Portal:Current events/2018 September 28

September 28, 2018 (2018-09-28) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2018 Gaza border protests
  • Six Palestinians, including a 12-year-old, are killed by IDF fire in Gaza border clashes. (Haaretz)

Arts and culture

• Catholic sexual abuse cases in Chile
  • The Roman Catholic Church defrocks Father Fernando Karadima, a priest at the center of a sex abuse scandal in Chile. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• Canada–United States relations, Detroit–Windsor
  • It is announced that the Gordie Howe International Bridge, a bridge expected to span the Canada–United States border between Detroit and Windsor, will open in late 2024. The project is expected to cost $5.7 billion and create 2500 jobs. (CTV News Windsor) (Tri-City News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2018 Pacific hurricane season
  • Hurricane Rosa strengthens to a category 4 hurricane in the Pacific Ocean and is expected to affect parts of the coastlines of southwestern Mexico, the Baja California Peninsula, and Southern California. (NBC News)
• Air Niugini Flight 73 lands short at Chuuk International Airport and settles in a shallow lagoon. All passengers and crew are successfully evacuated. (ABC)
• 2018 Sulawesi earthquake
  • Indonesia is hit by a tsunami after being hit by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake, resulting in at least one death and entire families being reported missing. (News.com) (CBS News)
• A USMC F-35 jet crashes in coastal South Carolina making this the first crash of the U.S. military's newest and most expensive aircraft. (CBS News)

Politics and elections

• Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination
  • U.S. President Donald Trump orders an FBI investigation into the sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. (The New York Times)

Science and technology

• Facebook uncovers a security flaw, impacting 50 million user accounts which may have been compromised. (The Guardian) (Reuters)

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