The United Nations International Day of Parliamentary is held on June 30 to celebrate parliaments and the ways in which parliamentary systems of government improve the day-to-day lives of people the world over.
The Government of China officially turned on the first two generating units of the Baihetan Dam, the world's second-biggest hydroelectric dam to start generating energy.
Ukraine and the United States launched joint naval exercises "Sea Breeze drills" in the Black Sea in a show of Western cooperation with Kiev as it faces off with Russia.
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