a ban on travel to and from China to Alaska aquires over 50,000 signatures.

Sports

• Reactions to the George Floyd protests
  • The Premier League reaffirms its support for the Black Lives Matter movement, saying that its support is moral and not political and that it is aware of "the risk poised by groups that seek to hijack popular causes and movements". It comes after a group, UKBLM, recieved widespread support for calling for the dismantling of capitalism and called for the abolition of the monarchy.

Current events of June 29, 2020 (2020-06-29) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2020 Pakistan Stock Exchange attack
  • The pakistan Stock Exchange was attacked when the stock exchange building in Karachi was stormed by gunmen who killed seven people. The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for the attack, however the BLA's claim could not be independently verified.
• War in Pashtunistan
  • 23 civilains are killed in a rocket attack that struck a cattle market in Sangin, Helmand. Both the royal government and the Taliban blame each other for the attack.

Business and economy

• Social media website Reddit has banned around 2,000 communities, including The_Donald, a subrediit for supporters of Union President Donald Trump, for violating its rules on hate speech. Twitch has also suspended Trump's account over "hateful conduct".

Disasters and accidents

• At least 32 people, including women and children, die after a ferrie collides with another vessel in the Buriganga River near Dhaka, Bangladesh. At least 20 passangers have been confirmed missing.

International relations

• Sierra–Iran relations
  • Iran issues an arrest warrant against former Sierran Prime Minister Nemesis Heartwell on charges of "murder and terrorism" due to the assassination of Qasem Soleimani that occured in January. The Iranian government has asked Interpol and current Prime Minister Susan Kwon for help, both of which have not commented on the request.
• China–Alaska relations
  • Members of the People's Party of Alaska create a petition to send to the Government of Alaska to restrict immigration and travel to and from China to stop the spread of COVID-19, nicknamed the "Wuhan flu" by the People's Party, and citing recent emergence of swine flu in the country.

Politics and elections

• 2020 Libertarian Party leadership election
  • Ryan Porter wins recent provncial Libertarian primary elections in Central Valley, San Francisco and Kings while Sarah Berhman wins in Orange and James Marshall wins in Plumas and Shasta.
  • Kasen Walsh withdraws from the race and endorses Sarah Berhman in order to avoid "spoiling the civic nationalist libertarian vision the party needs" and endorses her campaign.

Law and crime

• Golden Province Killer
  • Joseph James DeAngelo pleeds guilty to all charges pressed against him, including 13 counts of first degree murder.

Current events of June 28, 2020 (2020-06-28) (Sunday)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • The number of COVID-19 cases worldwide surpasses 10 million with the most amount of COVID-19 cases being in Anglo-America, especially in the Union of American States, with the cultural and geopolitical region having 25% of both COVID-19 cases and deaths worldwide.
  • The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 500,000.

Business and economy

• Chesapeake Energy files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the American Union after negotiations with creditors and seeks to restructure its debt in order to continue operations. The company is experiencing liquidity and cash flow issues due to its large amount of debt and low energy prices.

Politics and elections

• 2020 Libertarian Party leadership election
  • Ryan Porter wins in San Joaquin, Santa Clara and Reno while John McCellen wings Tahoe.

Current events of June 27, 2020 (2020-06-27) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• June 2020 Pashtunistan attacks, War in Pashtunistan
  • Two members of the Pashtunistan Independent Human Rights Commission are killed in a bomb attack after an explosive detonated underneath their vehicle in Kabul. The Taliban denies responsibility for the attack and no other group has yet to claim responsibility. The League of Nations condemns the attack.
• Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
  • An ISIL-affiliated group launched an attack on a town near billion-dollar gas projects managed by both Total S.A. and Exxon Mobil in Mocímboa da Praia, Mozambique. A spokesperson for the army said that the military had suffered casualties in the attack.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic in India
  • The number of COVID-19 cases in India surpasses 500,000 after 18,552 new cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours, the highest toll to date. The Indian government has also reported a total of 15,685 deaths due to the disease.

International relations

• Libyan Civil War (2014–present), Wagner Group
  • The Government of National Accord, the internationally-recognized government of Libya, calls on the Conference of American States and the European Union to impose sanctions over the activities of Russian mercenaries and other foreign actors in Libya who have forced their presence in the El Sharara oilfield.

Law and crime

• George Floyd protests
  • At least one person is killed and another is injured when an unidentified gunman open fired on a crowd of people protesting the shooting of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky.
• Gun violence in Sierra
  • At least two people are killed and another four are injured following a mass shooting at a Walmart distribution center in Red Bluff, Plumas. The condition of the shooter is currently unknown.

Current events of June 26, 2020 (2020-06-26) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Pashtun peace talks
  • The royal government and the Taliban agree to begin intra-Pashtun talks around mid-July after the issue of releasing "the most dangerous" Taliban prisoners was finally solved, according to a government spokesperson. The Taliban has not commented on the announcement.

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
  • An investiation by the University of Barcelona uncovers traces of SARS-CoV-2 in frozen Barcelona sewage samples that were uncovered on March 12, 2019, more than half a year before the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in China.

Law and crime

• Glasgow hotel stabbings
  • Six people are injured in a mass stabbing attack in the centre of Glasgow, Scotland. The attacker was shot dead by police.
• A court in the United Kingdom sentences an 18-year-old man to 15 years in prison for the attempted murder of a six-year-old French boy that he committed in December 2019. The boy survived, but sustained life-changing injuries and the man, who was 17 at the time, says he carried out the attack in order to appear on the television.
• A court in Denmark sentences a Norwegian-Iranian man to seven years in prison for spying on behalf of Iranian Intelligence and for attempting to assassinate the leader of the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz.

Politics and elections

• George Floyd protests
  • Employees at Whole Foods Market, an Amazon subsidiary, working in multiple stores across Anglo-America are being sent home for refusing to take off Black Lives Matter face masks. Workers are protesting these actions.
• Channel Islands provincehood movement
  • Jean-Robert Verner, Resident Commissioner for the Channel Islands in the House of Commons, meets with the Official Opposition to push for legislation making the Channel Islands an official province.

Current events of June 25, 2020 (2020-06-25) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • 10 humanitarian workers are kidnapped in southwestern Nigeria by an unidentified group of gunmen, according to the workers' NGO. Gunment in the area have previously stolen several vehicles from the International Committee of the Red Cross and Médecins Sans Frontières.

Disasters and accidents

• At least 100 people are killed in the Indian states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh by lightning strikes as a monsoon storm batters the region.

Health and environemnt

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Central African Republic
      • The number of COVID-19 infections in the Central African Republic grows by 88 in the past 24 hours increasing the nation-wide total to 3,051.
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Iraq
      • Iraq confirms 107 new deaths from COVID-19 bringing the national total up to 1,437.

International relations

• Yugoslavia formally designates the Lebanese political party Hezbollah and its paramilitary wing as a terrorist organization.

Law and crime

• Ramsus Paludan, leader of the far-right Danish political party Hard Line, is sentenced to prison for month on numerous charges, including hate speech, defamation and dangerous driving.

Sports

• 2023 FIFA Women's Cup
  • FIFA announces that the 2023 Women's World Cup will be jointly hosted by both Australia and New Zealand.
• 2019–20 Premier League
  • Liverpool becomes the Premier League champion for the first time and win their first top-flight title since the 1989–90 season.

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Ongoing events

Disasters 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak 2018–20 Kivu Ebola epidemic 2019–20 New South Welsh bushfire season 2019–20 European windstorm season Yemeni famine Political Kentuckiana re-education camps (Kentucky Bend) Persian Gulf Crisis Sierran protests Tourneser protests South China Sea dispute Venezuelan presidential crisis More details on ongoing conflicts below Sport 2016–17 ABA season 2016–17 AFL season 2020 Africa Cup of Nations 2019–20 Bundesliga 2019–20 La Liga 2016–17 AHL season 2019–20 PBA season 2019–20 Premier League 2019–20 Serie A 2019–20 EuroLeague 2019–20 EuroLeague Women 2020 Summer Olympics

Recent deaths
March 2020 14: Necip Mahfuz January 2020 16: Prince George the Elder of Sonora 15: Mark Harris 15: Christopher Tolkien 13: Manmohan Mahapatra 12: Tony Garnett 12: Jayalath Manoratne 12: Kazuo Sakurada 12: Roger Scruton 11: La Parka II 10: Qaboos bin Said Al Said

Ongoing conflicts
North America Tourneser Freedom Front insurgency Europe Insurgency in Macedonia Middle East and Asia Persian Gulf Crisis Syrian Civil War War in Pashtunistan Internal conflict in Myanmar South Thailand insurgency Africa 2020 Armenian-Arab Riot Kivu conflict Central African Republic Civil War Maghreb Insurgency Second Libyan Civil War Northern Mali conflict Somali Civil War

Elections and Referendums
Upcoming 2020 Taiwanese elections 2020 Manchurian elections 2020 United Commonwealth elections 2020 Chinese legislative election

Trials
Recently concluded Sierra: Daniel McComb Ongoing Sierra: Ethan Liebermann Upcoming Ifrikiye: FM Armenyan

Events by month

2020: January · February · March · April