Portal:Current events/2018 December 24
December 24, 2018
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2018-12-24
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Business and economy
The
Dow Jones Industrial Average
drops 2.9%, its worst performance ever on
Christmas Eve
.
(NPR)
Disasters and accidents
2018 Sunda Strait tsunami
The death toll following the tsunami caused by the
Anak Krakatau
volcano has risen to at least 429, according to
Indonesia
's disaster mitigation agency. Also, 1,459 people are injured, while 150 are still missing.
(BBC)
2018 Puebla helicopter crash
Governor of Puebla
Martha Erika Alonso
and Senator
Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas
are among several fatalities in a helicopter crash near
Puebla
, Mexico.
(
New York Times
via Reuters)
Mount Etna
erupts, causing the closure of
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
in
Sicily
,
Italy
.
(BBC)
(China Economic Net)
Law and crime
Corruption in Pakistan
Former
Pakistani Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif
is sentenced to seven years in prison after being found guilty of corruption.
(CNN)
Politics and elections
Chairman of Iran's
Expediency Discernment Council
and former
Chief Justice
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
dies at the age of 70.
(Euronews)
The coalition government of
Benjamin Netanyahu
dissolves the
Knesset
and sets
early elections for April
. The coalition has been struggling after failing to pass a new bill that would extend the
military draft
to
ultra-Orthodox Jews
and the resignation of
Defense Minister
Avigdor Lieberman
, leader of one of the parties in the coalition.
(CNN)
Burundi
moves its capital from
Bujumbura
to
Gitega
.
(QZ)
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