Template:In the news
- British physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking dies at the age of 76.
- At least 49 people are killed after US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 (aircraft pictured) crashes en route from Dhaka, Bangladesh, to Kathmandu, Nepal.
- The Winter Paralympics open in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
- The wreck of USS Lexington is discovered in the Coral Sea.
- A coalition of centre-right parties wins a plurality in the Italian general election.
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