This is an old revision of this page, as edited by ACLNM (talk | contribs) at 23:31, 19 June 2020 (Added missing letter in "Brazil".). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 23:31, 19 June 2020 by ACLNM (talk | contribs) (Added missing letter in "Brazil".)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) June 19, 2020 (2020-06-19) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks- Operations Claw-Eagle and Claw-Tiger
- Five Kurdish civilians near Dohuk in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq are killed by Turkish airstrikes. (AFP)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
- Brazil's Ministry of Health reports there are now 1,032,913 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country, becoming the second country in the world, after the United States, to surpass one million cases. (BBC)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
Law and crime
- COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe
- Health Minister Obadiah Moyo is arrested and accused of corruption in government procurement of around $60 million worth of medical equipment. (Reuters)
- Shooting of Breonna Taylor
- Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer announces the immediate termination of LMPD Officer Brett Hankison over violating departmental policy on the use of force against Breonna Taylor. Hankison is one of three officers involved in the shooting, and prior to the incident had previously been investigated and disciplined for alleged misconduct. (The Courier-Journal)
- Abortion in Tennessee, Heartbeat bill
- A police officer is killed and another seriously injured in a shooting in Massey, New Zealand. This is the first time a law enforcement officer in New Zealand has been killed in the line of duty since 2009. The shooter fled, injuring a civilian in the process, and has since been arrested. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- 2020 Belarusian presidential election
- President Alexander Lukashenko announces that he has foiled a coup attempt, resulting in the arrest of main opposition rival Viktar Babaryka. (Moscow Times)
- 2020 Hong Kong legislative election
- Activist Joshua Wong announces he is running for the legislature, setting up a new legal battle with authorities after he was barred from running in the previous election. (Reuters)
- Tens of thousands of protesters descend on the Malian capital of Bamako, demanding President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta resign over his failure to solve the country's myriad problems. (Reuters)