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In basketball, the New York Knicks defeat the San Antonio Spurs to win the NBA Finals.
- The 2026 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 2025–26 season and conclusion to the season's playoffs. The best-of-seven series ended when the Eastern Conference champion New York Knicks defeated the Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs, four games to one. It was the Knicks' third NBA championship, and their first since 1973. The series ran from June 3 to June 13, 2026.
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Princess Bajrakitiyabha of Thailand, a possible heir to the throne, dies at the age of 47 after a three-year comatose state.
- Bajrakitiyabha, Princess Rajasarini Siribajra (7 December 1978 – 11 June 2026), also known as Princess Bha, was a member of the Chakri dynasty of Thailand. She was the eldest child of King Vajiralongkorn, and the only one born to his first wife Princess Soamsawali. She was born during the reign of her grandfather, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, and was his eldest grandchild.
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Elon Musk becomes the world's first US-dollar trillionaire after his company SpaceX raises the largest initial public offering.
- Elon Musk is the wealthiest person in the world, with a current estimated net worth of US$1.23 trillion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index and $1.2 trillion according to Forbes, primarily from his ownership stakes of 41% of SpaceX and 20% of Tesla. He will receive additional SpaceX stock and $1 trillion worth of Tesla stock if the companies meet certain milestones. His wealth is managed by Excession LLC, his family office, which has been run by Jared Birchall since 2016.
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- SpaceX, an American aerospace and artificial intelligence company founded in 2002 by Elon Musk, had its initial public offering (IPO) on June 12, 2026. The SpaceX IPO was valued at US$1.77 trillion, the largest public offering in history. On the first trading day, the company reached a market capitalization of about $2.1 trillion, positioning SpaceX as the sixth most valuable U.S.-listed firm. This valuation and the quantity of stock retained by Musk made him the first US dollar (USD) trillionaire, but were highly controversial. The IPO raised $86 billion for the company's long-term ambitions, including building orbital artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure to meet computing needs for xAI, a SpaceX subsidiary. The company chose to be listed on Nasdaq with the ticker symbol SPCX after securing a rule change allowing its early inclusion in the Nasdaq-100 index.
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In ice hockey, the Carolina Hurricanes defeat the Vegas Golden Knights to win the Stanley Cup .
- The 2026 Stanley Cup Final was the championship series for the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2025–26 season and the culmination of the 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs, between the Eastern Conference champion Carolina Hurricanes and the Western Conference champion Vegas Golden Knights. The series began on June 2, and ended on June 14 with the Hurricanes defeating the Golden Knights four games to two, winning their second Stanley Cup championship and first since 2006.
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A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes the southern coast of Mindanao in the Philippines, leaving at least 61 people dead.
- On June 8, 2026, at 07:37:40 PhST (UTC+08:00), a Mw 7.8 earthquake struck the southern coast of Mindanao in the Philippines. Its epicenter was off the coast of Sarangani province in the region of Soccsksargen, 24 km (15 mi) west-southwest of Kablalan. The earthquake was caused by subduction along the Cotabato Trench, a major earthquake-generating structure. Tsunami warnings were issued across the southern Philippines as well as in countries across Oceania, East and Southeast Asia. The earthquake was the strongest to hit the Philippines since the 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake.
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In athletics, Ja'Kobe Tharp sets a new world record in men's 110 metres hurdles.
- Ja'Kobe Tharp (; born September 30, 2005) is an American athlete specializing in the high hurdles. As of 2026, he holds the current world record in 110 meters hurdles, with a time of 12.75 seconds set at the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships. He won gold medals in 110 m hurdles at the 2025 American Championships and the 2024 World U20 Championships. He was a finalist at the 2025 World Championships and won the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships. In the indoor 60 meters hurdles, he holds the third fastest time, and the fastest for a college athlete, with a time of 7.32 seconds set at the 2026 NCAA Indoor Championships.
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Bolivian protests (ongoing)
- A series of mass demonstrations and strikes have been occurring in Bolivia since May 2026. Led largely by miners, they were joined by teachers, farmers, and other workers. The protests were sparked by a law allowing land to be used as collateral for loans, against the backdrop of a wider economic downturn in Bolivia. Although President Rodrigo Paz annulled the law on 13 May, protests continued to spread. The scope of the protests also expanded, with workers demanding higher wages, labour reform, and Paz's resignation.
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Ebola epidemic (ongoing)
- In May 2026, an epidemic of Ebola was reported in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is the 17th Ebola outbreak in the DRC and began only five months after the end of the previous outbreak. Early infections have been theorized to have occurred in February 2026 in the town of Mongbwalu, with imported cases from Ituri reported in North Kivu Province, and in Uganda's capital city of Kampala. A case in South Kivu was reported to have been imported from Tshopo province on 21 May.
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FIFA World Cup (ongoing)
- The 2026 FIFA World Cup is the 23rd and current FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament began on June 11, 2026, and is scheduled to conclude on July 19. It is jointly hosted by 16 cities: 11 in the United States, 3 in Mexico, and 2 in Canada. The tournament is the first FIFA World Cup to be hosted by 3 nations and the first to include 48 teams, an expansion from the previous 32-team format.
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Iran war (ongoing)
- From 28 February to 17 June 2026, the United States and Israel were at war with Iran and its regional allies. Hostilities broke out after surprise US–Israeli airstrikes targeting military and government sites in Iran resulted in the assassinations of Iranian officials, most notably including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. These attacks were launched amidst ongoing Iran–US negotiations, which were being held to address Iran's nuclear program. Iran retaliated by conducting strikes on Israel, on US-aligned Arab countries, and on US bases across the region; and by effectively blocking the Strait of Hormuz, which disrupted the global economy by causing a fuel crisis. Iran's response broadened the scale of the war by prompting retaliatory strikes from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait.
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Lebanon war (ongoing)
- Since 2 March 2026, there has been an ongoing war in Lebanon between Israel and the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah, with Israel invading parts of Lebanon. It is a resumption of major fighting in the Hezbollah–Israel conflict that began in late 2023, and is part of the wider conflict in the Middle East. The war has precipitated a still-developing humanitarian crisis, resulted in deaths of more than 4,000 people (both militants and civilians) from Israeli strikes in Lebanon, seen the forced displacement of over 1 million (>20% of the country's population), and entailed the deployment of matériel and tactics that potentially constitute war crimes or crimes against humanity.
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Russo-Ukrainian war (ongoing)
- On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Russia attacked Ukraine in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thousands of military casualties and tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilian casualties. As of June 2026, Russian troops occupy roughly 20% of Ukraine. From a population of 41 million, about 8 million Ukrainians have been internally displaced and 6–7 million have fled the country, creating Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II.
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Sudanese civil war (ongoing)
- Since April 2023, there has been a civil war in Sudan between the two main factions of the country's military government. The conflict involves the internationally recognized government of Sudan controlled by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), under General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan; against the rival Government of Peace and Unity led by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, commanded by General Hemedti (Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo Musa). Smaller armed groups have also taken part on both sides, most notably Sudan Liberation Movement splinter groups, the Tamazuj militia, and the Darfur Joint Protection Force.
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