June 14, 2018 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Turkish general election, 2018
- Three people are killed and eight wounded in Suruç, Turkey, after election campaigning turned into riots. (Reuters via MSN)
Arts and culture
- Cinema of Saudi Arabia
- The Message is the first Arabic film commercially screened in Saudi Arabia. (Quartz)
- Demography of Japan
- Japan lowers the age of adulthood from 20 to 18, with the changes coming into effect in 2022. The revision to Japan's civil code means that 18-year-olds will be able to marry without their parents' consent, apply for credit cards and loans, and transgender people will be able to have their new gender officially recognised. The change causes confusion and concern regarding the kimono industry and Coming of Age Day. (The Guardian)
- Cardinal Pietro Parolin addresses participants in the Second Holy See – Mexico Conference on International Migration. The Vatican Secretary of State assesses the current political climate, calls for the humane treatment of migrants and discusses the “primary right” to live with dignity in one’s home country. (Holy See Press Office)
Business and economy
- Economy of the European Union
- The value of the euro falls by one percent after the European Central Bank announces it expects to halve net bond purchases to €15 billion per month from October to December, then end "quantitative easing" by the close of the year, while not raising interest rates. (CNBC) (Reuters)
- EU countries approve tariffs worth €2.8 billion in retaliation against U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminium. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
- AT&T completes its acquisition of Time Warner. The announcement comes two days after a judge ruled that the deal does not violate antitrust laws. (CNN)
International relations
- Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
- Italian Minister of Agriculture Gian Marco Centinaio says the Italian government will not ratify the EU–Canada free-trade agreement since, according to him, the agreement does not provide sufficient protection for Italy's specialty foods. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Hillary Clinton email controversy
- The U.S. Department of Justice publishes a 568-page report by Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz on the FBI's handling of its investigation of Hillary Clinton's email practices. The report is critical of former FBI Director James Comey, accusing him of being "insubordinate", but finding that his actions were not politically biased. (CBS News) (BBC)
- List of journalists killed in India
- Indian journalist Shujaat Bukhari is shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. One of his bodyguards was also killed in the shooting. (BBC)
- The attorney general of New York announces she is suing the Donald J. Trump Foundation and its directors, President Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump. (CNBC)
Politics and elections
- Politics of France
- The Senate of France approves a bill to reform the SNCF railway company. The French state writes off €35 billion of SNCF's €47 billion debt, but remains the sole owner of the joint-stock company with two subsidiaries: operator SNCF Mobility and infrastructure manager SNCF Network. (International Railway Journal) (Reuters)
Sports
- 2018 FIFA World Cup
- Hosts Russia beat Saudi Arabia 5–0 in the opening match, with two goals by Denis Cheryshev. (BBC Sport) (Reuters via RNZ)