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In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[â ]
2015Amelia Boynton Robinson, American activist (born 1905)[â ]
Amelia Isadora Platts Boynton Robinson was an American activist and supercentenarian who was a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama, and a key figure in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches.
2015Donald Eric Capps, American theologian, author, and academic (born 1939)[â ]
Donald Eric Capps was an American theologian and William Harte Felmeth Professor of Pastoral Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary.
2015P. J. Kavanagh, English poet and author (born 1931)[â ]
P. J. Kavanagh FRSL was an English poet, lecturer, actor, broadcaster and columnist. His father was the ITMA scriptwriter Ted Kavanagh.
2015Stefanos Manikas, Greek politician (born 1952)[â ]
Stefanos Manikas was a Greek politician of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) who was Minister of State. He died on 26 August 2015, at the age of 63, from cancer.
2015Francisco San Diego, Filipino bishop (born 1935)[â ]
Francisco Capiral San Diego was a Filipino Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Pasig from 2003 to 2010. He previously served as Bishop of San Pablo from 1995 to 2003.
2015Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia.[â ]
On the morning of August 26, 2015, news reporter Alison Parker and photojournalist Adam Ward, both employees of CBS affiliate WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia, United States, were fatally shot while conducting a live television interview near Smith Mountain Lake in Moneta. They were interviewing Vicki Gardner, executive director of the local chamber of commerce, when all three were attacked by a gunman in a shooting. Parker, age 24, and Ward, age 27, died at the scene, while Gardner survived.
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Puerto Rico will not go ahead with a $750 million bond, just days after asking the U.S. Supreme Court for the right to restructure its huge debt.
For more than a year now, signs pointing to an equity crisis were there for all to see.
A Federal Reserve official suggested that September might be too soon to raise interest rates, and investors seemed to react by buying up stocks.
Venture capitalists may actually welcome some of the consequences of leaner times, which could lower costs, decrease competition and toughen up start-ups.
In the fourth and final installment of Elena Ferranteâs Neapolitan series, we have arrived at the 21st century and Elena, its narrator, is growing old.
The 17-year-old, who chooses accessible, approachable outfits and designers, is increasingly seen as a style icon for women in her age group.
Many Spanish-language news outlets no longer pretend to objectively cover Mr. Trump, who has made disparaging remarks about Mexican immigrants.
Officials said a former colleague of Alison Parker and Adam Ward, a reporter and cameraman for WDBJ, shot and killed them as they broadcast live on Wednesday.
Gogo, the top provider of in-flight Wi-Fi, says high demand and reliance on old technology have driven it to double peak prices in the last three years.
Chinaâs upper crust represents as much as a third of global luxury spending. The tumult in Chinaâs financial markets is denting that, leaving retailers anxious.
Mr. Richards, at 71, reflects on age, the Rolling Stones and âCrosseyed Heart,â his first solo album in 23 years.
William C. Dudley said the case for an interest rate increase next month had become âless compelling."