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June 5, 2018
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2018-06-05
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Business and economy
Expansion of Heathrow Airport
The
Cabinet of the United Kingdom
approves a controversial third runway at
London
's
Heathrow Airport
.
(Sky News)
Disasters and accidents
2018 lower Puna eruption
A lava flow destroys at least 130 homes in the
Vacationland Hawaii
and Kapoho Beach Lots neighborhoods. Officials reported Vacationland Hawaii to be completely destroyed, while nearby
Kapoho Bay
has been filled with lava.
(
West Hawaii Today
)
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)
Mining accidents
An explosion at an iron ore mine in
Benxi
,
Liaoning
, kills 11 people, 23 others were rescued from the site, while 2 more remain trapped.
(Reuters)
2018 Volcán de Fuego eruption
The death toll for the
Volcán de Fuego
eruption in
Guatemala
rises to 75 people.
(
HuffPost
)
International relations
Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict
Ethiopia
agrees to "fully accept" the outcome of the
Algiers Agreement of 2000
, which ruled that disputed areas, including the border town of
Badme
which Ethiopia currently occupies, are
Eritrean
territory.
(BBC)
Law and crime
LGBT rights in the European Union
The
European Court of Justice
rules that
EU
countries that have not legalised
same-sex marriage
must still offer same-sex spouses the same residency rights as heterosexual couples under
freedom of movement
laws.
(
The Telegraph
)
Prostitution in Belgium
Prostitutes
in
Brussels
'
Rue d'Aerschot
red-light district
go on strike today after one of their colleagues is found murdered this morning.
(
Het Laatste Nieuws
)
Hurricane Maria death toll controversy
The
Government
of
Puerto Rico
says that it will comply with a
Superior Court
order to release all death certificates issued after
Hurricane Maria
hit the U.S. territory. The court order came after
CNN
and Puerto Rico's Center for Investigative Journalism sued the territory's government amid
allegations of undercounted fatalities
.
(AP via WDTN)
Politics and elections
Politics of Spain
,
2018 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy
Former
Prime Minister
Mariano Rajoy
resigns as the leader of
People's Party
, four days after losing the
no-confidence vote
that ended his
premiership
.
(
El País
English)
Politics of Jordan
In an effort to quell unrest caused by
IMF
-driven reforms,
King
Abdullah II of Jordan
appoints
Omar Razzaz
as
Prime Minister
.
(Reuters)
Politics of Ethiopia
Fana Broadcasting
reports that the
Parliament
of
Ethiopia
approves a bill and lifts the
state of emergency
, two months earlier than planned.
(Al Jazeera)
Me Too movement
,
Judicial independence
Voters in
Santa Clara County, California
vote to
recall
Judge
Aaron Persky
after he sentenced a swimmer convicted of sexual assault to six months in jail in 2016.
(AP via WHSV)
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