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;Armed conflicts and attacks

  • al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
  • Some 1,200 people escape from a Yemeni prison including al Qaeda members. [http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/al-qaeda-suspects-flee-during-massive-prison-break-6350288 (AP via TVNZ)]

;Business and economy

  • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
  • Seven out of 57 countries defer joining the China-dominated bank. While most of them cite temporary procedural constraints at home, political reasons are involved with the case of the Philippines amid a territorial dispute with China in South China Sea. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-CJB-27215 (The Wall Street Journal)], [http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2015/06/30/1471603/government-defers-signing-deal-join-china-led-bank (The Philippine Star)]
  • Greek government-debt crisis
  • The Greek bailout program by the European Union ends today with Greece failing to make a payment to the International Monetary Fund. [http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/3d281c11a96b4ad082fe88aa0db04305/Article_2015-06-30-EU--Greece-Bailout/id-733dc844b399483690fd421d3c46d945 (AP)], [http://bigstory.ap.org/article/553b7188b32e4b7d8e2ac9187549b4c6/latest-markets-edgy-greek-imf-payment-looms (AP)] [http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/economics/greece-to-default-on-imf-payment/story-e6frg926-1227421097062 (AFP via The Australian)]
  • British reinsurance broker the Willis Group announces a merger with American company Towers Watson to create an $18 billion company. [http://www.ft.com/intl/fastft/352311/willis-group-unveils-18bn-merger-with-towers-watson (FT)]

;Disasters and accidents

  • 2015 Indonesian military plane crash
  • A Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 113 people onboard crashes in a residential area in the Indonesian city of Medan, resulting in at least 116 deaths. [http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/3d281c11a96b4ad082fe88aa0db04305/Article_2015-06-30-AS--Indonesia-Military%20Plane%20Crash/id-43471b119ddf44d084a1eb646fbd5e91 (AP)], [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33323419 (BBC)] [http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/indonesia-military-plane-crashes-hotel-dozens-killed-n384201 (NBC News)]
  • A man self-immolates aboard a Nozomi Shinkansen train running from Tokyo to Osaka; the man and another passenger die. Eleven others were reported injured. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150702234519/http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150630_35.html (NHK World)]

;Health

  • Governor of California Jerry Brown signs a bill into law requiring all children to get vaccinations before being allowed to go to school or day care. [http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Brown-signs-bill-requiring-childhood-vaccinations-6358317.php (SFgate)]

;Law and crime

  • The Supreme Court of the Philippines asks the government to respond to a petition seeking to repeal a law banning same-sex marriage in the country. [http://www.rappler.com/nation/97941-respond-same-sex-marriage-petition-supreme-court (Rappler)]

;Politics and elections

;Science and technology

  • A leap second is added to the clock for the first time in 3 years. [https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33313347 (BBC)]

;Sports

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