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Law and crime American judge Bernard A. Friedman of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan overturns Michigan's ban on same-sex marriages. (AP via Washington Post) A kindergarten lunch in Qiubei County, China, is poisoned, leaving two children dead and another thirty sick. (AP via CTV) Politics and elections Thai general election, 2014: The Constitutional Court ...
Digi24, often known as Digi 24 (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈdidʒi ˌdowəˈzetʃʲ ʃi ˈpatru]), is a 24-hour Romanian news television channel which was launched on 1 March 2012 by Digi TV. [ 1 ] History
Brazilian presidential election, 2014. The internationally-acclaimed environmental campaigner Marina Silva replaces Eduardo Campos, who died in a plane crash on August 13, as the presidential candidate of the Brazilian Socialist Party, with polls suggesting she could surpass Aecio Neves in the first round and current president Dilma Rousseff in the second.
Disasters and accidents The death toll in the Papua province of Indonesia reaches 11 as torrential rain continues to cause floods and landslides, occurring since Saturday. (News Corp Australia) At least seven mourners are killed and 37 are injured as a bridge collapses as they are transporting a coffin in Vietnam's Lai Chau Province. (AP via Philippine Daily Inquirer) Law and Crime Gary Melius ...
Disasters and accidents A polar vortex bears down on the east coast of the United States cancelling thousands of flights and creating dangerously cold conditions. (USA Today) (USA Today ²) Law and crime Twenty-six people convicted of terrorism charges are hanged in Iraq. (AP via USA Today) A man is killed in a shooting at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. A suspect is in ...
Business and economy Strikes by French air traffic controllers lead to the cancellation of dozens of flights in Europe. (ITV) Disasters Nine commercial fisherman are killed and three others are missing after two fishing trawlers collide near Pisco in central Peru. (AP) Law and crime The South Korean trial of the captain and 14 crew members in relation to the sinking of MV Sewol begins. (BBC ...
International relations Japan imposes additional sanctions on Russia due to the Ukraine conflict and a visit by an aide of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin to a contested island off the coast off northern Japan. (Reuters) Law and crime Disappearance of Hannah Graham A Virginia man is arrested in relation to the disappearance of Hannah Graham, a British student studying at the University ...
2014 Israel–Gaza conflict. Israel and Hamas agree upon a fresh five-day ceasefire. Iraqi insurgency (2011–present) The United Nations declares its highest state of emergency in Iraq following the advance of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Sunni militants and the Iraqi Army clash west of Baghdad, Iraq leaving 4 children dead.