Current events of July 1, 2014 (2014-07-01) (Tuesday) |
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- Armed conflict and attacks
- 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine
- Gaza-Israel conflict
- Israel's military hits 34 targets across the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip in response to the more than 20 rockets that were fired into Israel from Gaza since Sunday. One Palestinian man is killed after throwing a grenade at security forces in the raids. (AP)
- Islamist insurgency in Nigeria
- Business and economics
- The United States imposes a record $9 billion fine on BNP Paribas for helping clients bypass sanctions against Cuba, Iran, and Sudan. The bank is also barred from certain US dollar dominated transactions for one year. (Reuters)
- International relations
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
- Sports
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Current events of July 2, 2014 (2014-07-02) (Wednesday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Business and economy
- Roche Holding AG says that its US-based Genentech subsidiary will purchase American biotechnology company Seragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc for up to $1.725 billion in cash and contingency payments. (AP)
- Disasters
- Health
- 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak
- The World Health Organisation convenes an emergency meeting of health ministers from 11 countries in Accra, Ghana, to discuss ways of combatting the outbreak which has so far infected 763 people, leading to 468 deaths. (BBC)
- International relations
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
- Science and technology
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Current events of July 3, 2014 (2014-07-03) (Thursday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Islamist unrest in Egypt (2013–present)
- Saudi Arabia deploys 30,000 soldiers to its border with Iraq after Iraqi government forces withdrew from the area. (Reuters)
- International relations
- Politics and elections
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Current events of July 4, 2014 (2014-07-04) (Friday) |
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- Disasters and accidents
- An 11-story building under construction collapses in the Indian city of Chennai, crushing to death 61 people, most of them workers on site. (CNN) (BBC News)
- Law and crime
- Australian entertainer Rolf Harris is sentenced to 5 years and 9 months at Southwark Crown Court in London, United Kingdom, convicted on 12 charges of indecently assaulting female minors between 1968 and 1986. Harris will be eligible for release on licence after half of the sentence in 2017. (BBC News)
- A Kindergarten teacher is stabbed and killed in front of students at the Edouard Herriot school in Albi in southern France. The suspect was the mother of a new student who suffered from psychiatric problems. (New York Post)
- A 20-year-old man is arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder in connection with a June 28 shooting that occurred at Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., which killed one person and wounded 8 others. (Yahoo News)
- Politics and elections
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Current events of July 5, 2014 (2014-07-05) (Saturday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
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Current events of July 6, 2014 (2014-07-06) (Sunday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Law and crime
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Current events of July 7, 2014 (2014-07-07) (Monday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine
- Operation Protective Edge
- Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal)
- Disasters and accidents
- International relations
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
- Science and technology
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Current events of July 8, 2014 (2014-07-08) (Tuesday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Disasters and accidents
- International relations
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
- Sports
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Current events of July 9, 2014 (2014-07-09) (Wednesday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine
- A spokesman for Russia's Investigative Committee confirms that Nadiya Savchenko, the female military aviator who was captured by pro-Russian separatists on June 18, is now held in Voronezh, Russia, where she has been charged with killing two Russian journalists. (Radio Free Europe), (AP)
- Gaza–Israel conflict
- The Israeli Army intensifies its attack on the Hamas controlled Gaza Strip with 130 attacks on key sites such as command centers and rocket launchers after over 250 rockets and mortars were fired into Israel over the past week. Hamas rockets reached over 100 km into Israeli territory. (AP)
- The death toll from Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip reaches 40. (ABC News Australia)
- Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal)
- Iraqi security forces find the bodies of 53 men shot recently in Hamza south of Baghdad. (BBC)
- War in Somalia (2009–present)
- Somalia's police and intelligence chiefs were sacked after Al-Shabaab's attack on the Presidential palace yesterday. (BBC)
- Business and economy
- Disasters
- International relations
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
- Science and technology
- Sports
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Current events of July 10, 2014 (2014-07-10) (Thursday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine
- Ukrainian forces reclaim control of the city of Siversk from pro-Russian insurgents, and move on to consolidate their position by repairing damaged infrastructure and funneling aid into recently recaptured territory. (Wall Street Journal)
- Gaza–Israel conflict
- Business and economy
- International relations
- Law and crime
- A Myanmar court sentences four journalists and the editor of the Yangon based Unity journal to ten years hard labor for allegedly publishing state secrets in an investigative series of reports on a weapons factory. (AP)
- Disasters
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Current events of July 11, 2014 (2014-07-11) (Friday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Health
- Law and crime
- Sport
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Current events of July 12, 2014 (2014-07-12) (Saturday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Operation Protective Edge:
- The death toll in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of Israeli air strikes reaches 120. The IAF has performed over 1,300 airstrikes since the beginning of the operation. (AP)
- War in North-West Pakistan:
- Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
- Disasters
- International relations
- Politics and elections
- Sports
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Current events of July 13, 2014 (2014-07-13) (Sunday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- International relations
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
- Sports
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Current events of July 14, 2014 (2014-07-14) (Monday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Law and crime
- Anti-Israel protesters in Paris, France, surround a synagogue and chant anti-Semitic slogans resulting in a clash with police leaving three temple members in the hospital. Additional anti-Semitic attacks take place across the country including the firebombing of a synagogue and the assault of a 17 year old girl. (Jerusalem Post)
- Arts and culture
- Business and economy
- Disasters and accidents
- Health
- 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak:
- Politics and elections
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Current events of July 15, 2014 (2014-07-15) (Tuesday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Business and economy
- American chemical company Albemarle Corporation announces plans to buy out competitor Rockwood Holdings in a $6.2 billion cash and stock deal. (AP)
- A UK regulatory agency, the Financial Conduct Authority announces plans to cap the interest rates that can be set by payday lenders, as well as their default charges. (BBC)
- Disasters and accidents
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
- Sports
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Current events of July 16, 2014 (2014-07-16) (Wednesday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Business and economy
- Disasters
- Politics and elections
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Current events of July 17, 2014 (2014-07-17) (Thursday) |
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- Armed conflict and attacks
- Arts and culture
- Business and economy
- Microsoft announces deeper-than-expected job cuts as part of its cloud-oriented restructuring, almost halving the newly-purchased Nokia phone business. (Reuters)
- Disasters and accidents
- Health
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
- Science and technology
- Scientists report a video footage of a mysterious giant hole and crater that have suddenly appeared in the Yamal Peninsula, Russia. (Gizmodo)
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Current events of July 18, 2014 (2014-07-18) (Friday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2014 insurgency in Donbass:
- War in North-West Pakistan:
- Syrian Civil War:
- Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:
- Many people are feared dead after suspected Boko Haram militants raided the town of Damboa with substantial parts of the town including the market burnt down. So far, 18 bodies have been recovered with the death toll expected to rise. (BBC)
- Business and economy
- Disasters
- International relations
- Law and crime
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Current events of July 19, 2014 (2014-07-19) (Saturday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in North-West Pakistan:
- Operation Protective Edge:
- According to Hamas the death toll from Israel's offensive against the Gaza Strip exceeds 300 although it is not clear how many are civilians or militants. Israel conducted over 2500 airstrikes and artillery strikes during the operation while thousands of rockets have been fired into Israel. (AFP via SBS)
- Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
- Islamist unrest in Egypt (2013–present)
- Disasters and accidents
- International relations
- Law and crime
- A Florida court awards $23.6 billion in punitive damages against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in a case of a longtime smoker who died in 1996. (AP)
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Current events of July 20, 2014 (2014-07-20) (Sunday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Arts and culture
- Disasters
- International Relations
- For the first time in RIMPAC's history a nation (China) sent a surveillance vessel while also participating in the naval exercises.(Reuters)
- Politics and elections
- Sports
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Current events of July 21, 2014 (2014-07-21) (Monday) |
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- Armed conflict and attacks
- Business and economy
- Disasters and accidents
- Law and crime
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Current events of July 22, 2014 (2014-07-22) (Tuesday) |
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- Armed conflict and attacks
- Disasters and accidents
- Health
- International Relations
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
- Sports
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Current events of July 23, 2014 (2014-07-23) (Wednesday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Business and economics
- Disasters and accidents
- International relations
- Law and crime
- Sports
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Current events of July 24, 2014 (2014-07-24) (Thursday) |
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- Armed conflict and attacks
- Disasters and accidents
- International relations
- Politics and elections
- Sports
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Current events of July 25, 2014 (2014-07-25) (Friday) |
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- Accidents
- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Business and economy
- Health
- 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak:
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
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Current events of July 26, 2014 (2014-07-26) (Saturday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Health
- 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak:
- Dr. Kent Brantly, the medical director for Samaritan's Purse in Liberia, tests positive for the virus. (AP)
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
- Sports
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Current events of July 27, 2014 (2014-07-27) (Sunday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Law and crime
- Science
- Sports
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Current events of July 28, 2014 (2014-07-28) (Monday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Business and economy
- Disasters and accidents
- Law and crime
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Current events of July 29, 2014 (2014-07-29) (Tuesday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Arts and culture
- Disasters and accidents
- A heatwave in Japan has caused at least 15 deaths with more than 8000 hospitalised in the past week. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
- A stampede at a concert in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, to mark the end of Ramadan results in at least 24 deaths with dozens more injured. (BBC)
- Health
- 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak
- International relations
- Politics and elections
- Chinese state media report that former Politburo Standing Committee member and security chief Zhou Yongkang is undergoing investigation for "disciplinary violations." (New York Times)
- Sports
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Current events of July 30, 2014 (2014-07-30) (Wednesday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine: War in Donbass:
- Fighting intensifies in the east as Ukraine forces recapture control of the strategic town of Avdiivka from pro-Russian insurgents. (BBC)
- Post-civil war violence in Libya
- Islamist militias capture a special forces base in Benghazi. (BBC)
- 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict:
- Israeli shelling of a UNRWA school in Jabaliya refugee camp kills at least 19 Palestinian civilians and wounds scores more. (Al Jazeera)
- Three IDF soldiers are killed and fifteen injured when trying to disarm an IED rigged smuggling tunnel found at a UNRWA run health clinic in Khan Younis. Since the start of Operation Protective Edge 56 IDF soldiers and over 1200 Palestinian civilians and militants have been killed. (Times of Israel)
- Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, offers to donate weapons to the West Bank to better hit Israeli cities such as Tel Aviv. (Ynet)
- Business and economy
- Disasters and accidents
- Health
- 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak
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Current events of July 31, 2014 (2014-07-31) (Thursday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Business and economy
- Disasters and accidents
- Gas explosions in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung kill at least 20 people and injure more than 270. (BBC)
- Health
- 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak:
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Ongoing events |
Disasters
Economic
Environmental
Health
- West Africa Ebola outbreak
Political
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Ongoing conflicts |
- Libya
- Post-civil war interfactional fighting
- 2014 Libyan conflict
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Trials |
Recently concluded
- Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes
- Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty
- China: Bo Xilai
- Croatia: Ivo Sanader
- Germany: Breno Borges
- Italy: Silvio Berlusconi
- Jordan: Abu Qatada
- Netherlands: Ante Gotovina (ICTY), Mladen Markač (ICTY), Momčilo Perišić (ICTY), Germain Katanga (ICC)
- Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot
- Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL)
- South Africa: Chris Mahlangu
- Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko
- United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Levi Bellfield, Robert Black, Vincent Tabak, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins, William Roache, Dave Lee Travis, Nicholas Jacobs, Nigel Evans, Max Clifford, Stuart Hall, Dappy, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Rolf Harris, Tulisa Contostavlos
- United States: Noshir Gowadia, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Casey Anthony, Conrad Murray, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, Crystal Mangum, Abu Hamza al-Masri
Ongoing
- Brazil: Mensalão scandal
- Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal
- Canada: Luka Magnotta
- China: Organized crime in Chongqing
- Egypt: Mohamed Morsi, Hosni Mubarak
- France: Church of Scientology
- Germany: Christian Wulff, Beate Zschäpe, Uli Hoeness, Bernie Ecclestone
- Hong Kong: Alfredo Lim
- Iran: Babak Zanjani
- Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal
- Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim
- Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Ratko Mladic (ICTY)
- Palau: Tommy Remengesau
- Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., Imelda Marcos, Jovito Palparan
- Russia: Platon Lebedev
- South Africa: Oscar Pistorius
- South Korea: MV Sewol crew members
- Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein
- Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra
- Turkey: Kenan Evren
- United Kingdom: Eddy Shah, Koo Stark
- United States: Jodi Arias
Upcoming
- France: Éric Raoult
- Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo
- Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
- United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Dave Lee Travis, Gary Glitter, Andy Coulson
- United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Peter Madoff, Christian Gerhartsreiter, Dylan Quick, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Anas al-Libi, Bob McDonnell, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown
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