Portal:Current events/2012 October 18
October 18, 2012 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war: Syrian military airstrikes kill at least 40 people, including civilians, in the rebel-held town of Maaret al-Numan in Idlib governorate. (The New York Times)
Arts and culture
- A fictional feature film, called South of Sanity, is shot in Antarctica for the first time. (BBC)
- Dutch actress Sylvia Kristel—the first star of adult cinema—dies. (BBC)
- Veteran Irish writer Gene Kerrigan wins the Golden Dagger. (The Guardian)
Business and economy
- American weekly news magazine Newsweek announces it will cease print publication on December 31 and will move to an online-only format. (CNN)
- Trading of Google stock on NASDAQ is temporarily suspended after it drops 9% following an inadvertent early release of its quarterly report showing a 20% decline in profits. (BBC) (Bloomberg)
Politics and elections
- Tens of thousands of workers participate in anti-austerity protests in Greece. (Voice of America)
- Argentina, Australia, Luxembourg, Rwanda, and South Korea are elected to the United Nations Security Council for two-year terms starting in 2013.
Law and Crime
- The Boy Scouts of America release documents containing over 15,000 pages relating to allegations of sexual abuse by over 1200 scout leaders between 1965-1985.(New York Times)