July 2, 2015 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
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Sinai insurgency:
July 2015 Sinai attacks
- Egypt vows to continue an offensive on the Sinai Peninsula until ISIL militants have been removed. A hundred people have been killed in fighting in the past two days. (BBC)
- Egyptian Air Force air strikes in the Sinai Peninsula kill at least 23 ISIS-linked militants a day after the deadliest clashes in the region in years. (Reuters)
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Boko Haram
- Boko Haram gunmen kill scores of people in attacks on the Nigerian towns of Kukawa and Musarram in recent days. (Agencies via WA Today)
- Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
- An attack on a convoy in northern Mali kills six UN Peacekeepers. (AP)
Business and economy
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Deepwater Horizon oil spill
- London-based BP agrees, pending court approval, to pay $US18.7 billion to compensate the United States government and the five Gulf Coast states-- Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas--for damages stemming from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The settlement includes a civil penalty of $US5.5 billion under the Clean Water Act. (Fortune) (AP via Washington Post)
- According to a statement from Ukraine's nuclear energy authority, Yadernoye Toplivo, a private U.S. nuclear energy company, ConverDyn, could begin helping Ukraine in the production of enriched uranium, a day after Russia shut off natural gas supplies to the country after the two failed to reach agreement over Ukraine's unpaid gas debts to Russia. (MSN)
Disasters and accidents
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Sinking of Kim Nirvana-B
- The Kim Nirvana ferry capsizes off the Philippines en route from the city of Ormoc to Camotes island with 173 people onboard; at least 33 people are confirmed dead while at least 50 people have been rescued. (AFP via ABC Online), (BBC)
- A bridge collapses under a Pakistan Army train at Gujranwala, killing nineteen and injuring over 100. Dawn
Politics and elections
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2016 United States presidential election
- Former Senator Jim Webb announces that he will seek the Democratic Party nomination. (Fox News)
Health and medicine
- Health officials announced that a 21-year-old woman from Bishop, California had died June 20th at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada from cardiac arrest caused by the rare brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri. (Reno Gazette-Journal) (Inquisitr.com)
July 2, 2015 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
-
Sinai insurgency:
July 2015 Sinai attacks
- Egypt vows to continue an offensive on the Sinai Peninsula until ISIL militants have been removed. A hundred people have been killed in fighting in the past two days. (BBC)
- Egyptian Air Force air strikes in the Sinai Peninsula kill at least 23 ISIS-linked militants a day after the deadliest clashes in the region in years. (Reuters)
-
Boko Haram
- Boko Haram gunmen kill scores of people in attacks on the Nigerian towns of Kukawa and Musarram in recent days. (Agencies via WA Today)
- Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
- An attack on a convoy in northern Mali kills six UN Peacekeepers. (AP)
Business and economy
-
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
- London-based BP agrees, pending court approval, to pay $US18.7 billion to compensate the United States government and the five Gulf Coast states-- Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas--for damages stemming from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The settlement includes a civil penalty of $US5.5 billion under the Clean Water Act. (Fortune) (AP via Washington Post)
- According to a statement from Ukraine's nuclear energy authority, Yadernoye Toplivo, a private U.S. nuclear energy company, ConverDyn, could begin helping Ukraine in the production of enriched uranium, a day after Russia shut off natural gas supplies to the country after the two failed to reach agreement over Ukraine's unpaid gas debts to Russia. (MSN)
Disasters and accidents
-
Sinking of Kim Nirvana-B
- The Kim Nirvana ferry capsizes off the Philippines en route from the city of Ormoc to Camotes island with 173 people onboard; at least 33 people are confirmed dead while at least 50 people have been rescued. (AFP via ABC Online), (BBC)
- A bridge collapses under a Pakistan Army train at Gujranwala, killing nineteen and injuring over 100. Dawn
Politics and elections
-
2016 United States presidential election
- Former Senator Jim Webb announces that he will seek the Democratic Party nomination. (Fox News)
Health and medicine
- Health officials announced that a 21-year-old woman from Bishop, California had died June 20th at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada from cardiac arrest caused by the rare brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri. (Reno Gazette-Journal) (Inquisitr.com)