Portal:Current events/2018 July 7
July 7, 2018
(
2018-07-07
)
(Saturday)
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Disasters and accidents
2018 Phuket boat capsizing
The death toll from a tourist boat accident off the coast of
Thailand
's
Phuket Island
climbs to 41, with 15 people still missing.
(Reuters)
2018 Japan floods
The death toll from heavy rains in
Japan
rises to 49.
(BBC)
Health and environment
2018 North American heat wave
High electricity demand during a
heat wave
in
Los Angeles
leaves 34,500 residents without power, some for up to 24 hours.
(CNN)
International relations
North Korea–United States relations
,
2017–18 North Korea crisis
North Korean state media
Korean Central News Agency
calls high-level talks with
U.S. Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo
"regrettable" and criticizes the United States' "unilateral and gangster-like" demands for denuclearization.
(AP via AL.com)
Law and crime
Crime in the Philippines
Alexander Lubigan, Vice Mayor of
Trece Martires
,
Philippines
, is assassinated in an ambush.
(
The Philippine Daily Inquirer
)
Politics and elections
2018 United States gun violence protests
Demonstrators protesting against gun violence block
Interstate 94
in
Chicago
.
(CNN)
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