Portal:Current events/2018 April 26
April 26, 2018 (Thursday)
Arts and culture
- Cinema of Saudi Arabia
- Three 4DX locations are expected to open in Riyadh and other major Saudi Arabia cities. (Arabian Business)
- Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations
- American actor Brad Pitt announces that he will produce a film about the allegations of sexual misconduct against American film producer Harvey Weinstein. (Firstpost) (People)
Disasters and accidents
- An explosion rocks the Husky Oil Refinery in Superior, Wisconsin. Five people are reportedly injured. All residents within ten miles south the refinery, two miles north and three miles to the east or west of refinery on the east side of Superior have been ordered to evacuate primarily due to heavy smoke. (mix108)
- Thirteen children die after their school bus collides with a train in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. (BBC)
- Flash floods strike a class hiking trip in the Nahal Tzafit riverbed in the Dead Sea, Israel. Nine youths die and another is missing. (The Times of Israel)
International relations
- United States and weapons of mass destruction
- The United States Air Force tests a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The missile test is considered to be successful. (Business Times)
- Iran–Israel relations
- South Korea–United States relations
- South Korea and the United States suspend their Foal Eagle millitary exercises. Furthermore, they also finish parts of the Key Resolve exercises. (UPI)
- United Kingdom–United States relations
- U.S. President Donald Trump announces that he will visit the United Kingdom on July 13. (Sky News)
Law and crime
- Corruption in Spain
- Former President of the Community of Madrid, ex-Mayor of Madrid and ex-Minister of Justice, Alberto Ruiz Gallardón is imputed by his role in Lezo Operation corruption scandal. (El País)
- Bill Cosby sexual assault allegations
- Bill Cosby is found guilty of three counts in regard to an aggravated sexual assault of a woman in 2004 in a retrial. He faces a maximum sentence of ten years imprisonment and a fine of up to $25,000 on each count. (NBC News)
- Terrorism in Israel
- Ali Abu Hassan, a Hebron University student from Palestine, is convicted of planning a terror attack against light rail in Jerusalem using pipe bombs containing nails coated in rat poison. He is found guilty of attempted murder, manufacturing weapons, and an immigration offence. (The Times of Israel)
- Far-right terrorism in the United Kingdom
- Five alleged members of British neo-Nazi group National Action go on trial in Birmingham charged with inciting racial hatred at Aston University. National Action is a banned terror group. (The St Helens Star)
Politics and elections
- Special Counsel investigation
- In the United States, the Senate Judiciary Committee votes on a bill to protect special counsel Robert Mueller. The bill passes 14-7. (Miami Herald)
- Political appointments by Donald Trump
- Ronny Jackson withdraws as nominee for United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs. (NPR)
- The United States Senate votes 57–42 to confirm former CIA Director Mike Pompeo as United States Secretary of State. (BBC)
On this day, William Evans sadly passed away due to a relaidtionship, he WILL be dearly missed