Portal:Current events/2018 July 9
July 9, 2018 (Monday)
Disasters and accidents
- 2018 Japan floods
- The death toll from heavy rains in Japan rises to 126, with over 86 people still reported missing. (Japan Today)
- Tham Luang cave rescue
- Divers in Thailand rescue four more boys from the cave Tham Luang Nang Non bringing the total to eight rescued. (ABC News)
- About 50 students are poisoned by inhaling a toxic gas, due to an explosion near their school of the locality of Chosica, in Lima, Peru. Spokespeople from local municipality say that this poisoning is due to the leakage of gas from a chlorine cylinder, although the place where the explosion began and the origin of the product has yet to be determined. (El Comercio) (La República)
- 2018 lower Puna eruption
- The number of homes destroyed by lava from the latest eruption reaches 700. (The Business Journals)
International relations
- 2018 Eritrea–Ethiopia summit
- Leaders from Eritrea and Ethiopia officially declare an end to their countries' 20-year border conflict. (Deutsche Welle)
- Sanctions against Iran, Iran–United States relations
- The U.S. Treasury Department announces sanctions for a Malaysia-based sales agent for Mahan Air in connection with Iran's alleged support for international terrorism. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Inn Din massacre § Arrest of Reuters journalists
- A court in Myanmar charges two Reuters journalists with obtaining secret state documents in violation of the colonial-era Official Secrets Act, taking the landmark press freedom case to trial after a period of preliminary hearings that lasted six months. The two journalists were investigating mass graves in the village of Inn Din in northern Rakhine State prior to their arrest and imprisonment on 12 December 2017. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
- Weinstein effect
- Eugene Gu, a doctor famous for successfully suing President Donald Trump for blocking him on Twitter, has been accused of sexual assault by a woman who says she’s his ex. (Daily Dot)
Politics and elections
- 2017–18 Iranian protests, Human rights in Iran
- Iranian women post videos of themselves dancing to protest the arrest of Instagram blogger Maedeh Hojabri. (Time)
- 2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Quim Torra, meet officially in Moncloa. It is the first time since the beginning of the crisis that a Spanish Prime Minister and a Catalan President meet. (El País)
- Politics of the United Kingdom
- Boris Johnson resigns as the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs amid disagreements with Prime Minister Theresa May over Brexit negotiations. Johnson is the second member of May's cabinet to resign in two days. (BBC)
- 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election
- Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear announces that he will run for Kentucky Governor in 2019 against incumbent Matt Bevin. (Courier Journal)
- Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination
- U.S. President Donald Trump nominates Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. (Reuters)
Sports
- Former NFL cornerback Brandon Browner is arrested after allegedly breaking into a home of an ex-girlfriend who has a restraining order against him. (UPI)