Portal:Current events/2014 June 1
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June 1, 2014 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Islamist insurgency in Nigeria
- A bombing at a football match in the town on Mubi in northeastern Nigeria kills at least 40 people. (AFP via GlobalPost)
- Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram gunmen have been released. (CBC)
Business and economics
- Stocks in Egypt fall sharply with the EGX30 losing 4.2% and the EGX100 losing 5% after the government proposed a new 10% capital gains tax. (AP via ABC News)
Disasters and accidents
- A Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes near Munozero (Мунозеро (деревня)) in northern Russia's Murmansk Oblast with nineteen people onboard with two confirmed survivors and the fate of the other passengers unclear. (ITAR-TASS)
Law and crime
- A Muslim Frenchman with connections to Syrian jihadists is arrested for murdering four Jewish people in the Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting. (Times of Israel)
- A teenager is arrested at Heathrow Airport in England in relation to suspected involvement in Syrian-related terrorism. (Daily Express)
Politics and elections
- 2014 Thai coup d'état
- The Royal Thai Armed Forces deploy against major protests planned for today but a small protest goes ahead outside a shopping mall in central Bangkok. (AP)
- Telangana officially becomes the 29th state of India. (Hindustan Times)
- Former Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front guerilla leader Salvador Sánchez Cerén is sworn in as the President of El Salvador. (AP via CTV)
Sports
- In cycling, Colombian rider Nairo Quintana wins the 2014 Giro d'Italia, with compatriot Rigoberto Urán coming second and Italian Fabio Aru coming third. Colombia completed a successful stage with rider Julián Arredondo winning the mountains classification. (Gazetta)