Portal:Current events/2019 June 3
Armed conflict and attacks
- War in Afghanistan
- Five people are killed and over 10 injured in an IED bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Dailytrust)
- 2018–19 Sudanese protests
- Over 13 people have been killed when Sudanese forces use live ammunition to break up a protester camp in Khartoum. (Al Jazeera)
- Boko Haram insurgency
- military bases in the Nigerian state of Borno. Casualties are unknown. (The Guardian Nigeria)
- 2019 Tripoli shooting
- A gunman kills four security officers and injures two before blowing himself up in Tripoli, Lebanon. (BBC News)
Arts and culture
- James Holzhauer is defeated on the American quiz show Jeopardy!, concluding a victory streak of 32 games with an earnings total of $2,464,216, but falls short of the winnings record set by Ken Jennings in 2004. (Washington Post)
Disasters and accidents
- 2019 Indian Air Force An-32 disappearance
- An Indian Air Force Antonov An-32 goes missing shortly after takeoff from an airbase in Assam. All 13 people aboard are presumed dead as search operations continue. (India Today)
Health and environment
- Authorities say that a patient has died amid an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in a recently opened hospital in Grove City, Ohio. (ABC News)
Law and crime
- pharmaceutical companies. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Donald Trump on social media
- U.S. President Donald Trump tweets a call to boycott AT&T in order to bring "big changes" at CNN. AT&T has not given an official comment or statement back regarding the tweet. (CNBC via MSN)
Sport
- 2019 AFL season
- In Australian rules football, Brendon Bolton is sacked as the head coach of the Carlton Football Club, following a prolonged period of poor on-field performances. (The Age)