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Current events of
May 14, 2015
(
2015-05-14
)
(Thursday)
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Arts and culture
Blues
legend
B.B. King
dies at the age of 89.
(BBC)
Disasters and accidents
In
New Zealand
's
North Island
heavy rains cause flooding on the
Kapiti Coast
in the
Wellington Region
prompting evacuations and closing road and rail links.
(TVNZ)
,
(Fairfax New Zealand)
2015 Philadelphia train derailment
The death toll from the derailment rises to eight, with 43 of the more than 200 injured remaining hospitalised.
(
The Guardian
)
International relations
U.S. President
Barack Obama
meets with the
Gulf Cooperation Council
at the
White House
with a proposed nuclear deal with
Iran
top of the agenda.
(CNN)
Malaysia
turns away two boats with more than 800
Rohingya
and
Bangladesh
migrants abandoned at sea by
human traffickers
.
(AP)
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