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Current events of
June 1, 2016
(
2016-06-01
)
(Wednesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Syrian Civil War
United States
backed
Syrian Democratic Forces
begin an
offensive
to regain control of the city of
Manbij
in the
Aleppo Governorate
from
ISIL
.
(Reuters via Trust)
Northern Mali conflict
Four
UN peacekeepers
are killed in a suspected
Al-Qaeda
attack in northern
Mali
.
(News Week)
(CBC)
War in Somalia (2009–present)
At least 10 people are killed in an attack on a hotel in
Mogadishu
,
Somalia
.
Al-Shabaab
claims responsibility.
(Reuters)
(CNN)
(VOA News)
The Pentagon
announces the death of Abdullahi Haji Da’ud, a top
Al-Shabaab
commander, in an airstrike.
(Washington Times)
(FOX News)
Suspected
Neo-Nazis
attack people at a
vegan
cafe with slabs of meat in
Tbilisi
,
Georgia
.
(Newsweek)
(Miami Herald)
Business and economy
The
Gotthard Base Tunnel
opens after seventeen years construction in the
Swiss Alps
. It is the world's longest, deepest tunnel.
(CNN)
A committee of the U.S.
House of Representatives
is looking into the way the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
investigated the theft of assets it was holding for the central bank of
Bangladesh
.
(Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
A gas explosion at a subway construction site near the
South Korean
capital
Seoul
kills four workers and injures ten more.
(Yonhap)
EgyptAir Flight 804
A
French naval
vessel detects a possible signal from missing
EgyptAir Flight 804
black box
.
(CNN)
2016 Fort McMurray wildfire
Residents return to
Fort McMurray
for the first time since May 1. A couple thousand
firefighters
, from as far away as
South Africa
, continue to battle the 5,800 square kilometer (3,603 square mile)
Canadian
blaze that has crossed the
Alberta
border into
Saskatchewan Province
.
(Bloomberg)
International relations
Turkish
President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
warns
Germany
against
recognizing
the
Armenian Genocide
.
(Reuters)
According to the
Secretary General of NATO
Jens Stoltenberg
, defense spending by European
member states
will grow for the first time in a decade. Stoltenberg went on to say that "we are faced with uncertainty. We are faced with more threats, more security challenges, than in a generation".
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Humanitarian aid during the Syrian Civil War
A convoy carrying much-needed
nutritional
and medical
aid
reaches the besieged town
Darayya
, the first time since 2012. The only food delivered was
baby milk
. A 48-hour ceasefire for the town came into force today.
(Reuters)
(NPR)
(BBC)
The
United Nations Security Council
is exploring humanitarian air drops to besieged areas of
Syria
.
(AP via
The New York Times
)
Riad Hijab
, coordinator of the
opposition
High Negotiations Committee, in a letter to
United Nations Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon
proposes a nationwide
truce
for the month of
Ramadan
which begins 6 June 2016.
(Australian Associated Press via News.com.au)
Law and crime
Two people are killed in a
murder-suicide
shooting at the
University of California Los Angeles
. Police report the campus is now safe.
(USA Today)
(LA Times)
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