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**Danyal Hussein is convicted at [[London]]'s [[Old Bailey]] of both [[murder in English law|murders]]. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-57721663 (BBC)] |
**Danyal Hussein is convicted at [[London]]'s [[Old Bailey]] of both [[murder in English law|murders]]. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-57721663 (BBC)] |
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*A court in [[Minsk]], [[Belarus]], [[sentence (law)|sentences]] former [[President of Belarus|presidential]] candidate and opposition politician [[Viktar Babaryka]] to 14 years' imprisonment on charges of [[bribery]] and [[tax evasion]], which he denies. [https://www.dw.com/en/viktor-babariko-belarus-jails-former-presidential-contender/a-58171056 (DW)] |
*A court in [[Minsk]], [[Belarus]], [[sentence (law)|sentences]] former [[President of Belarus|presidential]] candidate and opposition politician [[Viktar Babaryka]] to 14 years' imprisonment on charges of [[bribery]] and [[tax evasion]], which he denies. [https://www.dw.com/en/viktor-babariko-belarus-jails-former-presidential-contender/a-58171056 (DW)] |
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**Inuk leader [[Mary Simon]] named as [[Canada]]'s 1st Indigenous [[Governor General of Canada]]. [https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-gg-mary-simon-1.6091376 (CBC)] |
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Revision as of 15:20, 6 July 2021
July 6, 2021
(Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Tigray War
- Rebels of the Tigray Defense Forces mobilize to retake western Tigray from Amharan militias. (The Guardian)
Disasters and accidents
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 (2021)
- Kamchatka Aviation Enterprise Flight 251, carrying 28 people, has gone missing in Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It is suspected that it has crashed in to the sea. Debris of the plane is found. (Al Jazeera)
Health and environment
Law and crime
- Murders of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman
- Danyal Hussein is convicted at London's Old Bailey of both murders. (BBC)
- A court in Minsk, Belarus, sentences former presidential candidate and opposition politician Viktar Babaryka to 14 years' imprisonment on charges of bribery and tax evasion, which he denies. (DW)
Politics and elections
- Governor General of Canada
- Inuk leader Mary Simon named as Canada's 1st Indigenous Governor General of Canada. (CBC)