Portal:Current events/2015 June 30
June 30, 2015 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
- Some 1,200 people escape from a Yemeni prison including al Qaeda members. (AP via TVNZ)
Business and economy
- Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
- Seven out of 57 countries defer joining the China-dominated bank. While most of them cite temporary procedural constraints at home, political reasons are involved with the case of the Philippines amid a territorial dispute with China in South China Sea. (The Wall Street Journal), (The Philippine Star)
- Greek government-debt crisis
- The Greek bailout program by the European Union ends today with Greece failing to make a payment to the International Monetary Fund. (AP), (AP) (AFP via The Australian)
- British reinsurance broker the Willis Group announces a merger with American company Towers Watson to create an $18 billion company. (FT)
Disasters and accidents
- 2015 Indonesian military plane crash
- A Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 113 people onboard crashes in a residential area in the Indonesian city of Medan, resulting in at least 116 deaths. (AP), (BBC) (NBC News)
- A man self-immolates aboard a Nozomi Shinkansen train running from Tokyo to Osaka; the man and another passenger die. Eleven others were reported injured. (NHK World)
Health
- Governor of California Jerry Brown signs a bill into law requiring all children to get vaccinations before being allowed to go to school or day care. (SFgate)
Law and crime
- The Supreme Court of the Philippines asks the government to respond to a petition seeking to repeal a law banning same-sex marriage in the country. (Rappler)
Politics and elections
- 2016 United States presidential election:
- New Jersey governor Chris Christie formally announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the 2016 presidential election. (CNN)
Science and technology
- A leap second is added to the clock for the first time in 3 years. (BBC)
Sports
- The United States defeats Germany 2-0 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to reach the Final of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. (CNN)