Portal:Current events/2018 October 5

October 5, 2018 (Friday)

Arts and culture

The Swedish Academy names two new members: Swedish supreme court justice Eric Runesson, and Swedish-Iranian writer and poet Jila Mossaed. (Reuters)

Business and economy

Disasters and accidents

2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami
- The confirmed death toll from an earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia has risen to 1,571. (First Post)
At least 13 passengers are killed in a head-on bus collision in Tver, Russia. The bus driver and another passenger are injured. (The Moscow Times)
Three people are killed and many others are injured after heavy floods strike the Italian region of Calabria. A bridge collapses and landslides also occur. (La Stampa)

International relations

2018 Nobel Peace Prize
- Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict." (NBC News)

Law and crime

Corruption in South Korea
- Lee Myung-bak is sentenced to 15 years in jail and US$20 million in fines and forfeiture, on charges of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power. All four living former Presidents of South Korea now have been convicted. (Reuters via Malay Mail)
Shooting of Laquan McDonald
- A Chicago police officer, Jason Van Dyke, is convicted of second degree murder in a historic jury verdict. (Chicago Tribune)
French police launch an investigation into the disappearance of Meng Hongwei, the president of Interpol. He was reported missing after traveling to his native country of China last week. (The Independent)