Portal:Current events/2013 June 29
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June 29, 2013
(Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Eight Royal Thai Army soldiers are killed during an ambush in Krong Pinang District in Yala Province located in Southern Thailand. (BBC)
- One policeman is killed and 14 are wounded in a clash with the North Caucasian rebels in Chechnya, Russia. (Reuters)
- Syrian civil war:
- Three German Gruenhelme e.V. aid workers have been missing since May 19 in the town of Harem in northern Syria and are believed to have been kidnapped. (AP)
- Syrian government troops launch a major offensive on rebel-held areas in the city of Homs, following the regime’s success in seizing the city of Qusayr with Hezbollah backing.(The Jerusalem Post)
Business and economy
- The Australian Dollar falls to its lowest level against the US Dollar since 2010. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Disasters and accidents
- Four men including the pilot die in a helicopter crash in southern Switzerland. (AP via News24)
- 2013 North India floods: An Uttarakhand lawmaker claims the actual death toll from the floods is 10,000, ten times the official estimate. (Hindustan Times)
- Extreme heat in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, leads to dozens of hospitalizations. (LA Times)
International relations
- Vice President of the United States Joe Biden asks Ecuador to reject an asylum request by Edward Snowden. (The Independent)
Politics and elections
- Large crowds gather in Cairo, Egypt to protest against the presidency of Mohammed Morsi (BBC)
- Riot police clash with protesters in Soweto, South Africa, shortly before a visit by United States President Barack Obama. (Reuters)
- Former South African president F. W. de Klerk cuts short his European trip because of former president Nelson Mandela's ill-health. (SAPA via News24)
- Dozens of people are arrested at a gay pride parade in the Russian city of St. Petersburg. (AP via St Louis Today)
- 2013 protests in Brazil: Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff, experiences a sharp drop in popularity. Only 30 percent of people asked by the Datafolha's opinion poll considered Rousseff's administration "great" or "good". (Reuters)
Sport
- In cycling, the 100th running of the Tour de France gets underway in Corsica. (The Australian)