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June 1, 2017 (Thursday)

2017 Resorts World Manila attack
- Gunfire and explosions are reported at the Resorts World Manila in the Philippines. (CNN)
Marawi crisis
- Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana announces the deaths of ten soldiers in Marawi as a result of a "friendly fire" airstrike. (BBC)

U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to announce his decision whether he is going to withdraw the United States from the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation. (Reuters/AP via Aus. Broadcasting Corp.)

Scientists announce that the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) has made a third detection of gravitational waves, named GW170104. The signal, detected on 4 January 2017, apparently results from a merger of two black holes of 19 and 31 solar masses. Such detections are said to be progressively moving this emerging field in astronomy "from novelty to new observational science". (BBC)

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+**Gunfire and explosions are reported at the [[Resorts World Manila]] in the Philippines. [http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/01/asia/resorts-world-manila-philippines/ (CNN)]
 *[[Marawi crisis]]
 **[[Philippines|Philippine]] [[Secretary of National Defense (Philippines)|Defense Secretary]] [[Delfin Lorenzana]] announces the deaths of ten soldiers in [[Marawi]] as a result of a "[[friendly fire]]" airstrike. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40116042 (BBC)]