Portal:Current events/2018 December 19

December 19, 2018 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

American intervention in Syria, Syrian Civil War
- The Pentagon reports it has begun withdrawing U.S. troops from Syria, with a spokesperson saying that the coalition has liberated ISIL-held territory but also that the campaign is not over. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

2018 Kivu Ebola outbreak
- Over 300 people have died of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the World Health Organization is concerned the outbreak is not being contained. (CNN)

Law and crime

Nisour Square massacre
- In a third trial, former Blackwater private military contractor Nicholas Slatten is convicted on one count of first-degree murder over the 2007 mass shooting. (NBC News)

Politics and elections

Science and technology

EnviroBuild, a sustainable building materials company, pays $US 25,000 to name a newly discovered limbless amphibian Dermophis donaldtrumpi, after U.S President Donald Trump, in disagreement with his environmental policy. (HuffPost) (Business Insider)

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