Portal:Current events/2024 June 28
June 28, 2024 (Friday)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 southern Peru earthquake
- A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes the area near the coast of central Peru around 00:36 am local time. Eleven people are reported injured. (Bloomberg)
- A roof collapses amid heavy rains at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, killing a person, wounding eight, and leading to the cancellation of flights from a domestic terminal. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Abortion in the United States
- The US Supreme Court issues a ruling in Moyle v. United States, dismissing the case and reinstating the ability to perform exceptional emergency abortion care in Idaho, where a formal ban on abortion is in place. (Idaho Capital Sun)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Iranian presidential election
- Iranians vote in a snap presidential election following the death of Ebrahim Raisi, after two candidates had withdrawn the previous day. (AP News)
- 2024 Mongolian parliamentary election
- Mongolians vote for members to the State Great Khural. This is the first election since the Khural was expanded from 76 seats to 126 and the first to utilize parallel voting. (ABC News)