Portal:Current events/2018 June 6
June 6, 2018 (Wednesday)
A Phillippine-American soldier on drugs stole an [[Armoured Personel Carrier
|APC]], resulting in a police chasing at high speed for more than two hours involving dozens of police vehicles, ending in an arrest in downtown Richmond Virginia, according to Richmond Police spokeswoman Geller
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian Civil War
- The Syrian government re-opens the Homs–Hama highway after it was closed for seven years. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- Food safety in Australia
- A woman in Australia is reported dead from hepatitis after consuming frozen pomegranate. Health authorities have stated that 24 such cases were related to products by Entyce Food Ingredients. (BBC)
International relations
- European migrant crisis
- 400 migrants try to scale the Ceuta border fence, with most of them repelled. It is the first such incident in seven months. (The News Guru)
Law and crime
- Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal
- Alexander Nix, the head of Cambridge Analytica, faces questions from British MPs regarding the company's use of data. (BBC)