Portal:Current events/2019 July 16
July 16, 2019 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian Civil War
- Syrian government airstrikes targeting residential areas in the towns of Jisr al-Shughur, Khan Shaykhun, Maar Shoreen, Hantoteen and Ain Al Bardeh in Idlib province, kill at least nine civilians and injure 14 others. (AA)
Business and economy
- Nate Sutton, associate general counsel of Amazon, in testimony before a committee of the U.S. Senate, denies that the company uses individual data to compete unfairly with smaller sellers using its third-party platform. (Seeking Alpha)
Law and crime
- Odebrecht case
- Former President of Peru Alejandro Toledo is arrested in the United States following an extradition request. (US News)
- American musician R. Kelly pleads not guilty to federal sex-assault charges but is denied bail. (NBC News)
Politics and elections
- Telegramgate scandal
- Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló says that he will remain in office despite protests. (CBS News)
- The European Parliament elects Ursula von der Leyen of Germany as the new President of the European Commission. Succeeding Jean-Claude Juncker, she will be sworn in on 1 November 2019. She is the first woman to be elected to this office in EU history. (BBC News)
- Christine Lagarde announces that she will step down as managing director of the International Monetary Fund on 12 September 2019. (BBC News)
