Portal:Current events/2014 July 14

July 14, 2014 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Korean maritime border incidents:
- South Korea claims that North Korea has fired dozens of artillery shells into the sea near the disputed border. (AP via Fox News)
Sinai insurgency:
- One soldier and seven civilians, including two children, are killed in two successive mortar blasts in Egypt's city of Al-Arish in the Sinai Peninsula. (Indian Express)
2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine:
- A Ukrainian Antonov An-26 military transport plane was shot down near Luhansk where there is currently heavy fighting between Ukrainian forces and separatist rebels. Ukraine claims that it was shot down by a rocket fired from Russia. (Interfax) (AP via CBC)
- Ukraine and Russia trade charges of alleged violations of the border with the Russians claiming that shell fired from the Ukraine killed a Russian man in a border town on the weekend. (Reuters)

Law and crime

Anti-Israel protesters in Paris, France, surround a synagogue and chant anti-Semitic slogans resulting in a clash with police leaving three temple members in the hospital. Additional anti-Semitic attacks take place across the country including the firebombing of a synagogue and the assault of a 17-year-old girl. (Jerusalem Post)

Arts and culture

The General Synod of the Church of England meeting in York votes to allow women to become bishops. (BBC News)

Business and economy

South Korean electronics company Samsung suspends business with one of its Chinese suppliers after finding possible evidence of use of child labour in one of its plants. (AFP via NDTV)
Shareholders in Australian retailer David Jones Limited agree to accept a $2 billion takeover from South African retailer Woolworths. (Bloomberg via Business Week)

Disasters and accidents

Costa Concordia disaster
- Efforts to refloat the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia begin off the coast of Italy two and a half years after it sank. (Sky News Australia)

Health

2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak:
- The ebola virus outbreak in West Africa continues to get worse with the death toll now exceeding 500. (AP)

Politics and elections