Portal:Current events/2018 October 21
October 21, 2018 (Sunday)
Disasters and accidents
- 2018 Yilan train derailment
- At least 18 people are killed and 187 are injured after a train derails in Yilan County, Taiwan. (BBC)
- At least 30 people are injured after a floor collapses at an apartment in South Carolina. (CBS News)
- 2018 Pacific hurricane season
- Hurricane Willa strengthens to a category 4 hurricane off the Pacific Coast of Mexico. (CBS News)
- Earthquakes in Canada, Earthquakes in 2018
- Three large earthquakes measuring between magnitude 6.5 and magnitude 6.8 strike near Vancouver Island. No tsunami warning is issued. (Global News) (Spokesman)
- Following the failure of Soyuz MS-10, the Russian-supplied Soyuz MS-11 for crew transport to the ISS is now rescheduled to occur on December 3, earlier than initially planned. (Interfax)
International relations
- Israel–Jordan relations
- King Abdullah II announces Jordan will reclaim two small plots of farmland territory leased to Israel under their 1994 peace treaty. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Six people are wounded at a street gang-related shooting near TIAA Bank Field before an NFL game, in which the Jacksonville Jaguars hosted the Houston Texans. (Chicago Suntimes) (US News)
- A NATO spokesperson confirms Brigadier General Jeffrey D. Smiley as the American wounded by gunfire three days earlier during the attack in which Abdul Raziq Achakzai was assassinated. (ABC News)