July 1, 2014, Release of Sniper Elite III
July 1, 2014,
July 1, 2014, Former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy is held for questioning over alleged corruption. (BBC)
July 2, 2014, Release of Earth to Echo
July 2, 2014, Release of Deliver Us from Evil
July 2, 2014, Release of Tammy
July 2, 2014, Release of Earth to Echo
July 2, 2014, Release of Deliver Us from Evil
July 2, 2014, Release of Tammy
July 2, 2014, Former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy is charged with corruption and influence peddling. (AFP via Yahoo! News Australia)
July 2, 2014, 2014 Atlantic hurricane season: Tropical Storm Arthur heads towards the US coast with a hurricane warning in place for the state of North Carolina. A mandatory evacuation is ordered for Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks. (AP)
July 2, 2014, Israeli–Palestinian conflict:A missing Palestinian boy in Shuafat is rumored to be murdered in revenge for the kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers, clashes break out. (Jerusalem Post)
July 2, 2014, Roche Holding AG says that its US-based Genentech subsidiary will purchase American biotechnology company Seragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc for up to $1.725 billion in cash and contingency payments. (AP)
July 2, 2014, Fabien Cousteau and two crew members resurface after 31 days living underwater and collecting scientific data. (ABC News)
July 3, 2014,
July 3, 2014,
July 4, 2014,
July 6, 2014, Season 2 Premiere of Witches of East End
July 7, 2014, 2014 Pacific typhoon season: Japan braces for the impact of Typhoon Neoguri which is expected to hit Okinawa and then Kyushu on Tuesday. (Market Watch)
July 7, 2014, A 6.9 magnitude earthquake hits southern Mexico and Guatemala, causing at least three deaths. (Wall Street Journal)
July 7, 2014, Judge Anita B. Brody of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania approves a preliminary settlement between the National Football League and lawyers for 4,500 former players over damages caused by concussion. (New York Times)
July 7, 2014, The prehistoric bird Pelagornis sandersi is identified as the largest flying bird yet discovered. (BBC)
July 8, 2014, Gaza–Israel conflict: The Israeli cabinet approves the call up of 40,000 reserve soldiers as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns of a ground operation against Palestinian rockets attacks and infiltration attempts into Israel. (The Times of Israel)
-The Israel Defense Force launches an air and artillery offensive in the Gaza Strip to quell rocket attacks and the Israel Air Force conducts more air strikes against the Gaza Strip after Hamas fires rockets into Israel. (BBC)
July 8, 2014, Typhoon Neoguri (2014)
Typhoon Neoguri heads towards the southern Japanese island of Okinawa with 100,000 on the island and adjacent islands urged to evacuate. (AFP via Yahoo! news Australia)
July 8, 2014, 2014 FIFA World Cup:
Miroslav Klose of Germany breaks the FIFA World Cup goal scoring record he previously shared with Ronaldo in a semi-final against Brazil. The Germans won 7-1 to go through to the final. (ABC News Australia)
July 8, 2014,
July 8, 2014,
July 9, 2014, Series Premiere of Extant
July 9, 2014, Season 2 Premiere of the Bridge
July 9, 2014, 2014 FIFA World Cup: Argentina defeats The Netherlands 4-2 after a penalty shootout to advance to the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final. (Los Angeles Times)
July 9, 2014,
July 9, 2014,
July 9, 2014,
July 9, 2014,
July 9, 2014, Russia's Angara rocket successfully makes its maiden flight. (BBC)
July 9, 2014, A gunman in Spring, a suburb of the US city of Houston, Texas, kills six people including four children. (Houston Chronicle)
July 9, 2014, Former Mayor of the American city of New Orleans, Louisiana Ray Nagin is sentenced to ten years in prison for corruption, money laundering and other related offences. (USA Today), (New York Times)
July 9, 2014, 2014 Pacific typhoon season: Typhoon Neoguri leaves two dead on Okinawa as it departs for Japan's main islands threatening heavy rain. (Reuters)
July 9, 2014, Gaza–Israel conflict: The Israeli Army intensifies its attack on the Hamas controlled Gaza Strip
with 130 attacks on key sites such as command centers and rocket
launchers after over 250 rockets and mortars were fired into Israel over
the past week. Hamas rockets reached over 100 km into Israeli
territory. (AP)
-The death toll from Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip reaches 40. (ABC News Australia)
July 10, 2014, Series Premiere of Welcome to Sweden
July 10, 2014, Series Premiere of Working the Engels
-The death toll from Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip reaches 40. (ABC News Australia)
July 10, 2014, Series Premiere of Welcome to Sweden
July 10, 2014, Series Premiere of Working the Engels
July 10, 2014,
July 10, 2014,
July 10, 2014, 2014 Pacific typhoon season: Typhoon Neoguri hits the main Japanese island of Honshu causing flooding, landslides and three deaths. (BBC)
July 11, 2014, Release of Dawn of the Planet of Apes
July 20, 2014,
July 20, 2014, Operation Protective Edge: Israel agrees to a two hour ceasefire in Shuja'iyya neighbourhood in the Gaza Strip at the request of the Red Cross ِafter a heavy firefight caused the death of more than 74 Palestinians and 13 IDF soldiers. (Haaretz)
-At least 100 Palestinians and 13 Israel Army soldiers are killed in fighting with the United Nations Security Council set to meet tomorrow. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
July 20, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine: Separatist rebels take all the 196 bodies from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 to an undisclosed location. (AP)
July 20, 2014, In golf, Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland wins the 2014 Open Championship (British Open) played at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, England. (AP)
July 21, 2014, Operation Protective Edge: The United Nations Security Council calls for an immediate ceasefire on the Gaza Strip after an emergency meeting. (BBC)
July 21, 2014, 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine: Fighting restarts near Donetsk as international investigators arrive to examine the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. (Reuters)
July 21, 2014,
July 21, 2014, 2014 Pacific typhoon season: The death toll from Typhoon Rammasun reaches 94 in the Philippines and 18 in southern China. (AP via Fox News)
July 21, 2014, Russian company Severstal sells two steel works in the US to AK Steel and Steel Dynamics for $2.3 billion. (AP)
July 21, 2014, Boston Marathon bombings: Azamat Tazhayakov, a friend of accused marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is found guilty of obstruction of justice and conspiracy for trying to hide evidence during the ongoing case. (MSN)
July 22, 2014, Release of Common album Nobody's Smiling
July 11, 2014, Four-time NBA MVP LeBron James, who opted out of the final two years of his contract with the Miami Heat, announces that he will return to the Cleveland Cavaliers, where he played for the first seven seasons of his NBA career. (Sports Illustrated)
July 11, 2014, A strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake hits Japan off the coast of Fukushima triggering a tsunami warning. (NYPost)
July 12, 2014, 2014 FIFA World Cup: The Netherlands beats Brazil 3-0 in the Third Place playoff. (Reuters via Yahoo Sports Australia)
July 12, 2014,
July 13, 2014, Series Premiere of The Strain
July 13, 2014, Season 2 Premiere of Ray Donovan
July 13, 2014, Season 2 Premiere of Masters of Sex
July 13, 2014, 2014 FIFA World Cup: Germany defeats Argentina 1-0 in extra time of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final at the Maracanã Stadium in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, with Mario Gotze scoring the winning goal. (ABC News Australia)
July 13, 2014, Lionel Messi of Argentina wins the Golden Ball for player of the tournament while Colombia player James Rodriguez wins the Golden Boot for highest scorer and Manuel Neuer of Germany wins the Golden Gloves for best goalkeeper. (ABC News Australia)
July 14, 2014,
July 14, 2014, 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine: A Ukrainian Antonov An-26 military transport plane was shot down near Luhansk where there is currently heavy fighting between Ukrainian forces and separatist rebels. The Ukraine claims that it was shot down by a rocket fired from Russia. (Interfax)
-Ukraine and Russia trade charges of alleged violations of the border with the Russians claiming that shell fired from the Ukraine killed a Russian man in a border town on the weekend. (Reuters)
July 14, 2014, Costa Concordia disaster: Efforts to refloat the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia begin off the coast of Italy two and a half years after it sank. (Sky News Australia)
July 14, 2014, Shareholders in Australian retailer David Jones Limited agree to accept a $2 billion takeover from South African retailer Woolworths. (Bloomberg via Business Week)
July 15, 2014, Release of Weird Al Yankovic album Mandatory Fun
July 15, 2014, Operation Protective Edge: A ceasefire deal, brokered by Egypt, is accepted by Israel but rejected by Hamas. (The Guardian)
-Despite the suspension of airstrikes by the IDF for 6 hours as the ceasefire agreement comes into effect, rockets continue to be fired from Gaza and the IDF resumes its military operation as the death toll in Gaza reaches 190. (Reuters)
-The IDF reports that a rocket which started a fire in the Golan Heights was launched from Syria. (Jerusalem Post)
July 15, 2014, American chemical company Albemarle Corporation announces plans to buy out competitor Rockwood Holdings in a $6.2 billion cash and stock deal. (AP)
July 15, 2014, 2014 Pacific typhoon season: The Philippines braces for the impact of Typhoon Rammasun (Glenda) which is expected to pass over the capital Manila causing flooding. Thousands have fled to evacuation centres and ports and airports in the country are closed (ABC News Australia)
July 15, 2014, The European Parliament votes to elect Jean-Claude Juncker as President of the European Commission. (Euronews)
July 15, 2014, The Croatian parliament passes a law that recognizes life partnerships for same-sex couples, making them equal married couples in everything except adoption. (queer.de)
July 15, 2014, 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game: In North American baseball, the American League defeats the National League 5-3 with Mike Trout batting in two runs. (Fox News)
July 16, 2014, Series Premiere of The Divide
July 16, 2014, Operation Protective Edge: Israeli shelling kills four children playing in a port next to Al-Deira hotel in Gaza, base to many journalists. (The Guardian)
July 16, 2014, 2014 insurgency in Donbass: The US widens sanctions against Russia, targeting major banks and energy companies, Russian defense industry, and individuals it said were responsible for the continuing support of separatists battling government forces in eastern Ukraine. (U.S. Department of Treasury)
-The Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, criticises Russia for failing to meet commitments to end the violence in Ukraine, and said Russia might face further EU sanctions. (BBC)
July 16, 2014, Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority grants allowance to restart two nuclear plants, the first such a move in the country after the Fukushima disaster. (BBC)
July 16, 2014, 2014 Pacific typhoon season: Typhoon Rammasun (Glenda) hits the Philippines island of Luzon causing extensive damage and at least ten deaths. (CNN)
July 16, 2014, Bashar Assad is sworn in to serve his third term as President of Syria. (AP via Washington Post)
July 16, 2014, Russia and Cuba agree on reopening the biggest soviet era espionage base outside of Russia. (Business Insider)
July 17, 2014, 2014 insurgency in Donbass: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 carrying 298 people from multiple countries is shot down near Hrabove in Donetsk Oblast, on a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. (BBC)
-Ukraine accuses a Russian Air Force jet of shooting down a Ukrainian warplane over its territory. (Sky News Australia)
July 17, 2014, Operation Protective Edge: Israel and Hamas agree to a brief UN humanitarian ceasefire Thursday morning to allow aid to enter the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
-It is reported later by Israel´s foreign minister and Hamas the cease fire was misinformed news. (BBC)
-During a routine investigation by the United Nations, over 20 rockets are found hidden in a school in Gaza operated by UNRWA. (Times of Israel)
-Another ceasefire deal brokered by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is accepted by Israel but rejected by Hamas, several hours later Israel commences a ground offensive. (BBC)
July 17, 2014, Series Premiere of Seed
July 17, 2014, Series Premiere of The Lottery
July 17, 2014, Series Premiere of Married
July 17, 2014, Series Premiere of Satisfaction
July 17, 2014, Series Premiere of You're the Worst
July 17, 2014, Series Premiere of Rush
July 17, 2014,
July 17, 2014, The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum obtains a full copy of the archives of the United Nations War Crimes Commission from World War II and makes it available online. (AP)
July 17, 2014, Microsoft announces deeper-than-expected job cuts as part of its cloud-oriented restructuring, almost halving the newly-purchased Nokia phone business. (Reuters)
July 17, 2014, A federal judge rules the death penalty in California is unconstitutional. (Los Angeles Times)
July 17, 2014, Scientists report a video footage of a mysterious giant hole and crater that have suddenly appeared in the Yamal Peninsula, Russia. (Gizmodo)
July 17, 2014, The Parliament of Australia votes to abolish a carbon tax and emissions trading scheme. (AFP via Yahoo!7 news)
July 18, 2014, Release of Planes Fire and Rescue
July 18, 2014, Release of The Purge Anarchy
July 18, 2014, Release of Persecuted
July 18, 2014, Release of Sex Tape
July 18, 2014, Syrian Civil War: About 100 soldiers, guards and employees are killed as insurgents belonging to the Islamic State (ISIS) seize control of the Shaer gas field in Palmyra, central Syria. The United Kingdom-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 115 people were killed in total. (Irish Independent)
July 18, 2014, 2014 insurgency in Donbass: US President Barack Obama says the United States has "increasing confidence" that the missile that shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 came from Russian separatists in Ukraine - and that Russia bears responsibility for the crisis. (New York Times)
July 19, 2014, Operation Protective Edge: The death toll from Israel's offensive against Hamas on the Gaza Strip exceeds 300. Israel conducted over 2500 airstrikes and artillery strikes during the operation. (AFP via SBS)
July 19, 2014, 2014 Pacific typhoon season: Typhoon Rammasun has killed at least 14 people in southern China since it arrived late on Friday. (Reuters)
July 19, 2014, Russia bans 13 Americans including Congressman Jim Moran, Rear Adm. Richard Butler and Lynndie England in response to the United States banning Russians for human rights abuses. (AP)
July 19, 2014, A Florida court awards $23.6 billion in punitive damages against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in a case of a longtime smoker who died in 1996. (AP)
July 11, 2014, A strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake hits Japan off the coast of Fukushima triggering a tsunami warning. (NYPost)
July 12, 2014, 2014 FIFA World Cup: The Netherlands beats Brazil 3-0 in the Third Place playoff. (Reuters via Yahoo Sports Australia)
July 12, 2014,
July 13, 2014, Series Premiere of The Strain
July 13, 2014, Season 2 Premiere of Ray Donovan
July 13, 2014, Season 2 Premiere of Masters of Sex
July 13, 2014, 2014 FIFA World Cup: Germany defeats Argentina 1-0 in extra time of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final at the Maracanã Stadium in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, with Mario Gotze scoring the winning goal. (ABC News Australia)
July 13, 2014, Lionel Messi of Argentina wins the Golden Ball for player of the tournament while Colombia player James Rodriguez wins the Golden Boot for highest scorer and Manuel Neuer of Germany wins the Golden Gloves for best goalkeeper. (ABC News Australia)
July 14, 2014,
July 14, 2014, 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine: A Ukrainian Antonov An-26 military transport plane was shot down near Luhansk where there is currently heavy fighting between Ukrainian forces and separatist rebels. The Ukraine claims that it was shot down by a rocket fired from Russia. (Interfax)
-Ukraine and Russia trade charges of alleged violations of the border with the Russians claiming that shell fired from the Ukraine killed a Russian man in a border town on the weekend. (Reuters)
July 14, 2014, Costa Concordia disaster: Efforts to refloat the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia begin off the coast of Italy two and a half years after it sank. (Sky News Australia)
July 14, 2014, Shareholders in Australian retailer David Jones Limited agree to accept a $2 billion takeover from South African retailer Woolworths. (Bloomberg via Business Week)
July 15, 2014, Release of Weird Al Yankovic album Mandatory Fun
July 15, 2014, Operation Protective Edge: A ceasefire deal, brokered by Egypt, is accepted by Israel but rejected by Hamas. (The Guardian)
-Despite the suspension of airstrikes by the IDF for 6 hours as the ceasefire agreement comes into effect, rockets continue to be fired from Gaza and the IDF resumes its military operation as the death toll in Gaza reaches 190. (Reuters)
-The IDF reports that a rocket which started a fire in the Golan Heights was launched from Syria. (Jerusalem Post)
July 15, 2014, American chemical company Albemarle Corporation announces plans to buy out competitor Rockwood Holdings in a $6.2 billion cash and stock deal. (AP)
July 15, 2014, 2014 Pacific typhoon season: The Philippines braces for the impact of Typhoon Rammasun (Glenda) which is expected to pass over the capital Manila causing flooding. Thousands have fled to evacuation centres and ports and airports in the country are closed (ABC News Australia)
July 15, 2014, The European Parliament votes to elect Jean-Claude Juncker as President of the European Commission. (Euronews)
July 15, 2014, The Croatian parliament passes a law that recognizes life partnerships for same-sex couples, making them equal married couples in everything except adoption. (queer.de)
July 15, 2014, 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game: In North American baseball, the American League defeats the National League 5-3 with Mike Trout batting in two runs. (Fox News)
July 16, 2014, Series Premiere of The Divide
July 16, 2014, Operation Protective Edge: Israeli shelling kills four children playing in a port next to Al-Deira hotel in Gaza, base to many journalists. (The Guardian)
July 16, 2014, 2014 insurgency in Donbass: The US widens sanctions against Russia, targeting major banks and energy companies, Russian defense industry, and individuals it said were responsible for the continuing support of separatists battling government forces in eastern Ukraine. (U.S. Department of Treasury)
-The Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, criticises Russia for failing to meet commitments to end the violence in Ukraine, and said Russia might face further EU sanctions. (BBC)
July 16, 2014, Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority grants allowance to restart two nuclear plants, the first such a move in the country after the Fukushima disaster. (BBC)
July 16, 2014, 2014 Pacific typhoon season: Typhoon Rammasun (Glenda) hits the Philippines island of Luzon causing extensive damage and at least ten deaths. (CNN)
July 16, 2014, Bashar Assad is sworn in to serve his third term as President of Syria. (AP via Washington Post)
July 16, 2014, Russia and Cuba agree on reopening the biggest soviet era espionage base outside of Russia. (Business Insider)
July 17, 2014, 2014 insurgency in Donbass: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 carrying 298 people from multiple countries is shot down near Hrabove in Donetsk Oblast, on a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. (BBC)
-Ukraine accuses a Russian Air Force jet of shooting down a Ukrainian warplane over its territory. (Sky News Australia)
July 17, 2014, Operation Protective Edge: Israel and Hamas agree to a brief UN humanitarian ceasefire Thursday morning to allow aid to enter the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
-It is reported later by Israel´s foreign minister and Hamas the cease fire was misinformed news. (BBC)
-During a routine investigation by the United Nations, over 20 rockets are found hidden in a school in Gaza operated by UNRWA. (Times of Israel)
-Another ceasefire deal brokered by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is accepted by Israel but rejected by Hamas, several hours later Israel commences a ground offensive. (BBC)
July 17, 2014, Series Premiere of Seed
July 17, 2014, Series Premiere of The Lottery
July 17, 2014, Series Premiere of Married
July 17, 2014, Series Premiere of Satisfaction
July 17, 2014, Series Premiere of You're the Worst
July 17, 2014, Series Premiere of Rush
July 17, 2014,
July 17, 2014, The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum obtains a full copy of the archives of the United Nations War Crimes Commission from World War II and makes it available online. (AP)
July 17, 2014, Microsoft announces deeper-than-expected job cuts as part of its cloud-oriented restructuring, almost halving the newly-purchased Nokia phone business. (Reuters)
July 17, 2014, A federal judge rules the death penalty in California is unconstitutional. (Los Angeles Times)
July 17, 2014, Scientists report a video footage of a mysterious giant hole and crater that have suddenly appeared in the Yamal Peninsula, Russia. (Gizmodo)
July 17, 2014, The Parliament of Australia votes to abolish a carbon tax and emissions trading scheme. (AFP via Yahoo!7 news)
July 18, 2014, Release of Planes Fire and Rescue
July 18, 2014, Release of The Purge Anarchy
July 18, 2014, Release of Persecuted
July 18, 2014, Release of Sex Tape
July 18, 2014, Syrian Civil War: About 100 soldiers, guards and employees are killed as insurgents belonging to the Islamic State (ISIS) seize control of the Shaer gas field in Palmyra, central Syria. The United Kingdom-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 115 people were killed in total. (Irish Independent)
July 18, 2014, 2014 insurgency in Donbass: US President Barack Obama says the United States has "increasing confidence" that the missile that shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 came from Russian separatists in Ukraine - and that Russia bears responsibility for the crisis. (New York Times)
July 19, 2014, Operation Protective Edge: The death toll from Israel's offensive against Hamas on the Gaza Strip exceeds 300. Israel conducted over 2500 airstrikes and artillery strikes during the operation. (AFP via SBS)
July 19, 2014, 2014 Pacific typhoon season: Typhoon Rammasun has killed at least 14 people in southern China since it arrived late on Friday. (Reuters)
July 19, 2014, Russia bans 13 Americans including Congressman Jim Moran, Rear Adm. Richard Butler and Lynndie England in response to the United States banning Russians for human rights abuses. (AP)
July 19, 2014, A Florida court awards $23.6 billion in punitive damages against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in a case of a longtime smoker who died in 1996. (AP)
July 20, 2014,
July 20, 2014, Operation Protective Edge: Israel agrees to a two hour ceasefire in Shuja'iyya neighbourhood in the Gaza Strip at the request of the Red Cross ِafter a heavy firefight caused the death of more than 74 Palestinians and 13 IDF soldiers. (Haaretz)
-At least 100 Palestinians and 13 Israel Army soldiers are killed in fighting with the United Nations Security Council set to meet tomorrow. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
July 20, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine: Separatist rebels take all the 196 bodies from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 to an undisclosed location. (AP)
July 20, 2014, In golf, Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland wins the 2014 Open Championship (British Open) played at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, England. (AP)
July 21, 2014, Operation Protective Edge: The United Nations Security Council calls for an immediate ceasefire on the Gaza Strip after an emergency meeting. (BBC)
July 21, 2014, 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine: Fighting restarts near Donetsk as international investigators arrive to examine the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. (Reuters)
July 21, 2014,
July 21, 2014, 2014 Pacific typhoon season: The death toll from Typhoon Rammasun reaches 94 in the Philippines and 18 in southern China. (AP via Fox News)
July 21, 2014, Russian company Severstal sells two steel works in the US to AK Steel and Steel Dynamics for $2.3 billion. (AP)
July 21, 2014, Boston Marathon bombings: Azamat Tazhayakov, a friend of accused marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is found guilty of obstruction of justice and conspiracy for trying to hide evidence during the ongoing case. (MSN)
July 22, 2014, Release of Common album Nobody's Smiling
July 22, 2014, The European Union agrees to impose new sanctions on Russia,
expanding a list of Russian entities and individuals subject to asset
freezes and travel bans and threatens to target vast sectors of the
Russian economy if Moscow does not act swiftly to rein in rebels believed to have shot down a Malaysia Airlines plane over eastern Ukraine. (Washington Post)
July 22, 2014, Panels of the United States Fourth and D.C. Circuit Courts make contradictory rulings as to whether people who enroll in federal exchanges under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) can receive subsidies. (Washington Post)
July 22, 2014,
July 22, 2014, South Korean police advise that they have positively identified a body found on June 12 as Yoo Byung-eun wanted for his alleged role in the sinking of the MV Sewol. (New York Times)
July 22, 2014, 2014 Pacific typhoon season:Typhoon Matmo (Henry) is expected to make landfall over Taiwan enroute to eastern China later in the week. (Weather Channel)
July 22, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17: Forensic experts in Kharkiv, Ukraine begin identifying the victims of the crash, with only 200 bodies delivered out of the 282 pro-Russian separatists claim to have sent. (BBC)
July 22, 2014, Donbass war: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), guardian of the Geneva Convention, makes a confidential legal assessment that Ukraine is officially in a war, Western diplomats and officials say, opening the door to possible war crimes prosecutions, including over the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. (Reuters)
July 22, 2014, Estimate, owned by Queen Elizabeth II and a winner of several high-profile races including the Ascot Gold Cup in 2013, tests positive for morphine after this year's Gold Cup at Royal Ascot. (The Telegraph)
July 23, 2014, 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine: Pro-Russian separatist commander Alexander Khodakovsky of the Vostok Battalion confirmes that the rebels did possess the BUK missile system originating from Russia, and it could have been sent back to Russia subsequently to remove proof of its presence. (Reuters)
-Two Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-25 military fighter jets are shot down by pro-Russian separatists in Savur Mogila. (AP via Chron News)
-The bodies of crash victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 are returned from Eastern Ukraine to the Netherlands together with flight recorders from the flight. (Business World Online)
-The Red Cross officially declares the fighting in Ukraine as a civil war. The formal classification means participants in the fighting between government forces and pro-Russian separatists in the east could eventually be prosecuted for war crimes in international courts. (The Local)
-Ukrainian forces recapture the villages of Karlivka, Netailove, and Pervomaiske in Donetsk Oblast from pro-Russian separatists. (Kyiv Post)
July 23, 2014, TransAsia Airways Flight GE222 crashes into residential buildings in an emergency landing in Taiwan's Penghu Islands, with as many as 45 dead and 9 injured. (USA Today)
July 23, 2014, The opening ceremony for the 2014 Commonwealth Games is held in Glasgow, Scotland. (BBC)
July 23, 2014,
July 23, 2014, Halbig v. Burwell: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rules in favor of the plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging federal subsidies to 34 states as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (popularly known as Obamacare). (Investor's Business Daily)
July 23, 2014, Operation Protective Edge: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay condemns both Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip and Hamas for "indiscriminate attacks" on Israel, and warns that war crimes may have been committed. (BBC)
-A pro-Palestinian protest in Sarcelles, France turns violent as protesters vandalized and looted Jewish businesses and called for the gassing and killing of Jews. (Huffington Post)
July 24, 2014, Air Algérie Flight 5017 loses contact with air traffic controllers 50 minutes after takeoff. It was travelling between Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Algiers with 116 people on board.
-The wreckage is later found in Mali. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)
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July 24, 2014,
July 24, 2014,
July 24, 2014,
July 24, 2014,
July 24, 2014, The United States Federal Aviation Administration lifts its ban on aircraft travelling to and from Israel imposed due to concerns about Hamas rockets. (Time)
July 24, 2014, Fuad Masum is elected as the 7th President of Iraq. (The Washington Post)
July 24, 2014, Reuven Rivlin swears in as the 10th President of Israel. (IANS via Biharprabha)
July 25, 2014, Release of Hercules
July 25, 2014, Release of Lucy
July 25, 2014, Release of Magic in Moonlight
July 25, 2014, Release of And So it Goes
July 25, 2014, Release of The Fluffy Movie
July 25, 2014,
July 25, 2014, British broadcaster BSkyB buys 21st Century Fox's stake in Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland in a $7 billion deal. (The Wrap)
July 25, 2014, Edits to Wikipedia made via computers within the United States Congress have been blocked for ten days after a series of disruptive edits on pages created by congressional staff members. (The Guardian)
July 26, 2014,
July 26, 2014,
July 26, 2014, 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict: Israel agrees to pause its offensive on the Gaza Strip while negotiations continue for a broader ceasefire while Hamas violates the ceasefire. (New York Times)
-The death toll from the offensive exceeds 900. (AFP via Manila Bulletin)
-Fox News reports that Israel has extended the ceasefire by four hours with further extensions under consideration while Hamas rejects an extension. (Fox News)
July 26, 2014, 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak: An American Dr. Kent Brantly, the medical director for Samaritan's Purse in Liberia, has tested positive for the virus. (AP)
July 27, 2014, Series Premiere of Manhattan
July 27, 2014,
July 27, 2014,
July 27, 2014,
July 27, 2014, 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict: Israel extends a humanitarian ceasefire on the Gaza Strip but Hamas refuses to do so unless Israel withdraws its tanks. Fighting has resumed. (PTI via Business Standard)
July 27, 2014, 2014 Tour de France: In cycling, Vincenzo Nibali of Italy wins the Tour de France, becoming the sixth cyclist to win all three grand tours including the Vuelta a España and Giro d'Italia. (NBC Sports)
July 27, 2014, In American baseball, the National Baseball Hall of Fame inducts six new members for 2014 Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Frank Thomas, Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre. (TSN)
July 28, 2014,
July 28, 2014,
July 28, 2014,
July 28, 2014, 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict: The United Nations Security Council calls for an immediate ceasefire but neither Israel nor Hamas agrees. (Washington Post)
-Israeli officials release a report documenting cases of journalists being threatened after reporting on potential war crimes by Hamas. (Times of Israel)
-The IDF releases data indicating that long range rockets fired by Islamic Jihad in Gaza struck a hospital in Shifa and a Palestinian refugee camp in Shati killing at least nine children and two adults. (Times of Israel)
-In Toulouse, France, a man is arrested for firebombing a Jewish center after a pro-Palestinian protest. (Jerusalem Post)
-A young Jewish man is assaulted and battered in Paris after his picture and identity is posted on a Facebook page calling for attacks on Jews. (Algemeiner)
July 28, 2014, American discount store chain Dollar Tree reaches an $8.5 billion deal to buy out rival Family Dollar. (AP)
July 28, 2014, The Hague's Permanent Court of Arbitration says Russian officials have manipulated the legal system to bankrupt Russia's largest Yukos oil company, and jail its boss (Mikhail Khodorkovsky and others). Yukos was the object of a series of politically motivated attacks by the Russian authorities that eventually led to its destruction. The company's assets were illegally expropriated for the benefit of State companies Rosneft and Gazprom. The Yuganskneftegaz auction was illegal. The $50 billion awarded by the Hague's arbitration court against Russia is the largest arbitration award ever. (Reuters)
July 28, 2014, Real estate firms Zillow and Trulia agree to merge, becoming the world's third-largest real estate firm. (Business Week)
July 29, 2014, Release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
July 29, 2014,
July 29, 2014,
July 29, 2014,
July 29, 2014, The European Union and United States impose tougher sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis. (New York Times)
July 29, 2014, 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict: Eighteen people die in airstrikes on Gaza City as the fighting intensifies. IDF reported performing over 200 airstrikes today. (CNN)
-The Palestinian Authority announces it has convinced Hamas and Islamic Jihad to accept a humanitarian ceasefire, but Hamas denies the claim. (Ynet)
July 29, 2014, Moscow describes Tokyo's decision to impose further sanctions on Russia in the wake of the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 as an "unfriendly step" that may harm "the entire system of relations" between Russia and Japan. (Reuters)
July 30, 2014, 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict: Three IDF soldiers are killed and fifteen injured when trying to disarm an IED rigged smuggling tunnel found at a UNRWA run health clinic in Khan Younis. Since the start of Operation Protective Edge 56 IDF soldiers and over 1200 Palestinian civilians and militants have been killed. (Times of Israel)
-Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, offers to donate weapons to the West Bank to better hit Israeli cities such as Tel Aviv. (Ynet)
July 30, 2014, Argentina is required to pay $1.3bn to investors who bought its bonds at a big discount after a default in 2001-02 by the end of today or be in default again. (BBC)
July 30, 2014, The U.S. District Court in Manhattan, via Judge Jed Rakoff, orders Bank of America to pay $1.27 billion in damages relating to the housing bubble-era actions of what is now its Countrywide unit. (Reuters)
July 30, 2014, 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak: Liberia closes schools and quarantines communities in order to stop the spread of the Ebola virus that has claimed 672 lives in West Africa. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
July 31, 2014, Series Premiere of The Quest
July 31, 2014,
July 31, 2014,
July 31, 2014,
July 31, 2014, 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine: War in Donbass: The Ukrainian government declares a unilateral one-day cease-fire in order to facilitate for a team of forensics experts and crash investigators to reach the site where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down two weeks ago, after days of delay caused by heavy fighting in the area. (Washington Post)
-At least 120 soldiers of the Ukrainian military have been confirmed killed in battle since July 17. (Kyiv Post)
July 31, 2014, Argentina has defaulted on its debt after eleventh-hour negotiations fell short of reaching a deal with hedge fund investors in the United States that were demanding a full payout of US$1.3 billion on bonds they held. (BBC)
July 31, 2014, 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak: The World Health Organization announces a US$100 million emergency response plan to combat the outbreak, which has killed at least 729 people. (BBC)
July 22, 2014, Panels of the United States Fourth and D.C. Circuit Courts make contradictory rulings as to whether people who enroll in federal exchanges under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) can receive subsidies. (Washington Post)
July 22, 2014,
July 22, 2014, South Korean police advise that they have positively identified a body found on June 12 as Yoo Byung-eun wanted for his alleged role in the sinking of the MV Sewol. (New York Times)
July 22, 2014, 2014 Pacific typhoon season:Typhoon Matmo (Henry) is expected to make landfall over Taiwan enroute to eastern China later in the week. (Weather Channel)
July 22, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17: Forensic experts in Kharkiv, Ukraine begin identifying the victims of the crash, with only 200 bodies delivered out of the 282 pro-Russian separatists claim to have sent. (BBC)
July 22, 2014, Donbass war: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), guardian of the Geneva Convention, makes a confidential legal assessment that Ukraine is officially in a war, Western diplomats and officials say, opening the door to possible war crimes prosecutions, including over the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. (Reuters)
July 22, 2014, Estimate, owned by Queen Elizabeth II and a winner of several high-profile races including the Ascot Gold Cup in 2013, tests positive for morphine after this year's Gold Cup at Royal Ascot. (The Telegraph)
July 23, 2014, 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine: Pro-Russian separatist commander Alexander Khodakovsky of the Vostok Battalion confirmes that the rebels did possess the BUK missile system originating from Russia, and it could have been sent back to Russia subsequently to remove proof of its presence. (Reuters)
-Two Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-25 military fighter jets are shot down by pro-Russian separatists in Savur Mogila. (AP via Chron News)
-The bodies of crash victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 are returned from Eastern Ukraine to the Netherlands together with flight recorders from the flight. (Business World Online)
-The Red Cross officially declares the fighting in Ukraine as a civil war. The formal classification means participants in the fighting between government forces and pro-Russian separatists in the east could eventually be prosecuted for war crimes in international courts. (The Local)
-Ukrainian forces recapture the villages of Karlivka, Netailove, and Pervomaiske in Donetsk Oblast from pro-Russian separatists. (Kyiv Post)
July 23, 2014, TransAsia Airways Flight GE222 crashes into residential buildings in an emergency landing in Taiwan's Penghu Islands, with as many as 45 dead and 9 injured. (USA Today)
July 23, 2014, The opening ceremony for the 2014 Commonwealth Games is held in Glasgow, Scotland. (BBC)
July 23, 2014,
July 23, 2014, Halbig v. Burwell: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rules in favor of the plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging federal subsidies to 34 states as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (popularly known as Obamacare). (Investor's Business Daily)
July 23, 2014, Operation Protective Edge: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay condemns both Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip and Hamas for "indiscriminate attacks" on Israel, and warns that war crimes may have been committed. (BBC)
-A pro-Palestinian protest in Sarcelles, France turns violent as protesters vandalized and looted Jewish businesses and called for the gassing and killing of Jews. (Huffington Post)
July 24, 2014, Air Algérie Flight 5017 loses contact with air traffic controllers 50 minutes after takeoff. It was travelling between Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Algiers with 116 people on board.
-The wreckage is later found in Mali. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)
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July 24, 2014,
July 24, 2014,
July 24, 2014,
July 24, 2014,
July 24, 2014, The United States Federal Aviation Administration lifts its ban on aircraft travelling to and from Israel imposed due to concerns about Hamas rockets. (Time)
July 24, 2014, Fuad Masum is elected as the 7th President of Iraq. (The Washington Post)
July 24, 2014, Reuven Rivlin swears in as the 10th President of Israel. (IANS via Biharprabha)
July 25, 2014, Release of Hercules
July 25, 2014, Release of Lucy
July 25, 2014, Release of Magic in Moonlight
July 25, 2014, Release of And So it Goes
July 25, 2014, Release of The Fluffy Movie
July 25, 2014,
July 25, 2014, British broadcaster BSkyB buys 21st Century Fox's stake in Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland in a $7 billion deal. (The Wrap)
July 25, 2014, Edits to Wikipedia made via computers within the United States Congress have been blocked for ten days after a series of disruptive edits on pages created by congressional staff members. (The Guardian)
July 26, 2014,
July 26, 2014,
July 26, 2014, 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict: Israel agrees to pause its offensive on the Gaza Strip while negotiations continue for a broader ceasefire while Hamas violates the ceasefire. (New York Times)
-The death toll from the offensive exceeds 900. (AFP via Manila Bulletin)
-Fox News reports that Israel has extended the ceasefire by four hours with further extensions under consideration while Hamas rejects an extension. (Fox News)
July 26, 2014, 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak: An American Dr. Kent Brantly, the medical director for Samaritan's Purse in Liberia, has tested positive for the virus. (AP)
July 27, 2014, Series Premiere of Manhattan
July 27, 2014,
July 27, 2014,
July 27, 2014,
July 27, 2014, 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict: Israel extends a humanitarian ceasefire on the Gaza Strip but Hamas refuses to do so unless Israel withdraws its tanks. Fighting has resumed. (PTI via Business Standard)
July 27, 2014, 2014 Tour de France: In cycling, Vincenzo Nibali of Italy wins the Tour de France, becoming the sixth cyclist to win all three grand tours including the Vuelta a España and Giro d'Italia. (NBC Sports)
July 27, 2014, In American baseball, the National Baseball Hall of Fame inducts six new members for 2014 Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Frank Thomas, Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre. (TSN)
July 28, 2014,
July 28, 2014,
July 28, 2014,
July 28, 2014, 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict: The United Nations Security Council calls for an immediate ceasefire but neither Israel nor Hamas agrees. (Washington Post)
-Israeli officials release a report documenting cases of journalists being threatened after reporting on potential war crimes by Hamas. (Times of Israel)
-The IDF releases data indicating that long range rockets fired by Islamic Jihad in Gaza struck a hospital in Shifa and a Palestinian refugee camp in Shati killing at least nine children and two adults. (Times of Israel)
-In Toulouse, France, a man is arrested for firebombing a Jewish center after a pro-Palestinian protest. (Jerusalem Post)
-A young Jewish man is assaulted and battered in Paris after his picture and identity is posted on a Facebook page calling for attacks on Jews. (Algemeiner)
July 28, 2014, American discount store chain Dollar Tree reaches an $8.5 billion deal to buy out rival Family Dollar. (AP)
July 28, 2014, The Hague's Permanent Court of Arbitration says Russian officials have manipulated the legal system to bankrupt Russia's largest Yukos oil company, and jail its boss (Mikhail Khodorkovsky and others). Yukos was the object of a series of politically motivated attacks by the Russian authorities that eventually led to its destruction. The company's assets were illegally expropriated for the benefit of State companies Rosneft and Gazprom. The Yuganskneftegaz auction was illegal. The $50 billion awarded by the Hague's arbitration court against Russia is the largest arbitration award ever. (Reuters)
July 28, 2014, Real estate firms Zillow and Trulia agree to merge, becoming the world's third-largest real estate firm. (Business Week)
July 29, 2014, Release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
July 29, 2014,
July 29, 2014,
July 29, 2014,
July 29, 2014, The European Union and United States impose tougher sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis. (New York Times)
July 29, 2014, 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict: Eighteen people die in airstrikes on Gaza City as the fighting intensifies. IDF reported performing over 200 airstrikes today. (CNN)
-The Palestinian Authority announces it has convinced Hamas and Islamic Jihad to accept a humanitarian ceasefire, but Hamas denies the claim. (Ynet)
July 29, 2014, Moscow describes Tokyo's decision to impose further sanctions on Russia in the wake of the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 as an "unfriendly step" that may harm "the entire system of relations" between Russia and Japan. (Reuters)
July 30, 2014, 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict: Three IDF soldiers are killed and fifteen injured when trying to disarm an IED rigged smuggling tunnel found at a UNRWA run health clinic in Khan Younis. Since the start of Operation Protective Edge 56 IDF soldiers and over 1200 Palestinian civilians and militants have been killed. (Times of Israel)
-Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, offers to donate weapons to the West Bank to better hit Israeli cities such as Tel Aviv. (Ynet)
July 30, 2014, Argentina is required to pay $1.3bn to investors who bought its bonds at a big discount after a default in 2001-02 by the end of today or be in default again. (BBC)
July 30, 2014, The U.S. District Court in Manhattan, via Judge Jed Rakoff, orders Bank of America to pay $1.27 billion in damages relating to the housing bubble-era actions of what is now its Countrywide unit. (Reuters)
July 30, 2014, 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak: Liberia closes schools and quarantines communities in order to stop the spread of the Ebola virus that has claimed 672 lives in West Africa. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
July 31, 2014, Series Premiere of The Quest
July 31, 2014,
July 31, 2014,
July 31, 2014,
July 31, 2014, 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine: War in Donbass: The Ukrainian government declares a unilateral one-day cease-fire in order to facilitate for a team of forensics experts and crash investigators to reach the site where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down two weeks ago, after days of delay caused by heavy fighting in the area. (Washington Post)
-At least 120 soldiers of the Ukrainian military have been confirmed killed in battle since July 17. (Kyiv Post)
July 31, 2014, Argentina has defaulted on its debt after eleventh-hour negotiations fell short of reaching a deal with hedge fund investors in the United States that were demanding a full payout of US$1.3 billion on bonds they held. (BBC)
July 31, 2014, 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak: The World Health Organization announces a US$100 million emergency response plan to combat the outbreak, which has killed at least 729 people. (BBC)
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