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***[[Colombia]] surpasses 100,000 deaths from COVID-19. [https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombias-covid-19-deaths-pass-100000-unrelenting-third-wave-2021-06-21/ (Reuters)]
***[[Colombia]] surpasses 100,000 deaths from COVID-19. [https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombias-covid-19-deaths-pass-100000-unrelenting-third-wave-2021-06-21/ (Reuters)]
**[[COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba]]
**[[COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba]]
***[[Cuba]] says that the [[ABDALA]] [[COVID-19 vaccine|vaccine]] is proven to be 92% effective against [[COVID-19]]. [https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-cuba-vaccine/cuba-says-abdala-vaccine-92-28-effective-against-coronavirus-idINL2N2O32YK (Reuters)]
***[[Cuba]] says that the [[Abdala (vaccine)|Abdala]] [[COVID-19 vaccine|vaccine]] is proven to be 92% effective against [[COVID-19]]. [https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-cuba-vaccine/cuba-says-abdala-vaccine-92-28-effective-against-coronavirus-idINL2N2O32YK (Reuters)]


'''International relations'''
'''International relations'''
*[[Foreign relations of Belarus]]
*[[Foreign relations of Belarus]]
**The [[United States]], [[Canada]], and the [[United Kingdom]] impose [[sanctions against Belarus]] for last month’s diverting of [[Ryanair Flight 4978]], which led to the arrest of [[journalist]] [[Roman Protasevich]]. [https://www.businessinsider.com/us-uk-canada-eu-sanctions-belarus-after-government-diverted-flight-2021-6 (Business Insider)]
**The [[United States]], [[Canada]], and the [[United Kingdom]] impose [[sanctions against Belarus]] for last month's diverting of [[Ryanair Flight 4978]], which led to the arrest of [[journalist]] [[Roman Protasevich]]. [https://www.businessinsider.com/us-uk-canada-eu-sanctions-belarus-after-government-diverted-flight-2021-6 (Business Insider)]
*[[Foreign relations of Nicaragua]]
*[[Foreign relations of Nicaragua]]
**The [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship|Argentinian]] and [[Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (Mexico)|Mexican foreign ministries]] announce in a joint statement that they are withdrawing their respective ambassadors from [[Nicaragua]] for consultations in response to President [[Daniel Ortega]]'s increasing crackdown on dissidents, including the arrest of five potential presidential candidates this month. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/21/argentina-mexico-withdraw-envoys-over-nicaragua-crackdown (Al Jazeera)]
**The [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship|Argentinian]] and [[Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (Mexico)|Mexican foreign ministries]] announce in a joint statement that they are withdrawing their respective ambassadors from [[Nicaragua]] for consultations in response to President [[Daniel Ortega]]'s increasing crackdown on dissidents, including the arrest of five potential presidential candidates this month. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/21/argentina-mexico-withdraw-envoys-over-nicaragua-crackdown (Al Jazeera)]
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*[[Trial of Catalan independence leaders]]
*[[Trial of Catalan independence leaders]]
**[[Prime Minister of Spain|Spanish Prime Minister]] [[Pedro Sánchez]] announces that the nine [[Catalan independence movement|Catalan separatist]] leaders involved in the [[Catalan declaration of independence|unsuccessful 2017 independence bid]] will be [[pardon]]ed tomorrow, saying that this is needed to ease tensions with [[Catalonia]]. [[President of the Government of Catalonia|President of the Catalan Government]] [[Pere Aragonès]] welcomes the pardons but says that they will pursue more concessions, such as a new authorized independence referendum. The Spanish oppositional parties subsequently announce that they will try to reverse the pardons. [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spains-cabinet-pardon-jailed-catalan-separatist-leaders-tuesday-2021-06-21/ (Reuters)]
**[[Prime Minister of Spain|Spanish Prime Minister]] [[Pedro Sánchez]] announces that the nine [[Catalan independence movement|Catalan separatist]] leaders involved in the [[Catalan declaration of independence|unsuccessful 2017 independence bid]] will be [[pardon]]ed tomorrow, saying that this is needed to ease tensions with [[Catalonia]]. [[President of the Government of Catalonia|President of the Catalan Government]] [[Pere Aragonès]] welcomes the pardons but says that they will pursue more concessions, such as a new authorized independence referendum. The Spanish oppositional parties subsequently announce that they will try to reverse the pardons. [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spains-cabinet-pardon-jailed-catalan-separatist-leaders-tuesday-2021-06-21/ (Reuters)]
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*A judge in [[Peru]] rejects a plea from public prosecutor [[:es:José Domingo Pérez|José Domingo Pérez]] to send [[Popular Force]] party leader and [[2021 Peruvian general election|presidential candidate]] [[Keiko Fujimori]] back to prison for allegedly violating her bail conditions over charges of [[money laundering]] and [[corruption in Peru|corruption]]. Pérez says that he will appeal the judge's ruling. [https://www.dw.com/en/peru-fujimori-avoids-return-to-pre-trial-detention/a-57987223 (DW)]
*[[Hong Kong national security law]]
**The pro-democracy tabloid ''[[Apple Daily]]'' says it is considering closure by Friday after the arrest of its five top executive members and the freezing of its assets. The tabloid's founder [[Jimmy Lai]] has already been convicted of multiple charges and will be tried, along with 46 others, on subversion charges. [https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57549542 (BBC)]
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*A judge in [[Peru]] rejects a plea from public prosecutor [[:es:José Domingo Pérez|José Domingo Pérez]] to send [[Popular Force]] party leader and [[2021 Peruvian general election|presidential candidate]] [[Keiko Fujimori]] back to prison for allegedly violating her bail conditions over charges of [[money laundering]] and [[corruption in Peru|corruption]]. Pérez says that he will appeal the judge’s ruling. [https://www.dw.com/en/peru-fujimori-avoids-return-to-pre-trial-detention/a-57987223 (DW)]


'''Politics and elections'''
'''Politics and elections'''
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*The [[National Party of Australia|Australian National Party]] undergoes a [[leadership spill]], replacing [[Michael McCormack (Australian politician)|Michael McCormack]] with [[Division of New England|New England]] Representative [[Barnaby Joyce]]. Joyce previously lead the Nationals from 2016 to 2018 and was replaced by McCormack following [[Barnaby Joyce#Affair and resignation|sexual harassment allegations]]. As per the party's [[Coalition (Australia)|coalition agreement]] with the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Australian Liberal Party]], Joyce is set to replace McCormack as [[Deputy Prime Minister of Australia|Deputy Prime Minister]]. Many Nationals have been critical of the [[Morrison Government]]'s move towards [[carbon neutrality]] and hope that Joyce will counter this. [https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-21/barnaby-joyce-wins-nationals-leadership-challenge/100230060 (ABC News Australia)]
*[[2021 Swedish government crisis]]
*[[2021 Swedish government crisis]]
**[[Prime Minister of Sweden|Prime Minister]] [[Stefan Löfven]]'s government collapses after a vote of no-confidence is adopted by the [[Riksdag]]. Löfven has one week to either resign or call a snap election. [https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/21/europe/sweden-stefan-lofven-no-confidence-vote-intl/index.html (CNN)]
**[[Prime Minister of Sweden|Prime Minister]] [[Stefan Löfven]]'s government collapses after a vote of no-confidence is adopted by the [[Riksdag]]. Löfven has one week to either resign or call a snap election. [https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/21/europe/sweden-stefan-lofven-no-confidence-vote-intl/index.html (CNN)]
*[[2021 Ethiopian general election]]
*[[2021 Ethiopian general election]]
**[[Ethiopia]]n voters head to the polls to elect a new session to the [[House of Peoples' Representatives]] after months of delays. The election occurs in the midst of multiple problems affecting the country, such as the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia|COVID-19 pandemic]], deteriorating conditions in the [[Tigray Region]] brought on by the [[Tigray War]], and the jailing of multiple oppositional figures. [https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/21/africa/ethiopia-election-abiy-ahmed-cmd-intl/index.html (CNN)]
**[[Ethiopia]]n voters head to the polls to elect a new session to the [[House of Peoples' Representatives]] after months of delays. The election occurs in the midst of multiple problems affecting the country, such as the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia|COVID-19 pandemic]], deteriorating conditions in the [[Tigray Region]] brought on by the [[Tigray War]], and the jailing of multiple oppositional figures. [https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/21/africa/ethiopia-election-abiy-ahmed-cmd-intl/index.html (CNN)]
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*The [[National Party of Australia|Australian National Party]] undergoes a [[leadership spill]], replacing [[Michael McCormack (Australian politician)|Michael McCormack]] with [[Division of New England|New England]] Representative [[Barnaby Joyce]]. Joyce previously lead the Nationals from 2016 to 2018 and was replaced by McCormack following [[Barnaby Joyce#Affair and resignation|sexual harassment allegations]]. As per the party's [[Coalition (Australia)|coalition agreement]] with the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Australian Liberal Party]], Joyce is set to replace McCormack as [[Deputy Prime Minister of Australia|Deputy Prime Minister]]. Many Nationals have been critical of the [[Morrison Government]]'s move towards [[carbon neutrality]] and hope that Joyce will counter this. [https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-21/barnaby-joyce-wins-nationals-leadership-challenge/100230060 (ABC News Australia)]


'''Sports'''
'''Sports'''
*The [[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] announce that it will allow spectactors at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] with a 50% cap at venues and up to a maximum of 10,000 people. However, the fans would be restricted in the event of [[state of emergency]] or any other restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19. [https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/21/sport/tokyo-olympics-fans-capacity-spt-intl/index.html (CNN)]
*[[New Zealand]] [[weightlifter]] [[Laurel Hubbard]] becomes the first [[transgender]] athlete chosen to compete in the [[Olympic Games]], as the [[New Zealand Olympic Committee]] announces she is selected to compete in the [[2020 Summer Olympics|Tokyo Olympics]] as part of the [[Olympic weightlifting|women's weightlifting team]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57549653 (BBC)]
*[[New Zealand]] [[weightlifter]] [[Laurel Hubbard]] becomes the first [[transgender]] athlete chosen to compete in the [[Olympic Games]], as the [[New Zealand Olympic Committee]] announces she is selected to compete in the [[2020 Summer Olympics|Tokyo Olympics]] as part of the [[Olympic weightlifting|women's weightlifting team]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57549653 (BBC News)]
*[[Las Vegas Raiders]] [[defensive end]] [[Carl Nassib]] becomes the first active [[National Football League]] player to [[come out]] as [[gay]]. [https://www.npr.org/2021/06/21/1008910050/carl-nassib-is-the-first-active-nfl-player-to-come-out-as-gay (NPR)]
*[[Las Vegas Raiders]] [[defensive end]] [[Carl Nassib]] becomes the first active [[National Football League]] player to [[Coming out|come out]] as [[gay]]. [https://www.npr.org/2021/06/21/1008910050/carl-nassib-is-the-first-active-nfl-player-to-come-out-as-gay (NPR)]
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