Portal:Current events/2018 August 18

August 18, 2018 (Saturday)

Arts and culture

Russian president Vladimir Putin attends the wedding of Austrian foreign minister Karin Kneissl (FPÖ) and businessman Wolfgang Malinger. (BBC)
History of cheese
- Archeologists from the Cairo University and the University of Catania report the discovery of one of the oldest known examples of cheese. Discovered at a tomb in the Saqqara necropolis, it is the first known evidence of ancient Egyptian cheese production. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

Ponte Morandi § Collapse
- The death toll from the Ponte Morandi collapse in Genoa, Italy, rises to 43. (Adnkronos)
2018 Pacific hurricane season
- Hurricane Lane enters the central Pacific as a category 4 hurricane. (Honolulu Star-Adviser)

Law and crime

School violence
- A school official in Bicol Central Academy, a school in Libmanan, Camarines Sur, Philippines burned students' bags and other personal belongings as a punishment for students who violated the no-bag policy set for the school's event during that time. It was met with huge outrage from the netizens. (Rappler)

Politics and elections

Politics of Belarus
- Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko reshuffles his government in the wake of a corruption scandal. Andrei Kobyakov is replaced by Sergei Rumas as Prime Minister of Belarus. (The Guardian)
6th Justice and Development Party Ordinary Congress
- At the 6th Ordinary Congress of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is re-elected as the party's chairman, receiving 1380 of 1381 votes. (Anadolu)
Protests against Rodrigo Duterte
- Vice President Leni Robredo protests President Rodrigo Duterte's remark that her hometown Naga City is a "hotbed of shabu." (CNN Philippines) (Rappler)

Sports

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