Portal:Current events/2019 June 27
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June 27, 2019 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2019 Tunis bombings
- Yemeni Civil War, Saudi-led intervention in Yemen
- Arab Coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki says that his forces intercept and down a drone in Yemeni airspace after its launch toward Saudi Arabia by Houthis north of Sanaʽa. (Al Arabiya)
Disasters and accidents
- Angara Airlines Flight 200 crashes on landing at Nizhneangarsk Airport, Far East Russia, killing two of the 47 people on board. (Aviation Safety Network)
Politics and elections
- Argentina–Cuba relations
- Argentina Education Minister Alejandro Finocchiaro strongly condemns a school in Chaco Province for displaying a Cuban flag on Argentina's Flag Day, asking, "What differences are there between the Cuban regime and the Nazis?" He also describes Che Guevara as a "criminal and genocider". (Clarín)
- 2020 United States presidential election, 2020 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums
- The second of two Democratic Party debates for the nomination of the party's nominee in the 2020 United States presidential election is held in Miami, Florida. (The New York Times)
- The social democrat Frederiksen Cabinet is formed in Denmark. (Bloomberg)
Science and technology
- List of fast radio bursts
- Scientists announce, through the Science journal, that they discover the source of a fast radio burst for the first time. FRB 180924, a non-repeating FRB which was detected in September 2018 using the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder, originates from a large galaxy known as DES J214425.25−405400.81 located 3.6 billion light-years from Earth. (Newsweek) (9news)
- Dragonfly (spacecraft)
- NASA awards $1 billion to the Dragonfly mission, which will use a dual-quadcopter drone to explore Titan for signs of life. (Nature) (Science) (The New York Times) (The Atlantic)
Sports
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
- Ellen White becomes England's all-time leading FIFA Women's World Cup Final goalscorer with the team's second goal against Norway in the 2019 Women's World Cup quarterfinal win. (The Telegraph)