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Portal:Current events/2021 June 12

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Disasters and accidents

  • Eight people die and three others are injured after a toxic chemical leak at a plant in Xiaohe District of Guiyang, southwestern China's Guizhou province. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/8-dead-3-injured-in-china-factorys-chemical-leak/2021/06/12/b2b1b568-cb47-11eb-8708-64991f2acf28_story.html (The Washington Post)]

Health and environment

  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam
  • Vietnam surpasses 10,000 cases of COVID-19. [https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/vietnam-s-covid-infection-tally-crosses-10-000-4291150.html (VnExpress International)]
  • The Ministry of Health issues an emergency use authorization for the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the fourth vaccine to be approved for use in Vietnam. [https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/covid-19-vietnam-approves-pfizer-biontech-vaccine-emergency-use-15001520 (CNA)]
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Mongolia
  • Mongolia reports a record 1,792 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 73,869. [http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/asiapacific/2021-06/12/c_1310004387.htm (Xinhua News Agency)]
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Hajj
  • Saudi Arabia bans foreign travellers for the second consecutive year for the Hajj pilgrimage, only allowing a maximum of 60,000 citizens and residents between the ages of 18 and 65 who have been vaccinated and are free of chronic diseases to take part in it. [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-bars-foreign-travellers-haj-over-covid-19-spa-2021-06-12/ (Reuters)]
  • COVID-19 pandemic in South America
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
  • Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is fined for violating the mask mandate imposed in São Paulo. [https://apnews.com/article/caribbean-coronavirus-pandemic-health-2a5fe1181e7b2cf683273ef37be0e5d6 (Associated Press)]
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia
  • Colombia reports a record 577 deaths of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 95,192. [https://www.aa.com.tr/en/latest-on-coronavirus-outbreak/coronavirus-death-toll-in-colombia-surpasses-95-000/2271893 (Anadolu Agency)]
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • President Félix Tshisekedi says that hospitals in the country's capital, Kinshasa, are "overwhelmed" by COVID-19 patients amid an increase in the number of cases as the country faces its third wave of the pandemic. [https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/congo-president-says-kinshasa-hospitals-overwhelmed-by-coronavirus-2021-06-12/ (Reuters)]
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
  • Due to a rising number of COVID-19 cases, Moscow's Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announces that enterprises that do not normally work on weekends remain closed for the next week. In addition, food courts and children's play areas in shopping centers are to close for a week beginning tomorrow, and restaurants and bars must limit their service to takeout from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. [https://www.france24.com/en/sport/20210612-moscow-introduces-new-restrictions-amid-surge-in-covid-19-cases (France 24)]
  • The total number of COVID-19 cases worldwide surpasses 175 million. [https://www.voanews.com/covid-19-pandemic/g-7-leaders-expected-commit-plan-handle-future-pandemics (Voice of America)]

Law and crime

  • At least 14 people are injured in a mass shooting in Austin, Texas, United States. A suspect has been arrested while police are still looking for another. [https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/12/us/austin-texas-shooting-downtown/index.html (CNN)]
  • Dozens of protesters in the Nigerian cities of Lagos and Abuja are arrested or injured after police fired tear gas at the crowds. The protests, coinciding with a public holiday marking Nigeria's transition to democracy, were organized to protest President Muhammadu Buhari's Twitter ban and numerous other issues plaguing his administration, with protestors calling for his resignation. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/12/police-fire-tear-gas-to-break-up-nigeria-protests (Al Jazeera English)]
  • Violent clashes between the youth and the police break out in the Tunisian capital of Tunis during the evening, following protests over the Tuesday killing of a police detainee. [https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210612-clashes-after-tunisia-demo-against-police-violence (France 24)]

Politics and elections

Science and technology

Sports

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