Portal:Current events/2015 June 17

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;Arts and culture

• The American NBC network announces that Lester Holt will continue as the host of the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams returning in an undisclosed role. [http://www.thewrap.com/brian-williams-to-stay-at-nbc-but-not-nightly-news/ (The Wrap)]

;Business and economy

• U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announces that the Treasury will supplement Alexander Hamilton's depiction on the U.S. ten-dollar bill with that of a woman, the identity of which is to be chosen after public debate. [http://thehill.com/policy/finance/245364-a-woman-will-replace-hamilton-on-the-10-bill (The Hill)]
• In the United States, the California Labor Commission ruled that a San Francisco Uber driver is a company employee, not a contractor. Uber appealed this ruling, that would increase the company's costs and liabilities, to the state's court system. A hearing for a class certification of a similar lawsuit against Uber is scheduled for August 2015. [https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/06/17/415262801/california-labor-commission-rules-uber-driver-is-an-employee-not-a-contractor (NPR)], [http://time.com/3924941/uber-california-labor-commission-ruling/ (Time Magazine)] [https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/06/18/employee-or-contractor-uber-ruling-could-affect-other-companies?google_editors_picks=true (U.S. News & World Report)]

;Disasters and accidents

• North Korea runs a campaign to fight water drought, which according to United Nations is the worst within the past 100 years. [https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/17/northkorea-drought-idUSL3N0Z241120150617 (Reuters)]

;International relations

• The People's Republic of China and Australia sign a free trade agreement in Canberra as Andrew Robb, Australia's Minister for Trade and Investment, warns that the United States Congress only has weeks to approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership. [https://twitter.com/cctvnews/status/611003769896054784/photo/1 (CCTV via Twitter)], [http://bigstory.ap.org/article/6df049c99fa94a09b88214b63cd823e7/australia-says-us-has-little-time-save-asia-pacific-deal (AP)]
• Vietnam accuses China of attacking Vietnamese fishermen in three separate incidents in the South China Sea. [http://bigstory.ap.org/article/6fc60ea1da114e948ae298f6417c5a1e/vietnam-accuses-china-attacking-its-fishermen (AP)]

;Law and crime

• Charleston church shooting
• Nine people are dead following a mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. [http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/17/us/charleston-south-carolina-shooting/ (CNN)], [http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150617/PC16/150619408 (Post and Courier)], [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-18/nine-killed-in-south-carolina-church-shooting-police-say/6556142 (ABC News America)]
• A California model, Lauren Wasser, files a lawsuit against Kimberly-Clark Corporation for toxic shock syndrome, which resulted in losing her right leg, allegedly caused by the product, Kotex Natural Balance. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3128606/She-ten-minutes-death-Model-lost-leg-toxic-shock-syndrome-files-massive-lawsuit-against-tampon-manufacturer-says-warning-labels-like-cigarettes.html (Daily Mail)]

;Politics and elections

• Protesters gather outside the Hong Kong Legislative Council ahead of a contentious vote on election of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong. [http://www.dw.de/protesters-gather-in-hk-ahead-of-electoral-reform-debate/a-18521612?maca=en-TWITTER-EN-2004-xml-mrss (Deutsche Welle)]
• The National Diet of Japan votes to lower the voting age from 20 to 18. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150620011544/http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150617p2g00m0dm047000c.html (Mainichi)]

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