- Title: YEARENDER - Highlights of main world events for June 2024
- Date: 21st November 2024
- Summary: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange walked free after pleading guilty to violating U.S. espionage law on Wednesday (June 26) in a deal that allowed him to head straight home to Australia. Assange left the Saipan court through a throng of media without answering questions and waved as he got into a white SUV. SAIPAN, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS (FILE - JUNE 26, 2024) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF JULIAN ASSANGE WALKING OUT OF COURT BUILDING SURROUNDED BY MEDIA BEFORE WAVING AND ENTERING WHITE VEHICLE Wikileaks founder Julian Assange landed in Australia's capital, free after pleading guilty to violating U.S. espionage law on Wednesday (June 26). Assange waved to the waiting media before passionately kissing his wife, Stella, and lifting her off the ground. CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA (FILE - JUNE 26, 2024) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) ASSANGE EXITING PLANE, WAVING TO CAMERAS / AUDIO OF CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ASSANGE EMBRACING AND KISSING WIFE, STELLA ASSANGE / ASSANGE EMBRACING FATHER, JOHN SHIPTON ASSANGE RAISING FIST IN THE AIR, KISSING WIFE STELLA AND ENTERING THROUGH DOOR CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA (FILE - JUNE 26, 2024) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE'S WIFE, STELLA ASSANGE, SAYING: “It took millions of people. It took people working behind the scenes. People protesting on the streets for days and weeks and months and years. And we achieved it.” Bolivian armed forces took over the capital's central square on Wednesday (June 26), and an armored vehicle rammed through the entrance to the presidential palace followed by soldiers, igniting fears of a military coup. LA PAZ, BOLIVIA (FILE - JUNE 26, 2024) (REUTERS) ARMOURED MILITARY VEHICLE BEING DRIVEN INTO MURILLO SQUARE, TROOPS CLOSE CIRCLE AS COMMANDER HEARD SAYING: 'STAND FIRM!'' ARMED SOLDIER SEEN ON TOP OF MILITARY VEHICLE VARIOUS OF ARMY VEHICLES IN SQUARE, SOLDIERS CLOSING ACCESS VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND FIRE BURNING IN STREET
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- Keywords: FLOODS IN GERMANY Gaza school Mexican president Sheinbaum UNRWA SCHOOL israeli strike on Gaza school
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