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Ben S. Bernanke, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, is poised to make millions of dollars from speaking engagements this year.
United States officials say the N.S.A. is free to spy on trade negotiators to help American trade officials, and by extension, American industries and workers they are trying to bolster.
Capping a decade-long negotiation, the two countries agreed on Wednesday to a deal, expected to be worth about $400 billion, that would send gas from Siberia by pipeline to China.
After decades of fighting against AIDS and for Hollywoodâs attention in that fight, Larry Kramer is about to reach his largest audience with a film version of his play âThe Normal Heart.â
Instacart matches independent contractors who are good at grocery shopping with customers too busy to shop for themselves.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 21, 2014, covering May 21, 2014.
Various Artists
Soundtrack
Hunter Hayes
Sarah McLachlan
Tech N9ne Collabos
2014Tunku Annuar, Malaysian son of Badlishah of Kedah (born 1939)[â ]
Tunku Annuar ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah was a member of the Kedah royal family and the Chairman of the Regency Council of the Malaysian state of Kedah from December 2011 until his death in May 2014. He was the son of Sultan Badlishah and the half-brother of Sultan Abdul Halim.
2014Johnny Gray, American baseball player (born 1926)[â ]
John Leonard Gray was an American professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Athletics / Kansas City Athletics, Cleveland Indians, and Philadelphia Phillies in all or part of four baseball seasons. Listed at 6Â ft 4Â in (1.93Â m), 226Â lb (103Â kg), he batted and threw right handed.
2014Jaime Lusinchi, Venezuelan physician and politician, President of Venezuela (born 1924)[â ]
Jaime RamĂłn Lusinchi was the president of Venezuela from 1984 to 1989. His term was characterized by an economic crisis, growth of the external debt, populist policies, currency depreciation, inflation and corruption that exacerbated the crisis of the political system established in 1958.
2014Alireza Soleimani, Iranian wrestler (born 1956)[â ]
Alireza Soleimani Karbalaei was an Iranian heavyweight freestyle wrestler. He was the first Iranian to win the world superheavyweight title, which he achieved in 1989. He served as the flag bearer for Iran at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where he placed sixth.
2014Random killings occurred on the Bannan Line of the Taipei MRT, killing four and injuring 24.[â ]
On 21 May 2014, a Taiwanese man carried out a stabbing spree targeting random civilians on a Taipei Metro C321 train near Jiangzicui Station, resulting in four deaths and 24 injuries. It was the first fatal attack on the city's subway system since operations began in 1996. The attacker, 21-year-old Cheng Chieh, was arrested after the attack. He was sentenced to death, in addition to 144 years in prison, and was executed on 10 May 2016.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[â ]