Three people, including two
police officers, are killed in
Liège,
Belgium, and four police officers are injured in a shooting. The gunman took a woman hostage, but was later killed by police.
(BBC)(The Guardian)
Palestinian militants in
Gaza fire dozens of mortars at
Israel in the heaviest such barrage in years. The
Israeli Air Force responds with airstrikes on militant positions.
(BBC)
Two
WYFF journalists, Mike McCormick and Aaron Smeltzer, are killed after a tree crushes their car as they covered the storm in
North Carolina,
United States.
(BBC)
At least 50 people are reported to have died amid heavy thunder and lightning storms in northern
India.
(BBC)
Syria recognizes the disputed territories of
Abkhazia and
South Ossetia as independent states which in turn prompts
Georgia to sever its relations with Syria.
(Reuters)
The
U.S. Government announces a 25% import tariff on
US$50 billion of Chinese goods with "industrially significant technology". A full list of affected products will be published on June 15. Investment restrictions and enhanced export controls are to be announced on June 30.
(NPR)
Papua New Guinea bans
Facebook for a month "in order to research the social network’s effects on the population and to crack down on fake accounts."
(The Hill)
Governor of MissouriEric Greitens announces that he is resigning amid sexual misconduct and misuse of a charity donor list allegations against him. Greitens claims that he is the victim of a "political witch hunt". Lt. Governor
Mike Parson will assume the governorship once Greitens' resignation takes effect on June 1.
(BBC)(St Louis Post-Dispatch)
Three people, including two
police officers, are killed in
Liège,
Belgium, and four police officers are injured in a shooting. The gunman took a woman hostage, but was later killed by police.
(BBC)(The Guardian)
Palestinian militants in
Gaza fire dozens of mortars at
Israel in the heaviest such barrage in years. The
Israeli Air Force responds with airstrikes on militant positions.
(BBC)
Two
WYFF journalists, Mike McCormick and Aaron Smeltzer, are killed after a tree crushes their car as they covered the storm in
North Carolina,
United States.
(BBC)
At least 50 people are reported to have died amid heavy thunder and lightning storms in northern
India.
(BBC)
Syria recognizes the disputed territories of
Abkhazia and
South Ossetia as independent states which in turn prompts
Georgia to sever its relations with Syria.
(Reuters)
The
U.S. Government announces a 25% import tariff on
US$50 billion of Chinese goods with "industrially significant technology". A full list of affected products will be published on June 15. Investment restrictions and enhanced export controls are to be announced on June 30.
(NPR)
Papua New Guinea bans
Facebook for a month "in order to research the social network’s effects on the population and to crack down on fake accounts."
(The Hill)
Governor of MissouriEric Greitens announces that he is resigning amid sexual misconduct and misuse of a charity donor list allegations against him. Greitens claims that he is the victim of a "political witch hunt". Lt. Governor
Mike Parson will assume the governorship once Greitens' resignation takes effect on June 1.
(BBC)(St Louis Post-Dispatch)