Portal:Current events/2018 September 4

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2015–2018 Iraqi protests
• Seven people are killed and more than 30 are injured during a rally in Basra, Iraq after security forces opened fire. [https://m.yenisafak.com/en/world/seven-dead-more-than-30-wounded-in-southern-iraqs-rally-3440284 (Yeni Şafak English)]
• Libyan civil war
• The United Nations reports that a ceasefire has been agreed upon by non-governmental militias fighting in Tripoli. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45414753 (BBC)]

;Arts and culture

• The new book of investigative journalist Bob Woodward, Fear, draws the ire of the White House. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/04/white-house-fires-back-at-woodward-book-detailing-infighting-insults-administrative-coup-detat.html (Fox News)] [https://www.vox.com/2018/9/4/17819298/woodward-book-fear-trump-north-korea-mattis-syria-assad (Vox)]
• A pair of Judy Garland's famous ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz (1939) are recovered by police. The shoes were stolen from a museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota in 2005. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45411765 (BBC)]

;Business and economy

• International reactions to the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen
• Spain confirms that it has cancelled the sale of 400 laser-guided bombs to Saudi Arabia because of concerns about the weapons' use in the conflict in Yemen. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-saudi-spain/spain-confirms-it-has-halted-sale-of-bombs-to-saudi-arabia-idUSKCN1LK1N2 (Reuters)]
• Amazon becomes the second trillion-dollar company in the United States. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45414331 (BBC)]

;Disasters and accidents

• 2018 Pacific typhoon season
• Typhoon Jebi kills at least 11 people in Japan, while more than 300 are injured. It is considered the strongest typhoon in the country in 25 years. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-45417035 (BBC)]
• A bridge collapses in Kolkata, resulting in three deaths and 25 injuries. [https://www.oneindia.com/amphtml/india/kolkata-bridge-collapse-one-more-body-found-death-toll-reaches-3-2770354.html (Oneindia)]

;Law and crime

• 70 protesters, including television actress Piper Perabo, are arrested at the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination. [https://people.com/politics/piper-perabo-arrested-at-brett-kavanaugh-hearing/ (People)] [http://thehill.com/regulation/administration/405049-capitol-police-arrest-70-people-during-first-day-of-kavanaugh (The Hill)]
• Table Rock Lake duck boat accident
• Tia Coleman, an Indianapolis woman who lost her husband and eight other relatives in the sinking of a duck boat in Branson, Missouri, files a lawsuit against the tour boat operators and manufacturer. [https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2018/09/04/duck-boat-accident-survivor-tia-coleman-sues-missouri-company-ripley-entertainment/1190380002/ (Indy Star)]

;Politics and elections

• Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination
• The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee opens confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. [https://www.npr.org/2018/09/04/643707613/kavanaugh-supreme-court-confirmation-hearings-begin (NPR)]
• The European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, mentions four counts of maladministration by the European Commission in the fast-track nomination of Martin Selmayr as its Secretary-General in February. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45407247 (BBC)]
• Chicago mayoral election, 2019
• Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announces he will not seek a third term in 2019. [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rahm-emanuel-chicago-mayor-will-not-seek-3rd-term-today-2018-09-04/ (CBS News)]
• Government of Jimmy Morales
• President Jimmy Morales and the National Security Council of Guatemala banned the re-entry into the national territory of the head of the CICIG (International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala) Iván Velásquez Gómez. President Morales also criticized the Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres and ordered him to immediately replace the CICIG commissioner. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/un-anti-graft-investigator-barred-from-re-entering-guatemala/2018/09/04/fea7dbaa-b083-11e8-8b53-50116768e499_story.html?utm_term=.db19ee09695b (The Washington Post)]
• Jon Kyl will replace John McCain as Senator of Arizona. [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-mccain-replacement-jon-kyle_us_5b8eb317e4b0162f472777a3 (Huffington Post)]

;Science and technology

• A Microsoft Azure datacenter in Texas goes down due to a cooling system failure. Outages in cloud services were reported worldwide [https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-south-central-u-s-datacenter-outage-takes-down-a-number-of-cloud-services/ (Zdnet)]

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