| 2015 | A federal U.S. judge orders a halt to an executive order issued by President Barack Obama that allows approximately 5 million illegal immigrants to remain in the country; Obama expects to overcome this hurdle to implement the order as planned |
| 2014 | ’12 Years a Slave’ and ‘Gravity’ dominate wins at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards ceremony; Chiwetel Ejiofor (’12 Years’) and Cate Blanchett (‘Blue Jasmine’) receive leading actor and actress awards, respectively |
| 2014 | Eleven illegal gold miners are rescued from a collapsed shaft; the remaining men refuse to surface upon learning that the rescued men have been immediately arrested; over 200 miners may still remain in the shaft |
| 2013 | G20 finance ministers focus on the so-named “currency wars” during their meeting in Moscow, Russia |
| 2013 | A 6.2 earthquake occurs near the Philippine island of Mindanao, with no immediate reports of damage or injuries |
| 2012 | Anthony Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and the Middle East correspondent for the New York Times, dies at 43 of an acute asthma attack |
| 2012 | Australia’s Qantas airlines announces its plan to cut 500 jobs |
| 2011 | Under pressure from conservationists and diplomats, Japan’s whaling fleet leaves the Antarctic |
| 2011 | Lance Armstrong announces his official retirement from professional cycling |
| 2010 | The Queen Mary 2 makes her first port call in China at the Port of Shanghai, since her maiden voyage in 2004 |
