Portal:Current events/June 2019
June 2019 was the sixth month of that common year. The month, which began on a Saturday, ended on a Sunday after 30 days.
Portal:Current events[edit]
This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from June 2019.
June 1, 2019 (Saturday)
Armed conflict and attacks
- A suicide bomber driving a Humvee detonated the vehicle loaded with explosives near a security building in Afghanistan, killing 8 officers. (ariananews)
Arts and culture
- Pope Francis visits Romania, meeting with Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church and holding an open mass in front of 80,000 people. (The New York Times)
- Pope Francis urges ethnic Hungarians and Romanians to mend their differences toward a peaceful existence in one country. (Reuters)
Business and economics
- Chinese authorities begin an investigation into American multinational courier delivery services company FedEx for allegedly undermining the rights of Chinese clients. The investigation stems from allegations by Chinese telecommunications company Huawei that FedEx attempted to divert the shipping route of its packages without the company's prior authorization which in turn has been denied by FedEx. (CNBC)
Disasters and accidents
- Twenty-nine people are injured in a fire at a center used as temporary accommodation for about 500 migrants in the northwestern Bosnian town of Velika Kladusa. (Reuters)
- An explosion at a Russian Military high-explosive production and storage facility in the city of Dzerzhinsk injures 79 people. (BBC News)
- Six earthquakes, the first 5.3 Mw, in a two-hour period near Korçë in southeastern Albania injure four people and damage around 100 houses. (Reuters)
- Cruise ship MSC Opera collides with a riverboat and the quayside at Venice, Italy: four people are injured, none seriously. The incident leads to renewed demands to ban large cruise ships from the Lagoon of Venice. (BBC News)
Health and environment
- Hong Kong confirms its second case of African swine fever, indicating the virus continues to spread beyond mainland China. Sheung Shui slaughterhouse is temporarily closed while 4,100 animals are culled from the facility. (South China Morning Post)
International relations
- Honduras–United States relations, 2017–2019 Honduran protests
- Dozens of masked protesters set fire to the U.S. Embassy in downtown Tegucigalpa, amid a second day of mass anti-government protests in Honduras. (Reuters)
- At the close of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation summit in Mecca, the OIC says it will not accept any decision to change the legal and demographic status of Syria's Golan Heights, that it condemns any position adopted by an international body that supports prolonging occupation of Palestinian territories, and it condemns the inhumane situation of Rohingya Muslims. (Reuters) (Reuters²) (Reuters³)
- China–United States trade war
Law and crime
- Indictment and arrest of Julian Assange
- The United Nations special rapporteur on torture, Nils Melzer, accuses the United States, the United Kingdom and Sweden of "ganging up" on Julian Assange and subjecting him to "psychological torture" and "collective persecution" after spending seven years living inside London's Ecuadorian Embassy. (The New York Times)
Politics and elections
- 2020 United States presidential election
- Maryland Governor Larry Hogan says he won't challenge U.S. President Donald Trump for the Republican Party's nomination for President in the 2020 presidential election, leaving Bill Weld as the only other major candidate for the nomination. (CNBC)
- Sudanese protests
- Shots fired by "regular forces" near the site of a sit-in protest in Khartoum kill one person and wound 10 others, according to the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors. The gunfire lasted about four hours. This week at least three protesters have been shot dead and eight others injured during protests calling for the generals who replaced deposed President Omar al-Bashir to hand power to a civilian-led administration. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
- El Salvador's new President Nayib Bukele takes office. (Reuters)
- The website The Daily Beast identifies the man who posted a video of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in order to create the misleading impression of drunkenly slurred speech. It was "an occasional sports blogger from the Bronx." (The Daily Beast).
Sports
- Liverpool F.C. defeats Tottenham Hotspur F.C. by a score of 2–0 to win the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final. (CBS Sports)
- Andy Ruiz Jr. defeats Anthony Joshua by knockout in the seventh round to become IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight champion of the world in what has been described as one of the biggest upsets in heavyweight boxing history. (Sky News)
June 2, 2019 (Sunday)
Armed conflict and attacks
- Syrian Civil War
- June 2019 Syria attacks
- A car bomb in Azaz kills at least 21 people and leaves many wounded. (DW)
- A suicide car bomber kills five soldiers of the Syrian Democratic Forces and five civilians at a checkpoint in central Raqqa, Syria. This and a nearby roadside bomb wound 20 people. (DW)
- Israel kills ten people in airstrikes conducted against Syrian military targets in the Golan Heights in response to two rockets fired at Mount Hermon late Saturday. (The Guardian)
- June 2019 Syria attacks
- Two car bombs targeting a unit of the Libyan National Army injure 18 people in the city center of Derna, Libya. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- An EF1 tornado strikes the Orleans residential community of Ottawa, Canada, creating a track of damage but without serious injuries. (Ottawa Citizen)
International relations
- Canada–Venezuela relations
- Canada temporarily closes its embassy in Venezuela after Canadian diplomats were no longer able to get diplomatic accreditation under Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's government according to a statement released by the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chrystia Freeland. (Global Affairs Canada) (CBC News)
Law and crime
- Jazz drummer Lawrence Leathers is found dead in his Bronx apartment building. Police arrested Lisa Harris and Sterling Aguilar. (NPR) (The New York Times)
Politics and elections
- Andrea Nahles announces her resignation as leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party, effective at the beginning of next week. (BBC News)
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismisses Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked and Minister of Education Naftali Bennett from the interim government. (AP via Fox News)
- King Juan Carlos I of Spain retires from public life five years after his abdication. (People)
- During his visit to Romania, Pope Francis apologizes to the Roma people on behalf of the Catholic Church and asks forgiveness for "all those times in history when we have discriminated, mistreated or looked askance at you." He also beatifies seven Eastern Catholic church bishops who were jailed for treason and tortured under Communist rule. All died in confinement and were buried in secret. (Reuters) (BBC News)
- U.S. President Donald Trump announces the resignation of Kevin Hassett as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. (The Washington Post)
- 2019 Sammarinese referendum
- Sanmmarinese voters vote to end discrimination based on sexual orientation and initiate a popular legislative initiative for the reform of the electoral system. (Euronews)
Science and technology
June 3, 2019 (Monday)
Armed conflict and attacks
- War in Afghanistan
- Five people are killed and over 10 injured in an IED bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Dailytrust)
- 2018–19 Sudanese protests
- Over 13 people have been killed when Sudanese forces use live ammunition to break up a protester camp in Khartoum. (Al Jazeera)
- Boko Haram insurgency
- Boko Haram storms multiple military bases in the Nigerian state of Borno. Casualties are unknown. (The Guardian Nigeria)
- 2019 Tripoli shooting
- A gunman kills four security officers and injures two before blowing himself up in Tripoli, Lebanon. (BBC News)
Arts and culture
- James Holzhauer is defeated on the American quiz show Jeopardy!, concluding a victory streak of 32 games with an earnings total of $2,464,216, but falls short of the winnings record set by Ken Jennings in 2004. (Washington Post)
Disasters and accidents
- 2019 Indian Air Force An-32 disappearance
- An Indian Air Force Antonov An-32 goes missing shortly after takeoff from an airbase in Assam. All 13 people aboard are presumed dead as search operations continue. (India Today)
Health and environment
- Authorities say that a patient has died amid an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in a recently opened hospital in Grove City, Ohio. (ABC News)
Law and crime
- Insider trading. The US Supreme Court refused to take an appeal from the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decision. The 'denial of cert' leaves standing the conviction of Mathew Martomo on charges of insider trading. on information leaked to him from representatives of two major pharmaceutical companies. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Donald Trump on social media
- U.S. President Donald Trump tweets a call to boycott AT&T in order to bring "big changes" at CNN. AT&T has not given an official comment or statement back regarding the tweet. (CNBC via MSN)
Sport
- 2019 AFL season
- In Australian rules football, Brendon Bolton is sacked as the head coach of the Carlton Football Club, following a prolonged period of poor on-field performances. (The Age)
June 4, 2019 (Tuesday)
Business and economics
- British-American cruise operator Carnival Corporation & PLC is fined $20 million for environmental violations. (NPR)
International relations
- Cuba–United States relations
- The United States announces new restrictions on American travel to Cuba. Effective Wednesday, travel via cruise ships or other conveyances, including private yachts or airplanes, is prohibited. Group travel under the previous "people-to-people educational" provision is also not allowed. (BBC News) (AP via WKYT-TV)
- China–United States relations, China–United States trade war
- China expands its warnings about travel to the U.S. issued for students and academics yesterday, to now cover tourists and businesses because, "in recent days, there have been incidents of gun violence, robberies and thefts in the United States". (BBC News) (Reuters)
- The United States rejects separate requests from General Motors and Chinese-owned Volvo Cars for an exemption to the new 25 percent tariffs on their Chinese-made sport utility vehicle models. (Reuters)
- Foreign relations of Brazil
- Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms the closure of five of its embassies, the ones in Antigua and Barbuda, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis and Dominica. Former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had opened more than 65 embassies in countries throughout the Global South in a bid to enhance political and economic ties with Brazil. (teleSUR)
- Nigerian diplomat Tijjani Muhammad-Bande is elected President of the United Nations General Assembly, assuming the office on September and succeeding Peruvian María Fernanda Espinosa. (UN News)
Law and crime
- 2019 Darwin shooting
- A mass shooting in Darwin, the capital of Australia's Northern Territory, leaves four people dead and another injured at five different locations. The 45-year-old suspect, who had been on parole since January, is arrested. Authorities say the shooting was not terrorism-related. (ABC News) (BBC News)
- Criminal charges brought in the Mueller special counsel investigation
- Paul Manafort, former chief of President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, is set to be sent from federal prison to the New York City jail on Rikers Island. (CNBC)
- Aftermath of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
- Former Broward Sheriff Office deputy Scot Peterson is arrested for failing to act during the incident at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. (The Hill)
- Jersey authorities seize over $267 million (£210m) from a Doraville Properties Corporation bank account of former Nigerian president and army chief of staff dictator Sani Abacha (d. 1998) after courts ruled billions of dollars were stolen and laundered through the United States into the Channel Islands. (BBC News) (Metro)
Politics and elections
- Gun laws in Virginia
- Virginia Governor Ralph Northam is expected to call a special session on gun control following the deadly shooting Friday afternoon in Virginia Beach that killed 12 people plus the shooter. (NBC News)
- 30th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests
- Tens of thousands of people gather in Hong Kong to mark the 30th anniversary of the crackdown on protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Hong Kong is one of the two places in China where people can openly commemorate the event, the other being Macau, to a lesser extent; elsewhere in China, the authorities have banned and blocked any reference to the crackdown. (BBC News)
- Six Change UK MPs quit the party, with several said to be defecting to the Liberal Democrats, including its interim leader Heidi Allen and spokesperson Chuka Umunna after the party failed to win a single seat in the 2019 European Parliament election. Anna Soubry, one of its remaining four MPs, becomes the party's new leader. (The Guardian)
- Immigration to the United States
- The United States House of Representatives passes the American Dream and Promise Act (HR 6), which offers a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants. (Newsweek)
June 5, 2019 (Wednesday)
Armed attacks and conflicts
- Khartoum massacre
- The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors say the number of people killed this week in Sudan is at least 100, and that 40 bodies were pulled from the River Nile at Khartoum on Tuesday. Members of the Rapid Support Forces have reportedly been roaming the streets attacking civilians as it pushes deeper into Khartoum. (BBC News)
- A Sudanese official denies that 100 people were killed by a paramilitary unit during protests, saying that the number was at most 46. (BBC News)
- Syrian Civil War, Russian involvement in the Syrian Civil War
- Syrian government and Russian warplanes conduct airstrikes that target Syria's northwest, killing five civilians in the town of Kansafra and three villages in Idlib, including two children. (Al Jazeera)
- Government forces shell the northern Hama countryside, killing one civilian. (Al Jazeera)
- Government air attacks hit a motorcycle in the Idlib town of Maaret al-Numan, killing a woman and her two children. (Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
- Fiat Chrysler withdraws its merger proposal for French carmaker Renault after Renault board members were unable to reach a decision on the offer. (BBC News)
- YouTube announces a new policy regarding hate speech and harassment on the video sharing platform, saying it will specifically ban videos that include neo-nazi and supremacist content, subsequently suspending several popular right-wing channels, and demonetizing Steven Crowder's. (CNET)
International relations
- Taiwan–United States relations, China–United States relations, Cross-Strait relations
- The Trump administration informs Congress of a potential $2 billion arms deal with Taiwan that includes the M1A2, the U.S.'s latest main battle tank, and a resupply of anti-air and anti-armor weapons. China's foreign ministry says it is "severely concerned with" and "firmly against" the plan. (Bloomberg)
Law and crime
- Australian federal police raid the headquarters of the country's public broadcaster, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, regarding the alleged publication of classified material in a 2017 report on allegations that Australian Special forces engaged in unlawful killings and gross misconduct in Afghanistan. The day before, police raided Herald Sun journalist Annika Smethurst's home regarding an alleged leak of national security information. (BBC News) (Business Insider)
- Detroit Police Chief James Craig announces the department is looking for a possible serial killer in three unsolved murders of sex workers in the city dating back to March. (Time)
Politics and elections
- 2019 Danish general election
- The center-left Social Democrats win 48 of the 179 seats in the Folketing (parliament). Current Liberal Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen concedes defeat, paving the way for Social Democrat leader Mette Frederiksen, who at 41 is set to be the country's youngest prime minister. (The Local) (EUobserver)
- President of Peru Martín Vizcarra wins a motion of confidence in the Congress of the Republic. (Reuters)
June 6, 2019 (Thursday)
Business and economy
- Reuters, citing "a source familiar with the matter", said that the hedge fund firm Elliott Management is in talks to acquire the storied bookseller Barnes & Noble for roughly $476 million. (Reuters)
International relations
- President of France Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Theresa May, Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau and President of the United States Donald Trump mark the 75th Anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France, paying tribute to Allied World War II veterans. (CBS News) (Reuters) (BBC News) (CBC)
- 2018–19 Sudanese protests
- The African Union suspends Sudan's membership "with immediate effect", after dozens of protesters were killed by pro-government forces in the capital Khartoum. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- Niels Högel, post-war Germany's serial killer with the highest known kill count, is sentenced to life imprisonment for 85 murders. (DW)
- American singer R. Kelly pleads not guilty to 11 additional sex-related felonies during a court hearing in Chicago. (ABC News)
Politics and elections
- 2019 Peterborough by-election
- The Labour Party holds the Peterborough seat in the by-election, defying predictions that they would lose the seat to the Brexit Party. The seat was vacated after a successful recall petition against its previous MP Fiona Onasanya. (The Guardian)
- 2019 Danish general election
- After the defeating of his party in the general election, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen resigns, but will remain as acting in the office until his succession. (CBC)
- Bolivarian diaspora
- In Peru, the president Martín Vizcarra's government decides to impose humanitarian visa and passport requirements on Venezuelan immigrants who wish to enter Peru, who flee the economic, social and political crisis in their country. This happens after the expulsion of 140 Venezuelan citizens with police records and amid a growing rejection of immigrants from the Peruvian population. He said that his goal is "to ensure an orderly and safe migration we are achieving it through eliminating the bad elements.". (Perú.21) (Gestión) (El Comercio)
June 7, 2019 (Friday)
Armed conflict and attacks
- Syrian Civil War
- Over 120 rebels are killed in northwestern Hama Governorate, after failed attacks against Syrian troops. (Al-Masdar News)
- Terrorism in the United States
- Authorities arrested Ashiqul Alam who allegedly planned to attack Times Square in New York City with grenades, guns and a suicide vest. (The New York Times) (CNN)
Art and culture
- France returns three archaeological pieces to Peru that were seized by French customs in 2007. The artifacts, which date from between 1100 and 1450, are two clay statuettes and a wooden spear that belong to the Chancay and Chimú pre-Columbian cultures respectively. (Perú.21) (El Comercio)
Business and economy
- Boeing 737 MAX groundings
- U.S. Representatives Peter DeFazio and Rick Larsen of the House Transportation committee report Boeing discovered the 737 Max AOA Disagree alert problem in 2017 but decided to defer fixing it until 2020, and sped up the process only after the Lion Air Flight 610 crash. (Reuters) (The Seattle Times)
- Concerns over Chinese involvement in 5G wireless networks, Brazil-China relations
- Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourão says the government will not exclude Chinese telecom company Huawei Technologies Co. from operating a fifth-generation (5G) mobile telecom network. (Reuters)
- Hydraulic fracturing
Disasters and accidents
- An Oman-registered bus carrying 31 passengers crashes into an overhead traffic sign in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, killing at least 17 people. (BBC News)
- 2018–19 European windstorm season
- Three people on a rescue mission are killed when Storm Miguel, with max winds of 129 km/h (80 mph), overturned their National Society of Sea Rescue boat off the west coast of France in the Atlantic Ocean. The storm, unusual at the start of the summer tourist season, hit Spain, the Netherlands and southern England and Wales yesterday and is heading north toward England, Wales and Scotland. (BBC News) (AccuWeather)
Health and environment
- In the United Kingdom, three hospital patients die from listeria linked to prepacked sandwiches from North Country Cooked Meats distributed via The Good Food Chain, which supplies 43 National Health Service trusts across the country. Three other patients are seriously ill. North Country Cooked Meats, and its distributor, North Country Quality Foods, voluntarily cease production while the investigation is ongoing. (BBC News) (CNN)
International relations
- The U.S. cruiser USS Chancellorsville and the Russian destroyer Admiral Vinogradov almost collide in the western Pacific Ocean. Each side blames the other, and their reports disagree as to the location of the incident: Russia claims it happened in the East China Sea, while the U.S. says it was in the nearby Philippine Sea. (BBC News)
- 2019 Gulf of Oman incident
- The United Arab Emirates tells the UN Security Council that a "state actor" was most likely behind the May 12 attacks on four tankers off its coast, including ones from Saudi Arabia and Norway. UAE did not say who it suspected; the United States blamed Iran which denied the accusation. (BBC News)
- Turkey–United States relations
- The United States notifies Turkey that it will cancel Turkey's purchase of F-35 fighter jets if the government goes ahead with purchasing Russia's S-400 missile defense system. (Al Jazeera)
- Mexico–United States relations
- Mexico and the United States reach a deal on migration, suspending tariffs on Mexican imports into the U.S. which were to take effect on June 10. Mexico agreed to increase its enforcement efforts along their southern border with Guatemala, including deploying troops from their upcoming National Guard. (CBS News) (CNBC)
Politics and elections
- 2019 Conservative Party leadership election
- UK Prime Minister Theresa May resigns as Leader of the Conservative Party, paving the way for a new Prime Minister to be elected. (BBC News)
- Crisis in Venezuela
- The United Nations reports more than four million Venezuelans have fled their country during the economic and humanitarian crisis. (BBC News)
Science and technology
- NASA announces that the International Space Station will be opened for commercial business in 2020 for $58 million. (Los Angeles Times) (Space.com)
Sports
- The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup starts with the hosts France defeating South Korea 4–0. (Reuters)
June 8, 2019 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian Civil War, Northwestern Syria offensive
- Abdul Baset al-Sarout, a Jaysh al-Izza commander, the “singer of the revolution”, and former Syria national football team goalkeeper, dies from wounds sustained Thursday when he was struck by Syrian Army artillery. (BBC News) (The Guardian)
Disasters and accidents
- Human remains found at a beach near the Port of Quebec in 2011 and 2016 are identified as those of 21 shipwreck victims, who drowned in 1847 while fleeing the Irish Great Famine. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- Media freedom in Russia
- Several people, protesting Meduza investigative journalist Ivan Golunov's arrest Thursday on drug charges, are themselves arrested outside Moscow's Nikulinsky Court. Others were arrested yesterday. His lawyer says drugs were planted on him. Golunov was taken to a hospital, police say because he said he was ill. Meduza says he was beaten up during and after his arrest. A doctor's examination found the reporter has "a suspected rib fracture, concussion and hematoma." (BBC News) (Moscow Times)
Sports
- 2019 French Open
- Australian Ashleigh Barty, a former professional cricket player, defeats 19-year-old Czech Markéta Vondroušová (6–1, 6–3) to win the 2019 French Open women's singles championship, her first Grand Slam singles title. (The New York Times)
June 9, 2019 (Sunday)
Disasters and accidents
- At least one person is killed and six others are injured after a crane collapses onto an apartment building in Dallas, Texas, amid severe weather. (KTRK-TV)
- A woman is killed when a police officer driving under the influence crashes into a restaurant in Illinois. (MSN)
International relations
- Vietnamese customs say it will crack down on goods of Chinese origin illegally relabeled "Made in Vietnam" by exporters seeking to avoid American tariffs on Chinese imports. (Bloomberg)
Law and crime
- Former Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz is shot in the Dominican Republic during a reported robbery attempt. He is expected to fully recover following surgery. (Heavy) (ESPN)
Politics and elections
- 2019 Kazakh presidential election
- Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is elected as the next president of Kazakhstan. The election was marred by the arrests of more than 500 protesters and was not declared to be fully democratic by OSCE observers. (DW)
- 2019 Moldovan constitutional crisis
- The Constitutional Court of Moldova dissolves the national parliament and removes Moldovan President Igor Dodon from office, appointing former prime minister Pavel Filip in his place. Dodon, as well as the Parliament of Moldova defy the move, hence triggering a constitutional crisis. (Reuters) (DW)
- Extradition Law controversy
- Operation Car Wash
- Several text and audio messages between Brazilian judge Sérgio Moro and lead prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol are leaked, casting doubt over the trial of former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on the grounds of illegal collaboration between court and prosecution. The leaks also point to interference in the 2018 elections by Operation Car Wash's task force officials. (The Intercept)
Sports
- 2018–19 UEFA Nations League
- The Portugal national football team defeats the Netherlands in the final of the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League, 1–0, to become the first champions of the tournament. (Newsday)
- 2019 French Open
- Spaniard Rafael Nadal, who turned 33 this past Monday, defeats Austrian Dominic Thiem 6–3, 5–7, 6–1, 6–1 for his 12th French Open men's singles championship, and his 18th Grand Slam title. (The New York Times)
June 10, 2019 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- June 2019 Mali massacre
- Boko Haram militants attacked the town of Darak in Cameroon’s Far North Region bordering Lake Chad, killing 21 soldiers and 16 civilians. Several Boko Haram attackers were also killed. (xinhuanet)
Arts and culture
- The Vatican issues a teaching instruction, Male and Female He Created Them, which criticizes the theory of gender as being more complex than the binary division of sexes. The document draws criticism from LGBT groups. (BBC News)
Business and economy
- Defense contractors United Technologies and Raytheon agree to merge into a combined company that would generate $74 billion in annual sales, making it the second-largest aerospace and defense company in the U.S. (CNBC) (Bloomberg)
Disasters and accidents
- A man died and 15 others are injured after an accidental explosion at the building of the Comune in Rocca di Papa, Italy. Emanuele Crestini, the mayor of the city, was critically injured and died ten days later from his injuries, bringing the death toll to two. (Corriere della Sera)
- Earthquakes in 2019
- A magnitude 4.0 earthquake is reported in Northeast Ohio. No damage has been reported. (News 5 Cleveland) (NBC News)
- 2019 New York City helicopter crash
- A helicopter crashes onto the roof of the AXA Equitable Center in New York City, killing the pilot. (The New York Times)
Health and environment
- Phase-out of lightweight plastic bags
- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces that Canada will ban all single-use plastics as early as 2021 in a bid to significantly reduce plastic pollution. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- McStay family murder
- In San Bernardino, California, Charles "Chase" Merritt is found guilty of four counts of murder in the 2013 deaths of the McStay family. (The Los Angeles Times)
- Rape in India
- An Indian court convicts six men in the 2018 rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl near Kathua in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Three of the men are given life sentences while the other three, found guilty of destroying evidence, receive five-year prison terms. (NPR)
- Former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz returns to Boston to recover from a shooting in the Dominican Republic. (CBS News)
- Internal conflict in Myanmar
- Two hundred Myanmar Army troops surround Pauktawbyin monastery in Rakhine State, demanding that they be allowed entry to search for Arakan Army insurgents possibly hiding in an IDP camp within the monastery. The head monk initially refused, saying that they would only allow inspections by people in civilian clothes, but later permitted their entry. (RFA)
Politics and elections
- Nechirvan Barzani is sworn in as the new President of Iraqi Kurdistan. In his first speech as President, Barzani says he will seek to improve ties with Baghdad, and create a joint-security plan to prevent ISIL from re-emerging in the region. (Rudaw)
- Congressman Justin Amash announces that he will leave the Freedom Caucus, weeks after calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. (Politico)
June 11, 2019 (Tuesday)
Arts and culture
- The E3 2019 trailer for Pokémon Sword and Shield, scheduled to be released in November, causes controversy and unprecedented unanimous outrage among fans following the announcement that Pokémon absent from the Galar Pokédex cannot be transferred into the games, giving rise to the "Bring Back National Dex" hashtag among fans on Twitter. (Polygon)
Business and economy
- A committee of the US House of Representatives announces that it will hold a hearing next Thursday (June 20) to examine fuel efficiency standards, as the Trump administration presses for a rollback of an Obama-era schedule of 5% reductions in emissions per year. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Sinking of Hableány
- Four bodies are recovered by salvage crews during the raising of the wreck of the Hableány, which sank on the Danube in Budapest last month. Four other people are still missing. (BBC News)
- 2019 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
- Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Vayu is in the Arabian Sea less than 600 miles south-southeast of Karachi, Pakistan, and is strengthening as it heads north. Vayu is expected to be a Category 2 or 3 storm when it approaches the Indian state of Gujarat early Thursday (local time), then should weaken as it approaches southeastern Pakistan over the weekend. (The Weather Channel) (Al Jazeera)
- A group of 65 Rohingya Muslims are left stranded on Rawi Island in southern Thailand after their boat shipwrecked during a journey to flee genocide in their native Rakhine State in Myanmar. (Reuters) (The Washington Post)
Law and crime
- Asbestos and the law
- The Congress of Colombia unanimously approves a resolution to ban the production, commercialization, and distribution of asbestos. (El Tiempo)
- LGBT rights in Botswana
- Botswana decriminalizes homosexuality. (BBC News)
- Media freedom in Russia
- Following a public outcry, authorities in Russia drop drug charges against a journalist, Ivan Golunov, who has earned a reputation for exposing the corruption of Moscow city officials. (Reuters) (BBC News)
- Censorship in Samoa
- Samoa bans the film Rocketman for its depictions of gay sex. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- North Korea–United States relations, List of North Korean missile tests
- U.S. President Donald Trump says he received a "beautiful", "very warm and very nice" letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. He added that Kim is "keeping his word" and not testing any kind of missiles. Earlier at a speaking event in Washington, National Security Adviser John Bolton said North Korea is not complying with the terms agreed upon during Trump's first summit with Kim in Singapore last year. (Bloomberg) (The Washington Post) (CNN)
Sports
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
- The USA's 13–0 defeat of Thailand sets a World Cup record for margin of victory for either men or women, and Alex Morgan's five goals ties a tournament record. (Yahoo! Sports)
June 12, 2019 (Wednesday)
Armed conflict and attacks
- Abha International Airport attack
- A ballistic missile fired by Houthi forces strikes the arrivals hall at Abha International Airport in Saudi Arabia, injuring 26 people. (CNN)
- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
- Militants kill five Indian paramilitary police in Anantnag district. Three paramilitaries, a local policeman and a woman bystander are wounded, and one militant is killed. (NDTV)
- Sudanese protests
- Sudanese military and opposition leaders agree to resume talks that broke down after a violent crackdown on protesters earlier in June. The military also agrees to release political prisoners, while the opposition agrees to end its campaign of strikes and civil disobedience. (BBC News)
- Terrorism in Australia
- Clavell brothers rammed a police car and then lunged at police with a knife and a tomahawk before they were shot on Wednesday afternoon by Victorian police. (9News)
Business and finance
- China–United States trade war
- Chinese telecommunications and electronics company Huawei cancels its new laptop launch. A Huawei executive said the company has been "unable to supply the PC" because of the U.S. trade blacklist and may have to scrap the project. (BBC News) (The Guardian)
Disasters and accidents
- Bolivarian diaspora
- A speedboat carrying migrants reportedly sinks off the coast of Venezuela en route to Curaçao, making it the third migrant boat leaving Venezuela to sink in as many months, with over 50 people missing. (BBC News)
- Indian Air Force An-32 crash
- The wreckage of An-32 aircraft was found in Arunachal Pradesh with all 13 people on board killed. (India Today)
Health and environment
- Kivu Ebola epidemic
- Wellcome Trust director Dr. Jeremy Farrar says the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has killed 1,400 people since August 2018, is the worst since the 2013–2016 outbreak in West Africa and shows "no sign of stopping". Uganda reported its first two deaths. (BBC News)
International relations
- Japan–United States relations, Iran–Japan relations, Iran–United States relations
- Japan offers to mediate between Iran and the U.S.; officials say the Japanese government hopes to rescue the landmark 2015 international nuclear deal. (Financial Tribune) (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Reuters reports, on the basis of an unnamed "senior administration" source, that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is pressuring the government of Saudi Arabia to show some progress in its investigation of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi before the one-year anniversary in October. (Reuters)
- Trial of Catalonia independence leaders
- The trial of the leaders involved in the Catalan declaration of independence ends and is remitted to decision. A verdict is not expected until after August. (Euronews)
- Two Canadian women who were abducted in Ghana are rescued by Ghanaian police. (CTV News)
- Aftermath of the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal
- Former Stanford University sailing coach John Vandemoer is sentenced to two-years probation, with the first six months to be served under house arrest. Vandemoer is the first person to be sentenced among the 50 individuals indicted on federal charges related to the U.S. college admissions bribery scheme. (Los Angeles Times) (USA Today) (The New York Times)
- Same-sex marriage in Ecuador
- The Supreme Court of Ecuador legalizes same-sex marriage. (France24)
- Abortion in the United States by state
- Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker signs abortion rights law making the procedure a "fundamental right" for pregnant individuals in the state. (Chicago Tribune)
Politics and elections
- Hong Kong extradition law controversy
- The Legislative Council delays "to a later time" the second reading of the new legislation on extradition as thousands of protesters, who blocked key roads around government buildings, were confronted by police in riot gear using pepper spray. Despite widespread opposition, the government had said it will continue to push for passage. (BBC News)
- Media freedom in Russia
- Russian authorities detain hundreds of protesters, including Novaya Gazeta journalist and protest organizer Ilya Azar and other reporters, at an "unauthorized march" in Moscow demanding punishment for police who detained anti-corruption journalist Ivan Golunov. Golunov's charges were dropped and he was released yesterday at which time Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said some officers who had taken part in his detention were suspended pending an investigation. (BBC News) (Reuters)
- The House Oversight Committee votes to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt after U.S. President Donald Trump asserted executive privilege over materials related to the committee's census investigation. (ABC News)
- Operation Car Wash
- More text messages between judge Sérgio Moro and prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol are leaked, implicating Vice-President of the Supreme Federal Court Luiz Fux in illicit collaboration between Brazilian judges and Car Wash's team of prosecutors. (Veja)
- Bolivarian diaspora
- The Peruvian Catholic Church urges the government of that country to continue receiving Venezuelan immigrants. He also expressed concern about the "increase in the negative perception of migrants." This, after the president Martín Vizcarra decided to demand visa and passport for Venezuelan citizens who wish to enter Peru. (Gestión)
Science and technology
- List of nearest exoplanets, Doppler Spectroscopy
- A study on exoplanet populations combining decades of data from several different observatories detects 118 possible exoplanets orbiting nearby red dwarfs, including new discoveries around nearby stars Wolf 359, Lacaille 9352, Struve 2398 B, and Luyten's Star. (Arxiv)
- Despite dense fog, SpaceX successfully launches the Canadian Space Agency's RADARSAT Constellation satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base. (CNET)
Sports
- 2019 Stanley Cup Finals
- In ice hockey, the St. Louis Blues defeat the Boston Bruins four games to three to win their first Stanley Cup. (CBS Sports)
June 13, 2019 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- June 2019 Gulf of Oman incident, Iran–United States relations, Iran–Saudi Arabia relations
- Two oil tankers, one Norwegian and one Japanese, are damaged and abandoned after being attacked in the Gulf of Oman, with all crew members aboard both ships safely rescued. (BBC News)
- The United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir directly blame Iran for being behind the attacks on both ships. Iranian officials deny the U.S. claims. (BBC News) (Reuters)
- The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) releases a video showing what CENTCOM spokesperson says, is an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' patrol boat approaching the Kokuka Courageous "and was observed and recorded removing an unexploded limpet mine from the M/T Kokuka Courageous." Iran denies involvement. (Associated Press) (Reuters)
- A suicide bomber kills eleven and injures thirteen in an attack in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. (Reuters) (News18)
Disasters and accidents
- One of the towers of the centuries-old Citadel of Ghazni, Afghanistan, collapses amid heavy rainfall. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- Flint water crisis
- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announces that charges will be dropped against eight people in the Flint water crisis and investigations will be restarted in the scandal, which has plagued the city since 2014. (Wall Street Journal) (The Hill)
Politics and elections
- The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) recommends that the Trump administration remove Kellyanne Conway from her office as senior aide to President Trump because of her repeated violations of the Hatch Act of 1939. The Trump administration rejects the OSC's recommendations, saying they "are deeply flawed and violate [Conway's] constitutional rights to free speech and due process." (USA Today)
- List of Trump administration dismissals and resignations
- White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announces she will resign at the end of June. (CBC)
Science and technology
- Twitter suspensions
- Twitter says it has removed thousands of accounts that were being run by the Iranian government, to spread propaganda and fake news on the social media platform. It has also removed over a hundred accounts linked to the Catalan independence movement, and dozens of accounts related to Venezuela. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2019 NBA Finals
- In basketball, the Toronto Raptors defeat the Golden State Warriors four games to two to win their first NBA championship. The Toronto Raptors are also the first NBA team outside of the United States and the first from Canada to win the NBA Finals. (Los Angeles Times) (Business Insider)
June 14, 2019 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- June 2019 Gulf of Oman incident
- An unnamed United States official claims that, just prior to the attack on two merchant vessels, an Iranian vessel launched a surface to air missile at a MQ-9 Reaper drone in the vicinity of the attack. An additional MQ-9 Reaper is reported to have been shot down by Houthi rebels several days prior in the Red Sea. (CNN)
- The president of the Japanese shipping company offers a different account of the attack than that provided by the United States. Yutaka Katada says the Filipino crew of the Kokuka Courageous oil tanker said their vessel was apparently first hit by an artillery shell rather than a mine. The United States said the tanker was attacked by limpet mines and released a video it says shows Iranian special forces removing an unexploded mine from the oil tanker's side. (The Washington Post) (BBC News)
- A U.S. official says Iranian Navy gunboats are preventing the damaged Norwegian-owned Front Altair oil tanker from being towed away by two private tugboats in the Gulf of Oman. (Reuters)
- United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres calls for an independent investigation to establish the facts and responsibility for the oil tankers attacks in the Gulf of Oman. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 61 people have been killed and 356,000 evacuated from their homes as heavy rain and floods swept through large parts of southern and central China this week. (Al Jazeera)
International relations
- Iran–Japan relations, Iran–United States relations
- Kyodo News Agency reports that during his visit to mediate between the U.S. and Iran, Japanese PM Shinzō Abe asked Iran to release American prisoners held by Iran, though the response is "unclear" to the press. But Iran says it will not negotiate with the United States, rejecting Abe's bid to broker dialogue between the two countries amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif accuses the "B-Team" (Mohammed bin Salman, John Bolton and Benjamin Netanyahu) of sabotaging diplomacy, including Abe's meeting, to hide its "economic terrorism" by accusing Iran of attacking oil tankers. (The Washington Post) (Kyodo News)
- Cyprus—Turkey relations
- European Union Mediterranean state leaders offer full support to fellow EU member Cyprus in its dispute with Turkey over offshore natural gas deposit ownership. French President Emmanuel Macron, speaking for the EU, urges Turkey to stop “illegal activities” in Cyprus’s exclusive economic zone. (Reuters) (Reuters²)
Law and crime
- Transgender personnel in the United States military
- The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, without ruling on the merits, orders U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman (Seattle) to reconsider her ruling against the ban of most transgender people from the military, stating she did not give the military’s judgment enough deference. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Presidency of Jair Bolsonaro
- In response to a controversial pension reform proposal and cuts in the education budget, a general strike by over 40 million workers takes place in Brazil. Demonstrations are held in over 80 cities across the country. (France24)
June 15, 2019 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Yemeni Crisis (2011–present)
- Yemen-based Houthi forces launch drone strikes on Jizan Regional Airport and Abha International Airport in Saudi Arabia. A Saudi Arabian-led coalition spokesperson says a Houthi drone has been shot down near the Saudi city of Abha. (Reuters)
- 12 Kenyan police officers are killed when their vehicle hits a roadside bomb in east Wajir County, near the Somali border. No one has claimed responsibility, though the police had been pursuing suspected al-Shabab militants fighting Somalia's government and its backers. (BBC News) (Region week)
- Twin explosions rock Mogadishu killing 11 and injuring over 25. The first bomb went off near a checkpoint for the presidential palace killing nine and the other bomb killed the two occupants in the vehicle. Al Shabbab claimed responsibility. (Time) (Al Jazeera)
Arts and culture
- The Notre Dame Cathedral holds its first mass since the April 15 fire. (ABC News)
Disasters and accidents
- Seven people—four sanitation workers and three staff members—die after inhaling toxic fumes from a Darshsan Hotel sewer cleaning in the village of Fartikui in western India. The hotel owner is charged with the fatalities. (BBC News)
Health and environment
- The Ministry of Health of Peru reports that so far this year, 548 people have contracted Guillain–Barré syndrome in an outbreak in the country. It also clarified that in the five cases in which patients died, death was caused by complications with other serious diseases. (Perú.21)
International relations
- Japan–United States relations
- U.S. President Donald Trump thanks Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe by phone for his effort to mediate between the U.S. and Iran. (The Rahuma Daily)
- India–United States relations
- India announces that effective Sunday it will impose tariffs, some as high as 70 percent, on 28 United States products, including almonds and apples, in response to the U.S. government's refusal to exempt India from higher taxes on steel and aluminum imports. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- 2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests
- Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announces that the government has suspended its plan to allow extraditions to mainland China. (BBC News)
- U.S. President Donald Trump confirms he has been briefed on a spike of UFO sightings in Earth's atmosphere by United States Navy pilots, saying "people are saying they're seeing UFOs. Do I believe it? Not particularly". The U.S. Navy recently updated its guidelines for how its pilots can report "unidentified aircraft". (ABC News) (USA Today) (Fox News)
- Slovakia inaugurates Zuzana Čaputová as its first female elected President. (Euronews)
June 16, 2019 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian Civil War, Northwestern Syria offensive (April–August 2019)
- The Syrian Army and the Turkish Land Forces exchange heavy fire in the northern Idlib Governorate, in what Turkish officials described as a deliberate mortar attack on one of their observation posts in Murak that wounded three Turkish troops. (Al Jazeera) (Daily Sabah)
- At least 12 people are killed after jihadists shelled a village in Aleppo Governorate with mortars. (Business standard)
- In the past week, over 160 people have been killed and 40 villages destroyed in attacks between tribes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- 2019 South American blackout
- A massive blackout hits Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil, leaving millions without power. (The New York Times)
Law and crime
- A group of bandits attack a village in the Shinkafi local government area of Zamfara State, Nigeria, killing at least 34 civilians. The gunmen arrived on motorcycles and opened fire on civilians indiscriminately, later burning down homes. (Reuters)
International relations
- Israel–United States relations
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally unveils Trump Heights, a new settlement in the Golan Heights, named after U.S. President Donald Trump for his decision to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the occupied territory. (BBC News)
- Japan–Mongolia relations, Japan–North Korea relations
- Foreign Minister of Japan Tarō Kōno seeks cooperation from Mongolia over efforts to settle the issue of past abductions of Japanese nationals by North Korea, as Mongolia maintains friendly ties with Pyongyang. Japan has no ties with North Korea and pushes for further sanctions. (The Japan Times)
Politics and elections
- 2019 Guatemalan general election
- Citizens of Guatemala head to the polls to vote for their next president and new members of the country's congress. (BBC News)
- 2019 Conservative Party leadership election
- The first televised debate between Conservative Party candidates for Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom takes place in London. Frontrunnner Boris Johnson refuses to attend. (BBC News)
- 2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests
- The scheduled peaceful mass protest, despite bill suspension yesterday, of nearly 2 million people gather in Victoria Square demanding the legislation be withdrawn. If the organizers numbers are confirmed, this is the largest protest ever. Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam apologizes for proposing the bill. Police say turnout was 338,000 at its peak. (BBC News)
Sports
- Toyota Gazoo Racing wins the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans. (The Guardian)
- 2019 U.S. Open (golf)
- Gary Woodland wins his first major championship, finishing three shots ahead of two-time defending champion Brooks Koepka at Pebble Beach, California. (AP via ESPN)
June 17, 2019 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Boko Haram
- Three Boko Haram suicide bombers detonate their devices among a group of football fans, killing 30 people and wounding 40 others, in Konduga, Nigeria. (BBC News)
- Boko Haram terrorists exchange gunfire with Nigerian troops in the Nganzai local government area of Borno State. (Al Jazeera)
- Iran–United States relations
- Acting United States Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan authorizes the deployment of approximately 1,000 additional U.S. troops to the Middle East region "for defensive purposes to address air, naval and ground-based threats" amid increased tensions with Iran. The move comes four days after two oil tankers were attacked in the Gulf of Oman incident. (NBC News) (CBS News)
Arts and culture
- Japanese anime developers report that the industry is in crisis, even as its popularity soars in its native country. Among the reasons are low pay, long hours, and a huge shortage of artists – just as its global popularity reaches record levels. (Japan Today)
Disasters and accidents
- 2019 Sichuan earthquake
- A magnitude 5.8 earthquake hits Sichuan, China, killing 13 people and injuring 199 others. (China Plus)
Health and environment
- 2019 Bihar encephalitis outbreak
- The death toll of Indian children who have died due to an acute encephalitis syndrome outbreak reaches 100. (BBC News)
International relations
- Iran nuclear deal
- Iran announces that within ten days, it will stop abiding by the agreement and will exceed the limit on its stockpile of uranium. (NPR)
- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani tells the Fars News Agency "the time is short for Europe to save the international nuclear deal", and calls on France to take the lead. Reuters reports that Rouhani added the collapse of the nuclear deal would not be in the interests of the region and the world. (Reuters) (NPR)
- Ecuador–United States relations
- Ecuador agrees to allow U.S. military planes fighting drug trafficking to operate from San Cristóbal Airport in the Galápagos Islands. National Assembly legislators call on Defense Minister Oswaldo Jarrin and Environmental Minister Marcelo Mata to explain the scope of co-operation. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- 2019 Dallas courthouse shooting
- A gunman opens fire on Dallas police before being shot and killed near a federal building. (CNN)
- Gerrymandering in the United States
- The U.S. Supreme Court rules, in a 5–4 decision, the Virginia legislative districts that the court previously said were racially gerrymandered, have to remain in their redrawn form. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch make up the majority, not the usual conservative-liberal grouping. (NPR)
- Criminal charges are stayed against Jaspal Atwal, the central figure of controversy that surrounded Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's trip to India. He was charged in May 2018 with uttering threats against a Punjabi radio host. (CBC News)
- Twelve people are killed and dozens more injured when a passenger grabs the steering wheel of a bus in West Java, Indonesia, causing it to crash. (BBC News)
- A man identified as Yujiro Iimori, who allegedly stabbed and robbed a police officer of his gun, is arrested in Osaka, Japan. He presents a mental health certificate as defense. (The Japan Times)
- Four people are shot and injured at a parade celebrating the 2019 NBA Finals in Toronto. (Global News)
Politics and elections
- Crisis in Venezuela
- The Venezuelan government releases deputy Gilber Caro, who had been detained for three months. (VOA)
- Former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, who was ousted in a coup in 2013 and has been detained in jail since then, dies after fainting during an espionage court hearing. (CNN) (KNIF) (BBC News)
June 18, 2019 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Iran–United States relations
- In response to accusations by the United States that Iran is responsible for last week's attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, and the subsequent increased U.S. military presence in the region, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says "Iran will not wage war against any nation". (CBC)
- Forty one people are killed in an attack in the Yoro and Gangafani villages in Mali, one week after 35 are killed in another attack. The attackers, riding motorcycles, targeted primarily Dogon villages. (CNN)
Business and economics
- California housing shortage
- Google announces that it is setting aside $750 million in land and $250 million in financing to encourage developers in the San Francisco area to build and rehabilitate housing, in order to ease the homeless crisis in a region where Google has 45,000 employees. (Reuters)
- Boeing sells 200 of its 737 MAX planes to International Airlines Group, the first sale of the controversial airliners since two fatal crashes and subsequent worldwide groundings earlier this year. (CNBC)
International relations
- Colombia–Venezuela relations
- Colombian authorities deport Venezuelan refugees in the border town of Cúcuta; in response, the Venezuelan government restricts movement of Colombians into the country. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- It is reported that Roberto Marrero, aide to Venezuela's partially-recognized interim President Juan Guaidó, who was arrested several months ago, has his preliminary hearing completed, with Judge Carol Padilla denying his right to defense and ordering his incarceration. (El Universal)
- Immigration policy of Donald Trump, Immigration to the United States
- A three-judge panel of federal appeal court judges from the ninth circuit hears arguments concerning a 2017 ruling that U.S. authorities breached the Flores Settlement Agreement's order on holding undocumented immigrant children in "safe and sanitary" conditions. The Department of Justice is seeking relief because the order imposes “new substantive requirements” for the detention of immigrant children that aren’t laid out in the settlement. The panel will issue a ruling at a later date. (AP via The Washington Post) (Bay City News) (Newsweek)
Politics and elections
- Corruption in Venezuela
- Partially-recognized Interim President of Venezuela Juan Guaidó and Venezuelan Ambassador to Colombia Humberto Calderón Berti request that the Colombian government investigate two administrators of their own alliance on suspicion of embezzling US$100,000. (WSJ)
- Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign
- U.S. President Donald Trump's speech at a rally in Orlando, Florida is billed as the official launch of his re-election campaign for the 2020 United States presidential election. He previously filed on January 20, 2017 paperwork with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) officially announcing his bid for the 2020 presidential election. (The Guardian) (Al Jazeera) (The Atlantic)
- 2019 Conservative Party leadership election
- Boris Johnson leads the second Tory MP leadership ballot. Dominic Raab is eliminated after coming in last. Jeremy Hunt, Michael Gove, Sajid Javid, and Rory Stewart all advance to tomorrow's third round. (BBC News)
- Political appointments by Donald Trump
- Patrick Shanahan, who has been acting Secretary of Defense since January 1, has withdrawn his name from consideration as Secretary "... to devote more time to his family", President Trump said. Secretary of the Army Mark Esper will be the acting Secretary of Defense. There are allegations of domestic violence against Mr. Shanahan. (BBC News)
- Operation Car Wash
- Another batch of text messages between Brazilian judge Sérgio Moro and Operation Car Wash's prosecutors are leaked. The messages state that Moro advised lead prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol and the other prosecutors to halt any investigations on Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former President of Brazil and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's political rival. Moro is quoted as saying the investigations would "offend someone whose support is important". (The Intercept) (Brasil Wire)
June 19, 2019 (Wednesday)
Arts and culture
- Li Ka-shing, "Hong Kong's richest man", pledges to pay, via his charitable foundation, the tuition fees of the Shantou University's 2019 incoming class for up to five years. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- Venezuelan refugee crisis
- The UN predicts that over five million Venezuelans, over 15% of the nation's population, will have left the country by the end of 2019 since the start of the crisis in Venezuela—the total at the end of 2018 was 3.3 million. One million have left the country since November, with a daily average of 5,000 departures. Additionally, over 20% of all worldwide UN asylum requests are from Venezuelans; 350,000 applied in 2018 alone. (Financial Times)
Health and environment
- Millions of people in southeast India face water shortages due to drought and depleted groundwater. (CBC)
International relations
- Japan–North Korea relations
- The Japanese coast guard says its patrol boats have been pushing back hundreds of North Korean boats trying to poach in fishing grounds rich with squid off Japan's northern coast. (Japan Today)
Law and crime
- Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
- Four people, three Russians and a Ukrainian, will be charged with murder for the crash that killed 298 people on July 17, 2014. The trial is to be held on March 9, 2020 and take place in Badhoevedorp, Netherlands. (CNN)
- NXIVM leader Keith Raniere is found guilty of seven charges, including human trafficking, sex trafficking, sexual exploitation of a child, forced labor conspiracy, and racketeering. (NPR)
Politics and elections
- Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi
- Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir says that the UN's report on the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi is unfounded, saying it has "clear contradictions and baseless allegations." (Gulf News)
- 2019 Conservative Party leadership election
- Rory Stewart is eliminated after coming in fifth place in today's third round voting. The front runner remains Boris Johnson. Jeremy Hunt, Michael Gove, and Sajid Javid came in second, third, and fourth respectively. A fourth round will be taken tomorrow. (BBC News)
- The House Democrats vote to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists, which is used to authorize war. (Vox) (HuffPost)
June 20, 2019 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Iran–United States relations, June 2019 Iranian shoot-down of American drone
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps shoots down an American RQ-4 Global Hawk spy drone after it allegedly violates Iranian airspace. (RTÉ)
- An anonymous American official says the incident occurred in international airspace, and not over Iranian territory. (The Times of Israel)
- U.S. President Donald Trump, when asked about the strike, says it is "hard to believe it was intentional". He later approves retaliatory military attacks against Iranian missile and radar facilities, but subsequently changes his mind. (CNN) (BBC News)
Business and economics
- The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Justice Department files a lawsuit against two large printing companies contemplating a merger. If the deal is allowed to proceed, the filings claim, the combined company would dominate the market for printing magazines, catalogs and books. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 44 people are killed when a bus carrying at least 60 plunges into a gorge in the Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh, a mountainous northern Indian state. (BBC News)
International relations
- Kim–Xi meetings, China–North Korea relations
- Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping arrives in North Korea for a two-day state visit with Korean Workers' Party chairman Kim Jong-un. (Los Angeles Times)
- Venezuelan refugee crisis, Colombia–Venezuela relations
- The Colombian military reveals that dissident FARC groups, in spite of a 2016 treaty, have been recruiting Venezuelan migrants at illegal border crossings, strengthening their numbers and increasing attacks. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Computer ransomware
- Riviera Beach, Florida, is paying $600,000 to a hacker who took over local government computers three weeks ago. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- 2019 Guatemalan general election
- After days of disagreements, allegations of electoral fraud and several inconsistencies with the preliminary results of the general election held last Sunday, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal orders a new review of the electoral records and restarts the count. (Prensa Libre)
- 2019 Conservative Party leadership election
- Home Secretary Sajid Javid is eliminated after coming in fourth place in the fourth round of voting. Boris Johnson remains the front runner, with Michael Gove and Jeremy Hunt coming in second and third place respectively. (BBC News)
- In the fifth round of voting, Gove is controversially eliminated. The party membership run-off vote will be between Johnson and Hunt. (The Guardian)
- 2020 United States Senate election in Alabama
- Roy Moore announces that he will run for U.S. Senate again in Alabama, defying the wishes of Donald Trump and the Republican Party. (CNBC)
Arts and culture
- David Gilmour auctions 120 guitars of his personal collection, raising $21.5 million, including $3.975 million for The Black Strat, his most iconic guitar. (Christie's) (Rolling Stone)
Sports
June 21, 2019 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Ten civilians are killed when a suicide bomber detonates his explosive belt in a crowd of worshippers at a Shia mosque in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. (Sputnik)
Business and economy
- Korean Air confirms that US carrier Delta Air Lines has acquired a 4.3% stake in Korean Air's parent company Hanjin Kal, which may help Hanjin resist pressure from an activist shareholder. (Reuters)
- Myanmar's Ministry of Transport and Communications orders mobile phone companies and internet providers to suspend service in nine townships in Rakhine State. (France 24)
Disasters and accidents
- A Beechcraft King Air sky diving operation plane crashes near Dillingham Airfield on Oahu, Hawaii, killing all eleven people onboard. (The Guardian)
International relations
- Japan–Russia relations
- Japan's Defense Ministry says Russian Air Force bombers violated southern Japanese airspace, prompting Japan Air Self-Defense Force fighters to scramble and escort the planes out of the area. (Japan Today)
- Iran–Saudi Arabia relations
- Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Adel Al-Jubeir says Iran "has to understand that its aggressive behaviour cannot be sustained" and that his country is "trying to avoid a war at all costs". (Sky News)
- Iran–United States relations, June 2019 Iranian shoot-down of American drone
- Trump administration officials say that President Donald Trump ordered the United States Armed Forces to conduct military strikes against targets of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran in retaliation for downing an American surveillance drone the day prior, and that he changed his mind hours later and ordered an immediate stop to the operation while American warplanes were in the air and warships were in position. (The New York Times) (ABC News)
- Iranian Americans protest outside the State Department as tensions increase. (NBC Washington)
- Saudi Arabia–United States relations
- U.S. President Donald Trump spoke to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman about Middle East stability and the oil market, the White House says, after tensions with Iran prompt a rise in oil prices. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2019 Brecon and Radnorshire recall petition
- Chris Davies, Member of the UK Parliament for the Welsh constituency of Brecon and Radnorshire, is removed from his position following a successful recall petition in the wake of his conviction for fraudulent expense claims. A by-election will be held to replace Davies. (BBC News)
Health and environment
- In a school of the Moquegua city, in Peru, 66 children are poisoned by a leak from a gas regasification plant, located 300 meters away. All affected students were taken to a nearby health center. (América Televisión) (La República)
June 22, 2019 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2019 Amhara Region coup d'état attempt
- An attempted coup in Ethiopia's Amhara state leaves several people dead, including the regional president Ambachew Mekonnen and the Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Force, General Se'are Mekonnen. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- A seven-story building collapses in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, killing at least 28 people and wounding 25 others. (The Guardian)
International relations
- Iran–Saudi Arabia relations
- Saudi Arabia's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir says if Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz, there will be a "very, very strong reaction". (Arab News)
- United States sanctions against Iran, Iran–United States relations, Iran and weapons of mass destruction
- The United States announces "major" sanctions against Iran to prevent them from obtaining nuclear weapons. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- 2019 Mauritanian presidential election
- Voters in Mauritania head to the polls to elect a new president. The election would be the country's first democratic transition of power, as incumbent president Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz prepares to step down after having served two terms. (DW)
- British Foreign Office Minister Mark Field is suspended for assaulting a Greenpeace activist. (BBC News)
- The Trump administration releases a $50 billion plan that calls for investment in Palestine's economy. (NBC News)
June 23, 2019 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
- Houthis launch a drone strike that kills a Syrian and wounds 21 more. The attack takes place at the Abha International Airport, which was attacked two weeks ago with a ballistic missile. (Reuters)
- There are unconfirmed reports of another attack at the Jizan Airport, although there has been no confirmation. (Business Insider)
- Houthis warn of worse attacks if Saudi Arabia continues its escalation and aggression in Yemen. (Xinhua)
- Boko Haram insurgency
- Twenty-six Boko Haram militants and 11 Chadian soldiers are killed in an ambush after the soldiers recover cattle that the militants had seized. Nine Chadian soldiers are injured. (Yahoo! News)
- Internal conflict in Myanmar
- Twenty Myanmar soldiers and two Arakan Army insurgents are killed in clashes in Mrauk-U Township, Rakhine State. (Radio Free Asia)
Arts and culture
- Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany
- A ceremony is held at the former site of Germany’s Buchenwald concentration camp to remember people imprisoned there because they were thought to be gay. (Japan Times)
International relations
- 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis
- Chilean President Sebastián Piñera says he agrees with Argentine President Mauricio Macri that the "corrupt dictatorship of Maduro has its days numbered". (ABC ES)
- Venezuelan refugee crisis
- Chile is extending its offer of "democratic responsibility" visas, allowing Venezuelans to live in the country for up to two years, so that they may be applied for from any Chilean embassy or consulate in the world instead of just in Venezuela. However, Chile border control now also demands visas upon entry for Venezuelans, a tightening of the previous 90-day free period. The move should aid Venezuelans trying to travel through other Latin American nations that have changing restrictions. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- June 2019 Istanbul mayoral election
- The re-run Istanbul mayoral election concludes with a victory for opposition leader Ekrem İmamoğlu and defeat for the ruling AK Party. (BBC News)
- 2019 in the Czech Republic
- Hundreds of thousands take to the streets of Prague to demand the resignation of Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš in the country's biggest protest since the Velvet Revolution in 1989. (BBC News) (CNN)
June 24, 2019 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2019 Amhara Region coup d'état attempt
- The Attorney General of Ethiopia's Amhara Region, Migbaru Kebede, dies after having been wounded during the coup attempt two days earlier. Asaminew Tsige, the general suspected to be behind the coup attempt, had been reportedly killed by security forces. (DW)
- Men in camouflage kill 50 in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Two German Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets collide in mid-air and crash near Lake Müritz in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Both pilots are able to eject before the crash, but only one survives. (DW)
International relations
- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet says the tens of thousands of Islamic State fighters and family members being held in Iraq and Syria must be tried or released, and calls on countries to take responsibility for their citizens and take them back if not charged. (BBC News)
- Iran and state-sponsored terrorism, Terrorism in Europe
- The British newspaper Independent in Arabic quotes an intelligence source as saying that in 2018 Iran had delivered half a ton of TATP explosives in diplomatic packages to a civilian plane that was supposed to be transferred to Paris to carry out an attack in the city. (The Jerusalem Post)
Law and crime
- Diane Madison, the mother of American serial killer Michael Madison, is stabbed to death in her home. Three children are also injured. Her grandson Jalen Plummer is arrested and charged with aggravated murder and felonious assault. (Cleveland.com)
Politics and elections
- The Defense Minister of Peru, José Huerta, suddenly dies of cardiac arrest while worked. (CNN en Español) (Perú.21)
Science and technology
- Methane on Mars
- NASA announces that its Curiosity rover has detected the largest ever measurement of methane on Mars. (BBC News)
- Soyuz MS-11 returned to Earth, landing in Kazakhstan, from the International Space Station carrying Canadian David Saint-Jacques, American Anne McClain and Russian Oleg Kononenko. The astronauts and cosmonaut spent 204 days aboard the ISS, a record for Canada. (CBC)
Sports
- The 2026 Winter Olympics are selected to be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. (BBC News)
June 25, 2019 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Yemeni Civil War
- Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
- Saudi Arabia announces that Abu Usama al-Muhajir, the leader of ISIL's Yemeni branch, has been captured by special forces. (The New York Times)
- Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
- Sinai insurgency
- Suspected ISIL militants attack checkpoints and an assembly center in the Egyptian city of Arish. Seven police officers are killed, along with a civilian. Four militants also died, including one that blew himself up. (Al Jazeera)
- Boko Haram insurgency
- Boko Haram militants open fire on farmers in Borno State, killing 22. (Xinhua)
Business and economy
- Safety of electronic cigarettes
- San Francisco becomes the first U.S. city to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes (vapes) until the health effects of using them are better understood. Juul, the largest producer of e-cigarettes in the United States, which is based in the city, condemns the ban saying the move will drive people back to tobacco smoking and will create a black market. (BBC News)
- AbbVie, the Illinois-based pharmaceutical company best known for Humira, announces its plan to purchase Allergan, the maker of Botox, for about $63 billion. (Reuters)
- The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe announces that, effective immediately, foreign currencies such as the United States dollar or South African rand will no longer be legal tender in the country, and that any use of foreign currency within Zimbabwe will be a punishable offense. (Deutsche Welle)
- The Chamber of Commerce of Lima warns that just under a million Peruvians are at risk of returning to poverty. (La República)
Disasters and accidents
- One woman dies and 21 people are affected after eating lunch in a Seventh-day Adventist church in the district of Sorochuco, department of Cajamarca, in Peru. The causes of the poisoning are not yet clear. (El Comercio)
- A brush fire burns at least 32,000 acres of land in the Florida Everglades amid near record-breaking temperatures. (Accuweather)
International relations
- Iran–Saudi Arabia relations, Iran–United Arab Emirates relations, Bahrain–Iran relations
- Iran's special advisor to the parliament speaker, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, says Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain are "toying with regional security by giving territories to a foreign power". (Middle East Monitor)
Law and crime
- Cannabis in the United States
- Illinois becomes the 11th U.S. state to legalize the recreational use of cannabis. The bill, signed into law by Governor of Illinois J. B. Pritzker, will also remove criminal records for purchasing or possessing 30 grams or less of cannabis. (AP)
Politics and elections
- LGBT rights in Japan
- Ibaraki Prefecture says it will start issuing partnership certificates for lesbian, gay and transgender couples starting July 1. It would be the first such prefectural policy in the history of Japan. (Japan Today)
Science and technology
- Space Test Program, 2019 in spaceflight
- SpaceX successfully launches and deploys 24 satellites, including LightSail 2, Green Propellant Infusion Mission, and the Deep Space Atomic Clock, into orbit via its Falcon Heavy rocket. Falcon Heavy's sideboosters both returned safely to their landing pads at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, while the rocket's center booster failed to land on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean, exploding in the sea. (The New York Times)
June 26, 2019 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- In Pakistan three suicide bombers attempted to storm a police housing complex in the southern Balochistan province. One of them was killed by guards, while the two others entered and blew themselves up, killing a senior constable and wounding five others. The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility (Reuters)
- International military intervention against ISIL
- Canada and the Iraq War
- Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan announces that Canada will continue to command a NATO mission in Iraq for a second year until November 2020. (Al Arabiya)
- Canada and the Iraq War
- War in Afghanistan
- Two U.S. Troops are killed in an ambush by the Taliban in Wardak Province, Afghanistan. (USA Today)
- Four men with ties to ISIL are arrested in Nicaragua. (BBC News)
Arts and culture
- LGBT in the United States
- New York City begins the 50th Annual World Pride festival, expecting to draw four million people over six days. (France 24)
International relations
- Germany–United States relations
- U.S. President Donald Trump states that Germany is "delinquent" on NATO defense, saying, "So they are giving Russia billions of dollars yet we are supposed to protect Germany and Germany is delinquent! Okay?" (Al Arabiya)
Law and crime
- An unnamed Brazilian Air Force sergeant is arrested in Seville for smuggling 39 kilograms of cocaine inside an Embraer E190 airliner. The aircraft, now grounded, was being used as a backup plane during President Bolsonaro's official visit to Japan, connecting in the Spanish city. (The Olive Press)
- In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of Japan rejects retrial for a 92-year-old woman, Ayako Haraguchi, who had already served 10 years in prison for the 1979 murder of her former brother-in-law. (The Japan Times)
- Terrorism in Canada
- Canada's government adds Neo-Nazi groups Blood & Honour and Combat 18 to its list of designated terrorist organizations. It is the first time that extreme far-right groups have been designated as terrorist in Canada. Three Shia militant groups, including the Iranian-backed Al-Ashtar Brigades are also banned. (Global News)
Politics and elections
- 2020 United States presidential election, 2020 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums
- The first of two Democratic Party debates for the nomination of the party's nominee in the 2020 United States presidential election is held in Miami, Florida. (Reuters)
Science and technology
- 2019 European heat wave
- Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic record their highest ever recorded temperatures for June amid a heat wave in Western and Central Europe. (BBC News) (Weather Underground)
June 27, 2019 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2019 Tunis bombings
- Yemeni Civil War, Saudi-led intervention in Yemen
- Arab Coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki says that his forces intercept and down a drone in Yemeni airspace after its launch toward Saudi Arabia by Houthis north of Sanaʽa. (Al Arabiya)
Disasters and accidents
- Angara Airlines Flight 200 crashes on landing at Nizhneangarsk Airport, Far East Russia, killing two of the 47 people on board. (Aviation Safety Network)
Politics and elections
- Argentina–Cuba relations
- Argentina Education Minister Alejandro Finocchiaro strongly condemns a school in Chaco Province for displaying a Cuban flag on Argentina's Flag Day, asking, "What differences are there between the Cuban regime and the Nazis?" He also describes Che Guevara as a "criminal and genocider". (Clarín)
- 2020 United States presidential election, 2020 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums
- The second of two Democratic Party debates for the nomination of the party's nominee in the 2020 United States presidential election is held in Miami, Florida. (The New York Times)
- The social democrat Frederiksen Cabinet is formed in Denmark. (Bloomberg)
Science and technology
- List of fast radio bursts
- Scientists announce, through the Science journal, that they discover the source of a fast radio burst for the first time. FRB 180924, a non-repeating FRB which was detected in September 2018 using the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder, originates from a large galaxy known as DES J214425.25−405400.81 located 3.6 billion light-years from Earth. (Newsweek) (9news)
- Dragonfly (spacecraft)
- NASA awards $1 billion to the Dragonfly mission, which will use a dual-quadcopter drone to explore Titan for signs of life. (Nature) (Science) (The New York Times) (The Atlantic)
Sports
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
- Ellen White becomes England's all-time leading FIFA Women's World Cup Final goalscorer with the team's second goal against Norway in the 2019 Women's World Cup quarterfinal win. (The Telegraph)
June 28, 2019 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2019 Indanan bombings
- Two suicide bombers detonate their devices in Sulu, Philippines, killing four soldiers and two civilians. ISIL claims responsibility. (CBC) (Reuters) (CNN Philippines)
- Syrian Civil War, Northwestern Syria offensive (April 2019–present)
- Nearly 100 people are killed in clashes between the Syrian Army, rebels and jihadists in northwestern Syria. 51 government troops and allied militiamen, and 45 rebel fighters and jihadists are among the dead. (France 24)
Business and economy
- Demolition experts implode the Ponte Morandi viaduct in Genoa, Italy, ten months after a partial collapse that killed 43 people. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- A train hauling 40 cars derails in the St. Clair Tunnel between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario, spilling 13,700 gallons of sulfuric acid and closing the tunnel for several days. (WDIV-TV) (WXYZ-TV)
International relations
- China–Holy See relations
- Bahrain–Iraq relations
- More than 200 demonstrators break into the courtyard of Bahrain's embassy in Baghdad and take down the kingdom's flag to protest a U.S.-led meeting in Bahrain on the Israeli–Palestinian peace process. (Reuters)
- Foreign relations of Argentina
- Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie announces that the European Union and Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay achieved a breakthrough in free-trade talks after 20 years. (Gulf News)
- United States–Venezuela relations
- The United States announces sanctions on Nicolás Maduro Guerra, the son of disputed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, accusing him of engaging in propaganda on behalf of the government. (BBC News)
- 2019 Argentine general election, Argentina–Brazil relations, Argentina–United States relations
- U.S. President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro officially endorse the re-election campaign of Mauricio Macri. (La Nación)
Law and crime
- Salt Lake City police arrest a man for murder in connection to the search for missing University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck. (NBC News)
- Aftermath of the Charlottesville car attack
- James A. Fields Jr. is sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to 29 hate crimes for driving his car into a crowd of protestors, killing one and injuring 28, at the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. (CNN) (NBC News) (The Washington Post)
- Capital punishment in Sri Lanka
- For the first time in 43 years, Sri Lanka hires executioners to reinstate the death penalty. (The Guardian)
Politics and elections
- Immigration to Japan
- The House of Representatives of the Netherlands passes the final bill of the climate agreement. The goal of the accord is to have the level of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere in 2030 the same as the level of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere in 1990. (ABC News)
- According to the first report presented by the Nicaraguan Foundation for Economic and Social Development, Nicaragua has become one of the world's least democratic countries, qualifying it as an "authoritarian regime". Among the reasons that this center of thought mentions to explain this situation are "the retrocess of civil liberties by the repression against the anti-government protests in progress since 2018" and "the loss of independence of the State institutions in favor of the Executive Power". (La Prensa)
Science and technology
- 2019 European heat wave
- Amid a continental heat wave, France records its highest ever temperature of 45.9 °C (114.6 °F) in Gallargues-le-Montueux. (Sky News)
- In Spain, authorities report two deaths connected to the extreme heat. The worst wildfire in 20 years burns more than 5,000 hectares at the south of Province of Tarragona, in Catalonia. (Express) (CNN)
June 29, 2019 (Saturday)
International relations
- 2019 G20 Osaka summit
- China–United States trade war, China–United States relations
- U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet at the G20 summit and reach a deal that will allow American companies to sell non-sensitive technology to Huawei while China will buy food and agricultural products from the United States. (The Washington Post)
- Foreign relations of Venezuela
- In Osaka, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Canada jointly issue a statement condemning the Venezuelan government. The statement's author, Argentine President Mauricio Macri, indicated that it was meant to "show that beyond good faith and dialogue, Maduro takes advantage of that to create more poverty, famine and corruption in Venezuela". (Clarín)
- China–United States trade war, China–United States relations
Law and crime
- Carola Rackete, the captain of a migrant rescue ship, is arrested in Italy for docking without authorization after Italy closed its ports to rescue organizations. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she's "fine" following two bouts of shaking in public that have sparked concerns about her health. (BBC News)
June 30, 2019 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- Four humvees packed with explosives controlled by suicide bombers kill 23, including eight election workers, in the province of Kandahar. The Taliban claimed 57 were killed. (Reuters)
- 2018–19 Sudanese protests
- Ten people are killed in Sudan during clashes between the Sudanese military and civilian protesters. (Reuters)
- Gunmen open fire, killing two guards and wounding another for Lebanese Refugee Affairs Minister, Saleh al-Gharib. This attack happened in a mountain village near Beirut, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera) (DW)
- Northern Mali conflict
- At least 23 people are dead and 300 missing after attacks on three Fulani villages in central Mali. (Reuters)
- 12 civilians including a baby were killed when the vehicle they were traveling in hit a landmine. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- Ten people are killed when a Beechcraft BE-350 King Air crashes into a hangar at Addison Airport in Addison, Texas. (NBC News)
International relations
- 2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, North Korea–United States relations, South Korea–United States relations, North Korea–South Korea relations, 2018–19 Korean peace process
- U.S. President Donald Trump, together with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, meets North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the Joint Security Area, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to set foot in North Korea. Trump also invites Kim to the White House to resume talks about denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula. (NBC News) (Business Insider) (CNN)
- Princess Haya bint Hussein of Jordan fled her husband Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, with their two children in fear for her life. The family fled to London via Germany seeking asylum, and a high profile court battle over non-repatriation and custody of the children is anticipated. (Times)
Law and crime
- In the second similar case within a week, police in Toyonaka, Japan, arrest Ryotaro Taniguchi for keeping the body of his deceased mother a year after her death. He is quoted as saying he didn't want to pay for the funeral. Police are investigating whether or not Taniguchi continued to receive his mother's pension. (Japan Today) (The Japan Times)
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Ongoing events
Disasters
- 2018–20 Kivu Ebola epidemic
- 2018–19 European windstorm season
- Midwestern U.S. floods
- Yemeni famine
- 2019 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
Politics
- 1MDB scandal
- Afghan peace talks
- Algerian protests
- Austrian political scandal
- Brexit negotiations
- European migrant crisis (timeline)
- Haitian protests
- Iranian protests
- Iraqi protests
- Montenegrin protests
- Nicaraguan protests
- Qatar diplomatic crisis
- Rohingya persecution in Myanmar
- Serbian protests
- Sudanese protests
- Turkish purges
- Mueller report (investigation) (timeline)
- Venezuelan presidential crisis (protests)
- Yellow vests movement
Religion
Sports
- NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal
- 2019 Cricket World Cup
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
- 2019 Copa América
- 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
More details – ongoing conflicts
Elections and referendums
Recently concluded
- Malaysia: Assassination of Kim Jong-nam
- Spain: Trial of Catalonia independence leaders
- United States: Keith Raniere
Ongoing
- Guatemala: Otto Pérez Molina, Roxana Baldetti, Juan Carlos Monzón and others
- Israel: Faina Kirschenbaum
- Philippines: Leila de Lima
- South Africa: Jacob Zuma
- Spain: Bárcenas affair, Raid on the North Korean embassy in Madrid
- United Kingdom: David Duckenfield, Graham Mackrell
- United States: Fat Leonard scandal
- International
Upcoming
- Guatemala: Álvaro Colom, Manuel Baldizón, Juan Alberto Fuentes
- Japan: Carlos Ghosn
- Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr.
- United Kingdom: Football sex abuse scandal
- United States: 6ix9ine, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Elizabeth Holmes, Meng Wanzhou, Chris Collins, Duncan D. Hunter, Roger Stone, R. Kelly, Harvey Weinstein, Varsity Blues scandal, Michael Avenatti, Golden State Killer, Eddie Gallagher
- Zimbabwe: Ignatius Chombo
- 2019 European Games
- Association football
- Women's association football
- Baseball
- Softball
- Basketball
- Golf
- Motorsport
- Rugby league
- Rugby union
- Tennis
- Other sports seasons
More details – current sports events
June 2019
- 27: Vijaya Nirmala
- 26: Édith Scob
- 25: Isabel Sarli
- 24: Billy Drago
- 23: Dave Bartholomew
- 22: Judith Krantz
- 22: Se'are Mekonnen
- 21: Demetris Christofias
- 20: Eddie Garcia
- 19: Lionheart
- 17: Mohamed Morsi
- 17: Gloria Vanderbilt
- 15: Franco Zeffirelli
- 13: Pat Bowlen
- 13: Edith González
- 12: Sylvia Miles
- 10: Girish Karnad
- 10: Lee Hee-ho
- 9: Bushwick Bill
- 6: Dr. John
- 4: Lennart Johansson
- 3: Atsushi Aoki
- 1: Leah Chase
- 1: Lee Shin Cheng
- 1: José Antonio Reyes
- 1: Ani Yudhoyono
May 2019
Africa
- Algeria, Libya and Tunisia
- Cameroon
- Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria
- Central African Republic
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Libya
- Mali
- Nigeria
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
Americas
- Colombia
- Mexico
- Peru
Asia
- Afghanistan
- China
- India
- India and Pakistan
- Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines
- Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
- Myanmar
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Thailand
Europe
- Armenia and Azerbaijan
- Georgia
- Russia
- Ukraine
Middle East
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