Parts of the
Patriot Act expire at 12:01 a.m. due to Congressional failure to reform the
USA Freedom Act, temporarily making new surveillance of telephone records by the
NSA illegal.
(New York Times)
Former German chancellor, "architect of German reunification" and one of the authors of the European single currency
Helmut Kohl is reported to be in a "critical condition" after surgery at a
Heidelberg hospital.
(Guardian)
The official death toll from the Indian
heat wave rises to 2,330 with
meteorologists warning that relief from the
monsoon season could still be days away.
(CNN)
Rescue efforts continue for people on board the ship that sank on the
Yangtze River in
China's
Hubei province with over 450 people on board. So far, fewer than 12 have been rescued and five bodies recovered.
(New York Times),
(CNN)
Dias Kadyrbayev, a college friend of
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is sentenced to six years for obstruction of justice and conspiracy charges after Kadyrbayev removed incriminating evidence from
Tsarnaev's college dorm room.
(CBS Local)
Sepp Blatter announces that he will resign as President of
FIFA as a result of the corruption scandals with an emergency congress to be called as soon as possible.
(BBC)(RTÉ News)
The Grozny Chechnya office of the Committee Against Torture NGO is attacked by masked men who came out of a crowd of protesters. They broke down the door and trashed the office. National Leader
Ramzan Kadyrov speculated the attack could have been carried out by relatives of Dzhambulat Dadayev upset that the NGO which investigates torture did not lead protests of the shooting of Dadayev by law enforcement officers from another region.
Moscow Times
Pro-
Russian separatists launch an offensive to take
Marinka, Ukraine, 5 kilometers from the separatist capital of Donetsk. At least 19 people have died in fighting. Ukrainian sources claimed at least 10 tanks took part in the battle.
(AFP via Yahoo! News),
(New York Times)
The search continues for survivors of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing which sank on
China's
Yangtze River with 450 passengers on board. So far, 18 people have been confirmed dead with 14 people rescued.
(CCTV via Twitter)
Several rockets were fired from
Gaza at
Israel and exploded near the cities of
Ashdod,
Netivot and
Ashkelon causing no casualties. The
IDF retaliated with airstrikes against empty
Hamas training camps in
Gaza.
(Al Jazeera)
Naxalite Insurgents kill at least 20
Indian Army soldiers and injure 12 in an attack on a convoy in the state of
Manipur.
(BBC)
Officials of the ruling
Syriza party in
Greece say that they cannot accept a last-minute deal proposed by the country's creditors: default deadline looms.
(AP)
Surgeons, led by Dr.
Jesse Selber, working with the
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, in a 15-hour, 12-doctor operation, perform the world's first partial-skull and scalp transplant, at
Houston Methodist Hospital, on 55-year-old
Jim Boysten, a software developer from
Austin, Texas suffering from a large head wound from cancer treatment; immediately afterward, he was finally able to receive a new
kidney and
pancreas, which replaced the previous transplants that were failing.
(MSN)
The death toll from the sinking of the ship on the
Yangtze River rises to 82 with officials giving up hope of finding more survivors. Only 15 out of over 450 people on the boat were rescued.
(Sky News Australia)
For the second time this week, a rocket fired from
Gaza lands in
Israel. There were no immediate reports of injuries, or claims of responsibility.
(Times of Israel)
The death toll from the sinking of the Chinese cruise ship is now over 400 as the search area for bodies extends 1,000 km down the
Yangtze River.
(The Guardian)
Voters in
Turkey go to the polls for a general election with the ruling
AKP seeking enough votes to enable them to change the
constitution. However, early projections show that they will lose their majority in the new parliament.
(BBC),
(New York Times)
The
Singaporean government declares June 8 be a national remembrance day with the
Singaporean flag being flown at half-mast and a minute of silence being observed at the beginning of all
2015 SEA Games venues. This is as a mark of respect for the eight people who were killed in the earthquake, which consists of six Primary 6 students, one teacher and their adventure guide.
(Straits Times)(Today)
HSBC announces plans to cut 8,000 jobs in the
United Kingdom, one-sixth of its U.K. workforce, via "natural attrition" as it restructures its banking business. A total of 25,000 jobs could be axed globally.
(BBC)
Two
Brazilians reach historic milestones in the team's 2–0 win over
South Korea in
Montreal.
Marta sets a new record with her 15th goal in
Women's World Cup play, and the 37-year-old
Formiga becomes the oldest player to score in a Women's World Cup.
(ESPN)
The death toll from the MERS outbreak in
South Korea rises to nine, with 13 new cases reported. More than 2,200 schools have closed or cancelled classes as a result of the outbreak.
(Reuters)
Pope Francis approves the outline of a new system giving power to the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to judge bishops "with regard to crimes of the abuse of office when connected to the abuse of minors."
(National Catholic Reporter)
Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, the
Al-Nusra Front, shoots dead at least 20
Druze villagers in
Idlib in what is being described as a "massacre".
(The Telegraph)
Residents of northeast
Nigeria claim that Boko Haram has killed at least 43 people and burnt down three villages in recent attacks.
(AFP via Yahoo! News)
A rocket fired from the
Gaza Strip towards the
Ashkelon region fell short and did not land in
Israel with Palestinian sources indicating it may have hit a house. There were no immediate reports of injuries, or claims of responsibility. Journalists speculate that
ISIL-affiliated groups are responsible.
(Times of Israel)
Arts and culture
Spain gives the late writer
Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, a formal burial at a Madrid convent nearly 400 years after his death in 1616.
(AP)
Federal Interior Ministry of
Pakistan has sealed the offices of the NGO
Save the Children in Pakistan and issued order for its foreign staff to leave the country within 15 days on account of the NGO’s anti-Pakistan activities.
(Express Tribune).
Authorities from the Marshal's Service, the FBI, Customs, state and local police, and the Forest Police searching for 6 days in northeastern New York (about 25 miles south of the Canadian border, near
Lake Champlain and
Vermont, in the
Adirondack Forest area, in
Dannemora, New York and
Plattsburgh, New York) for two high-risk murderers who staged an elaborate escape from the high-security
Clinton Correctional Facility- the first there- the night of Friday, June 5, 2015 (it was discovered the next morning), using bloodhounds, find a scent and leftover evidence that could be from the two,
Richard Matt and
David Sweat.
(CNN)
The
Israel Defense Forces Advocate General has announced criminal investigations into three more incidents from Operation Protective Edge. Of the 190 incidents reported to the
IDF, investigations have been completed on 105, with seven leading to criminal investigations.
(YNet)
Scheduled talks of 14th June, 2015 between Yemen's
Houthi rebels and the exiled government which are brokered by the
UN have been postponed with a new schedule set for Monday 15 June, 2015.
(The Daily Star (Lebanon) via Reuters
A man
opens fire at policemen outside the
police headquarters in the
Texan city of
Dallas, while a bag containing a
pipe bomb is also found. He was later shot dead by police snipers following a car chase and standoff.
(AP),
(CNN)
Flooding in the
Georgian capital,
Tbilisi, destroys animal enclosures at a zoo resulting in the release of potentially dangerous animals and the death of three zookeepers and six other people.
(AP),
(USA Today),
(Reuters, DPA via WA Today)
The
High Court in
Pretoria grants an interim order preventing al-Bashir from leaving South Africa, and postpones the application for his arrest to the next day to allow the government more time to prepare.
(News24)(News24)
At least 23 people are killed and more than 100 injured in suicide attacks on police headquarters and training centers by suspected
Boko Haram members in
N'Djamena,
Chad.
(New York Times)
The Vatican announces that the first hearing in the trial of
Józef Wesołowski, a former papal ambassador to the Dominican Republic and a Polish former prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, is scheduled for July 11.
(ABC News),
(NPR)
Rupert Murdoch confirms stepping down as the CEO of
21st Century Fox to be succeeded by his son
James on July 1, 2015. Rupert will continue as its executive chairman with his eldest son,
Lachlan, as a future executive co-chairman.
(USA Today)
The U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issues a mandate that all artificial
trans fatty acids (trans fats) must be eliminated within three years (2018) from all foods grown, imported to, or sold within the United States. It is the strictest and most final type of ruling, even more so than a black-box warning or a warning to list ingredients, that can be given from the federal agency, which has ultimate jurisdiction over the safety of all food and drug products, public or private, in the United States. The substances occur in processed meats and other foods, and have been repeatedly implicated in atherosclerotic coronary heart disease, diabetes, and some cancers.
(MSN),
(Washington Post),
(CNN Money),
(FDA's statement)
The American
NBC network announces that
Lester Holt will continue as the host of the NBC Nightly News with
Brian Williams returning in an undisclosed role.
(The Wrap)
In the
United States, the
California Labor Commission ruled that a San Francisco
Uber driver is a company employee, not a contractor. Uber appealed this ruling, that would increase the company's costs and liabilities, to the state's
court system. A hearing for a class certification of a similar lawsuit against Uber is scheduled for August 2015.
(NPR),
(Time Magazine)(U.S. News & World Report)
Suspected shooter Dylann Roof is arrested at a traffic stop. Roof is suspected of killing nine people including a South Carolinian state senator. He was charged with multiple drug possession in April and reportedly (by CNN) legally bought the gun at a store after passing a background check despite his criminal record.
(ABC News)(ITV News)
At the
Vatican,
Pope Francis's officials in the
Roman Curia formally release the text of his most recent
encyclical, Laudato si'. The text, which had been quite anticipated by many sides on the climate change debate and been criticized by some for his involvement in the politicized and charged issue, had been previously leaked.
(Reuters), via MSN,
(CNN),
(Vatican)
Muslims begin fasting at the start of the lunar calendar month of
Ramadan, 2015.
The
European Central Bank increased the cap on cash available to Greek banks through
emergency liquidity assistance, as those banks continue to experience steady withdrawals. Greek citizens have withdrawn over 3 billion Euros in the last month.
(Reuters)
Hawaii becomes the first U.S. state to raise the
smoking age from 18 to 21, effective January 1, 2016, and will also outlaw sales, purchases, or uses of
electronic cigarettes for those under 21.
(Reuters)
Dozens of
ISIL militants are killed following a militia attack on the eastern city of
Derna. ISIL has had a significant presence in Derna since the end of 2014.
(Yahoo)
A
Palestinian teenager is in police custody after he stabbed a policeman who was administrating Jerusalem's
Damascus Gate border in the neck, critically injuring the policeman. The policeman then shot and injured the teenager and collapsed.
(YNet)
Politics
Prime Minister of Greece
Alexis Tsipras makes a new offer for reforms which could signal a late deal in the country's debt talks.
(ITV News)
At least 20 people are killed after a female
suicide bomber attacks a fish market in Nigeria's north-eastern city of
Maiduguri. The militant Islamist group
Boko Haram is suspected to be behind the attack.
(BBC)
The number of deaths from MERS in
South Korea rises to 27 with three new cases reported. The government is taking unprecedented precautions in terms of public sanitation and quarantine.
(Yonhap)
Walmart, the largest store in the
United States, announces that it will withdraw all merchandise featuring the Confederate flag from sale at its stores and online.
(CNN)
The Kurdish
People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the military base Brigade 93 and enter the town of
Ayn Issa, the first defense line of
ISIL north of its de facto capital
al-Raqqah.
ISIL claims it has started the destruction of the ancient complex of
Palmyra.
(euronews)
The deputy speaker of the
Greek parliament, Alexis Mitropoulos, warns that the body may reject concessions the government had made to the country's creditors.
(Reuters)
Tsarnev is sent to the
US Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, where 61 other inmates are awaiting their lethal injections.
(NBC News)
China's customs officers seize more than 100,000 t (98,000 long tons; 110,000 short tons) of meat, many of which expired, some more than 40 years ago.
(China Daily)(NPR)
Two hotels in
Sousse,
Tunisia came under attack from an unknown number of gunmen; at least 37 people have been killed and 36 injured.
(Sky News),
(BBC),
(USA Today)
Islamic State kills 146 civilians in
Kobanî, the second largest massacre since the start of conflict when the extremist group executed 700 members of the
al-Sheitaat tribe in eastern Syria.
(IBT),
(VOA NEWS)
A midair explosion from flammable powder at a recreational water park in Taiwan injures at least 510 people with about 183 in serious condition in
intensive care.
(CNN)
A sandstorm and a magnitude-5.2 earthquake centered in Sinai peninsula hit
Egypt. There are no reports of deaths or injuries.
(AP via MSN)
Tunisia deploys an additional 1000 police in resorts and beaches following the attack on tourists on Friday.
(AP)
With the number of
British dead expected to exceed 30, the
U.K. warns its citizens about traveling to certain parts of Tunisia, including the south and near the
Libyan border.
(AP),
(BBC)
In Istanbul, Turkish police forces interrupt the LGBT
pride parade, which was refused this year due to the holy month
Ramadan, by firing water cannons and rubber pellets.
(Reuters UK)
The
BBC reports that the
European Central Bank will cap lending to
Greece's struggling banks, causing the run on the nation's banks to become even worse. Next week a referendum will be held about leaving the Euro currency.
(BBC),
(BBC),
(Irish Times)
Lars Løkke Rasmussen forms Denmark's first single-party government in 33 years, and Rasmussen himself becomes the first prime minister in 33 years to serve in two non-consecutive terms;
Kristian Jensen becomes the sixth foreign minister since 2010.
(The Local)(Copenhagen Post)
The
Turkish military is reportedly preparing for an imminent invasion of northern
Syria following a
National Security Council meeting. The aim is to establish a buffer zone for refugees and drive back
Islamic State militants. The Kurdish militia group
YPG have said they will oppose any Turkish intervention in Syria. Turkey has for decades fought against Kurdish separatist movements such as the
PKK(Telegraph)
Four
Israelis were shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack near
Shilo, as a manhunt begins for the suspects.
(YNet)
A
Palestinian woman was arrested after stabbing and seriously wounding a female
IDF soldier at a checkpoint near
Bethlehem.
(Haaretz)
Five
Chadian security officials and six militants have been killed during an explosion in a raid in the capital
N'Djamena.
(BBC)
According to witnesses who fled fighting in
Nangarhar province, fighters loyal to
Islamic State seize substantial territory in
Afghanistan for the first time, wresting areas in the east from rival
Taliban insurgents in a new threat to stability, scorching opium poppy fields that help to fund the Taliban's campaign to overthrow the
Afghan government.
(Newsweek)
The
Israeli Navy intercepts and takes control of the lone ship still involved in
Freedom Flotilla III and pilots it to
Ashdod. The other three ships involved had already turned back after being intercepted. Israel offered all ships to unload their humanitarian aid cargo in Israeli ports and transport it into Gaza for free but the ships refused.
(Israel National News)(Times Of Israel)
NBC drops support of 2016 United States Presidential candidate
Donald Trump after Trump gives a campaign speech which includes remarks considered by some to be racist.
(The Washington Post)
Science and technology
A robot kills a man, who was a contractor, at a
Volkswagen production plant in
Baunatal, Germany. Spokesman Heiko Hillwig said the 22-year-old victim was part of a team that was setting up the robot when it grabbed and crushed him against a metal plate. The death was preliminarily attributed to human error, rather than any issue with the robot itself; prosecutors are contemplating whether to charge anybody.
(MSN)