Portal:Current events/2018 July 12
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;Disasters and accidents
- 2018 Japan floods
- The death toll from heavy rains in Japan rises to 209 and 28 missing. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-weather-japan/japan-flood-toll-nears-200-sun-scorches-thousands-battling-thirst-idUSKBN1K20BJ (Reuters)]
- 2018 Phuket boat capsizing
- The death toll from a tourist boat accident off the coast of Thailand's Phuket Island climbs to 46. [https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-suspends-salvage-effort-in-phuket-tourist-boat-disaster-that-killed-46 (The Straits Times)]
- At least ten people are killed and many others still missing after a landslide breaks the banks of a natural dam in Panjshir Province, Afghanistan. [https://www.tolonews.com/index.php/afghanistan/10-people%C2%A0killed-%C2%A0deadly-chain-disasters-%C2%A0panjshir (TOLO News)]
- The Artz Pedregal shopping centre in Mexico City collapses. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-collapse/mexico-city-shopping-center-collapses-no-reported-deaths-idUSKBN1K22RE (Reuters)]
;International relations
- Iran and state-sponsored terrorism
- Argentina petitions Russia to arrest former Iranian foreign minister and Ali Khamenei's advisor Ali Akbar Velayati, who is currently in Moscow for a meeting with Vladimir Putin, over his alleged role in the 1994 Jewish center bombing. [https://www.timesofisrael.com/argentina-asks-russia-to-arrest-iran-official-over-1994-jewish-center-bombing/ (The Times of Israel)]
- International presidential visits made by Donald Trump, United Kingdom–United States relations
- U.S. President Donald Trump arrives in the UK for his presidential trip to the country amid widespread protests. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44786706 (BBC)]
;Science and technology
- The Haida Nation calls for tighter restrictions around the Bowie Seamount Marine Protected Area, a site of an ancient submarine volcano. [https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/haida-sgann-kinghlas-bowie-seamounts-protected-1.4743418 (CBC)]
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