Portal:Current events/2014 June 5
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;Armed attacks and conflicts
- Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:
- Suspected Boko Haram militants launch an attack in a village near the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing approximately 45 people. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27716898 (BBC News)]
- An attack on a Yemeni military checkpoint by suspected al-Qaeda militants in Shabwah Governorate, Yemen, leaves 14 people dead. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27711290 (BBC News)]
;Business and economy
- The European Central Bank cuts the prime interest rate to 0.15% and sets the deposit rate at -0.10% in an attempt to devalue the euro and boost the stagnant Eurozone economy. [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/06/business/international/european-central-bank-cuts-interest-rate.html (New York Times)]
;Disasters and accidents
- An AV-8B Harrier jet crashes in the U.S. city of Imperial, California, resulting in the destruction of three homes. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-27709387 (BBC News)]
;Health and environment
- A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine links MERS to several infected camels. [https://www.bbc.com/news/health-27695140 (BBC News)]
;Law and crime
- Tuam mass grave:
- An Irish archbishop claims the Catholic Church has no records on the burial of 796 children in a disused concrete septic tank at a building it runs in Tuam. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27710206 (BBC News)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/04/world/europe/ireland-children-bodies-tuam/ (CNN)] [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/04/children-galway-mass-graves-ireland-catholic-church (The Guardian)]
- The People's Republic of China claims to have arrested 29 people following recent terrorist attacks in the Xinjiang region. [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/china-29-arrested-anti-terror-crackdown-24001605 (AP via ABC)]
- Pakistani police arrest multiple people involved in the stoning of Farzana Parveen, bringing the total number of people in custody to 12. [http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/05/world/asia/pakistan-stoning-death/index.html?hpt=wo_c2 (CNN)]
- Moncton shooting
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police extend a national manhunt for a 24-year-old gunman who killed three police officers and wounded two others in a shootout in Moncton. [https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/05/us-canada-shooting-idUSKBN0EG05T20140605 (Reuters)]
- Four people are shot with one dead and three injured during a shooting on the campus of Seattle Pacific University. [http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/05/justice/seattle-campus-shooting/index.html (CNN)] [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/06/05/shooting-at-seattle-pacific-university/?wpisrc=al_national (Washington Post)]
- American hip hop band the Beastie Boys win a $1.7 million copyright violation suit against the makers of Monster Energy drink for unauthorised use of their music in advertising. [http://www.theaustralian.com.au/media/marketing/beastie-boys-win-legal-battle-over-energy-drink-ads/story-fna12mff-1226945656012 (AP via The Australian)]
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