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Portal:Current events/2014 June 13

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;Armed conflict and attacks

;Business and economics

  • Priceline.com agrees to purchase OpenTable for US$2.6 billion. [http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/06/13/priceline-to-buy-opentable-for-2-6-billion/ (The New York Times)]
  • Amaya Gaming Group agrees to purchase PokerStars for US$4.9 billion. [https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2014/06/12/amaya-gaming-in-deal-to-buy-pokerstars-for-4-9-billion/ (Forbes Magazine)]
  • General Motors recalls 511,528 Chevrolet Camaros over fears that drivers could bump the key out of the "run" position, turning off the car. [http://read.thestar.com/?origref=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2F#!/article/539b2007ec0691a04a000c06-another-gm-recall-511-528-chevy-camaros-have-key-fob-defect (Toronto Star)]

;Disasters and accidents

  • A high speed ferry in Macau hits a breakwater, injuring 58 people. [http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/06/13/macau-high-speed-ferry-hits-breakwater-injuring-58/ (AP via Fox News)]

;Law and crime

  • Romanian hacker Guccifer is indicted in absentia in a federal court in the U.S. state of Virginia for hacking into the e-mails of American government officials and family members. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10897002/Guccifer-hacker-indicted-after-George-H-W-Bushs-personal-email-targeted.html (The Telegraph)]

;Politics and elections

  • Park Geun-hye, the President of South Korea, reshuffles her cabinet by replacing seven members after a fall in public support following the sinking of the MV Sewol in April. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140616174133/http://www.voanews.com/content/south-korea-president-shuffles-cabinet/1936032.html (Voice of America)]
  • Giorgio Orsoni, the mayor of Venice, Italy, resigns over corruption allegations related to the MOSE Project. [https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/13/us-italy-corruption-venice-idUSKBN0EO14T20140613 (Reuters)]
  • The Thai military junta announces that it is lifting the nationwide curfew. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140614015120/http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/thai-junta-interim-government-september-24119589 (AP via ABC)]

;Sports

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