The edition of
Wednesday 18 June 2025
11 stories, section by section, the most important first.
International
Twenty-five Iranian ballistic missiles are launched at central Israel, with most being intercepted and no injuries reported.
Israeli gunfire and airstrikes kill at least 30 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip.
Politics
The parliament of Ukraine approves a law to allow multiple citizenship for Ukrainians in an attempt to ease a demographic crisis caused by the Russian invasion.
The Czech government survives a vote of no-confidence called by the opposition ANO party after the justice ministry accepted a bitcoin donation and sold them for nearly 1 billion Kč (US$47 million).
The government of New Zealand halts its financial support to the Cook Islands over a partnership agreement signed with China earlier this year.
North Korea sends thousands of workers to help rebuild Russia's Kursk.
Business
After 18 months of negotiations, Nippon Steel finalizes its $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel. The deal allows U.S. Steel to retain its name and headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and gives the U.S. government the ability to veto corporate decisions as needed.
The Law
A court in Córdoba, Argentina, sentences nurse Brenda Agüero to life in prison for the serial murders of five babies and the attempted murder of eight others between March and June 2022, whom she deliberately injected with potassium and insulin.
Science
The U.S. Supreme Court votes 6–3 to uphold a law proposed by Tennessee to ban gender-affirming care for minors, allowing other states to implement similar bans.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves Gilead Sciences's new lenacapavir drug, marketed as Yeztugo, for the treatment of HIV after successful clinical trials show the drug nearly eliminated the infection spread.
SpaceX Starship 36 explodes when a "major anomaly" occurs during a static fire test.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 18 June 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.