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Current events of
June 30, 2015
(
2015-06-30
)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
Some 1,200 people escape from a
Yemeni
prison including
al Qaeda
members.
(AP via TVNZ)
Business and economy
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Seven out of 57 countries defer joining the
China
-dominated bank. While most of them cite temporary procedural constraints at home, political reasons are involved with the case of the
Philippines
amid a
territorial dispute
with China in South China Sea.
(
The Wall Steet Journal
)
,
(
The Philippine Star
)
Greek government-debt crisis
The Greek bailout program by the
European Union
ends today with
Greece
failing to make a payment to the
International Monetary Fund
.
(AP)
,
(AP)
(AFP via
The Australian
)
British
reinsurance
broker the
Willis Group
announces a merger with American company
Towers Watson
to create an $18 billion company.
(FT)
Disasters and accidents
2015 Indonesian military plane crash
A
Hercules C-130
military aircraft with 113 people onboard crashes in a residential area in the
Indonesian
city of
Medan
, resulting in at least 116 deaths.
(AP)
,
(BBC)
(NBC News)
A man
self-immolates
aboard a
Nozomi
Shinkansen
train running from
Tokyo
to
Osaka
; the man and another passenger die. Eleven others were reported injured.
(NHK World)
Health
Governor of California
Jerry Brown
signs a bill into law requiring all children to get
vaccinations
before being allowed to go to school or day care.
(SFgate)
Law and crime
The
Supreme Court
of the
Philippines
asks the government to respond to a petition seeking to repeal a law banning
same-sex marriage
in the country.
(
Rappler
)
Politics and elections
United States presidential election, 2016
:
New Jersey governor
Chris Christie
formally announces his candidacy for the
Republican nomination
for the 2016 presidential election.
(CNN)
Science and technology
A
leap second
is added to the
clock
for the first time in 3 years.
(BBC)
Sports
The
United States
defeats
Germany
2-0 in
Montreal
,
Quebec
,
Canada
, to reach the
Final
of the
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
.
(CNN)
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