Portal:Current events/2018 July 9: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
US sanctions on Mahan Air Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
FallingGravity (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
**The death toll from heavy rains in [[Japan]] rises to 126, with over 86 people still reported missing. [https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/09/national/west-japan-downpours-flooding-far-leave-88-dead-50-missing/ (''Japan Today'')] |
**The death toll from heavy rains in [[Japan]] rises to 126, with over 86 people still reported missing. [https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/09/national/west-japan-downpours-flooding-far-leave-88-dead-50-missing/ (''Japan Today'')] |
||
*[[Tham Luang cave rescue]] |
*[[Tham Luang cave rescue]] |
||
**Divers in Thailand rescue four more boys from the cave [[Tham Luang Nang Non]]. [https://abcnews.go.com/International/rescue-effort-restarts-final-boys-coach-trapped-cave/story?id=56450198 (ABC News)] |
**Divers in [[Thailand]] rescue four more boys from the cave [[Tham Luang Nang Non]]. [https://abcnews.go.com/International/rescue-effort-restarts-final-boys-coach-trapped-cave/story?id=56450198 (ABC News)] |
||
;International relations |
;International relations |
||
*[[2018 Eritrea–Ethiopia summit]] |
|||
*[[Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict]] |
|||
**[[Eritrea]] and [[Ethiopia]] officially declare an end to their twenty-year conflict. [https://www.dw.com/en/ethiopia-eritrea-officially-end-war/a-44585296 (Deutsche Welle)] |
**Leaders from [[Eritrea]] and [[Ethiopia]] officially declare an end to their countries' twenty-year [[Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict|border conflict]]. [https://www.dw.com/en/ethiopia-eritrea-officially-end-war/a-44585296 (Deutsche Welle)] |
||
*[[Sanctions against Iran]], [[Iran–United States relations]] |
*[[Sanctions against Iran]], [[Iran–United States relations]] |
||
**The [[United States Department of the Treasury|U.S. Treasury Department]] announces [[Sanctions against Iran|sanctions]] for a Malaysia-based sales agent for [[Mahan Air]] in connection with [[Iran]] |
**The [[United States Department of the Treasury|U.S. Treasury Department]] announces [[Sanctions against Iran|sanctions]] for a Malaysia-based sales agent for [[Mahan Air]] in connection with [[Iran]]'s alleged support for international terrorism. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions-malaysia/u-s-sanctions-malaysia-based-agent-for-irans-mahan-air-idUSKBN1JZ2D8 (Reuters)] |
||
;Law and crime |
;Law and crime |
||
| Line 26: | Line 26: | ||
**[[Boris Johnson]] resigns as the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]] amid disagreements with Prime Minister [[Theresa May]] over [[Brexit negotiations]]. Johnson is the second member of [[Second May ministry|May's cabinet]] to resign in two days. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44770847 (BBC)] |
**[[Boris Johnson]] resigns as the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]] amid disagreements with Prime Minister [[Theresa May]] over [[Brexit negotiations]]. Johnson is the second member of [[Second May ministry|May's cabinet]] to resign in two days. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44770847 (BBC)] |
||
*[[Kentucky gubernatorial election, 2019]] |
*[[Kentucky gubernatorial election, 2019]] |
||
**[[Andy Beshear]] announces he will run for [[Governor of Kentucky|Kentucky Governor]] in 2019. [https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/09/andy-beshear-run-kentucky-governor-2019/767093002/ (Courier Journal)] |
**[[Andy Beshear]] announces he will run for [[Governor of Kentucky|Kentucky Governor]] in 2019. [https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/09/andy-beshear-run-kentucky-governor-2019/767093002/ (''Courier Journal'')] |
||
<!-- All news items above this line -->}} |
<!-- All news items above this line -->}} |
||
Revision as of 23:09, 9 July 2018
Disasters and accidents
- 2018 Japan floods
- The death toll from heavy rains in Japan rises to 126, with over 86 people still reported missing. (Japan Today)
- Tham Luang cave rescue
- Divers in Thailand rescue four more boys from the cave Tham Luang Nang Non. (ABC News)
International relations
- 2018 Eritrea–Ethiopia summit
- Leaders from Eritrea and Ethiopia officially declare an end to their countries' twenty-year border conflict. (Deutsche Welle)
- Sanctions against Iran, Iran–United States relations
- The U.S. Treasury Department announces sanctions for a Malaysia-based sales agent for Mahan Air in connection with Iran's alleged support for international terrorism. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Inn Din massacre § Arrest of Reuters journalists
- A court in Myanmar charges two Reuters journalists with obtaining secret state documents in violation of the colonial-era Official Secrets Act, taking the landmark press freedom case to trial after a period of preliminary hearings that lasted six months. The two journalists were investigating mass graves in the village of Inn Din in northern Rakhine State prior to their arrest and imprisonment on 12 December 2017. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- 2017–18 Iranian protests, Human rights in Iran
- 2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Quim Torra, meet officially in Moncloa. It is the first time since the beginning of the crisis that a Spanish Prime Minister and a Catalan President meet. (El País)
- Politics of the United Kingdom
- Boris Johnson resigns as the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs amid disagreements with Prime Minister Theresa May over Brexit negotiations. Johnson is the second member of May's cabinet to resign in two days. (BBC)
- Kentucky gubernatorial election, 2019
- Andy Beshear announces he will run for Kentucky Governor in 2019. (Courier Journal)