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January 1, 2015
(
2015-01-01
)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Terrorism in Yemen
The death toll of the
suicide bombing
in
Ibb
,
Yemen
, that occurred on December 31 rises to 49 with the injury count rising to 70.
(AFP via
Business Standard
)
A shooting kills one and injures six people in
Killarney, Calgary
, Canada, with police making no arrests.
(
National Post
)
Business and economy
Lithuania adopts the euro
as its official currency, becoming the 19th member of the
Eurozone
.
(CNN)
U.S. fast-food restaurant chain
Chick-fil-A
warns that a security breach may have leaked credit card details of 9,000 customers in five states.
(
Daily Mail
)
International relations
The
Palestine Authority
signs a treaty to join and participate in the
International Criminal Court
.
(
Wall Street Journal
)
The
Eurasian Economic Union
between
Russia
,
Kazakhstan
,
Belarus
,
Kyrgyzstan
and
Armenia
comes into effect
(Novinite)
Law and crime
Vietnam
’s new marriage
law
goes into effect, abolishing regulations that “prohibit marriage between people of the same sex.”
(Bloomberg)
Politics and elections
Mario Cuomo
, former governor of the U.S. state of
New York
, dies at the age of 82.
(Reuters)
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