Demolition experts implode the Ponte Morandi viaduct in Genoa, Italy, ten months after a partial collapse that killed 43 people.
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".
A suicide bomber kills eleven and injures thirteen in an attack in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
Northwestern Syria offensive (April–August 2019)
Ministry of Transport and Communications
Boko Haram militants open fire on farmers in Borno State, killing 22.
Rory Stewart is eliminated after coming in fifth place in today's third round voting.
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.
The panel will issue a ruling at a later date.
Niels Högel, post-war Germany's serial killer with the highest known kill count, is sentenced to life imprisonment for 85 murders.
South and Southeast Asia, Western Asia, Northeast, East and Southern Africa and Australia
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.
third planet from the Sun in the Solar System
2019 Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay blackout
power outage affecting 3 South American countries in June 2019
portion of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) where North and South Korean forces stand face-to-face
Muzaffarpur and adjoining districts, Bihar, India
bilateral relations between United States and Honduras
theater-level Unified Combatant Command of the U.S. Department of Defense
A woman is killed when a police officer driving under the influence crashes into a restaurant in Illinois.
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
federal appellate court for the western U.S.
Horn of Africa, Western Asia and South Asia
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.
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.
Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic record their highest ever recorded temperatures for June amid a heat wave in Western and Central Europe.
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.
2019 LGBTQ International Pride events in New York City
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.
to devote more time to his family", President Trump said.
Japanese anime developers report that the industry is in crisis, even as its popularity soars in its native country.
maritime warfare branch of Iran's regular military
autoimmune disease that causes the immune system to attack part of the peripheral nervous system
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.
Pope Francis urges ethnic Hungarians and Romanians to mend their differences toward a peaceful existence in one country.
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.
2020 Democratic Party presidential debates
debates for 2020 Democratic presidential nomination
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announces she will resign at the end of June.
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.
head of the United States Department of Justice
practice of burning tobacco and inhaling the resulting smoke
A Nigerian man dies in a Japanese immigration detention center this week, an official says. It ends a hunger strike that an activist group said was intended to protest against him being held for more than three years.
New York City begins the 50th Annual World Pride festival, expecting to draw four million people over six days.
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.
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake hits Sichuan, China, killing 13 people and injuring 199 others.
A verdict is not expected until after August.
Somalia-based cell of the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda
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.
head of state and government of Argentina
30th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany
discrimination, torture, and murder concerning homosexual people in Nazi Germany
The Attorney General of Ethiopia's Amhara Region, Migbaru Kebede, dies after having been wounded during the coup attempt two days earlier.
April 2019 fire at the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, France
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.
capital and largest city of the province of Ontario, Canada
American investor and 39th U.S. Secretary of Commerce
An attack on a village near the town of Sangha in central Mali kills 95 Dogon villagers.
town in Kathua District, Jammu and Kashmir, India
North American professional sports league
United States federal probation and supervised release
Four humvees packed with explosives controlled by suicide bombers kill 23, including eight election workers, in the province of Kandahar.
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.
2019 role-playing games in the Pokémon series
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." .
Twin explosions rock Mogadishu killing 11 and injuring over 25.
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.
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".
municipal law enforcement agency in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
island sovereign state in the Caribbean Sea
Four men with ties to ISIL are arrested in Nicaragua.
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.
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.
For the first time in 43 years, Sri Lanka hires executioners to reinstate the death penalty.
NASA announces that its Curiosity rover has detected the largest ever measurement of methane on Mars.
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.
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.
American politician and lawyer (born 1969)
Criminal charges are stayed against Jaspal Atwal, the central figure of controversy that surrounded Justin Trudeau's trip to India.
The scheduled peaceful mass protest, despite bill suspension yesterday, of nearly 2 million people gather in Victoria Square demanding the legislation be withdrawn.
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.
short- or long-term loss of the electric power to an area
A three-judge panel of federal appeal court judges from the ninth circuit hears arguments concerning a 2017 ruling that U.S.
most populous city in the United States of America
It is the first time that extreme far-right groups have been designated as terrorist in Canada.
conflict between NATO Western forces and the Taliban
He said that his goal is "to ensure an orderly and safe migration we are achieving it through eliminating the bad elements.".
artillery weapon that launches explosive projectiles at high angles
27th and current prime minister of Denmark
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.
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.
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.
non-governmental environmental organization
An explosion at a Russian Military high-explosive production and storage facility in the city of Dzerzhinsk injures 79 people.
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.
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.
British politician and lawyer (born 1978)
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announces that the government has suspended its plan to allow extraditions to mainland China.
military tactics to attack the enemy by surprise
Colombian authorities deport Venezuelan refugees in the border town of Cúcuta; in response, the Venezuelan government restricts movement of Colombians into the country.
capital and largest city of the United Kingdom
Former Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz is shot in the Dominican Republic during a reported robbery attempt.
ongoing attempts to resolve the Korean conflict
A Nigerian man dies in a Japanese immigration detention center this week, an official says.
The president of the Japanese shipping company offers a different account of the attack than that provided by the United States.
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.
any device using compressed fluid to propel a projectile
The Venezuelan government releases deputy Gilber Caro, who had been detained for three months.
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.
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.
Over 13 people have been killed when Sudanese forces use live ammunition to break up a protester camp in Khartoum.
on information leaked to him from representatives of two major pharmaceutical companies.
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.
The Vatican asks China's communist government to stop intimidating Catholic clergy who want to remain unequivocally loyal to the pope and refuse to sign ambiguous official registration forms.
Criminal charges are stayed against Jaspal Atwal, the central figure of controversy that surrounded Justin Trudeau's trip to India. He was charged in May 2018 with uttering threats against a Punjabi radio host.
bilateral relations between United States and Turkey
Riviera Beach, Florida, is paying $600,000 to a hacker who took over local government computers three weeks ago.
A gunman kills four security officers and injures two before blowing himself up in Tripoli, Lebanon.
island country in the Caribbean, part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
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.
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".
market in which goods or services are traded illegally
political alignment favoring traditional politics
Final NHL playoff round of 2018-19 to determine Stanley Cup Champion
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.
ocean between Africa, Asia, Oceania and Antartica
Concerns over Chinese involvement in 5G wireless networks
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.
Men in camouflage kill 50 in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Boko Haram terrorists exchange gunfire with Nigerian troops in the Nganzai local government area of Borno State.
NASA announces that the International Space Station will be opened for commercial business in 2020 for $58 million.
bilateral relations between Japan and Mongolia
Two German Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets collide in mid-air and crash near Lake Müritz in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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?"
outbreak of acute encephalitis syndrome in India
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.
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan announces that Canada will continue to command a NATO mission in Iraq for a second year until November 2020.
British–American-Panamanian global cruise company
American cult / multi-level marketing company
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.
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.
A seven-story building collapses in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, killing at least 28 people and wounding 25 others.
Chilean President Sebastián Piñera says he agrees with Argentine President Mauricio Macri that the "corrupt dictatorship of Maduro has its days numbered".
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.
At least 23 people are dead and 300 missing after attacks on three Fulani villages in central Mali.
golf course in California, United States
AbbVie, the Illinois-based pharmaceutical company best known for Humira, announces its plan to purchase Allergan, the maker of Botox, for about $63 billion.
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".
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.
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 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.
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she's "fine" following two bouts of shaking in public that have sparked concerns about her health.
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.
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".
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.
Jihadist militant group in the Philippines
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.
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.
Former Broward Sheriff Office deputy Scot Peterson is arrested for failing to act during the incident at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
the anti-government protests in progress since 2018
Sanmmarinese voters vote to end discrimination based on sexual orientation and initiate a popular legislative initiative for the reform of the electoral system.
city in the federal state of Thuringia, Germany
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.
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.
checkpoint erected to monitor and control the movement of people and materials
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
sexual activities involving men who have sex with men, regardless of their sexual orientation or sexual identity
44th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (2009-2017)
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 attack takes place at the Abha International Airport, which was attacked two weeks ago with a ballistic missile.
men's national association football team representing Syria
military planes fighting drug trafficking to operate from San Cristóbal Airport in the Galápagos Islands.
The military also agrees to release political prisoners, while the opposition agrees to end its campaign of strikes and civil disobedience.
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.
Saudi Arabia announces that Abu Usama al-Muhajir, the leader of ISIL's Yemeni branch, has been captured by special forces.
The trial is to be held on March 9, 2020 and take place in Badhoevedorp, Netherlands.
Zion Williamson of Duke University is selected first by the New Orleans Pelicans.
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.
Five people are killed and over 10 injured in an IED bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan.
star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus
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.
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.
The gunmen arrived on motorcycles and opened fire on civilians indiscriminately, later burning down homes.
Her grandson Jalen Plummer is arrested and charged with aggravated murder and felonious assault.
2019 Iranian shoot-down of American drone
Ten people are killed in Sudan during clashes between the Sudanese military and civilian protesters.
ongoing civil war in the country of Yemen
Home Secretary Sajid Javid is eliminated after coming in fourth place in the fourth round of voting.
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.
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.
A massive blackout hits Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil, leaving millions without power.
river in North America on the boundary of Michigan and Ontario
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.
Colombia’s top administrative court begins hearings on proposals to drill for oil using the technique known as fracking.
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.
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 Chamber of Commerce of Lima warns that just under a million Peruvians are at risk of returning to poverty.
Andrea Nahles announces her resignation as leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party, effective at the beginning of next week.
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.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro officially endorse the re-election campaign of Mauricio Macri.
The re-run Istanbul mayoral election concludes with a victory for opposition leader Ekrem İmamoğlu and defeat for the ruling AK Party.
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Russian involvement in the Syrian civil war
Involvement of Russia in the Syrian civil war
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives
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.
commune and village in Mopti Region, Mali
Both pilots are able to eject before the crash, but only one survives.
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.
Nearly 100 people are killed in clashes between the Syrian Army, rebels and jihadists in northwestern Syria.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A Sudanese official denies that 100 people were killed by a paramilitary unit during protests, saying that the number was at most 46.
International agreement on the nuclear program of Iran
Roy Moore announces that he will run for U.S. Senate again in Alabama, defying the wishes of Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
Criminal charges brought in the Mueller special counsel investigation
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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.
A helicopter crashes onto the roof of the AXA Equitable Center in New York City, killing the pilot.
North Country Cooked Meats, and its distributor, North Country Quality Foods, voluntarily cease production while the investigation is ongoing.
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.".
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.
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.
It would be the first such prefectural policy in the history of Japan.
American politician, Governor of Massachusetts (1991-1997)
head of government of the United Kingdom
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 worst wildfire in 20 years burns more than 5,000 hectares at the south of Province of Tarragona, in Catalonia.
Abortion law in the United States by state
termination of pregnancy in states of the United States
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.
bilateral relations between Cuba and the United States
characteristics distinguishing between femininity and masculinity
Moro is quoted as saying the investigations would "offend someone whose support is important".
El Salvador's new President Nayib Bukele takes office.
national government of the United States
head of the United States Department of State
The death toll of Indian children who have died due to an acute encephalitis syndrome outbreak reaches 100.
British Conservative party politician (born 1967)
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
and Iran, Japanese PM Shinzō Abe asked Iran to release American prisoners held by Iran, though the response is "unclear" to the press.
Embassy in downtown Tegucigalpa, amid a second day of mass anti-government protests in Honduras.
An anonymous American official says the incident occurred in international airspace, and not over Iranian territory.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
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 [es].
No one has claimed responsibility, though the police had been pursuing suspected al-Shabab militants fighting Somalia's government and its backers.
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.
Date: 5 February 2011 – present (11 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
National Assembly legislators call on Defense Minister Oswaldo Jarrin and Environmental Minister Marcelo Mata to explain the scope of co-operation.
country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom
Two U.S. Troops are killed in an ambush by the Taliban in Wardak Province, Afghanistan.
British-Spanish multinational airline holding company
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.
association football club in London, England
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.
Scale for assessing the intensity of tornadoes used in North America
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.
diplomatic relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States of America
Canada's government adds Neo-Nazi groups Blood & Honour and Combat 18 to its list of designated terrorist organizations.
In Spain, authorities report two deaths connected to the extreme heat.
Former Stanford University sailing coach John Vandemoer is sentenced to two-years probation, with the first six months to be served under house arrest.
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.
says it was in the nearby Philippine Sea.
2004–2014 Houthi rebellion, escalating into the Yemen Civil War
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.
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.
President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and 2014 to 2018
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.
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.
bilateral relations between Iran and Japan
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.
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".
The United States announces "major" sanctions against Iran to prevent them from obtaining nuclear weapons.
Two Canadian women who were abducted in Ghana are rescued by Ghanaian police.
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.
political-religious armed movement in Yemen
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Twin blasts from suicide bombers, kill one police officer and wound nine others in Tunis.
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.
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.
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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.
city in and county seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, United States and the capital of Utah
Government forces shell the northern Hama countryside, killing one civilian.
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.
Ibaraki Prefecture says it will start issuing partnership certificates for lesbian, gay and transgender couples starting July 1.
Three Boko Haram suicide bombers detonate their devices among a group of football fans, killing 30 people and wounding 40 others, in Konduga, Nigeria.
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."
Despite widespread opposition, the government had said it will continue to push for passage.
2018 aircraft crash in the Java Sea off the coast of Karawang, Indonesia
legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime
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.
United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division
governing body in the US department of Justice
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.
Sudanese military and opposition leaders agree to resume talks that broke down after a violent crackdown on protesters earlier in June.
2020 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums
Transgender personnel in the United States military
Chinese telecommunications and electronics company Huawei cancels its new laptop launch.
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.
sovereign state made up of six islands in the Pacific Ocean
Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
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.
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.
The head monk initially refused, saying that they would only allow inspections by people in civilian clothes, but later permitted their entry.
Gary Woodland wins his first major championship, finishing three shots ahead of two-time defending champion Brooks Koepka at Pebble Beach, California.
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.
Additionally, over 20% of all worldwide UN asylum requests are from Venezuelans; 350,000 applied in 2018 alone.
Jazz drummer Lawrence Leathers is found dead in his Bronx apartment building. Police arrested Lisa Harris and Sterling Aguilar.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
global international and intergovernmental organization
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May resigns as Leader of the Conservative Party, paving the way for a new Prime Minister to be elected.
If the deal is allowed to proceed, the filings claim, the combined company would dominate the market for printing magazines, catalogs and books.
List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Worship
US Supreme Court justice since 1991 (born 1948)
sovereign state in North Africa and Asia
conflict, starting 23 February 2011, ignited by Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula
Angara Airlines Flight 200 crashes on landing at Nizhneangarsk Airport, Far East Russia, killing two of the 47 people on board.
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.
account of past events in the Japanese civilisation
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.
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.
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.
socioeconomic and political crisis in Venezuela in the 21st century
The move comes four days after two oil tankers were attacked in the Gulf of Oman incident.
October 2017 announcement by which Catalonia declared their independence and founded the Catalan Republic
Liverpool F.C. defeats Tottenham Hotspur F.C. by a score of 2–0 to win the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final.
An attack on a village near the town of Sangha in central Mali kills 95 Dogon villagers. The mayor of nearby Bankass blames local Fulani.
Jazz drummer Lawrence Leathers is found dead in his Bronx apartment building.
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.
Reactions to the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests
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.
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.
The leaks also point to interference in the 2018 elections by Operation Car Wash's task force officials.
Authorities say the shooting was not terrorism-related.
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".
South Korea women's national football team
women's national association football team representing South Korea
geographical and cultural region of France
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.
conservative-democratic political party in Turkey
private research university in California, United States
International military intervention against ISIL
Ten people are killed when a Beechcraft BE-350 King Air crashes into a hangar at Addison Airport in Addison, Texas.
A suicide bomber driving a Humvee detonated the vehicle loaded with explosives near a security building in Afghanistan, killing 8 officers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
UN department that promotes human rights under international law
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
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake is reported in Northeast Ohio. No damage has been reported.
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.
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.
Iran announces that within ten days, it will stop abiding by the agreement and will exceed the limit on its stockpile of uranium.
The 2026 Winter Olympics are selected to be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa
sovereign state in West Africa and North Africa
Secretary of the Army Mark Esper will be the acting Secretary of Defense.
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.
city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States
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.
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.
bilateral relations between Argentina and Brazil
Former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz returns to Boston to recover from a shooting in the Dominican Republic.
automotive manufacturing corporation based in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Vandemoer is the first person to be sentenced among the 50 individuals indicted on federal charges related to the U.S.
Australian publisher, activist and founder of WikiLeaks
cyclone season in the North Indian Ocean
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.
ground warfare branch of Turkey's military
The center-left Social Democrats win 48 of the 179 seats in the Folketing (parliament).
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.
He later approves retaliatory military attacks against Iranian missile and radar facilities, but subsequently changes his mind.
capital and most populous city of France
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.
championship series of the National Basketball Association, annual from 1950; officially includes 1947 to 1949 BAA Finals; officially called the National Basketball Association World Championship Series through 1987
Nechirvan Barzani is sworn in as the new President of Iraqi Kurdistan.
A brush fire burns at least 32,000 acres of land in the Florida Everglades amid near record-breaking temperatures.
bicameral legislature of the United States
American multinational aerospace and defense conglomerate
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.
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.
bilateral diplomatic relations between Japan and North Korea
informal diplomatic relationship between the United States and Iran
head of state and of government of the U.S. commonwealth of Virginia
air warfare branch of Japan's armed forces
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.
Civilization on the central coast of Peru between the yearS 1200 and 1470
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.
air warfare branch of Germany's military
Among the reasons are low pay, long hours, and a huge shortage of artists – just as its global popularity reaches record levels.
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.
offensive position in baseball and softball
recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into heaven
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.
Status of the Golan Heights under international law
However, Chile border control now also demands visas upon entry for Venezuelans, a tightening of the previous 90-day free period.
The Trump administration releases a $50 billion plan that calls for investment in Palestine's economy.
United States Space Force facility in Brevard County, Florida
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Thailand women's national association football team
Toyota Gazoo Racing wins the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans.
President of Peru Martín Vizcarra wins a motion of confidence in the Congress of the Republic.
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.
trade restrictions levied by the United States government
Authorities say that a patient has died amid an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in a recently opened hospital in Grove City, Ohio.
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.
2018–2019 edition of the UEFA Nations League
A gunman opens fire on Dallas police before being shot and killed near a federal building.
mission planned by NASA to explore Saturn's moon Titan with a robotic aircraft
The Peruvian Catholic Church urges the government of that country to continue receiving Venezuelan immigrants.
public coeducational space-grant research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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.
British Foreign Office Minister Mark Field is suspended for assaulting a Greenpeace activist.
Brazilian politician and 38th President of Brazil
college men's basketball team representing Duke University
public health emergency of international concern
Nazi concentration camp in Thuringia (1937-1945)
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.
federal police agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
American professional sports gambler and game show contestant
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".
Over 120 rebels are killed in northwestern Hama Governorate, after failed attacks against Syrian troops.
French republic in Northern Italy between 1802 and 1805
Twenty Myanmar soldiers and two Arakan Army insurgents are killed in clashes in Mrauk-U Township, Rakhine State.
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."
Amid a continental heat wave, France records its highest ever temperature of 45.9 °C (114.6 °F) in Gallargues-le-Montueux.
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.
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.
capital and largest city of the Czech Republic
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.
In San Bernardino, California, Charles "Chase" Merritt is found guilty of four counts of murder in the 2013 deaths of the McStay family.
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.
violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the earth's surface and a cumulonimbus cloud in the air
bilateral relations between Argentina and Cuba
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.
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
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.
The House of Representatives of the Netherlands passes the final bill of the climate agreement.
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.
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.
holiday dedicated to the Argentine flag and to the commemoration of its creator
diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States
individual who has killed three or more people over a period of more than a month
A Huawei executive said the company has been "unable to supply the PC" because of the U.S.
In the fifth round of voting, Gove is controversially eliminated. The party membership run-off vote will be between Johnson and Hunt.
2020 United States presidential election
The United Nations reports more than four million Venezuelans have fled their country during the economic and humanitarian crisis.
Golunov was taken to a hospital, police say because he said he was ill.
United States Space Force Base located in Santa Barbara County, California
Western neologism to describe armed Islamic movements
aircraft class designed or used for military duties
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.
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.
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.
legal and regulatory issues involving the mineral asbestos
Seven police officers are killed, along with a civilian.
Over 1 million people gather in the streets of Hong Kong to protest a new controversial law which would allow the city to extradite fugitives to China.
strait that connects the Arabian Sea with the Strait of Hormuz
epidemiologist and director of the Wellcome Trust
The United States begins collecting the higher, 25 percent tariffs on many Chinese goods arriving in U.S. seaports.
2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia
Suspected ISIL militants attack checkpoints and an assembly center in the Egyptian city of Arish.
There are unconfirmed reports of another attack at the Jizan Airport, although there has been no confirmation.
There are allegations of domestic violence against Mr.
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, without ruling on the merits, orders U.S.
Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea
defunct offices within the Workers's Party of Korea
maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces
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.
In ice hockey, the St. Louis Blues defeat the Boston Bruins four games to three to win their first Stanley Cup.
ocean between Asia, Australia and the Americas
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.
project to demonstrate controlled solar sailing
The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup starts with the hosts France defeating South Korea 4–0.
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.
Four people are shot and injured at a parade celebrating the 2019 NBA Finals in Toronto.
Myanmar's Ministry of Transport and Communications orders mobile phone companies and internet providers to suspend service in nine townships in Rakhine State.
head of state and of government of the Republic of Korea
Islamist organization in Afghanistan (founded 1994)
The trial of the leaders involved in the Catalan declaration of independence ends and is remitted to decision.
Fiat Chrysler withdraws its merger proposal for French carmaker Renault after Renault board members were unable to reach a decision on the offer.
Dominic Raab is eliminated after coming in last.
well-stimulation technique in which rock is fractured by a hydraulically pressurized liquid
military forces of the Russian Federation
The United States begins collecting the higher, 25 percent tariffs on many Chinese goods arriving in U.S.
large lake in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
sovereign state situated on an island in the Caribbean Sea
region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia
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.
federal appeal court judges from the ninth circuit
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.
Date: 16 January 2012 – present (11 years, 1 week and 3 days)
2018–2019 protests and radical change of government in Sudan
Salafi jihadist militant faction during the Syrian Civil War
Japan offers to mediate between Iran and the U.S.; officials say the Japanese government hopes to rescue the landmark 2015 international nuclear deal.
An Oman-registered bus carrying 31 passengers crashes into an overhead traffic sign in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, killing at least 17 people.
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.
Boko Haram militants attacked the town of Darak in Cameroon’s Far North Region bordering Lake Chad, killing 21 soldiers and 16 civilians.
American electronic cigarette manufacturer
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.
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.
123rd season of the elite Australian rules football competition
Four people, three Russians and a Ukrainian, will be charged with murder for the crash that killed 298 people on July 17, 2014.
bilateral relations between Japan and United States
2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests
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.
village in North Holland, the Netherlands
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.
public and military airport near Mokulēʻia, Hawaii, USA
branch of the Salafi jihadist group IS, active in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula
American multinational technology company
Google has a cloud services outage that affects Gmail, Snapchat, YouTube and other services in parts of the United States.
peninsula in Northeast Africa which juts into the Guardafui Channel
diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Republic of Iraq
One of the towers of the centuries-old Citadel of Ghazni, Afghanistan, collapses amid heavy rainfall.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Several Boko Haram attackers were also killed.
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.
ongoing dispute between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots
peace negotiations between the Colombian government and FARC (2012-16)
All affected students were taken to a nearby health center.
UAE did not say who it suspected; the United States blamed Iran which denied the accusation.
Authorities arrested Ashiqul Alam who allegedly planned to attack Times Square in New York City with grenades, guns and a suicide vest.
multi-role combat aircraft family by Eurofighter
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.
city of Peru, capital of Moquegua region
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.
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.
Despite dense fog, SpaceX successfully launches the Canadian Space Agency's RADARSAT Constellation satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base.
Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder
airport in Texas, United States of America
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.
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake is reported in Northeast Ohio.
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.
Boeing 737 MAX groundings due to safety concerns, after two new airplanes crashed within five months
type of bridge crossing a valley or a gorge
Samoa bans the film Rocketman for its depictions of gay sex.
12 civilians including a baby were killed when the vehicle they were traveling in hit a landmine.
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.
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.
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.
The African Union suspends Sudan's membership "with immediate effect", after dozens of protesters were killed by pro-government forces in the capital Khartoum.
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.
Millions of people in southeast India face water shortages due to drought and depleted groundwater.
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.
group of highly stable, non-flammable silicate minerals with a fibrous structure
president of Argentina from 2015 to 2019
city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States
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.
people native to or citizens of the islands of the Philippines
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.
NASA awards $1 billion to the Dragonfly mission, which will use a dual-quadcopter drone to explore Titan for signs of life.
Indian national administrative subdivisions
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.
2019 Conservative Party leadership election
state-owned and state-funded national public broadcaster of Australia
The document draws criticism from LGBT groups.
An EF1 tornado strikes the Orleans residential community of Ottawa, Canada, creating a track of damage but without serious injuries.
municipality of Spain, capital of the province of Seville and the autonomous community of Andalusia in Spain
2006 multi-role combat aircraft family by Lockheed Martin
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.
county seat of Dallas County, Texas, United States
Two suicide bombers detonate their devices in Sulu, Philippines, killing four soldiers and two civilians.
The wreckage of An-32 aircraft was found in Arunachal Pradesh with all 13 people on board killed.
National Security Advisor (United States)
consolidated city and county in California, United States
unicameral body that assumes legislative power in Peru
Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
problem or conflict in the function of a government that a political constitution or other fundamental governing law is perceived to be unable to resolve
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.
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.
second-most populous Islamic denomination
The election was marred by the arrests of more than 500 protesters and was not declared to be fully democratic by OSCE observers.
2014-15 Ebola virus disease epidemic in West Africa
diplomatic relations between China and North Korea
publicly funded healthcare systems within the United Kingdom
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.
Agusta A109E crash into the AXA Equitable Center on June 10th, 2019 at 1:43 EDT
It was "an occasional sports blogger from the Bronx." .
This happens after the expulsion of 140 Venezuelan citizens with police records and amid a growing rejection of immigrants from the Peruvian population.
baseball team and Major League Baseball franchise in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
aerospace and defense manufacturer in the United States
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.
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.
prolonged period of excessively hot weather
head of state and of the executive branch of government of the State of Maryland, United States
diplomatic relations between the Republic of Colombia and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
The finals of the 2018-19 edition of the UEFA Champions League
letter granting (diplomatic) accreditation
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 astronauts and cosmonaut spent 204 days aboard the ISS, a record for Canada.
central liturgical ritual of the Roman Catholic Church
head of state and head of government of Guatemala
Congressman Justin Amash announces that he will leave the Freedom Caucus, weeks after calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump.
series of ongoing insurgencies within Myanmar
Russian developed surface-to-air missile system
false or misleading information presented as news
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.
Date: 26 July 2009 – present (13 years, 6 months and 1 day)
President of the People's Republic of China
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and 3rd Supreme leader of North Korea
A Beechcraft King Air sky diving operation plane crashes near Dillingham Airfield on Oahu, Hawaii, killing all eleven people onboard.
President of the United Nations General Assembly
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.
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.
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.
Independent investigative and prosecutorial body of the United States federal government.
Italian-American multinational automotive manufacturing (2014-2021)
Mexico and the United States reach a deal on migration, suspending tariffs on Mexican imports into the U.S.
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.
US Supreme Court justice since 2017 (born 1967)
tanker designed for the transport of oil
Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch make up the majority, not the usual conservative-liberal grouping.
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.
Factory racing team representing Toyota in Europe in various disciplines
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.
alliance of militias fighting against ISIL and other Islamist extremists in the Syrian Civil War
5th generation of cellular mobile communications
geopolitical region encompassing Egypt and most of Western Asia, including Iran
A ballistic missile fired by Houthi forces strikes the arrivals hall at Abha International Airport in Saudi Arabia, injuring 26 people.
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.
He presents a mental health certificate as defense.
men's national association football team representing the Netherlands
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.
The Labour Party holds the Peterborough seat in the by-election, defying predictions that they would lose the seat to the Brexit Party.
National Hockey League team in Boston, Massachusetts
Asaminew Tsige, the general suspected to be behind the coup attempt, had been reportedly killed by security forces.
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.
U.S. President Donald Trump tweets a call to boycott AT&T in order to bring "big changes" at CNN.
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.
Militants kill five Indian paramilitary police in Anantnag district.
Hong Kong Other cities worldwide in solidarity
A group of bandits attack a village in the Shinkafi local government area of Zamfara State, Nigeria, killing at least 34 civilians.
Houthis launch a drone strike that kills a Syrian and wounds 21 more.
contamination by lead of water supply in Flint, Michigan
bilateral relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia
political party in the United Kingdom, successor to Brexit Party
device usually used to quit or be an alternative to tobacco
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".
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismisses Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked and Minister of Education Naftali Bennett from the interim government.
overview about the suspension of accounts on Twitter and a list of notable ones
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."
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.
25th edition of Winter Olympics, in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
legislative, executive and judiciary authority of India
Anna Soubry, one of its remaining four MPs, becomes the party's new leader.
official residence and workplace of the President of the United States
Northwestern Syria offensive (April 2019–present)
events in a specific year or time period
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.
He was charged in May 2018 with uttering threats against a Punjabi radio host.
bilateral relations between Venezuela and Canada
emigration of millions of Venezuelans under Chávez and Maduro regime
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.
lower house of the United States Congress
overview of the situation of media freedom in Russia
Members of the Rapid Support Forces have reportedly been roaming the streets attacking civilians as it pushes deeper into Khartoum.
founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China
software that is intentionally hostile, intrusive, or damaging to a computer or network
U.S. President Donald Trump announces the resignation of Kevin Hassett as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers.
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.
explosive device that an individual wears
2019 edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup
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.
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.
US Supreme Court justice since 2009 (born 1954)
independent city in Virginia, United States
Yemen-based Houthi forces launch drone strikes on Jizan Regional Airport and Abha International Airport in Saudi Arabia.
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.
ongoing crisis occurring in the country of Yemen
highest electoral authority of Guatemala
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.
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.
5th President of Moldova from 2016 until 2020
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.
cape on the Atlantic coast of Florida in the United States
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.
Three of the men are given life sentences while the other three, found guilty of destroying evidence, receive five-year prison terms.
The incident leads to renewed demands to ban large cruise ships from the Lagoon of Venice.
Four militants also died, including one that blew himself up.
sudden increase in occurrences of a disease in a particular time and place
Chief Executive of Hong Kong (born 1957)
sovereign state in northern South America
Troops are killed in an ambush by the Taliban in Wardak Province, Afghanistan.
unincorporated community in Monterey County, California, United States
He previously filed on January 20, 2017 paperwork with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) officially announcing his bid for the 2020 presidential election.
Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group
The Notre Dame Cathedral holds its first mass since the April 15 fire.
Houthis warn of worse attacks if Saudi Arabia continues its escalation and aggression in Yemen.
political alignment on the extreme end of right-wing politics
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.
when a person is confined by the authorities to a certain residence
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.
American politician, 62nd governor of Maryland
head of state and head of government of Brazil
sabotage of four commercial ships in the Gulf of Oman
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.
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.
List of Trump administration dismissals and resignations
French President Emmanuel Macron, speaking for the EU, urges Turkey to stop “illegal activities” in Cyprus’s exclusive economic zone.
Navy recently updated its guidelines for how its pilots can report "unidentified aircraft".
downing of a Malaysian civilian airliner by a missile on 17 July 2014
He added that Kim is "keeping his word" and not testing any kind of missiles.
political and economic union of 27 European states
30th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests
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.
A car bomb in Azaz kills at least 21 people and leaves many wounded.
transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Southeastern Europe
neo-Nazi music promotion network and political group
authorities breached the Flores Settlement Agreement's order on holding undocumented immigrant children in "safe and sanitary" conditions.
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.
China's foreign ministry says it is "severely concerned with" and "firmly against" the plan.
Police say turnout was 338,000 at its peak.
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and de facto leader of China
Iranian Americans protest outside the State Department as tensions increase.
2019 edition of the NBA Finals, between the Golden State Warriors and the Toronto Raptors
Japan has no ties with North Korea and pushes for further sanctions.
second most important position in Saudi Arabia, second to the King
At least 12 people are killed after jihadists shelled a village in Aleppo Governorate with mortars.
sovereign state situated on an island in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Incidents involving multiple victims of firearms, not including robbery or familicide
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.
2019 proposed bill by Hong Kong's government
state to legalize the recreational use of cannabis.
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.
His lawyer says drugs were planted on him.
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.
vice president of Brazil between 2019 and 2022
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons
June 2019 Iranian shoot-down of American drone
ethnic and religious persecution of the Rohingya people by the Government of Myanmar
borough of New York City, New York, United States
The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Justice Department files a lawsuit against two large printing companies contemplating a merger.
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.
most populous city in the United Arab Emirates
Russian bilingual online newspaper headquartered in Riga
head of an autonomous region in northern Iraq
most senior politician within the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom
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.
airport in San Cristóbal Island, Ecuador
A man identified as Yujiro Iimori, who allegedly stabbed and robbed a police officer of his gun, is arrested in Osaka, Japan.
strait between the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf
missile that follows a sub-orbital ballistic flightpath
simplest organic molecule with one carbon atom and four hydrogen
land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces
Unusual apparent anomaly in the sky that is not readily identifiable
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.
US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Gunmen open fire, killing two guards and wounding another for Lebanese Refugee Affairs Minister, Saleh al-Gharib.
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.
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.
modular space station in low Earth orbit
Salt Lake City police arrest a man for murder in connection to the search for missing University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck.
Two suicide bombers detonate their devices in Sulu, Philippines, killing four soldiers and two civilians. ISIL claims responsibility.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
healthcare research charity based in London, United Kingdom
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.
Ministry of Transport and Communications (Myanmar)
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.
American singer R. Kelly pleads not guilty to 11 additional sex-related felonies during a court hearing in Chicago.
mountain range in Israel, Syria & Lebanon
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.
A by-election will be held to replace Davies.
action sport of exiting an aircraft and returning to Earth using a parachute
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.
77th & 85th United States Attorney General
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".
The day before, police raided Herald Sun journalist Annika Smethurst's home regarding an alleged leak of national security information.
British-American cruise operator Carnival Corporation & PLC is fined $20 million for environmental violations.
spaceflight-related events during the year of 2019
mass shooting in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Irish tax-registered pharmaceutical company
bilateral relations between United Arab Emirates and Iran
East Asia, Southeast Asia and Micronesia
In Pakistan three suicide bombers attempted to storm a police housing complex in the southern Balochistan province.
Neonazi paramilitary group associated with the Blood and Honour organisation
Dominican-American Hall of Fame baseball player
AT&T has not given an official comment or statement back regarding the tweet.
The mayor of nearby Bankass blames local Fulani.
2020 United States Senate election in Alabama
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.
If the organizers numbers are confirmed, this is the largest protest ever.
A suicide car bomber kills five soldiers of the Syrian Democratic Forces and five civilians at a checkpoint in central Raqqa, Syria.
1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
Chinese pro-democracy movement and subsequent massacre
democratization process in Czechoslovakia in 1989
12 Kenyan police officers are killed when their vehicle hits a roadside bomb in east Wajir County, near the Somali border.
someone who explores methods for breaching defenses and exploiting weaknesses in a computer system or network; mainly practiced by younger computer enthusiasts out of personal interest
attorney general for the U.S. state of Michigan
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.
Effective Wednesday, travel via cruise ships or other conveyances, including private yachts or airplanes, is prohibited.
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.
detecting planets located outside the Solar System
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.
The move should aid Venezuelans trying to travel through other Latin American nations that have changing restrictions.
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.
from operating a fifth-generation (5G) mobile telecom network.
executive department of the U.S. federal government
setting electoral district boundaries to favor specific political interests in legislative bodies
diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Islamic Republic of Iran
Citizens of Guatemala head to the polls to vote for their next president and new members of the country's congress.
speech that expresses hatred towards individuals or groups
Venezuelan politician and the son of Nicolás Maduro
southern region of the European continent
upper house of the United States Congress
All 13 people aboard are presumed dead as search operations continue.
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.
NASA satellite testing a new chemical propellant
Japanese government ministry responsible for military and national defense matters
Jeremy Hunt, Michael Gove, and Sajid Javid came in second, third, and fourth respectively.
city in and county seat of King County, Washington, United States
1963 executive aircraft family by Beechcraft
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.
Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Six earthquakes, the first 5.3 .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Mw, in a two-hour period near Korçë in southeastern Albania injure four people and damage around 100 houses.
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.
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.
ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria since 2011
Tens of thousands of people gather in Hong Kong to mark the 30th anniversary of the crackdown on protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
city in Broward County, Florida, United States
men's national association football team representing Portugal
high-energy astrophysical phenomenon manifested as a transient radio pulse lasting only a few milliseconds
U.S. President Donald Trump says he received a "beautiful", "very warm and very nice" letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
founding and sole ruling party of North Korea
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.
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 party membership run-off vote will be between Johnson and Hunt.
type of naval mine which is attached to a target by magnets
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 House Democrats vote to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists, which is used to authorize war.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
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.
This attack happened in a mountain village near Beirut, Lebanon.
Slovakia inaugurates Zuzana Čaputová as its first female elected President.
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.
capital and most populous city of Russia
Police arrested Lisa Harris and Sterling Aguilar.
British Conservative Party leadership election
Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists
45th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (2017-2021)
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.
This and a nearby roadside bomb wound 20 people.
systematic or threatened use of violence to create a general climate of fear
Meduza says he was beaten up during and after his arrest.
U.S. President Donald Trump thanks Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe by phone for his effort to mediate between the U.S.
Dodon, as well as the Parliament of Moldova defy the move, hence triggering a constitutional crisis.
bilateral relations between India and United States
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.
measures used by police, military, or other security forces during a riot
U.S. President Donald Trump, when asked about the strike, says it is "hard to believe it was intentional".
The Supreme Court of Ecuador legalizes same-sex marriage.
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.
House of Representatives of the Netherlands
town and comune in the Province of Belluno, in the Veneto region of Northern Italy
overview of immigration to the United States
King Juan Carlos I of Spain retires from public life five years after his abdication.
Ongoing corruption scandal involving major universities in the U.S.
substance used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease
political grouping of the Chimú culture that ruled the northern coast of Peru beginning around 850 and ending around 1470
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.
series of events relating to legal proceedings by the United Kingdom, Sweden and United States of America against Julian Assange
2018 murder of Saudi citizen Jamal Khashoggi on Turkish soil
centrist political party in the United Kingdom
capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia, and the surrounding area
combined military forces of the Syrian Arab Republic
military presence in the region, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says "Iran will not wage war against any nation".
The Toronto Raptors are also the first NBA team outside of the United States and the first from Canada to win the NBA Finals.
The Congress of Colombia unanimously approves a resolution to ban the production, commercialization, and distribution of asbestos.
relations between the People's Republic of China (Mainland China) and Republic of China (Taiwan)
recognition of same sex unions in Ecuador
Another batch of text messages between Brazilian judge Sérgio Moro and Operation Car Wash's prosecutors are leaked.
American politician and businessman (born 1963)
Demonstrations are held in over 80 cities across the country.
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.
a set of heights, that are having ongoing territorial disputes between Israel and Syria
Southern half of the Downtown Mall, Charlottesville, Virginia
A man died and 15 others are injured after an accidental explosion at the building of the Comune in Rocca di Papa, Italy.
Cruise ship MSC Opera collides with a riverboat and the quayside at Venice, Italy: four people are injured, none seriously.
overview about the oresence of methane on Mars
1998) after courts ruled billions of dollars were stolen and laundered through the United States into the Channel Islands.
intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states
women's national association football team representing France
heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle made by SpaceX
United States women's national soccer team
women's national association football team representing the United States
capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
The social democrat Frederiksen Cabinet is formed in Denmark.
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.
Brecon and Radnorshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918 onwards
Scientists announce, through the Science journal, that they discover the source of a fast radio burst for the first time.
partnership certificates for lesbian, gay and transgender couples
branch of the militant Islamist group Islamic State (IS), active in Yemen
ongoing militant uprising in Jammu and Kashmir
The hotel owner is charged with the fatalities.
successful 2016 US presidential campaign
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.
four prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf
Nigerian jihadist terrorist organization
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".
United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Standing committee of the United States House of Representatives
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.
Germany from 1933 to 1945 while under control of the Nazi Party
Voters in Mauritania head to the polls to elect a new president.
second-largest city in Florida, United States of America
city in San Bernardino County, California, United States
U.S. federal executive department in charge of law enforcement
armed conflicts that started from January 2012
Jeremy Hunt, Michael Gove, Sajid Javid, and Rory Stewart all advance to tomorrow's third round.
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.
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.
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.
since 1970, an extended and increasing housing shortage, by 2018 was 49th lowest ratio of housing units per resident.
tennis term for winning all four major championships
All died in confinement and were buried in secret.
Government air attacks hit a motorcycle in the Idlib town of Maaret al-Numan, killing a woman and her two children.
association football club in Liverpool, England
vehicle-ramming attack in the United States
chief spokesperson for the executive branch of the United States government
lower house of the Netherlands parliament
operation that has led to numerous investigations into Petrobras regarding alleged corruption and payment of kickbacks
group of eight neurotoxic proteins produced by Clostridium botulinum
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.
Czech Republic-related events during the year of 2019
A mass shooting in Darwin, the capital of Australia's Northern Territory, leaves four people dead and another injured at five different locations.
process of returning an asset, an item, or a person to its owner or their place of origin or citizenship
American robotic rover exploring Gale Crater on Mars
events held in Hong Kong and Taiwan to commerate the Tiananmen Square Protest
In Osaka, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Canada jointly issue a statement condemning the Venezuelan government.
The Defense Minister of Peru, José Huerta, suddenly dies of cardiac arrest while worked.
security-oriented intergovernmental organization
United Kingdom government cabinet minister
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps shoots down an American RQ-4 Global Hawk spy drone after it allegedly violates Iranian airspace.
automotive brand manufacturing subsidiary of Geely
Reuters reports that Rouhani added the collapse of the nuclear deal would not be in the interests of the region and the world.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam apologizes for proposing the bill.
Saudi crown prince and Minister of Defense (born 1985)
Date: 7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021 (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
bilateral relations between Brazil and China
The causes of the poisoning are not yet clear.
romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender
westernmost subregion of the continent of Asia
policies regarding immigration of the Trump administration
U.S. Department of Defense spaceflight provider
Peruvian government ministry responsible for military and national defense matters
One million have left the country since November, with a daily average of 5,000 departures.
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.
Several people, protesting Meduza investigative journalist Ivan Golunov's arrest Thursday on drug charges, are themselves arrested outside Moscow's Nikulinsky Court.
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.
Chinese multinational technology company
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".
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.
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".
It also clarified that in the five cases in which patients died, death was caused by complications with other serious diseases.
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.
The 'denial of cert' leaves standing the conviction of Mathew Martomo on charges of insider trading.
Argentina (except Tierra del Fuego), Uruguay and parts of Paraguay
One of them was killed by guards, while the two others entered and blew themselves up, killing a senior constable and wounding five others.
infectious disease characterized by severe form of infection producing pneumonia
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is elected as the next president of Kazakhstan.
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.
chief executive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan
Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker signs abortion rights law making the procedure a "fundamental right" for pregnant individuals in the state.
He is quoted as saying he didn't want to pay for the funeral.
Trump also invites Kim to the White House to resume talks about denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.
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.
talks and activities of attempted approaches into the possible impeachment of Donald Trump
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.
cruiser USS Chancellorsville and the Russian destroyer Admiral Vinogradov almost collide in the western Pacific Ocean.
municipality of the Philippines in the province of Sulu
capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada
Boris Johnson remains the front runner, with Michael Gove and Jeremy Hunt coming in second and third place respectively.
West Bank, excluding East Jerusalem, a part of the State of Israel Capital, in the status of belligerent occupation, supported by international public law and the High Court of Justice of Israel
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".
Twenty-six Boko Haram militants and 11 Chadian soldiers are killed in an ambush after the soldiers recover cattle that the militants had seized.
It ends a hunger strike that an activist group said was intended to protest against him being held for more than three years.
former United States Secretary of Defense
Tank designed to conduct primary combat missions on the battlefield
trading of a public company's securities by individuals based on material, nonpublic information about the company
The 2019 Presidential Election of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
25th annual Electronic Entertainment Expo
city and county seat of Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
2018 mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, US
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.
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.
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".
capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States
Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourão says the government will not exclude Chinese telecom company Huawei Technologies Co.
head of state and head of government of the United States of America
bilateral relations between United States and Venezuela
Mexico agreed to increase its enforcement efforts along their southern border with Guatemala, including deploying troops from their upcoming National Guard [es].
legality, use, culture, market and production of cannabis in the United States of America
Atomic clock used for radio navigation in space
county seat of Genesee County, Michigan, United States of America
Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001
authorizes the use of military force against those responsible for the attacks on September 11, 2001
neighborhood and square in Manhattan, New York City, 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.
ethnic group in the Sahel from Senegal, east to Cameroon
bilateral relations between the neighboring countries in North America
ship that is built and primarily intended for naval warfare
trade blacklist and may have to scrap the project.
In basketball, the Toronto Raptors defeat the Golden State Warriors four games to two to win their first NBA championship.
Frontrunnner Boris Johnson refuses to attend.
championship trophy awarded annually in the National Hockey League
It has also removed over a hundred accounts linked to the Catalan independence movement, and dozens of accounts related to Venezuela.
signboard displaying information for road users
Saudi war against Houthis in Yemen launched in 2015
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.
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.
capital city of North Santander, Colombia
European Union Mediterranean state leaders offer full support to fellow EU member Cyprus in its dispute with Turkey over offshore natural gas deposit ownership.
2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom
2019 election of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom
Three Shia militant groups, including the Iranian-backed Al-Ashtar Brigades are also banned.
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.
Boris Johnson leads the second Tory MP leadership ballot.
country in Northwestern Europe with territories in the Caribbean
by a score of 2–0 to win the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final.
Chinese authorities begin an investigation into American multinational courier delivery services company FedEx for allegedly undermining the rights of Chinese clients.
Saudi Arabian city and capital of the Makkah province
Kyodo News Agency reports that during his visit to mediate between the U.S.
Dozens of masked protesters set fire to the U.S.
An unnamed Brazilian Air Force sergeant is arrested in Seville for smuggling 39 kilograms of cocaine inside an Embraer E190 airliner.
Boko Haram storms multiple military bases in the Nigerian state of Borno. Casualties are unknown.
Israeli politician, Minister of Interior. and former Minister of Justice
air warfare branch of Brazil's armed forces
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Saudi Arabia)
Runs the diplomatic relations of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with other countries
In the fifth round of voting, Gove is controversially eliminated.
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.
partially reusable orbital launch vehicle by SpaceX
Date: 30 April – 31 August 2019 (4 months and 1 day)
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019
result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves
France returns three archaeological pieces to Peru that were seized by French customs in 2007.
mobile machine that transports people, animals or cargo whether it has an engine or not, such as a bike, a car, another land vehicle (including wheeled and tracked vehicles), an aircraft or a watercraft
Saudi diplomat and minister of foreign affairs (born 1962)
flooded grassland in southern Florida, United States
North American professional ice hockey league
international relationship between Israel and the United States
geopolitical area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China, excluding Special Administrative Regions
Political and constitutional crisis in Moldova
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.
presidential election held in Kazakhstan
ocean between Europe, Africa and the Americas
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.
shareholder that uses an equity stake in a corporation to influence management
indirect method for finding extrasolar planets and brown dwarfs
Sheung Shui slaughterhouse is temporarily closed while 4,100 animals are culled from the facility.
overview about the use of social media by Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States
Three paramilitaries, a local policeman and a woman bystander are wounded, and one militant is killed.
Hong Kong confirms its second case of African swine fever, indicating the virus continues to spread beyond mainland China.
The attackers, riding motorcycles, targeted primarily Dogon villages.
three covert meetings of North Korea's Kim Jong-un and China's Xi Jinping in 2018
transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations or their operating units are transferred or combined
US Supreme Court justice since 2010 (born 1960)
Italian commune and capital city of Lombardy
imperial garden in central Beijing, China
hockey team of the National Hockey League
form of Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software and information are provided to computers and other devices
Emanuele Crestini, the mayor of the city, was critically injured and died ten days later from his injuries, bringing the death toll to two.
head of state and of government of the U.S. state of Illinois
Group travel under the previous "people-to-people educational" provision is also not allowed.
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.
(RSF) are national military troops working under the command of the Commander in Chief
bilateral relations between Argentina and United States
American game show contestant and writer
1947–1989 republic in Southeastern Europe
offices held over time by the head of government of Germany
Welsh politician and Tory MP (born 1967)
St. Clair River between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario
51 government troops and allied militiamen, and 45 rebel fighters and jihadists are among the dead.
industrial sector which manufactures weapons and military technology and equipment
The 45-year-old suspect, who had been on parole since January, is arrested.
sea located east and northeast of the Philippines
A Saudi Arabian-led coalition spokesperson says a Houthi drone has been shot down near the Saudi city of Abha.
Ex President of the National Assembly of Venezuela.
The US Supreme Court refused to take an appeal from the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decision.
diplomatic relations between Japan and Russia
head of state and head of government of Venezuela
acute inflammation of the brain with flu-like symptoms
attack in which the attacker knows they will die
FARC members continuing to fight since 2016
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.
American multinational delivery services company
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.
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.
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.
He is expected to fully recover following surgery.
diplomatic relations between the Republic of Ecuador and the United States of America
city in and county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States
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.
China expands its warnings about travel to the U.S.
United States civil space and aeronautics agency
Diane Madison, the mother of American serial killer Michael Madison, is stabbed to death in her home.
efforts to form a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinian people
government campaign to discourage plastic shopping bag use
Military Headquarter Massacre in Khartoum, Sudan
59th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
An Indian Air Force Antonov An-32 goes missing shortly after takeoff from an airbase in Assam.
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.
Missile attacks carried out by the Houthis
conventional combat mission on an individual or small-scale basis
Boko Haram storms multiple military bases in the Nigerian state of Borno.
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
23 Eastern Christian churches in full communion with Rome
2019 Brecon and Radnorshire recall petition
Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885 onwards
landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy
pro-democracy demonstrations and other civil disobedience sparked by a proposed extradition bill in Hong Kong
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.
law enforcement agency in Detroit, Michigan
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 seat was vacated after a successful recall petition against its previous MP Fiona Onasanya.
meeting at the Korean Demilitarised Zone
An additional MQ-9 Reaper is reported to have been shot down by Houthi rebels several days prior in the Red Sea.
2019 Indian Air Force An-32 disappearance
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.
The United States announces new restrictions on American travel to Cuba.
Land-based branch of the Military of Myanmar
former U.S. Representative from Michigan
city to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes (vapes) until the health effects of using them are better understood.
Date: 16 September 2014 – present (8 years, 2 months, 1 week and 6 days)
grouping of the victorious countries of World War II
1974 executive aircraft family by Beechcraft
Date: 13 July 1989 – present (33 years, 7 months and 2 weeks)
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.
Police are investigating whether or not Taniguchi continued to receive his mother's pension.
road motor vehicle used by the police force
Patrick Shanahan, who has been acting Secretary of Defense since January 1, has withdrawn his name from consideration as Secretary "...