Portal:Current events/2013 June 29

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

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)

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