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October 9, 2018
(
2018-10-09
)
(Tuesday)
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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)
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