Portal:Current events/2015 June 15
June 15, 2015 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- At least 23 people are killed and more than 100 injured in suicide attacks on police headquarters and training centers by suspected Boko Haram members in N'Djamena, Chad. (New York Times)
- Balochistan conflict
- Over 100 Baloch rebels pledge allegiance to the government after abandoning armed struggle. (AFP)
- Syrian Civil War
- Kurdish YPG forces and Free Syrian Army rebels seize control of the ISIL stronghold of Tell Abyad in northern Al-Raqqah Governorate. (IBT)
Arts and culture
- The 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta by King John of England is commemorated around the world. (BBC)
Business and economy
- Drugstore operator CVS Health agrees to buy Target Corporation's pharmacy and clinic businesses for $1.9 billion. (Reuters via CNBC)
- Greek government-debt crisis
- Russian financial crisis (2014–present)
- The Central Bank of Russia lowers the interest rate to 11.5%. (Reuters)
- Gap Inc. announces closing 175 stores, including 140 this year, and terminating 250 jobs at its headquarters. (Reuters)
- Beijing Gehua CATV Network announces its plan to partnership Alibaba Group, China Film Group Corporation, and the new firm China TV Theaters Operating Co. Ltd. to expand the video streaming service throughout China, which may resemble Netflix and is called Tmall Box Office (TBO). (Forbes)(Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Nepal announces plans to reopen heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley two months after the April 2015 Nepal earthquake. (BBC)
- 2015 Pacific hurricane season
- Hurricane Carlos hits southwestern Mexico with heavy rain ahead of making landfall as a tropical storm later in the week. (Reuters via El Econimista)
- 2015 Alaska Sockeye wildfire
- The wildfire grows to 8,500 acres. (Alaska Dispatch News)
Health
- 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak in South Korea
- The number of deaths resulting from the MERS outbreak in South Korea rises to sixteen with the number of total cases rising to 150. (CNN)
Law and crime
- International Criminal Court investigation in Darfur
- The High Court in Pretoria rules that the President of Sudan Omar Al-Bashir should be arrested in South Africa and detained pending a formal request from the International Criminal Court. However, immediately after the ruling, the South African Government announces that Al-Bashir has already departed. He is wanted in connection with the war in Darfur. (News24)
- The Vatican to hold first paedophilia trial
- The Vatican announces that the first hearing in the trial of Józef Wesołowski, a former papal ambassador to the Dominican Republic and a Polish former prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, is scheduled for July 11. (ABC News), (NPR)
Politics and elections
- 2016 United States presidential election / Bush family
- Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida, announces his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination. (CNN)
Sports
- 2015 Stanley Cup Finals
- In ice hockey, the Chicago Blackhawks defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2–0 in the sixth game of the Stanley Cup Finals and win the series 4 games to 2. It is the Blackhawks' third win in six years. (The Guardian)