Portal:Current events/2018 November 7
November 7, 2018 (Wednesday)
Arts and culture
- Jean-Claude Arnault, Postponement of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature
- A member of the Swedish Academy that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature, Jayne Svenungsson, states that she is leaving the body, the eighth person to quit amid sex abuse and financial crimes scandals at the exclusive group composed of eighteen members elected for life. (AP via The New York Times)
Disasters and accidents
- Authorities find the bodies of two other men in the two collapsed buildings in Marseille, France, two days ago, bringing the death toll to six. (The Journal.ie)
- A pair of buses collide on a road bewteen Harare and Rusape, Zimbabwe, killing at least 47 people. (e News Channel Africa)
Law and crime
- An unknown attacker fatally shoots Benjamin Ramos, a Philippines lawyer opposing President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, in Kabankalan. (The New York Times)
Politics and elections
- United States elections, 2018
- In the mid-term elections of the United States, 95 women attain congressional office bringing the total number of women in all parts of Congress to a record 118. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar share the distinction of becoming the first Muslim congresswomen. (USA Today), (NPR)
- Colorado gubernatorial election, 2018
- Jared Polis becomes the first openly gay person elected to governor in the United States. (Time)
- Trump administration dismissals and resignations
- Jeff Sessions resigns as United States Attorney General, with Matthew Whitaker becoming the acting director. (The Guardian)