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Politics and elections Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2014 Bulgarians vote in a snap election, following the resignation of a Socialist -led government in July; the number of parties in the National Assembly grows from four to eight, and the centre-right GERB becomes the biggest party but falls short of an overall majority. Voter turnout is just about 50%, lower than at any time since the ...
October 29 – The San Francisco Giants defeat American League champion Kansas City Royals 4 games to 3 in the 2014 World Series. [242] October 30. After a 48-day manhunt, survivalist Eric Frein, accused of committing the 2014 Pennsylvania State Police barracks attack in September, is arrested outside an abandoned airfield in Tannersville ...
Business and economics A large French bank, Groupe BPCE launches a service that allows its customers to use the social network Twitter to send one another money. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents 2014 Pacific typhoon season Typhoon Vongfong leaves Japan as a tropical storm having caused at least one death, two people missing and 93 injured. (Reuters via ABC News Australia) 2014 North Indian ...
International relations Nobel Peace Prize: Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousafzai and Indian children's rights advocate Kailash Satyarthi share the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. (BBC), (Huffington Post) The local KGB in Minsk arrests about 100 Ukrainian and 30 Belarusian soccer fans at a qualifying match between Ukraine and Belarus for the 2016 European Championship after they a sang ...
International relations The European Union reaches a landmark climate deal to cut emissions by 40 percent by 2030. (AFP/Reuters via ABC News) Politics and elections Botswana election Voters in Botswana go to the polls for a general election with the ruling Botswana Democratic Party of President Ian Khama winning 33 of 57 seats. (Reuters) Science and technology Chinese space program The China ...
2014 Hong Kong protests. Hong Kong government says it has called off a meeting on 10 October 2014 with student leaders of the pro-democracy movement. At least 12 people are killed in demonstrations across Turkey.
International relations The Kyodo news agency reports that the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo that could complicate relations with China and South Korea. (Reuters) 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, and Petro Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine, will meet at the sidelines of the ...
Law and crime Blackwater Baghdad shootings A court convicts four former employees of Blackwater Worldwide on charges related to the 2007 killing of 14 unarmed Iraqis by firing machine guns in a Baghdad traffic circle. (Washington Post) In Washington, D. C., Secret Service agents apprehend a White House north fence jumper. (ABC News America) Sports In Major League Baseball, the Kansas City ...