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May 27, 2015
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2015-05-27
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant
Islamic State militants have carried out multiple
suicide bombings
targeting the
Iraqi Army
in
Anbar Province
killing at least 17 people.
(AP)
Disasters and accidents
At least 12 people, associated with the Kangleyuan Rest Home in the
Chinese
city of
Pingdingshan
in
Henan
province which was destroyed by fire with the loss of 38 lives, are detained for questioning.
(AP)
A sixth person is found to have died in this week's
floods
in
Harris County, Texas
, which contains the city of
Houston
.
(
Houston Chronicle
)
2015 Indian heat wave
The death toll in the two worst affected states
Andhra Pradesh
and
Telangana
passes 800.
(
Times of India
)
International relations
Representatives from the
United States
,
Japan
and
South Korea
meet in
Seoul
on how to respond to
North Korea's nuclear weapons program
.
(AP)
Former
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Tony Blair
resigns as the peace envoy of the
Quartet on the Middle East
.
(ABC News)
Law and crime
FIFA corruption scandal
Six
FIFA
officials are detained in
Switzerland
for extradition to the
United States
in relation to allegations of corruption between the 1990s and now. Those arrested include
Jeffrey Webb
,
Jack Warner
,
Eduardo Li
,
Eugenio Figueredo
and
José Maria Marin
.
(AP)
,
(BBC)
,
(
Washington Post
)
Swiss federal prosecutors open criminal procedures in relation to the awarding of the
2018
and
2022
FIFA World Cups
.
(AP)
FIFA suspends eleven people from involvement in football over the scandal.
(AP)
The
Legislature
of the US state of
Nebraska
votes to outlaw the
death penalty
, overriding a veto by
Governor
Pete Ricketts
.
(Lincoln Journal Star)
The parliament of
Greenland
unanimously votes to legalize
same-sex marriage
by 1 October, 2015.
(The Local)
Politics
The
newly elected
British House of Commons
commences its session with the
State Opening of Parliament
ceremony in which the
Queen's Speech
is delivered.
(BBC)
The
Prime Minister of Denmark
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
calls an
election
for June 18.
(Reuters via
Straits Times
)
Rick Santorum
announces he will be seeking the
nomination of the Republican Party
in the
United States presidential election, 2016
.
(
Washington Post
)
Science and technology
Elon Musk
's
SpaceX
wins
U.S. Air Force
approval to launch military satellites.
(AFP via News24)
Sport
2014–15 UEFA Europa League
In
association football
,
Sevilla FC
of
Spain
becomes the first club to win the
UEFA Europa League
four times defeating
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
of
Ukraine
3-2 with
Colombian
striker
Carlos Bacca
scoring twice in the final.
(CNN)
Matheus Leite Nascimento
collapses on the field of play during the
2015 UEFA Europa League Final
in
Warsaw
.
(SM)
2015 NBA Finals
In basketball, the
Golden State Warriors
defeat the
Houston Rockets
104-90 to win the
Western Conference
4-1 and go to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1975.
(Bleacher Report)
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