Monday June 03, 2019

Holidays

• Kevin Bokelmann - St Kevin's Day.
• Feast day of St Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs of Uganda.
• Roman Empire - Festival to Bellona.

Events

• War in Afghanistan: Five people are killed and over 10 injured in an IED bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Dailytrust)
• Five people are killed and over 10 injured in an IED bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Dailytrust)
• 2018–19 Sudanese protests: Over 13 people have been killed when Sudanese forces use live ammunition to break up a protester camp in Khartoum. (Al Jazeera)
• Over 13 people have been killed when Sudanese forces use live ammunition to break up a protester camp in Khartoum. (Al Jazeera)
• Boko Haram insurgency: Boko Haram storms multiple military bases in the Nigerian state of Borno. Casualties are unknown. (The Guardian Nigeria)
• Boko Haram storms multiple military bases in the Nigerian state of Borno. Casualties are unknown. (The Guardian Nigeria)
• 2019 Tripoli shooting: A gunman kills four security officers and injures two before blowing himself up in Tripoli, Lebanon (BBC)
• A gunman kills four security officers and injures two before blowing himself up in Tripoli, Lebanon (BBC)
• James Holzhauer is defeated on the American quiz show Jeopardy!, concluding a victory streak of 32 games with an earnings total of $2,464,216, but falls short of the winnings record set by Ken Jennings in 2004. (Washington Post)
• 2019 Indian Air Force An-32 disappearance: An Indian Air Force Antonov An-32 goes missing shortly after takeoff from an airbase in Assam. All 13 people aboard are presumed dead as search operations continue. (India Today)
• An Indian Air Force Antonov An-32 goes missing shortly after takeoff from an airbase in Assam. All 13 people aboard are presumed dead as search operations continue. (India Today)
• Authorities say that a patient has died amid an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in a recently opened hospital in Grove City, Ohio. (ABC News)
• Insider trading. The US Supreme Court refused to take an appeal from the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decision. The 'denial of cert' leaves standing the conviction of Mathew Martomo on charges of insider trading. on information leaked to him from representatives of two major pharmaceutical companies. (Reuters)
• Donald Trump on social media: U.S. President Donald Trump tweets a call to boycott AT&T in order to bring "big changes" at CNN. AT&T has not given an official comment or statement back regarding the tweet. (CNBC via MSN)
• U.S. President Donald Trump tweets a call to boycott AT&T in order to bring "big changes" at CNN. AT&T has not given an official comment or statement back regarding the tweet. (CNBC via MSN)
• 2019 AFL season: In Australian rules football, Brendon Bolton is sacked as the head coach of the Carlton Football Club, following a prolonged period of poor on-field performances. (The Age (Australia))
• In Australian rules football, Brendon Bolton is sacked as the head coach of the Carlton Football Club, following a prolonged period of poor on-field performances. (The Age (Australia))
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News articles

• A Eulogy for iTunes Apple’s software changed the way we listen to music. And though it got a little bloated over the years, we will miss it. [..]
• Antitrust Troubles Snowball for Tech Giants as Lawmakers Join In Intense new scrutiny on companies like Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon could last years and lead to the first overhaul of antitrust rules in decades. [..]
• See all financial news of June 3rd, 2019