Portal:Current events/2016 July 14

July 14, 2016 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Somalia
- A suspected militant of Al-Shabaab shoots and kills four Kenyan police officers at a police station in Kapenguria, Kenya, where he was being held. The militant was later killed following a shootout with police. (Reuters)
2016 Nice truck attack
- A truck plows into a mass of revelers during the Bastille Day fireworks on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, with a death toll as high as 80 and 100 people injured. (Le Parisien) (Fox News)

Arts and culture

68th Primetime Emmy Awards
- The nominees are announced in Los Angeles. Game of Thrones, Veep and The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story lead in nominations. (Los Angeles Times) (The Washington Post)

International relations

The French government calls on former European Commission chief José Manuel Barroso not to take a job with investment bank Goldman Sachs, after some EU politicians demanded Barroso be sanctioned for accepting the new position that raises questions about the EU's conflict of interest rules. (BBC)

Law and crime

United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg apologizes for remarks she made earlier in the week to a number of news outlets criticizing presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. (CNN)

Politics and elections

Formation of the May ministry
- Elizabeth Truss is named Secretary of State for Justice and first ever female Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom as former chancellor Michael Gove is ousted from the cabinet. (The Lawyer)

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