Portal:Current events/2018 October 9
October 9, 2018 (Tuesday)
Arts and culture
- American Music Awards of 2018
- American singer Taylor Swift wins four trophies, including Artist of the Year, and holds 23 American Music Awards, beating Whitney Houston. (BBC News) (Sky News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2018 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Michael strengthens to a category 2 storm with 110 mph winds as it continues to ascend through the Florida Panhandle. (Washington Post) (Tampa Bay Times)
- A sinkhole in Dazhou, China, kills four people. (NY Post)
- 2018 European floods
- At least 12 people die in flash flooding on the Spanish island of Mallorca, including nationals of at least 3 countries. A five-year-old child is missing. (BBC), (El País)
- Pipeline accidents in Canada
- In British Columbia, communities are forced to evacuate after a pipeline operated by Enbridge explodes near Prince George. (Digital Journal) (Toronto Star)
Law and crime
- Former Guatemalan Vice President Roxana Baldetti is sentenced to 15 years and 6 months in prison for fraud in a system to clean the polluted Lake Amatitlán. Baldetti still has four pending lawsuits and extradition to the United States. (The Guardian)
International relations
- Foreign relations of the Holy See, Foreign relations of North Korea
- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un invites Pope Francis to Pyongyang, and said he would be "warmly welcomed" to North Korea. (New York Times) (UPI)
Politics and elections
- Nikki Haley announces her resignation as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, effective at the end of the year. (NBC News)