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Portal:Current events/2015 July 3

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

  • Syrian Civil War
  • Turkey deploys additional troops along its border with Syria as fighting intensifies. [http://www.france24.com/en/20150703-turkey-ups-troops-syria-border-amid-aleppo-fighting-nusra-islamic-state?dlvrit=65413 (france24 with Reuters)]
  • Boko Haram insurgency
  • Toll of Boko Haram massacre in northeastern Nigeria rises to nearly 170.[http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/In-under-two-days-Boko-Haram-kills-nearly-170-20150703-2 (News 24)][http://www.naij.com/477981-flash-boko-haram-kill-over-100-in-fresh-borno-massacre.html (Naij)]
  • 2015 Sousse attacks
  • The United Kingdom holds a minute of silence at midday to commemorate the 38 people - including 30 Britons - killed in Tunisia a week ago. [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33375928 (BBC)]
  • Yemeni Crisis (2011–present)
  • A United States drone strike kills at least four militants in Yemen. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150914174026/http://www.france24.com/en/20150703-drone-kills-4-qaeda-suspects-yemen-official?ns_campaign=reseaux_sociaux&ns_source=twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ns_linkname=editorial&aef_campaign_ref=partage_aef&aef_campaign_date=2015-07-03&dlvrit=66745 (AFP via Frnce24)]

;Arts and culture

;Business and economy

  • American health insurer Aetna agrees to buy competitor Humana in a $37 billion deal. [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AETNA_HUMANA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT (AP)]
  • A UBS whistle blower is assisting the government of Brazil in its investigation of currency manipulation by global banks, according to a Brazilian paper. [https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/03/brazil-currency-ubs-idUSL1N0ZJ0CS20150703 (Reuters)]

;Disasters and accidents

  • Six people are dead following an explosion at a chemical plant in Ulsan in South Korea. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305024517/http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2015/07/03/0200000000AEN20150703001951315.html?input=www.tweeter.com (Yonhap)], [https://web.archive.org/web/20150704011013/http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/explosion-chemical-plant-south-korea-kills-workers-32198236 (AP via ABC News America)]
  • 2015 Pacific typhoon season
  • Typhoon Chan-hom strengthens as it heads towards the Pacific island of Guam. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150705232316/http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/chanhom-aims-for-guam-this-wee/49416782 (Accuweather)]
  • At least four people are dead and 48 injured following a 6.5 magnitude earthquake in Pishan County in China's Xinjiang region. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33376618?OCID=twitterasia (BBC)]
  • Sinking of Kim Nirvana-B
  • The death toll from yesterday's capsizing of the M/B Nivana off the coast of the Philippines rises to 56 as murder charges are filed against the owner and crew. [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/07/03/philippine-ferry-death-toll/29657733/ (AP via USA Today)], [http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/overloading-a-possible-cause-of-philippine-ferry-sinking-official (AFP via Straits Times)]

;Health and medicine

  • Research shows that during the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa, the ReEBOV Antigen Rapid Test, developed by Corgenix, showed promise as a bedside rapid Ebola test, successfully detecting Ebolavirus. [http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/06/diagnosing-ebola-in-minutes/ (Harvard)], [https://web.archive.org/web/20150501082854/http://www.corgenix.com/news-releases/corgenix-and-fio-combine-rapid-ebola-test-with-automated-analysis-and-data-capture-to-improve-frontline-care-and-case-tracking/ (Corgenix)], [http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)61042-X/fulltext (The Lancet)]
  • At least 29 people have died in a cholera outbreak in South Sudan. [http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/World/2015/Jul-03/304959-cholera-deaths-in-south-sudan-rise-thousands-at-risk-un.ashx (AFP via Daily Star)]

;Law and crime

  • Phil Walsh, the coach of the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League, is stabbed to death in his home with his son charged with murder. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-03/crows-coach-phil-walsh-allegedly-murdered-son-charged/6591832 (ABC News Australia)]
  • Dutch police detain 200 young people in The Hague for not following curfew as violence continues in the Schilderswijk district for a fourth night. [http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/World/2015/Jul-03/304957-hague-police-detain-200-as-disturbances-continue.ashx (AFP via Daily Star)]
  • Jeffrey Webb, a former Vice President of FIFA and President of CONCACAF, is reportedly charged with healthcare fraud in his native Cayman Islands. [https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/football-fifas-webb-charged-cayman-islands-corruption-case-041835668--sow.html (Eurosport via Yahoo!)]

;Politics and elections

;Science and technology

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