Portal:Current events/2018 July 7
July 7, 2018 (Saturday)
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
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)