June 12, an Air India Boeing 787-8 bound for Gatwick Airport in London crashed into Ahmenabad, Gujarat, northwestern India shortly after takeoff from a nearby airport. It was 1:38 p.m. local time (08:08 UTC).
On June 4, Nintendo fans gathered at the Nintendo New York store in New York City, United States to celebrate the launch of Mario Kart World and the Nintendo Switch 2 console, the successor to the Nintendo Switch that came out in 2017. A volunteer reporter from Wikinews, SWinxy, attended the event.
A source in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) claimed that on Sunday, the agency carried out drone strikes on four military airfields in Russia, damaging more than 40 military aircraft during the operation. Targets of the Ukrainian drone strikes reportedly included the Olenya airbase near Murmansk, and the Belaya air base near Irkutsk.
On June 2, activist and photojournalist Boniface Mwangi from Kenya alleged at a joint press conference with Ugandan journalist Agather Atuhaire in Nairobi, Kenya's capital, that Tanzanian security officers had tortured and sexually assaulted them while they were being held in detention between May 19 and 23 in Dar es Salaam.
On May 30, former President Joe Biden made his first public remarks since announcing his diagnosis of aggressive, Stage 4 prostate cancer, which has metastasized to his bones. Speaking after a veterans memorial event in Delaware, Biden said he feels "good" and "optimistic" about his prognosis and treatment, which involves different medications.
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