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11 March – The 2021 NRL season commences, with 2020 premiers Melbourne Storm defeating South Sydney Rabbitohs 26–18 at AAMI Park. 13 March – The 2021 Western Australian state election is held with the incumbent McGowan Labor government winning with an increased majority.
A$ 1 billion+ (predicted) [6] Extreme rainfall on the east coast of Australia beginning on 18 March 2021 led to widespread flooding in New South Wales, affecting regions from the North Coast to the Sydney metropolitan area in the south. Suburbs of Sydney experienced the worst flooding in 60 years, [7] and the events were described by NSW ...
Current events/2021 July 28. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that United Nations reports of civilian deaths in Afghanistan are "deeply, deeply troubling" as the Taliban gains vital border crossings and territory. The armed group has said that, if they return to power, they will treat civilians well and will not allow Afghanistan to ...
Current events/2021 September 21. Boko Haram militants raid and burn the village of Kadjigoroum, Chad, killing nine civilians. (Voa News) Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, South Korean president Moon Jae-in asks for a formal end to the decades-long conflict between the two Koreas. (Reuters)
2021 Semeru eruption. The Semeru volcano in Java, Indonesia, erupts for the second time this month, spewing a two-kilometre-high ash column. The first eruption killed at least 46 people on December 4. A light plane crashes off Australia's east coast of Queensland, killing all four people on board, including two children. (The Guardian)
Current events/2021 August 19. A Taliban militant is stabbed by protestors in Asadabad while celebrating Independence Day. Fellow Taliban militants open fire on the crowd after the stabbing, killing two people and wounding eight others. Additionally, two people are injured during a protest in Jalalabad. (Al Jazeera)
Armed conflicts and attacks. Russian invasion of Ukraine. 2024 Kharkiv offensive, Kharkiv strikes. At least 20 people are injured when Russian airstrikes hit a residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters) Ukraine pulls back from positions near Lukyantsi and Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast.
Current events/2021 June 21. China reports 25 new confirmed cases, up from 17 infections a day earlier. (CNA) Kerala reports their first two cases of the Lineage B.1.617 Delta variant. (New Indian Express) Malaysia surpasses 700,000 cases of COVID-19. ( The Star) Medsafe grants a provisional approval for the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine for ...