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A proposed rule from the Transportation Department would require airlines and travel agents to list fees for services like checked bags, carry-ons and seat reservations so that travelers could compare fares more easily.
The New York state attorney general will get the information he is seeking about Airbnb hosts in New York City, but it will be stripped of names and addresses.
A daughter of Jean McConville, who was abducted and killed 42 years ago, has filed suit against Sinn Fein, whose leader, Gerry Adams, was questioned over the murder.
The 144 percent increase in assaults on civilian staff — mostly health care workers — has underscored the complexities of a new push to improve mental health services at the prison.
China has an insatiable appetite for energy and it has made deals with nations like Russia, Iraq, Nigeria, Ecuador and Venezuela to keep its people warm and the lights on.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 21, 2014, covering May 22, 2014.
Various Artists
Soundtrack
Hunter Hayes
Sarah McLachlan
Tech N9ne Collabos
2014General Prayut Chan-o-cha becomes interim leader of Thailand in a military coup d'état, following six months of political turmoil.[†]
Prayut Chan-o-cha is a former Thai politician, army officer and dictator who became the 29th prime minister of Thailand after seizing power in the 2014 coup d'état and served until 2023. He was concurrently the minister of defence in his own government from 2019 to 2023. Prayut served as commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army from 2010 to 2014 and led the coup d'état which installed the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), the military junta which governed Thailand between 22 May 2014 and 10 July 2019.
2014An explosion occurs in Ürümqi, capital of China's far-western Xinjiang region, resulting in at least 43 deaths and 91 injuries.[†]
Ürümqi is the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwestern China. With a census population of 4 million in 2020, Ürümqi is the second-largest city in China's northwestern interior after Xi'an, also the second-largest in Central Asia in terms of population, right after Kabul, Afghanistan. Ürümqi has seen significant economic development since the 1990s and currently serves as a regional transport node and a cultural, political and commercial center.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]