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  • 30 May 2018: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Assembly votes to merge with Pakistani Federally Administered Tribal Areas
  • 29 May 2018: European football: Real Madrid wins third consecutive Champions League beating Liverpool 3-1
  • 28 May 2018: Korean leaders Moon and Kim meet days after NK-US summit cancellation
  • 27 May 2018: Pakistan’s National Assembly passes bill to merge Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • 27 May 2018: Ireland votes to overturn 35-year-old constitutional ban on abortion
  • 26 May 2018: South African cricketer AB de Villiers announces international retirement
  • 25 May 2018: Italian club Napoli appoints Carlo Ancelotti as new manager
  • 25 May 2018: US National Football League to fine teams if athletes kneel during national anthem
  • 25 May 2018: Stacey Abrams becomes first black woman to gain major U.S. party nomination for governor of Georgia
  • 24 May 2018: English football: Arsenal appoints Unai Emery as new manager

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  • Pakistan’s National Assembly passes bill to merge Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Ireland votes to overturn 35-year-old constitutional ban on abortion
  • Dublin mayor suggests not sending Irish representative to Israel for Eurovision 2019; two European Parliament lawmakers support boycott
  • Netta wins Eurovision Song Contest for Israel
  • K-pop band 100%’s lead singer Seo Minwoo dies
  • Hawaii’s K?lauea volcano releases ash plumes to 30,000 feet, prompting aviation alerts
  • Deadly fire below US President’s Trump Tower residence
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  • India: Jammu and Kashmir government orders private tuitions to shut down for 90 days
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  • Woolworths, Australia moves single-use plastic bags ban date to June 20
  • Kenyan conservancy euthanises last male northern white rhino; only two females remain
  • French fashion brand Lacoste announces limited-edition logo change from crocodile to endangered animals
  • Hawaii’s K?lauea volcano releases ash plumes to 30,000 feet, prompting aviation alerts
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  • 28-year-old Swedish electronic dance music artist Avicii dies in Oman
  • K-pop band 100%’s lead singer Seo Minwoo dies
  • Charles Lazarus, founder of US-based toy retail giant Toys ‘R’ Us, dies at 94
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  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Assembly votes to merge with Pakistani Federally Administered Tribal Areas
  • Korean leaders Moon and Kim meet days after NK-US summit cancellation
  • Pakistan’s National Assembly passes bill to merge Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Discovery Space Shuttle Launch scheduled for July 13
  • NASA’s InSight lander and MarCO craft launch in new mission to Mars
  • US Republicans query Linux Foundation about open-source security
  • South African cricketer AB de Villiers announces international retirement
  • Italian club Napoli appoints Carlo Ancelotti as new manager
  • US National Football League to fine teams if athletes kneel during national anthem
  • Airborne sedan smashes into dental office in Santa Ana, California, US
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  • India Supreme Court overrules High Court: rivers Yamuna, Ganga no longer living entities
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  • South African cricketer AB de Villiers announces international retirement
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  • Swaziland’s King Mswati III signs gazette to rename country to eSwatini
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  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Assembly votes to merge with Pakistani Federally Administered Tribal Areas
  • Korean leaders Moon and Kim meet days after NK-US summit cancellation
  • Woolworths, Australia moves single-use plastic bags ban date to June 20
  • Sydney experiences hottest March day in 35 years
  • Australia bars North Korea’s U-19 football team from entering country citing ‘illegal nuclear programmes’
  • Fifteen states sue United States President Donald Trump for cancelling program for undocumented immigrant minors
  • Gunmen murder Honduran indigenous leader Berta Cáceres
  • Guatemalan Supreme Court approves impeachment of President Molina
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  • European football: Real Madrid wins third consecutive Champions League beating Liverpool 3-1
  • Ireland votes to overturn 35-year-old constitutional ban on abortion
  • Italian club Napoli appoints Carlo Ancelotti as new manager
  • Dublin mayor suggests not sending Irish representative to Israel for Eurovision 2019; two European Parliament lawmakers support boycott
  • German beer company Eichbaum issues public apology for printing Saudi Arabian flag on beer bottle caps
  • 28-year-old Swedish electronic dance music artist Avicii dies in Oman
  • Software giant Adobe Systems to acquire Magento Commerce for US$1.68 billion
  • NASA’s InSight lander and MarCO craft launch in new mission to Mars
  • NASA launches exoplanet-hunting satellite TESS
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