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  • Tel Aviv, Israel
    Jun, 2018
    Prince William

    Israel visit

    Tel Aviv, Israel
    Jun, 2018

    In June 2018, Prince William visited Israel and Palestine, being the first British royal to visit the area officially since the expiry of the British Mandate. He visited Tel Aviv, meeting with mayor Ron Huldai and touring the beach area and city center; Jerusalem, meeting with President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; and Ramallah, meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.




  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Friday Jun 1, 2018
    James Bond

    Forever and a Day was published

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Friday Jun 1, 2018

    Forever and a Day is a 2018 James Bond novel written by Anthony Horowitz, and commissioned by the estate of Bond's creator, Ian Fleming. It was published on 31 May 2018.




  • Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
    Jun, 2018
    Sooronbay Jeenbekov

    His address to the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan about the Foreign Policy

    Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
    Jun, 2018

    In an address to the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan in late June 2018, he outlined and made clear that his country will pursue and develop multilateral relations with Turkey, Japan, South Korea, the United States, and the Arab world by the end of his term in 2023.




  • Beaverton, Oregon, U.S.
    Jun, 2018
    Nike, Inc.

    Nike announced It Would Initiate a $15 Billion Share Buyback

    Beaverton, Oregon, U.S.
    Jun, 2018

    In June 2018, Nike announced it would initiate a $15 billion share buyback over four years, to begin in 2019 upon completion of the previous buyback program.




  • Palo Alto, California, U.S.
    Jun, 2018
    Tesla, Inc.

    Tesla Model 3 Production reached 5,000 per week

    Palo Alto, California, U.S.
    Jun, 2018

    In June 2018, the production of the Tesla Model 3 reached 5,000 per week.




  • Menlo Park, California, U.S.
    Thursday Jun 7, 2018
    Facebook, Inc.

    Facebook announced about a Bug

    Menlo Park, California, U.S.
    Thursday Jun 7, 2018

    On June 7, 2018 Facebook announced that a bug had resulted in about 14 million Facebook users having their default sharing setting for all new posts set to "public".




  • Singapore
    Sunday Jun 10, 2018
    Kim Jong-un

    Met with Prime Minister in Singapore

    Singapore
    Sunday Jun 10, 2018

    On 10 June, Kim arrived in Singapore and met with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.


  • Lower Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
    Monday Jun 11, 2018
    September 11 (9/11) Attacks

    Rebuilding of the World Trade Center

    Lower Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
    Monday Jun 11, 2018

    3 WTC opened on June 11, 2018, becoming the fourth skyscraper at the site to be completed.


  • Singapore
    Tuesday Jun 12, 2018
    Kim Jong-un

    First summit with US President Donald Trump

    Singapore
    Tuesday Jun 12, 2018

    On 12 June, Kim held his first summit with US President Donald Trump and signed a declaration, affirming a commitment to peace, nuclear disarmament, and the repatriation of the remains of U.S. war dead.


  • Singapore
    Tuesday Jun 12, 2018
    Donald Trump

    Trump and Kim held a summit in Singapore

    Singapore
    Tuesday Jun 12, 2018

    On June 12, 2018, Trump and Kim held a summit in Singapore, resulting in North Korea affirming its promise to work toward complete denuclearization.


  • San Quentin State Prison, San Francisco, California, U.S.
    Wednesday Jun 13, 2018
    Murder of Gabriel Fernandez by Pearl Fernandez, and her boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre

    Aguirre was admitted to San Quentin State Prison

    San Quentin State Prison, San Francisco, California, U.S.
    Wednesday Jun 13, 2018

    Aguirre was charged with first degree murder with special circumstances of torture for murdering Gabriel Fernandez. He pleaded not guilty; however, the jury found him guilty and recommended he be sentenced to death, which was accepted by Superior Court Judge George G. Lomeli. Aguirre was admitted to San Quentin State Prison on June 13, 2018, where he is currently awaiting execution.


  • Istanbul, Turkey
    Thursday Jun 14, 2018
    Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

    President Erdogan is caught calling his party members to resort To electoral Fraud

    Istanbul, Turkey
    Thursday Jun 14, 2018

    On 14 June 2018, in a video that was leaked to the public, President Erdogan is caught calling his party members to resort to electoral fraud, by "marking" the votes of an opposition party, HDP, in a bid to consolidate a better position for his own party at the 2018 June elections in Turkey.


  • San Francisco, California, United States
    Friday Jun 15, 2018
    Elizabeth Holmes

    U.S. Attorney's Office investigated Holmes

    San Francisco, California, United States
    Friday Jun 15, 2018

    On June 15, 2018, following an investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California in San Francisco that lasted more than two years, a federal grand jury indicted Holmes and former Theranos chief operating officer and president, Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, on nine counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Both pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors allege that Holmes and Balwani engaged in two criminal schemes, one to defraud investors, the other to defraud doctors and patients.


  • Canada
    Monday Jun 18, 2018
    Justin Trudeau

    The House passed the Cannabis bill

    Canada
    Monday Jun 18, 2018

    On June 18, 2018, the House passed the bill with most, but not all, of the Senate's amendments.


  • Dongguan, Guangdong, China
    Monday Jun 18, 2018
    Oppo

    Oppo First high end Flagship

    Dongguan, Guangdong, China
    Monday Jun 18, 2018

    The Oppo Find X was launched on 19 June 2018 in Paris. Find X features a design that is different from traditional smartphone designs. A pop-up camera allows it to be a full-screen smartphone with minimal bezels. It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor and it operates on Android 8.1 (Oreo) with ColorOS 5.1.


  • Cupertino, California, U.S.
    Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
    Juneteenth

    Apple added Juneteenth to its calendars in iOS under official US holidays

    Cupertino, California, U.S.
    Tuesday Jun 19, 2018

    In 2018, Apple added Juneteenth to its calendars in iOS under official US holidays.


  • Wellington, New Zealand
    Thursday Jun 21, 2018
    Jacinda Ardern

    Maternity leave

    Wellington, New Zealand
    Thursday Jun 21, 2018

    On 19 January 2018, Ardern announced that she was pregnant and that Winston Peters would take the role of acting prime minister for six weeks after the birth. Following the birth of a daughter, she took her maternity leave from 21 June to 2 August 2018.


  • Central California Women's Facility, Chowchilla, California, U.S.
    Thursday Jun 21, 2018
    Murder of Gabriel Fernandez by Pearl Fernandez, and her boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre

    Pearl was admitted to the facility

    Central California Women's Facility, Chowchilla, California, U.S.
    Thursday Jun 21, 2018

    Currently, Pearl Fernandez is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for first degree murder with special circumstances of torture at Central California Women's Facility. Pearl was admitted to the facility on June 21, 2018.


  • Mallorca, Spain
    Friday Jun 22, 2018
    Sofia Kenin

    First career top-ten victory

    Mallorca, Spain
    Friday Jun 22, 2018

    After losing all five of her WTA Tour matches on clay across main draws and qualifying, Kenin reached her first WTA semifinal at the Mallorca Open on the grass. She defeated top seed and world No. 6, Caroline Garcia, for her first career top-ten victory before losing to Tatjana Maria. Kenin closed out the grass-court season with a second-round appearance at Wimbledon, winning her debut at the event against Maria Sakkari.


  • Tham Luang–Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park, Mae Sai, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand
    Saturday Jun 23, 2018
    Tham Luang cave rescue

    A group of football team went missing in the cave

    Tham Luang–Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park, Mae Sai, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand
    Saturday Jun 23, 2018

    On Saturday 23 June 2018, a group of twelve boys aged between 11 and 16 from a local junior football team named the Wild Boars and their 25-year-old assistant coach, Ekkaphon Chanthawong, went missing after setting out to explore the cave.


  • Pong Pha, Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai 57130, Thailand
    Monday Jun 25, 2018
    Tham Luang cave rescue

    Thai Navy started searching for the team

    Pong Pha, Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai 57130, Thailand
    Monday Jun 25, 2018

    On 25 June, Thai Navy SEALs divers arrived and began searching the cave. A Thai Navy SEAL said the water was so murky that even with lights they could not see where they were going underwater.


  • U.S.
    Jun, 2018
    Nancy Pelosi

    Pelosi statement

    U.S.
    Jun, 2018

    In June 2018, after Trump praised North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Pelosi said in a statement, "In his haste to reach an agreement, President Trump elevated North Korea to the level of the United States while preserving the regime's status quo".


  • Saint Petersburg, Russia
    Tuesday Jun 26, 2018
    Diego Maradona

    Extremely erratically behavior

    Saint Petersburg, Russia
    Tuesday Jun 26, 2018

    During the 2018 World Cup match between Argentina and Nigeria, Maradona was shown on TV cameras behaving extremely erratically, with an abundance of white residue visible on the glass in front of his seat in the stands. The smudges could have been fingerprints, and he later blamed his behavior on consuming lots of wine.


  • Pong Pha, Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai 57130, Thailand
    Wednesday Jun 27, 2018
    Tham Luang cave rescue

    Arrival Another diver to helpfull

    Pong Pha, Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai 57130, Thailand
    Wednesday Jun 27, 2018

    On 27 June, three BCRC (British Cave Rescue Council) cave divers arrived with specialist equipment including Heyphone LF radios, followed by separate teams of open water divers.


  • Pong Pha, Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai 57130, Thailand
    Thursday Jun 28, 2018
    Tham Luang cave rescue

    External forces supported the rescue operation

    Pong Pha, Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai 57130, Thailand
    Thursday Jun 28, 2018

    On 28 June, a United States Air Force team from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron, the 31st Rescue Squadron, and the 353rd Special Operations Group joined them.


  • Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
    Friday Jun 29, 2018
    LeBron James

    LeBron left Cavaliers

    Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
    Friday Jun 29, 2018

    On June 29, 2018, James opted out of his contract with the Cavaliers and became an unrestricted free agent.


  • Pong Pha, Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai 57130, Thailand
    Friday Jun 29, 2018
    Tham Luang cave rescue

    An Australian Federal Police team helped the rescue operation

    Pong Pha, Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai 57130, Thailand
    Friday Jun 29, 2018

    By 29 June, an Australian Federal Police team of Specialist Response Group divers had arrived and on Sunday a Chinese team of divers from the Beijing Peaceland Foundation.


  • United Kingdom
    Friday Jun 29, 2018
    Ellie Goulding

    Collaboration with Sean Paul

    United Kingdom
    Friday Jun 29, 2018

    In 2018, Goulding joined Tap Management after almost a decade with First Access Management. She appeared on a collaboration with Sean Paul on his Mad Love the Prequel EP titled "Bad Love", released on 29 June 2018.


  • Ireland
    Jun, 2018
    Brexit

    Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that there had been little progress on the Irish border question

    Ireland
    Jun, 2018

    In June 2018, Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that there had been little progress on the Irish border question—on which the EU proposed a backstop, to come into effect if no overall trade deal had been reached by the end of the transition period—and that it was unlikely that there would be a solution before October, when the whole deal was to be agreed.


  • Fisht Olympic Stadium, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
    Saturday Jun 30, 2018
    Cristiano Ronaldo

    Portugal was eliminated following a 2–1 defeat to Uruguay in the last 16

    Fisht Olympic Stadium, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
    Saturday Jun 30, 2018

    On 30 June, Portugal was eliminated following a 2–1 defeat to Uruguay in the last 16. For his performances in the tournament, Ronaldo was named in the World Cup Dream Team.


  • Kazan, Russia
    Saturday Jun 30, 2018
    Lionel Messi

    Eliminated against France

    Kazan, Russia
    Saturday Jun 30, 2018

    Following on from their poor qualification campaign, salvaged by Messi, expectations were not high going into the 2018 World Cup. In the round of 16 match against eventual champions France on 30 June, Messi set up Gabriel Mercado's and Sergio Agüero's goals in a 4–3 defeat, which saw Argentina eliminated from the World Cup.


  • Tel Aviv, Israel
    Jun, 2018
    Prince William

    Israel visit

    Tel Aviv, Israel
    Jun, 2018

    In June 2018, Prince William visited Israel and Palestine, being the first British royal to visit the area officially since the expiry of the British Mandate. He visited Tel Aviv, meeting with mayor Ron Huldai and touring the beach area and city center; Jerusalem, meeting with President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; and Ramallah, meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.


  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Friday Jun 1, 2018
    James Bond

    Forever and a Day was published

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Friday Jun 1, 2018

    Forever and a Day is a 2018 James Bond novel written by Anthony Horowitz, and commissioned by the estate of Bond's creator, Ian Fleming. It was published on 31 May 2018.


  • Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
    Jun, 2018
    Sooronbay Jeenbekov

    His address to the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan about the Foreign Policy

    Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
    Jun, 2018

    In an address to the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan in late June 2018, he outlined and made clear that his country will pursue and develop multilateral relations with Turkey, Japan, South Korea, the United States, and the Arab world by the end of his term in 2023.


  • Beaverton, Oregon, U.S.
    Jun, 2018
    Nike, Inc.

    Nike announced It Would Initiate a $15 Billion Share Buyback

    Beaverton, Oregon, U.S.
    Jun, 2018

    In June 2018, Nike announced it would initiate a $15 billion share buyback over four years, to begin in 2019 upon completion of the previous buyback program.


  • Palo Alto, California, U.S.
    Jun, 2018
    Tesla, Inc.

    Tesla Model 3 Production reached 5,000 per week

    Palo Alto, California, U.S.
    Jun, 2018

    In June 2018, the production of the Tesla Model 3 reached 5,000 per week.


  • Menlo Park, California, U.S.
    Thursday Jun 7, 2018
    Facebook, Inc.

    Facebook announced about a Bug

    Menlo Park, California, U.S.
    Thursday Jun 7, 2018

    On June 7, 2018 Facebook announced that a bug had resulted in about 14 million Facebook users having their default sharing setting for all new posts set to "public".


  • Singapore
    Sunday Jun 10, 2018
    Kim Jong-un

    Met with Prime Minister in Singapore

    Singapore
    Sunday Jun 10, 2018

    On 10 June, Kim arrived in Singapore and met with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.


  • Lower Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
    Monday Jun 11, 2018
    September 11 (9/11) Attacks

    Rebuilding of the World Trade Center

    Lower Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
    Monday Jun 11, 2018

    3 WTC opened on June 11, 2018, becoming the fourth skyscraper at the site to be completed.


  • Singapore
    Tuesday Jun 12, 2018
    Kim Jong-un

    First summit with US President Donald Trump

    Singapore
    Tuesday Jun 12, 2018

    On 12 June, Kim held his first summit with US President Donald Trump and signed a declaration, affirming a commitment to peace, nuclear disarmament, and the repatriation of the remains of U.S. war dead.


  • Singapore
    Tuesday Jun 12, 2018
    Donald Trump

    Trump and Kim held a summit in Singapore

    Singapore
    Tuesday Jun 12, 2018

    On June 12, 2018, Trump and Kim held a summit in Singapore, resulting in North Korea affirming its promise to work toward complete denuclearization.


  • San Quentin State Prison, San Francisco, California, U.S.
    Wednesday Jun 13, 2018
    Murder of Gabriel Fernandez by Pearl Fernandez, and her boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre

    Aguirre was admitted to San Quentin State Prison

    San Quentin State Prison, San Francisco, California, U.S.
    Wednesday Jun 13, 2018

    Aguirre was charged with first degree murder with special circumstances of torture for murdering Gabriel Fernandez. He pleaded not guilty; however, the jury found him guilty and recommended he be sentenced to death, which was accepted by Superior Court Judge George G. Lomeli. Aguirre was admitted to San Quentin State Prison on June 13, 2018, where he is currently awaiting execution.


  • Istanbul, Turkey
    Thursday Jun 14, 2018
    Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

    President Erdogan is caught calling his party members to resort To electoral Fraud

    Istanbul, Turkey
    Thursday Jun 14, 2018

    On 14 June 2018, in a video that was leaked to the public, President Erdogan is caught calling his party members to resort to electoral fraud, by "marking" the votes of an opposition party, HDP, in a bid to consolidate a better position for his own party at the 2018 June elections in Turkey.


  • San Francisco, California, United States
    Friday Jun 15, 2018
    Elizabeth Holmes

    U.S. Attorney's Office investigated Holmes

    San Francisco, California, United States
    Friday Jun 15, 2018

    On June 15, 2018, following an investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California in San Francisco that lasted more than two years, a federal grand jury indicted Holmes and former Theranos chief operating officer and president, Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, on nine counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Both pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors allege that Holmes and Balwani engaged in two criminal schemes, one to defraud investors, the other to defraud doctors and patients.


  • Canada
    Monday Jun 18, 2018
    Justin Trudeau

    The House passed the Cannabis bill

    Canada
    Monday Jun 18, 2018

    On June 18, 2018, the House passed the bill with most, but not all, of the Senate's amendments.


  • Dongguan, Guangdong, China
    Monday Jun 18, 2018
    Oppo

    Oppo First high end Flagship

    Dongguan, Guangdong, China
    Monday Jun 18, 2018

    The Oppo Find X was launched on 19 June 2018 in Paris. Find X features a design that is different from traditional smartphone designs. A pop-up camera allows it to be a full-screen smartphone with minimal bezels. It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor and it operates on Android 8.1 (Oreo) with ColorOS 5.1.


  • Cupertino, California, U.S.
    Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
    Juneteenth

    Apple added Juneteenth to its calendars in iOS under official US holidays

    Cupertino, California, U.S.
    Tuesday Jun 19, 2018

    In 2018, Apple added Juneteenth to its calendars in iOS under official US holidays.


  • Wellington, New Zealand
    Thursday Jun 21, 2018
    Jacinda Ardern

    Maternity leave

    Wellington, New Zealand
    Thursday Jun 21, 2018

    On 19 January 2018, Ardern announced that she was pregnant and that Winston Peters would take the role of acting prime minister for six weeks after the birth. Following the birth of a daughter, she took her maternity leave from 21 June to 2 August 2018.


  • Central California Women's Facility, Chowchilla, California, U.S.
    Thursday Jun 21, 2018
    Murder of Gabriel Fernandez by Pearl Fernandez, and her boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre

    Pearl was admitted to the facility

    Central California Women's Facility, Chowchilla, California, U.S.
    Thursday Jun 21, 2018

    Currently, Pearl Fernandez is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for first degree murder with special circumstances of torture at Central California Women's Facility. Pearl was admitted to the facility on June 21, 2018.


  • Mallorca, Spain
    Friday Jun 22, 2018
    Sofia Kenin

    First career top-ten victory

    Mallorca, Spain
    Friday Jun 22, 2018

    After losing all five of her WTA Tour matches on clay across main draws and qualifying, Kenin reached her first WTA semifinal at the Mallorca Open on the grass. She defeated top seed and world No. 6, Caroline Garcia, for her first career top-ten victory before losing to Tatjana Maria. Kenin closed out the grass-court season with a second-round appearance at Wimbledon, winning her debut at the event against Maria Sakkari.


  • Tham Luang–Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park, Mae Sai, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand
    Saturday Jun 23, 2018
    Tham Luang cave rescue

    A group of football team went missing in the cave

    Tham Luang–Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park, Mae Sai, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand
    Saturday Jun 23, 2018

    On Saturday 23 June 2018, a group of twelve boys aged between 11 and 16 from a local junior football team named the Wild Boars and their 25-year-old assistant coach, Ekkaphon Chanthawong, went missing after setting out to explore the cave.


  • Pong Pha, Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai 57130, Thailand
    Monday Jun 25, 2018
    Tham Luang cave rescue

    Thai Navy started searching for the team

    Pong Pha, Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai 57130, Thailand
    Monday Jun 25, 2018

    On 25 June, Thai Navy SEALs divers arrived and began searching the cave. A Thai Navy SEAL said the water was so murky that even with lights they could not see where they were going underwater.


  • U.S.
    Jun, 2018
    Nancy Pelosi

    Pelosi statement

    U.S.
    Jun, 2018

    In June 2018, after Trump praised North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Pelosi said in a statement, "In his haste to reach an agreement, President Trump elevated North Korea to the level of the United States while preserving the regime's status quo".


  • Saint Petersburg, Russia
    Tuesday Jun 26, 2018
    Diego Maradona

    Extremely erratically behavior

    Saint Petersburg, Russia
    Tuesday Jun 26, 2018

    During the 2018 World Cup match between Argentina and Nigeria, Maradona was shown on TV cameras behaving extremely erratically, with an abundance of white residue visible on the glass in front of his seat in the stands. The smudges could have been fingerprints, and he later blamed his behavior on consuming lots of wine.


  • Pong Pha, Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai 57130, Thailand
    Wednesday Jun 27, 2018
    Tham Luang cave rescue

    Arrival Another diver to helpfull

    Pong Pha, Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai 57130, Thailand
    Wednesday Jun 27, 2018

    On 27 June, three BCRC (British Cave Rescue Council) cave divers arrived with specialist equipment including Heyphone LF radios, followed by separate teams of open water divers.


  • Pong Pha, Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai 57130, Thailand
    Thursday Jun 28, 2018
    Tham Luang cave rescue

    External forces supported the rescue operation

    Pong Pha, Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai 57130, Thailand
    Thursday Jun 28, 2018

    On 28 June, a United States Air Force team from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron, the 31st Rescue Squadron, and the 353rd Special Operations Group joined them.


  • Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
    Friday Jun 29, 2018
    LeBron James

    LeBron left Cavaliers

    Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
    Friday Jun 29, 2018

    On June 29, 2018, James opted out of his contract with the Cavaliers and became an unrestricted free agent.


  • Pong Pha, Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai 57130, Thailand
    Friday Jun 29, 2018
    Tham Luang cave rescue

    An Australian Federal Police team helped the rescue operation

    Pong Pha, Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai 57130, Thailand
    Friday Jun 29, 2018

    By 29 June, an Australian Federal Police team of Specialist Response Group divers had arrived and on Sunday a Chinese team of divers from the Beijing Peaceland Foundation.


  • United Kingdom
    Friday Jun 29, 2018
    Ellie Goulding

    Collaboration with Sean Paul

    United Kingdom
    Friday Jun 29, 2018

    In 2018, Goulding joined Tap Management after almost a decade with First Access Management. She appeared on a collaboration with Sean Paul on his Mad Love the Prequel EP titled "Bad Love", released on 29 June 2018.


  • Ireland
    Jun, 2018
    Brexit

    Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that there had been little progress on the Irish border question

    Ireland
    Jun, 2018

    In June 2018, Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that there had been little progress on the Irish border question—on which the EU proposed a backstop, to come into effect if no overall trade deal had been reached by the end of the transition period—and that it was unlikely that there would be a solution before October, when the whole deal was to be agreed.


  • Fisht Olympic Stadium, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
    Saturday Jun 30, 2018
    Cristiano Ronaldo

    Portugal was eliminated following a 2–1 defeat to Uruguay in the last 16

    Fisht Olympic Stadium, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
    Saturday Jun 30, 2018

    On 30 June, Portugal was eliminated following a 2–1 defeat to Uruguay in the last 16. For his performances in the tournament, Ronaldo was named in the World Cup Dream Team.


  • Kazan, Russia
    Saturday Jun 30, 2018
    Lionel Messi

    Eliminated against France

    Kazan, Russia
    Saturday Jun 30, 2018

    Following on from their poor qualification campaign, salvaged by Messi, expectations were not high going into the 2018 World Cup. In the round of 16 match against eventual champions France on 30 June, Messi set up Gabriel Mercado's and Sergio Agüero's goals in a 4–3 defeat, which saw Argentina eliminated from the World Cup.


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