Portal:Current events/2014 February 8
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February 8, 2014 (Saturday)
Business and economy
- McDonald's opens their first restaurant within Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- A rockslide strikes and derails a passing train near Annot, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France, causing two deaths. (BBC News)
- A hotel fire in Medina, Saudi Arabia kills fifteen Egyptian pilgrims with 130 also injured. (Reuters)
- A massive fire engulfs a warehouse holding 5,600 tons of rubber tires in Savannah, Georgia, United States. (AP via Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
- A truck and a bus collide in the Argentine province of Mendoza, killing at least 17 people and injuring more than 10 others. (EFE via Fox News)
- Large snowstorms kill six people and injure over 600 in Japan. (Australia Network)
- Large areas of England and Wales are under flood warnings as another storm arrives. The Somerset Levels are the worst affected area. (news.com.au)
- Rail links to South West England are cut off by the storms. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- Princess Cristina de Borbón of Spain addresses allegations of money laundering and tax evasion at Palma de Mallorca courthouse. (The Guardian)
Politics and elections
- The British Minister of State for Immigration Mark Harper resigns after it is discovered that a cleaner that he employed was not legally allowed to work in the United Kingdom. (Daily Mail)
- Hamdeen Sabahi announces his candidacy for the upcoming Egyptian presidential elections. (Los Angeles Times)
Sports
- 2014 Winter Olympics:
- Norwegian athlete Ole Einar Bjørndalen ties with compatriot Bjorn Daehlie for a record 12 medals in the Winter Olympics by winning a gold medal in the men's biathlon sprint. (ABC News Australia)