• The E3 2019 trailer for Pokémon Sword and Shield, scheduled to be released in November, causes controversy and unprecedented unanimous outrage among fans following the announcement that Pokémon absent from the Galar Pokédex cannot be transferred into the games, giving rise to the "Bring Back National Dex" hashtag among fans on Twitter. (Polygon)

• A committee of the US House of Representatives announces that it will hold a hearing next Thursday (June 20) to examine fuel efficiency standards, as the Trump administration presses for a rollback of an Obama-era schedule of 5% reductions in emissions per year. (Reuters)

• Sinking of Hableány
  • Four bodies are recovered by salvage crews during the raising of the wreck of the Hableány, which sank on the Danube in Budapest last month. Four other people are still missing. (BBC News)
• 2019 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
  • Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Vayu is in the Arabian Sea less than 600 miles south-southeast of Karachi, Pakistan, and is strengthening as it heads north. Vayu is expected to be a Category 2 or 3 storm when it approaches the Indian state of Gujarat early Thursday (local time), then should weaken as it approaches southeastern Pakistan over the weekend. (The Weather Channel) (Al Jazeera)
• A group of 65 Rohingya Muslims are left stranded on Rawi Island in southern Thailand after their boat shipwrecked during a journey to flee genocide in their native Rakhine State in Myanmar. (Reuters) (The Washington Post)

• Asbestos and the law
  • The Congress of Colombia unanimously approves a resolution to ban the production, commercialization, and distribution of asbestos. (El Tiempo)
• LGBT rights in Botswana
  • Botswana decriminalizes homosexuality. (BBC News)
• Media freedom in Russia
  • Following a public outcry, authorities in Russia drop drug charges against a journalist, Ivan Golunov, who has earned a reputation for exposing the corruption of Moscow city officials. (Reuters) (BBC News)
• Censorship in Samoa
  • Samoa bans the film Rocketman for its depictions of gay sex. (BBC News)

• North Korea–United States relations, List of North Korean missile tests
  • U.S. President Donald Trump says he received a "beautiful", "very warm and very nice" letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. He added that Kim is "keeping his word" and not testing any kind of missiles. Earlier at a speaking event in Washington, National Security Adviser John Bolton said North Korea is not complying with the terms agreed upon during Trump's first summit with Kim in Singapore last year. (Bloomberg) (The Washington Post) (CNN)

• 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
  • The USA's 13–0 defeat of Thailand sets a World Cup record for margin of victory for either men or women, and Alex Morgan's five goals ties a tournament record. (Yahoo! Sports)