Portal:Current events/2012 June 28
Armed conflict and attacks
- tortured and killed in the state of Oaxaca. (Fox News)
- Syrian uprising (2011–present):
- An explosion occurs in the carpark of the Palace of Justice in Damascus, wounding at least 3 people. (AP via USA Today)
- The Taliban releases a video of 17 decapitated Pakistani soldiers. (Global Post)
- In Shias, killing 10 and leaving 30 injured.(Reuters)
- At least 14 people are killed and more than 50 wounded in a series of car bomb attacks in Iraq. (BBC)
Business and economics
- The share price of Barclays bank plunges by 17 per cent after it was hit with a record fine for distorting key interest rates to rig international markets. (Al Jazeera)
- News Corporation has agreed to split the company into two businesses for publishing and entertainment. (The Wall Street Journal via The Australian)
- Eurozone leaders hold an emergency meeting on assistance to Spain and Italy. (AP via Seattle PI)
Disasters
- The United Nations expresses concern over the historical city of Timbuktu. (BBC)
- 2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods:
- A man is killed as torrential rain causes widespread flooding across England. The storms also force the Olympic torch relay to be halted briefly. (BBC)
- Both main rail lines connecting England and Scotland are closed after the tracks are blocked by landslides. (BBC)
International relations
- Mohammad-Reza Rahimi delivers an anti-Semitic speech at a United Nations conference on the illegal drug trade saying that a central Jewish text, the Talmud, was responsible for the spread of illegal drugs around the world; his speech draws condemnation from U.N. and the European Union diplomats. (The Age) (The Times of Israel)
- The Metropolitan Police Service's extradition unit delivers a notice to WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange at Ecuador's London embassy. (BBC)
- South Korea announces it will sign a military pact with Japan to encourage sharing of sensitive military intelligence. (New York Times)
Law and crime
- The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including the requirement for citizens to acquire health care by 2014. (Reuters) (MSNBC) (Al Jazeera)(New York Times)
- The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal acquits Radovan Karadžić of one of two genocide counts. (Al Jazeera)
- A MegaUpload, in connection to alleged copyright infringement were invalid. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- The Raymond Mawby, a Conservative Minister during the 1960s, passed information to Czechoslovak agents in exchange for money. (BBC)
- British Prime Minister David Cameron says the management of Barclays faces "serious questions" about its role in distorting key interest rates to rig international markets. (BBC)
- The Democrats approve the decision. (CNN)
Science and technology
- Google vice president Sundar Pichai officially claims that Google Chrome is the most used web browser in the world. (PC Advisor)
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Sport
- UEFA Euro 2012:
- Mario Balotelli describes his match-winning performance as "the best night of my life". (BBC)
- English football:
- Alan Shearer suggests England cannot win the 2014 FIFA World Cup. (BBC)
- The Los Angeles Galaxy star David Beckham is not named to the squad; former Barcelona star Gary Lineker expresses his shock at the exclusion. (BBC)
- In
- At the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, World No. 100 Lukáš Rosol upsets World No. 2 and two-time Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal in five sets, to achieve one of the biggest upsets in Grand Slam history. (ESPN)