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This list of global issues presents problems or phenomena affecting people around the world, including but not limited to widespread social issues, economic issues, and environmental issues. Organizations that maintain or have published an official list of global issues include the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum.
Luke Littler wins the PDC World Darts Championship. A spree shooter in Cetinje , Montenegro, kills 12 people and injures 4 others. Romania and Bulgaria become full members of the Schengen Area .
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The 14 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct, violent deaths in the current or previous calendar year. [2] Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.
Major current events: Woo Won-shik , the speaker of the South Korean National Assembly, signing the impeachment resolution In France, Dominique Pelicot and 50 other men are convicted of the mass rape of his ex-wife Gisèle Pelicot .
Earthweek provides a weekly overview of headline events affecting the planet—cyclones, floods, brushfires, oil spills and climate change. Other stories are a bit more unusual—monkey attacks, snake infestations and other phenomena as diverse as nature itself.
On the seven-point International Nuclear Event Scale, it is rated Level 5 – Accident with Wider Consequences. Hanford Nuclear , 1986 – The U.S. government declassifies 19,000 pages of documents indicating that between 1946 and 1986, the Hanford Site near Richland, Washington, released thousands of US gallons of radioactive liquids.