Portal:Current events/2013 June 2

June 2, 2013 (Sunday)

Armed conflict and attacks

Syrian Civil War:
- A car bomb explodes near a police station in the Damascus suburb of Jobar, killing at least eight members of the security forces and injuring civilians. (CNN)
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021):
- Taliban insurgents attack two checkpoints in the Kamdesh District in eastern Afghanistan killing four Afghan police officers (ABC)

Arts and culture

Disasters and accidents

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes central Taiwan, killing at least one person. (CNN)
2013 European floods:
- Austria, Germany, Switzerland and the Czech Republic are hit by floods after days of heavy rain. (AP via ABC News)
- The Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Petr Necas, declares a state of emergency after two people die and the swollen Vltava River threatens the centre of the capital Prague. (Reuters)
It is announced that three professional storm chasers who were members of TWISTEX were among those killed by tornadoes in Oklahoma, US, on May 31. (Washington Post)
Wildfires in Southern California, USA, lead to hundreds of evacuations. (USA Today)

Politics

Two British Labour Party peers are suspended by their party after allegations they offered to undertake Parliamentary work in exchange for payment. A third peer, from the Ulster Unionist Party resigns the whip following the allegations. (BBC)
The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt rules that the country's Islamist dominated Parliament and Constituent Assembly of Egypt were illegally elected. (AP via Fox News)

Science and technology

New research finds that graphene is the strongest material in the world, even when patched together. (Science Recorder)

Sport