Portal:Current events/2014 June 9

Current events of June 9, 2014 (2014-06-09) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks 2014 Jinnah International Airport attack: Karachi's Jinnah International Airport will resume services after yesterday's attack which claimed 21 lives. (Sky News Australia) The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claims responsibility for the attack. (Wall Street Journal) Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal): A suicide truck bomber detonates his vehicle at the gate of a Patriotic Union of Kurdistan office in Tuz Khormato, Iraq, a second truck bomb detonated as people were gathering around the first one. Over 15 are killed and at least 110 injured. (AP via ABC) Syrian civil war: The Syrian government declares a general amnesty for all citizens. (AP via Vancouver Sun) Brazilian riot police use tear gas to disperse protesters in São Paulo amid rising tensions between protestors and the government over the cost of the World Cup. (BBC) Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan Five NATO International Security Assistance Force troops are killed in fighting. (BBC) Arts and culture Six Cuban National Ballet dancers arrive in the American city of Miami after defecting on tour. (NBC Miami) Business and economics Merck & Co. agrees to buy Idenix Pharmaceuticals for US$3.85 billion. (Market Watch) American multinational food corporation Tyson Foods agrees to buy Hillshire Brands for US$7.7 billion. (Bloomberg) International relations Russian President Vladimir Putin's personal envoy warns Finland against joining NATO. (Barents Observet) Law and crime Vietnamese banking tycoon Nguyen Duc Kien is sentenced to 30 years in prison in Vietnam on charges of tax evasion, violating state economic regulations, fraud, and running an illegal business. (Xinhua) A Russian court in Moscow sentences five men to prison for the 2006 assassination of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. (New York Times) Sport 2014 FIFA World Cup A construction worker dies building a monorail extension to Congonhas-São Paulo Airport, one of several World Cup projects that have fallen well behind schedule. (Sky News) Basketball: In a reversal of recent reports, banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling withdraws his approval for the sale of the team to Steve Ballmer, and will pursue a US$1 billion lawsuit in federal court against the NBA and league commissioner Adam Silver. (ESPN)