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Portal:Current events/2018 June 15

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

;Business and economy

  • 2018 China–United States trade war
  • The United States imposes a 25% tariff on goods imported from China worth $50 billion, set to come into effect on July 6, and accuses Beijing of "intellectual copyright theft". [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44498484 (BBC)] [https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/06/15/trump-ignites-trade-war-with-china-officially-announces-tariffs-on-dollar50-billion-worth-of-chinese-goods/23459838/ (Business Insider via AOL)]
  • China responds with an additional tariff of 25% on $34 billion of U.S. goods, to come into effect on July 6, and tariffs on other goods to be announced at a later date. [https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44498484 (BBC)]
  • American Airlines, after cancelling 275 of its regional carrier PSA Airlines's scheduled flights on Thursday, cancels another 400 today at Charlotte Douglas International Airport because of a "technical issue." [http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2018/06/15/american-airlines-carrier-cancels-hundreds-flights-over-technical-issue-leaves-thousands-stranded.html (Fox News)]

;Disasters and accidents

  • The Glasgow School of Art in Scotland suffers "extensive damage" after it catches on fire. No casualties are reported. [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-44504659 (BBC)]

;Health and environment

;Law and crime

  • Mueller special counsel investigation
  • Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has his bail revoked for allegedly tampering with witnesses, and is sent to jail to await his trial for foreign lobbying charges. [https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/15/politics/judge-sends-paul-manafort-to-jail-pending-trial/index.html (CNN)] [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/us/politics/manafort-bail-revoked-jail.html (The New York Times)]
  • Kidnapping of Joshua Boyle and Caitlan Coleman
  • Former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle makes another appearance in court along with his lawyers to set a trial date. [https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/mobile/boyle-back-in-court-today-1.3974648 (Ottawa CTV News)]
  • A man who was seen barricading an armored vehicle and blocking traffic at the Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge near the Hoover Dam is arrested. [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-respond-to-reports-of-man-with-gun-at-hoover-dam-bridge/ (CBS News)]

;Sports

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