Portal:Current events/2014 June 24

Current events of June 24, 2014 (2014-06-24) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin formally asks Russia's upper house of parliament to revoke the right that it earlier granted for Russian forces to intervene militarily in Ukraine in defense of Russian-speakers there. (Reuters) Nine Ukrainian servicemen are killed when an Ukrainian Ground Forces Mil Mi-8 is downed by separatist forces near Slavyansk, one day after a temporary ceasefire was declared. (Sky News Australia) A car bombing occurs in a Shiite suburb of Lebanon's capital Beirut killing the bomber and injuring five other people. (AFP via Global Post), (New York Times) At least five people have been killed in an attack on the Kenyan coast. (BBC) An Afghan man who saved the life of a Navy SEAL requests asylum in the United States after the Taliban has declared they will try to kill him. (Vocativ.com) At least 1 killed and 2 injured as unidentified gunmen open fire on a Pakistan International Airlines aircraft at Bacha Khan International Airport in Peshawar, Pakistan. (IANS via Biharprabha) Arts and culture The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, agrees to spend 2.2 billion Euros to convert Barcelona's La Monumental bullring into a 40,000-capacity mosque, the biggest in Europe. (RT) American stage and screen actor Eli Wallach dies in New York City, aged 98. (New York Times) Lyrics of "Like a Rolling Stone" handwritten by Bob Dylan sell at auction for a record US$2 million. (BBC) 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 the MV Sewol begins. (BBC) Tijuana Cartel leader Luis Fernando Sánchez Arellano is arrested by the Mexican Army in Tijuana, Baja California. (KPBS) R v Brooks, Coulson and six others Former News International tabloid editor Andy Coulson is found guilty in relation to conspiracy to hack mobile phones. Rebekah Brooks, Charlie Brooks, Clive Goodman, Ian Edmondson, Stuart Kuttner, Cheryl Carter and Mark Hanna are acquitted. (New York Times) Politics and elections (ko) withdraws his name from nomination to be the next Prime Minister of South Korea due to his alleged historic pro-Japanese views. (Yonhap) A new coalition government takes office in Finland, the first led by a Swedish-speaking Finn since 1959. (YLE) (Finland Times) Sport In ice hockey, Sidney Crosby, captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins, wins both the Hart Memorial Trophy and the Ted Lindsay Award for most valuable player as voted by the media and National Hockey League Players' Association, respectively. (NHL)