Portal:Current events/2019 February 17
February 17, 2019 (Sunday)
Business and economy
- Hundreds of airline passengers are left stranded throughout Europe following British airline Flybmi's bankruptcy filing. (AP via The Washington Times)
Disasters and accidents
- At least nine people die after a fire sweeps through more than 200 slum dwellings in Chittagong, Bangladesh. (BBC News)
- Four children die after a landslide in Mauá, São Paulo, Brazil. (G1)
- Eight people are rescued from a gold mine that is flooded in Battlefields, Zimbabwe. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- A mass shooting inside a nightclub in Cancún, Mexico, leaves five dead and five wounded. (Fox News)
Politics and elections
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appoints intelligence minister Israel Katz to take over the foreign minister portfolio. Netanyahu retains his defence minister and health minister roles. Israel's parliamentary elections are scheduled for 9 April 2019. (Reuters) (The Jewish Chronicle)
- Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces the country's major political parties computer networks had been hacked by a "sophisticated state actor." (BBC News)
- Saudi Arabia–Pakistan relations
- Saudi Arabia signs $20 billion dollars in deals with Pakistan. (BBC News)
Sports
- 2019 NBA All-Star Game
- The 2019 NBA All-Star Game takes place in Charlotte, North Carolina, with Team LeBron defeating Team Giannis 178–164. Golden State Warriors small forward Kevin Durant is named the game's MVP; it is his second All Star MVP award, the first coming in 2012. (CBS Sports)
- 2019 Daytona 500
- Denny Hamlin wins the 2019 Daytona 500. It is his second win in the event, the first coming in 2016. (Fox News)