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Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, warns that violence can explode into armed conflict in Burundi following events of the current presidential election. (AP via ABC News America) 7th BRICS summit. The event is concluded.
Swiss National Bank reports a first half loss of 50 billion CHF as a result of the franc to euro peg removal earlier this year.; Russian financial crisis (2014–present) The Central Bank lowers interest rate to 11%, while the ruble falls 1.5% on the day to close at 60.60 against the dollar.
Disasters and accidents April 2015 Nepal earthquake The death toll for the earthquake reaches 6,100 as the first food aid reaches Nepal. This includes 6000+ people in Nepal, 19 people on Mount Everest, 76 in India, 25 in China, and 4 in Bangladesh. (AP via Daily Mail) Thousands of people are fleeing Kathmandu due to uncertainty over food supply. (Xinhua) At least 15 are dead and dozens missing ...
Law and crime Former CIA director and U.S. Army officer David Petraeus pleads guilty in federal court to a charge of unauthorized removal and retention of classified information. (Reuters vis MSN) A Turkish court orders President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to pay 10,000 lira ($ 4,000) in compensation for the mental anguish caused to artist Mehmet Aksoy for having called his sculpture Monument to ...
Politics and elections Pro-democracy protesters peacefully return to the streets of Hong Kong for the first time since the end of Occupy Central protests in December. (AFP France 24) (Reuters) Sports 2015 Australian Open In tennis, Novak Djokovic of Serbia beats Andy Murray of the United Kingdom in the Australian Open Men's Singles Final. Djokovic is the first man to win five Australian Open ...
Disasters and accidents 2015 Pacific typhoon season Typhoon Noul (Dodong) makes landfall in the northern Philippines as a Category 5 typhoon with thousands of passengers stranded and warnings of landslides. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters via Daily Mail) (Reuters via ABC News Online) 2015 Atlantic hurricane season Tropical Storm Ana makes landfall near the city of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, today ...
Business and economy Mario Draghi, head of the European Central Bank, tells the European Parliament in prepared testimony that the outlook for inflation is "weakening." The comment was taken to suggest the ECB will soon take a more stimulative stance on interest rates or money quantity. (Bloomberg) The city of Montreal in Canada begins dumping 2 billion gallons of raw sewage into the Saint ...
International relations The Palestine Authority signs a treaty to join and participate in the International Criminal Court. (Wall Street Journal) The Eurasian Economic Union between Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia comes into effect (Novinite) Law and crime Vietnam ’s new marriage law goes into effect, abolishing regulations that “prohibit marriage between people of the ...