Portal:Current events/2013 February 6

Current events of February 6, 2013 (2013-02-06) (Wednesday)

Business and economics

• Liquidation of IBRC:
  • Plans to liquidate IBRC—formerly Anglo and regarded as "the world's worst bank"—are announced. (The Guardian) (RTÉ News) (Irish Central) (BBC)
  • Legislators are placed on standby for an emergency late-night debate. (Examiner)
  • Emergency legislation is discussed in both houses of the Oireachtas—the Dáil and then the Seanad. (Examiner)
  • President Higgins, who left for a three-day visit to Italy this morning, returns home as the full extent of developments become known. (Times)
• Liberty Global acquires Virgin Media for $23 billion. (Reuters)
• The United States Postal Service announces that it will no longer deliver first-class mail on Saturdays as of August 5. (CNN)
• Authorities in the United States and United Kingdom fine The Royal Bank of Scotland more than $US610 million for its role in manipulating the London Interbank Offered Rate or Libor. (AAP via News Limited)

Disasters

• Solomon Islands earthquake
  • A tsunami warning is issued for a wide range of islands in the South Pacific after an 8.0 magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of the Solomon Islands. (AFP via News Limited), (Pacific Tsunami Warning Center)
  • There are reports of significant damage to villages in the Solomon Islands west and south of the town of Lata. (The Australian)
  • At least five people have been reported dead in the Solomons' Santa Cruz Islands. (Radio New Zealand News)

Law and crime

• 2 children and 1 woman are killed in a Denver apartment shooting. (DenverPost)
• Chokri Belaid, the general secretary of the Patriotic Democratic Party, is shot dead outside his house in Tunis, leading to reported clashes between the police and hundreds of protesters. The Prime minister of Tunisia Hamadi Jebali claims that a new government will be formed within one day. (The New York Times)

Politics and elections

• U.S. President Barack Obama nominates CEO of REI Sally Jewell to be the next Secretary of the Interior. (CNN)

Sport

• 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
  • Nigeria defeated Mali 4-1, and progresses to the final. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
  • The second semi-final between Burkina Faso and Ghana went to extra-time, with Burkina Faso denied a potentially winning goal by Tunisian referee Slim Jedidi. The referee also ejected Jonathan Pitroipa, when replays show he was fouled. Burkina Faso won, 1-1. (GOAL) (Al Jazeera) (BBC)