Portal:Current events/2018 June 21
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;International relations
- North Korea–United States relations, North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
- The United States announces that North Korea will destroy the Sohae Satellite Launching Station missile test site. [https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/us-identifies-north-korea-missile-test-site-to-be-destroyed (The Straits Times)]
;Law and crime
- Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is charged with fraud over the alleged misuse of state funds at their residence. [https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/21/middleeast/sara-netanyahu-indicted-intl/index.html (CNN)]
- The United States Supreme Court allows states to collect sales taxes from online retailers that do not have a "physical presence" in that state. [https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/21/supreme-court-online-sales-tax-collection-661647 (Politico)]
- Murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu, Malaysia-Mongolia relations
- Malaysian authorities announce the reopening of investigations into the murder of a Mongolian model by two police officers associated with former Prime Minister Najib Razak. Who ordered the killing has never been determined. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-politics-mongolia/malaysia-reopens-probe-into-mongolian-model-murdered-by-najibs-former-bodyguards-idUSKBN1JH0YW (Reuters)]
;Politics and elections
- Trump administration family separation policy, Protests against Trump administration family separation policy
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement temporarily closes their Portland, Oregon, offices after protesters camping outside the building grow in numbers. [https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/21/us/ice-portland-office-shut-down/index.html (CNN)]
- First Lady Melania Trump makes a surprise visit to the US-Mexico border to get a firsthand look at the immigration crisis. [http://cnycentral.com/news/nation-world/first-lady-melania-trump-visits-us-mexico-border-amid-crisis-over-migrant-children (WSTM-TV)]
- New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gives birth to a baby girl at 4:45 p.m. local time (04:45 UTC). Ardern is the first incumbent head of government to give birth since Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 1990. [https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/06/it-s-a-girl-jacinda-ardern-gives-birth-to-her-first-child.html (Newshub)] [https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/20/world/new-zealand-prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-baby/index.html (CNN)]
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