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Portal:Current events/2018 February 19

February 19, 2018 (2018-02-19) (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
  • Syrian Civil War
    • Rif Dimashq offensive
      • Ahead of an expected ground offensive, Syrian Air Force strikes on rebel-held eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, kill at least 44 people, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (France 24)
  • An attacker stabs three people at a Tim Hortons in Montreal, Canada. (CTV news)
Disasters and accidents
  • 2018 Oaxaca earthquake
    • Three days after the previous, stronger earthquake, a 5.9-magnitude possible aftershock strikes again near the coast of Oaxaca and is widely felt across Southern and Central Mexico. No victims are reported so far. (Reuters)
  • A collapse at a garbage dump in Mozambique kills at least 17 people. (BBC)
  • Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra, Indonesia, erupts. There are no reports of injuries or fatalities. (Evening Standard)
Law and crime
  • United Kingdom football sexual abuse scandal
    • Former coach Barry Bennell is sentenced to 31 years in prison for 50 offences against 12 boys between 1979 and 1990. (The Guardian)
  • Child sexual abuse in the United Kingdom
    • A court sentences Matthew Falder, convicted on 137 charges, to 32 years in jail after confessing to blackmailing numerous teenagers into performing sexual acts. (The Guardian)
Politics and elections
Science and technology
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