Pithovirus Scientists announce the discovery of "pithovirus", the largest giant virus yet known, from a 30,000-year-old sample of frozen tundra.
Victor Ponta Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta announces the composition of his new government after days of complicated negotiations with main ethnic Hungarian party of Romania.
North Korea North Korea announces that it will release Australian Christian missionary John Short on account of his age.
Microsoft Microsoft founder Bill Gates regains the top spot as the world's richest person, according to Forbes magazine's annual ranking of global billionaires.
Google Google and Samsung have asked an agency of the government of the People's Republic of China to impose limiting conditions on a proposed merger of Microsoft and Nokia.
RTÉ RTÉ, the Irish national broadcast service, is jammed inexplicably with strange and repetitive messages, provoking confusion and debate.
Box office "Frozen" becomes the eighteenth film and second animated film to cross the $1 billion mark in worldwide box office grosses.
Matthew McConaughey wins the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in "Dallas Buyers Club".
Alfonso Cuarón wins the Academy Award for Best Director for the film "Gravity", which earned the most Awards during the ceremony, a total of seven.
Nigeria Violence across Nigeria, between Islamic terrorists and the Nigerian military, kills dozens of people.
Pakistan Young men with guns open fire at a local court in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, resulting in at least 11 deaths and 22 injuries.
2014 Crimean crisis Reuters reports that armed men have seized a ferry checkpoint between Crimea and Russia.
The Lithuanian and Polish presidents call for NATO treaty Article 4 consultations on the basis that Russia is executing military maneuvers in Kaliningrad, close to the borders with Lithuania and Poland.
The commander of the Ukrainian frigate "Hetman Sahaydachniy" reportedly confirms that the ship never defected to Russia as reported in Russian media.