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- The Japanese sample-return spacecraft Hayabusa2 arrives at the asteroid 162173 Ryugu.
- Saudi Arabia lifts its ban on women driving.
- Canada legalizes the cultivation of cannabis for recreational use with effect from October 2018, making it the second country to do so.
- An overloaded tourist ferry capsizes in Lake Toba (pictured), Indonesia, killing at least 3 people and leaving 193 others missing.
- In golf, Brooks Koepka wins the U.S. Open at the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.
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