Portal:Current events/2016 October 14
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October 14, 2016 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Sinai insurgency
- A suspected ISIL attack on a security checkpoint in North Sinai Governorate, Egypt, leaves at least 12 Egyptian military personnel and 15 terrorists dead. (Reuters), (CNN)
- Yemeni Civil War
- An explosion that targeted a funeral in Ma'rib for a top Yemeni army commander, kills five people, including the deceased's brother, and injures 15 more. (AP via Fox News), (The Indian Express)
Disasters and accidents
- A bus crashes and catches fire carrying tourists returning from a China tour on the Gyeongbu Expressway near Ulsan, South Korea, leaving ten people killed and nine injured. (AP)
Health
- Surgeons separate craniopagus conjoined twin boys in New York City. (BBC)
Law and crime
- A London-based trader who traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Navinder Singh Sarao, accused of contributing to the 2010 Wall Street "flash crash" by placing bogus orders to spoof the market, fails in his legal bid to stop extradition and will now be sent to the United States to face trial where he is wanted by U.S. authorities on 22 criminal counts of wire fraud, commodities fraud, and market manipulation. A judge initially approved his extradition in March, and today his bid to launch an appeal against that decision was rejected, ending his 18-month legal fight. He will now be extradited within 28 days. (Reuters)
- A retrial court finds Welsh footballer Ched Evans not guilty. He had previously been sentenced to five years imprisonment for rape in 2012. (BBC)
- Volkswagen diesel emissions cheating scandal
- Volkswagen agrees to pay $175 million to United States lawyers suing the German automaker on behalf of the owners of 475,000 polluting vehicles. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Death and funeral of Bhumibol Adulyadej
- Thailand declares today a government holiday for mourning King Bhumibol Adulyadej's death. (Reuters)
- Per Section 24 of the Constitution, Thailand formally confirms as the Regent pro tempore Prem Tinsulanonda, the President of the Privy Council and the former confidant of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. (The Bangkok Post), (The Irrawaddy)
- Cuba–United States relations
- President Barack Obama issues an executive order on Cuba lifting monetary limits on the amount of Cuban products, including cigars and rum, which Americans can bring back for personal use, allowing Cubans and Americans to engage in joint medical research, and allowing Cubans to buy certain U.S. consumer goods online. (The New York Times), (The Miami Herald), (The Havana Times)