Portal:Current events/2014 February 9
February 9, 2014 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- A gunman kills two people at a Russian Orthodox cathedral in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin. (BBC News)
- Balochistan conflict:
- An exchange of gunfire on the border between the Pakistani states of Sindh and Balochistan kills at least nine people. (The Express Tribune)
- Syrian Civil War:
- Hundreds of civilians are evacuated from Homs, Syria, as a tense truce between rebel and government forces is maintained. (AP via ABC)
- Gunmen attack an Islamic religious gathering in Karachi, Pakistan, killing eight people. (AP via Fox News)
- Central African Republic conflict
- Human Rights Watch says that the entire Muslim population of the country may end up leaving in the next days or weeks. (BBC News)
Arts and culture
- A 50th anniversary concert is to be held in celebration of the British Invasion of The Beatles. (Time)
- The Federal government recognizes same-sex marriage in the United States in all legal matters as Eric Holder compares it to the Civil Rights Movement. (CNN)
- Woody Allen responds to allegations that he molested his daughter. (The New York Times)
- Marius the giraffe is culled and fed to the lions causing worldwide protests from environmental activists. (CNN)
Disasters and accidents
- 2013–14 Australian bushfire season:
- Authorities issue emergency warnings for numerous parts of the state of Victoria as conditions are the worst recorded since Black Saturday bushfires on February 7, 2009. (Sydney Morning Herald)
- Authorities report that several homes are destroyed in northeast Melbourne including the suburb of Warrandyte. (Melbourne Age)
- A car crash on the Pomona Freeway in Los Angeles, California, kills six people. (Arizona Daily Star)
- A car crash on I-275 in the Tampa Bay Area of Florida kills five people. (Tampa Bay Times)
International relations
- Iran-United States relations:
- Iranian officials say that two Iranian Navy warships will be travelling very close to the United States' maritime border in the Atlantic Ocean. (AP via USA Today)
- Iran agrees to a United Nations plan to address suspicions that they are working on designing an atomic weapon. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 2012 Dhaka fire:
- The owners of Tazreen Fashions, Delwar Hossain and his wife Mahmuda Akter, hand themselves in to face charges of murder in relation to the death of 112 workers in a factory fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in November 2012. (The Globe and Mail)
- British immigration minister Mark Harper resigns after he reveals that he had employed an undocumented worker. (The New York Times)
Politics and elections
- Tokyo gubernatorial election, 2014:
- Voters in the Japanese capital of Tokyo elect Yoichi Masuzoe to replace former Governor Naoki Inose, who resigned on December 24, 2013. (Yomiuri Shimbun)[permanent dead link]
- Swiss referendums, 2014
- 50.3% of voters vote in favor of the federal popular initiative "against mass immigration", to re-introduce quotas of immigrants for foreigners. (The Guardian)
Science and technology
- Scientists at the Australian National University discover the universe's oldest known star SMSS J031300.36-670839.3 estimated to be about 13.6 billion-years-old. (NineMSN) (International Business Times)
- Research from the Science Translational Medicine suggest that Vitamin C may be useful in aiding chemotherapy against cancer. (BBC News)
Sport
- Head coach Mo Cheeks is fired by the Detroit Pistons after a disappointing 21-29 start to the season. (Fox Sports)