Armed conflicts and attacks

• Attempted assassination of Robert Fico
  • Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico is injured in a shooting which is being treated as an assassination attempt. The shooter has been apprehended and identified as a 71-year-old writer from Levice, Slovakia. (BBC News) (Wall Street Journal)
  • The Slovak government describe Prime Minister Robert Fico's condition as life-threatening. He underwent surgery late into the evening and was stabilized, and expected to survive according to the deputy prime minister Tomáš Taraba. (Reuters) (The Guardian)
• Terrorism in Switzerland
  • A man stabs people with a knife in Zofingen, Switzerland and is detained right after. The motive for the attacks are unclear, but terrorism is being investigated. (Al Arabiya)
• 2024 New Caledonia unrest
  • The death toll from rioting in New Caledonia rises to four. (Reuters)
• War in Sudan (2023–present)
  • The United States issues sanctions on two commanders of the Rapid Support Forces, Ali Yagoub Gibril and Osman Mohamed Hamid, for their roles in the escalating violence in Darfur. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• American pharmacy chain Walgreens says that it will sell a generic version of the anti-overdose medication naloxone for ten dollars cheaper than the brand-name version, Narcan, also available on its shelves. (NBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Canada wildfires
  • Authorities evacuate over 6,000 people as wildfires approach Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada. (Reuters) (NPR)
• 2024 West Sumatra floods
  • The death toll from the flash flood and lahar in West Sumatra, Indonesia, increases to 62, with 25 others still missing. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charge two brothers, Anton and James Peraire-Bueno, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, after they were arrested for exploiting the Ethereum blockchain and stealing $25 million worth of cryptocurrency. (Reuters)

International relations

• Nicaragua–United States relations
  • The United States imposes visa restrictions on over 250 members of the Nicaraguan government along with sanctions on three Nicaraguan entities for "repressive action" and a failure to control migrant smuggling through Nicaragua. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Politics of Singapore
  • Lawrence Wong is sworn in as the fourth Prime Minister of Singapore, succeeding Lee Hsien Loong. (BBC News) (CNA)
• 2023–2024 Dutch cabinet formation
  • A new government in the Netherlands is agreed by Geert Wilders, Dilan Yeşilgöz, Pieter Omtzigt and Caroline van der Plas. (The Guardian)
• 2024 United States presidential election
  • U.S. President Joe Biden and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump agree to hold a presidential debates on June 27, which will be the earliest general election debate in modern history in the United States. A second debate will be held in September. (The New York Times)