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Xi Jinping is elected as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party by the Central Committee, beginning a third…
At least 100 people are killed and over 300 are injured by a double car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Indonesian Navy submarine KRI Nanggala (402) sinks in the Bali Sea during a military drill, killing all 53 on board
A car bomb explodes in front of a school in Kabul, capital city of Afghanistan killing at least 55 people and wounding o
Juneteenth National Independence Day, was signed into law by President Joe Biden, to become the first federal holiday es
Haitian crisis: Haitian President Jovenel Moïse is assassinated in his residence in the capital of Port-au-Prince.
Virgin Galactic launches its founder, Richard Branson, into space, the first company ever to do so.
American businessman Jeff Bezos flies to space aboard New Shepard NS-16 operated by his private spaceflight company…
During the 2021 Kabul airlift, a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport kills 13 US military personnel…
The last remaining American troops leave Afghanistan, ending U.S. involvement in the war.
The President of Guinea, Alpha Condé is captured by armed forces during a coup d'état.
The National Unity Government of Myanmar declares a people's defensive war against the military junta during the…
The National Unity Government of Myanmar declares a people's defensive war against the military junta during the…
For the first time in history, oil prices drop below zero, an effect of the 2020 Russia-Saudi Arabia oil price war
The Hong Kong National Security Law is passed by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and immediatel
Russia begins production on the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine.
Joe Biden gives his acceptance speech virtually for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination at the 2020 Democratic…
Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan launches an offensive against the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh in the…