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The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the most widespread outbreak of the Ebola virus in human history, resulting in 28,646 confirmed infections and 11,323 confirmed deaths according to the World Health Organization, who declared it a Public Health Emergency in August.
Disasters and accidents A Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes near Munozero (Мунозеро (деревня) [ru]) in northern Russia's Murmansk Oblast with nineteen people onboard with two confirmed survivors and the fate of the other passengers unclear. (ITAR-TASS) Law and crime A Muslim Frenchman with connections to Syrian jihadists is arrested for murdering four Jewish people in the Jewish ...
Health World AIDS Day: Researchers claim that the pandemic has reached a tipping point where the number of people receiving treatment in a year was greater than the number of new cases. (U.S. Presidential Proclamation), (Reuters) International relations Russia abandons its plans for the South Stream pipeline to Bulgaria due to European Union objections instead looking at a pipeline to Turkey ...
The following is a list of armed conflicts with victims in 2014. The Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research estimated that there were 223 politically-motivated armed conflicts (of which 46 estimated as highly violent: 21 full-scale wars, 25 limited wars) worldwide during 2014.
February 13 – Belgium becomes the first country in the world to legalise euthanasia for terminally ill patients of any age, including infants. [1]February 22 – The Ukrainian parliament votes to remove President Viktor Yanukovych from office, replacing him with Oleksandr Turchynov, after days of civil unrest left around 100 people dead in Kyiv, Ukraine.
The 2014 World Cup in Brazil has begun. Check HuffPost's World Cup dashboard throughout the tournament for standings, schedules, and detailed summaries of each match.
Disasters and accidents A three-story building, housing apartments and a grocery store, explodes and burns in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, injuring 13 people, some critically. (CNN) Indonesia's Sinabung volcano erupts, displacing more than 19,000 people. (ABC News) Law and crime Jamal al-Jamal, a Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic, is killed in an ...
The 2014 World Cup in Brazil has begun. Check HuffPost's World Cup dashboard throughout the tournament for standings, schedules, and detailed summaries of each match.