Portal:Current events/2020 June 22

• Coronavirus recession, Immigration to the United States
  • U.S. President Donald Trump suspends the entry of some skilled and seasonal workers entering the United States, claiming it will open jobs to citizens. Business groups criticize this move as stifling economic recovery. (Reuters)

• India–Nepal relations
  • Nepalese authorities stop officials of the Water Resources Department of the Bihar government from carrying out infrastructural maintenance work in Indian territory along the India–Nepal border, claiming the area as part of its territory. The incident comes four days after the lower house of the Nepalese parliament approved a new map of the country that included Indian territory in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. (Times of India)
• China–United States relations
  • The U.S. State Department adds four Chinese media organizations, including the public broadcasting service China Central Television, to its list of organizations participating in "foreign missions" due to their connections with the ruling Communist Party. They will be required to report all their employees and any real estate holdings to the American government. (Al Jazeera)
• China announces its decision to join the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. (AFP via The Jakarta Post)
• Thousands of Palestinians and dozens of foreign diplomats attend a rally in Jericho to oppose Israel's plan to unilaterally annex the Jordan Valley and the settlements in the occupied West Bank. (Al Jazeera)

• A police officer of the New York City Police Department is suspended without pay after he is captured on camera using a chokehold against a 35-year-old man in Queens. The use of chokeholds by police was recently banned, both in New York City and the state of New York. (The Independent)
• Two suspects are arrested in Oregon in connection to a mass shooting at a residence in Valhermoso Springs, Alabama, on June 4 that killed seven people. (WBRC)

• 2020 Kiribati presidential election
  • Citizens in Kiribati head to the polls to elect their President. The main issue of the election is whether to maintain relations with China or Taiwan. Incumbent Taneti Maamau, who switched recognition from Taiwan to China last year, is facing candidate Banuera Berina who favors re-establishing relations with Taiwan. (RNZ)

• Apple's transition to ARM processors
  • Apple Inc. announces a transition of its personal computer products from using Intel processors to using ARM-based processors designed by Apple. Since 2006, the company has used Intel processors in its computer offerings. (The Verge)

• 2020 NASCAR Cup Series
  • George Floyd protests § Sports industry
    • NASCAR launches an investigation after a noose was found in the garage area of Bubba Wallace, the lone African-American driver in the series, at Talladega Superspeedway, in Talladega, Alabama, vowing to "eliminate [those responsible] from the sport". Wallace had recently successfully pushed NASCAR to enforce a five-year-old ban on the Confederate flag being displayed at its race tracks and properties. A plane pulling a banner with a Confederate flag and the phrase "Defund NASCAR" flew over the race track on June 21. (CTV News) (BBC News)
    • The United States Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation launch their own investigations in order to determine whether criminal charges can be brought. (USA Today)