Portal:Current events/2019 June 29
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June 29, 2019 (Saturday)
Health and environment
- Health effects arising from the September 11 attacks
- Former New York City Police Department police detective Luis Alvarez dies at a hospice in Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York, U.S., at the age of 53, two weeks after pleading with United States Congress alongside American television host Jon Stewart for 9/11 compensation funding to extend health benefits for first responders during the September 11 attacks including police officers, firefighters, and other emergency workers. His cause of death was colon cancer, three years after his diagnosis, which he stated was tied to the three months he spent at Ground Zero in the aftermath of the attacks. (PBS) (The New York Times)
International relations
- 2019 G20 Osaka summit
- China–United States trade war, China–United States relations
- U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet at the G20 summit and reach a deal that will allow American companies to sell non-sensitive technology to Huawei while China will buy food and agricultural products from the United States. (The Washington Post)
- Foreign relations of Venezuela
- In Osaka, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Canada jointly issue a statement condemning the Venezuelan government. The statement's author, Argentine President Mauricio Macri, indicated that it was meant to "show that beyond good faith and dialogue, Maduro takes advantage of that to create more poverty, famine and corruption in Venezuela". (Clarín)
- China–United States trade war, China–United States relations
Law and crime
- Carola Rackete, the captain of a migrant rescue ship, is arrested in Italy for docking without authorization after Italy closed its ports to rescue organizations. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she's "fine" following two bouts of shaking in public that have sparked concerns about her health. (BBC News)