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Current events of January 1, 2015 (2015-01-01) (Thursday)

Armed Conflicts and Attacks

Terrorism in Yemen
- The death toll of the suicide bombing in Ibb, Yemen, that occurred on December 31 rises to 49 with the injury count rising to 70. (AFP via Business Standard)
A shooting kills one and injures six people in Killarney, Calgary, Canada, with police making no arrests. (National Post)

Business and economy

Lithuania adopts the euro as its official currency, becoming the 19th member of the Eurozone. (CNN)
U.S. fast-food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A warns that a security breach may have leaked credit card details of 9,000 customers in five states. (Daily Mail)

International relations

The Palestine Authority signs a treaty to join and participate in the International Criminal Court. (Wall Street Journal)
The Eurasian Economic Union between Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Armenia comes into effect (Novinite)

Law and Crime

Vietnam’s new marriage law goes into effect, abolishing regulations that “prohibit marriage between people of the same sex.” (Bloomberg)

Politics and elections

Mario Cuomo, former governor of the U.S. state of New York, dies at the age of 82. (Reuters)

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