Portal:Current events/2018 August 13
August 13, 2018 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Arts and culture
- American soul singer Aretha Franklin is on her deathbed. She is currently hospitalized in Detroit, surrounded by her family and friends. (Detroit Free Press)
Business and economy
- Turkish currency and debt crisis, 2018
- Asian stock prices sink as Turkey’s financial turmoil fuels fears contagion might spread to other emerging markets. (Market Watch)
Disasters and accidents
- 2018 Laos dam collapse
- The death toll from a dam collapse in Laos on 23 July, rises to 36 while 98 are still missing. (Business Standard)
- Authorities in India confirmed that so far 774 people died during the moonson rain in seven states of the Country. (Financial Express)
- At least nine people were killed and 16 others were injured when a fire broke out in a ward on the seventh floor of a hospital in New Taipei City, Taiwan. (BBC)
- More than 300 people have been injured, five seriously, after a section of wooden jetty collapsed at an urban sports and music festival in Vigo, Spain. (BBC)
- 12 fans of Ecuadorean football team Barcelona SC were killed and 30 others were injured when the bus they were travelling in overturned in Azuay, Ecuador. (Xinhua)
- Three Russian two Tajik climbers died while 12 other people were injured when their helicopter crashed in Tajikistan. (Tampa Bay Times)
International relations
- North Korea–South Korea relations
- North Korea and South Korea officials began high-level negotiations, with reports suggesting that Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in could be planning for a summit in Pyongyang later this month. (Reuters)