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June 2, 2018
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2018-06-02
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Business and economy
Artificial intelligence arms race
Google
reports that they will not renew a contract with the
U.S. military
to develop
machine learning
algorithms for
drones
.
(BBC)
Disasters and accidents
2018 lower Puna eruption
More than 80 homes have now been destroyed by the Kilauea eruption.
(KTLA)
Lava from
Kīlauea
boils
Hawaii
's
Green Lake
and spills across numerous highways.
(NPR)
2018 Gaza border protests
The funeral of a 21-year-old medic, Razan al-Najjar, draws thousands of
Palestinians
. Witnesses say that Razan was killed while trying to evacuate a wounded protester lying on the
Israeli
side of the fence.
(UPI)
International relations
Foreign relations of the Philippines
Shortly before leaving for
South Korea
, the
President of the Philippines
,
Rodrigo Duterte
, tells the
United Nations
Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers
Diego García Sayán
that "he can go to hell".
(Reuters)
Politics and elections
2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis
The new
Catalan regional government
takes office in
Barcelona
. The 7-month-long application of Article 155 of the
Spanish Constitution
is thus lifted, meaning that
direct rule
is over.
(
The Wall Street Journal
)
2018 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy
Pedro Sánchez
, a member of the
Spanish Socialist Party
, is sworn in as
Prime Minister
before
King Felipe VI
. Sánchez opts to take the oath without a
bible
or
crucifix
; a first in modern
Spanish history
.
(BBC)
Thousands protest in
Amman
and other
Jordanian
cities, despite King
Abdullah II
ordering a freeze on controversial fuel and electricity price increases.
(
Middle East Eye
)
(
The Guardian
)
Science and technology
Asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2018
A 2–5-metre (6 ft 7 in – 16 ft 5 in) wide asteroid named
2018 LA
was estimated (before impact) to have an 82% chance of having impacted Earth today, with several corroborating reports from
Botswana
. An
OFM
media report from near
Klerksdorp
,
North West
province,
South Africa
, describes "'a light' falling from the sky" at 18:49 (
UTC+02:00
) Saturday night.
(NASA)
(
Minor Planet Mailing List
)
(
Project Pluto
)
(OFM)
Sports
2018 Epsom Derby
Masar
defeats the odds-on favourite
Saxon Warrior
to win the
2018 Epsom Derby
.
(BBC)
The first legal
bare-knuckle boxing
match in
U.S.
history, titled the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships, takes place in
Cheyenne, Wyoming
.
(
Sydney Morning Herald
)
(
USA Today
)
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