Armed conflicts and attacks
• War in Donbass:
• Heavy shelling on the city of Donetsk, Ukraine leaves 6 people dead and 15 wounded. (AP via Houston Chronicle)
Business and economics
• Information technology company Cognizant agrees to buy health care information company TriZetto Corporation for US$2.7 billion.(New York Times)
• Microsoft agrees to buy Swedish company Mojang, the makers of Minecraft, for US$2.5 billion. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
• An accidental fire severely burns a giant white rabbit erected by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman in Taoyuan, Taiwan. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia) (New York Times)
• Five hundred people drowned off the coast of Malta last week after people traffickers deliberately sank their ship. (Reuters)
• Two wildfires around Bass Lake, California cause the destruction of 21 homes and the evacuation of over 1,000 people. (The Weather Channel)
Politics and elections
• Swedish Minister of Finance Anders Borg quits politics after he was considered to be the next leader of the Moderate Party, which he did not want. (Wall Street Journal)
