Portal:Current events/2013 June 28
June 28, 2013 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- One trainee member of the Philippine National Police is killed and six injured in an ambush in Mountain Province. (ABS-CBN News)
- One person is killed and four injured in an attack on a provincial party office in the Egyptian city of Zagazig. (Reuters)
- Thirty-three are killed in an attack in Nigeria's Plateau State. (Xinhua)
- Two people are killed and seven injured in a bomb attack in Songkhla, Thailand. (The Nation)
- Three people are killed and seven injured in an attack in Karachi, Pakistan (Gulf News)
- Fifteen people are killed in attacks targeting Iraqi police and anti-Al-Qaeda militiamen. (The Daily Star)
Arts and culture
- Former President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez wins the Simón Bolívar National Award for Journalism posthumously. (Mail & Guardian Online)
Business and economics
- Gold falls below $1200 per ounce for the first time since 2010. (BBC)
- The USDA approves a plant to slaughter horses for meat in New Mexico. (Reuters)
- News Corp. completes a planned split into two companies, creating 21st Century Fox. (LA Times)
Law and crime
- A senior Vatican bank cleric, Monsignor Nunzio Scarano, and two others are arrested on suspicion of smuggling €20 million into Italy from Switzerland. (BBC)
- French businessman Bernard Tapie is placed under investigation for improperly using political influence to benefit his businesses. (Xinhua)
- A man is arrested in England on charges related to an attack on the John Constable painting The Hay Wain. (AP via Silicon Valley Mercury News)
- Gay marriage in the state of California is legalized after the stay held on the unconstitutional California Proposition 8 is lifted. Two women who successfully challenged Proposition 8 in the Supreme Court of the United States are married in San Francisco. (NBC News)
Sport
- Former captain of the Pakistan cricket team Salman Butt admits to fixing matches in 2010. (The News International)