Portal:Current events/February 2015

February 2015 was the second month of that common year. The month, which began on a Sunday, ended on a Saturday after 28 days.

This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from February 2015.

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  • The United Steelworkers union strikes against Royal Dutch Shell Plc at nine U.S. oil and chemical plants. Up until recently oil prices had undergone steep drops since June, but the union's action as part of the supply chain caused the market price to soar more than eight percent. (Reuters)
  • Quintana Roo switches to the Southeastern Time Zone, which has the same effect as observing Eastern Standard Time year-round, to boost tourism. (UPI)

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  • The management of Twentieth Century Fox considers granting permission to a group of investors, including some hedge funds, seeking to amend the company's charter and turn their type of voting shares of stock into non-voting shares, a conversion that might raise that type of shares' market price and that also would further concentrate control in the hands of Rupert Murdoch and his family. (Reuters)

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  • Samsung reveals potential for next generation smart TVs to eavesdrop. (AP)

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  • Iraqi clashes and attacks kill at least 31 people. (AP)

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  • A Turkish court remands seventeen police officers into custody for allegedly being part of an illegal wiretapping program targeting politicians, bureaucrats, and businessmen. (LBC)

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  • EBioMedicine publishes research by University of Leuven scientists describing their findings of a so-called Cuban variant of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (the virus that causes AIDS) which is an aggressive strain that can rapidly progress to AIDS. (FOX News)

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  • Greece requests its partners in the eurozone for a six month loan program extension in an apparent compromise attempt; Germany has rejected the request. (BBC News)

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  • NASA astronauts perform one of three ISS spacewalks to reroute cables needed in preparation for the 2017 arrival of the first commercial spacecraft capable of transporting astronauts. (AP)

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