Portal:Current events/2018 June 12

June 12, 2018 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Business and economy

History of AT&T
- A U.S. federal judge approves AT&T's $85 billion merger with Time Warner. (NPR)
Tesla announces that it intends to cut 3000 jobs in an attempt to improve profitability. Many of those workers will be offered alternative jobs under the same employer. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

2018 Pacific hurricane season
- Hurricane Bud grows into a category four hurricane with winds of 130 miles per hour (210 km/h) off of the Pacific Coast of Mexico. (CBS News)
2018 lower Puna eruption
- Hawaiian Airlines warns that the eruption of Kīlauea may hurt bookings and trim revenues. (CNBC)
A collision between a river cruise ship and a barge on Russia's Volga River kills at least 11 people. (Deutsche Welle)

Health and environment

Germany issues a recall of 73,000 eggs from the Netherlands suspected to be contaminated with fipronil. (BBC)

International relations

2017–18 North Korea crisis
- 2018 North Korea–United States summit, North Korea–United States relations
  - U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un meet for a historic summit on Sentosa Island in Singapore. This marks the first time that the leaders of both countries have met. (BBC) (The Guardian)
  - Both sign a joint statement that North Korea will work towards "complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula", and the U.S. will provide "security guarantees". The two sides agree to recovering and repatriating the remains of prisoners of war and those missing in action. (CBS News) (The Wall Street Journal) (The Washington Post)
  - After the summit, President Trump says that the U.S. will halt joint military exercises with South Korea. (CNN) (BBC)
Taiwan–United States relations
- The United States unveils a new 6.5-hectare (16-acre) complex in Taipei for the American Institute in Taiwan, the de facto U.S. embassy. (Reuters)
Macedonia naming dispute, Greece–Republic of Macedonia relations
- Greece and the Republic of Macedonia reach a deal to end a 27-year naming dispute between both countries, which would result in Macedonia being officially renamed the Republic of North Macedonia. (BBC)

Politics and elections

Seattle's city council votes 7–2 to repeal a controversial employer head tax, which was approved a month earlier. (The Guardian)