Sam Mostyn Businesswoman Sam Mostyn is appointed as the next Governor General of Australia and will succeed David Hurley on 1 July.
LGBT rights in Uganda Uganda's Constitutional Court upholds the Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023, which prescribes the death penalty for certain homosexual acts.
Cross-Strait relations The National Defense Ministry of Taiwan says that more than 30 Chinese PLA Air Force warplanes have entered Taiwanese airspace and that at least nine PLA Navy warships have been detected around Taiwan. The ROC Armed Forces are deployed in response to the violation.
China–Philippines relations The Philippines says that it will respond to any Chinese attempts to interfere with its resupply of troops in the South China Sea.
2024 Hualien earthquake A magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes off the coast of Taiwan, prompting tsunami warnings for Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A large section of the uninhabited Guishan Island collapses into the ocean. Nine people are killed in Taiwan, including four by rockfalls, with more than 930 others injured.
United States Army Corps of Engineers The United States Army Corps of Engineers begins dredging the San Juan Bay in Puerto Rico to open space for a new natural gas terminal that is expected to add $400 million to the local economy.