Portal:Current events/2018 September 28
September 28, 2018 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Law and crime
- Catholic sexual abuse cases in Chile
- The Roman Catholic Church defrocks Father Fernando Karadima, a priest at the center of a sex abuse scandal in Chile. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- Canada–United States relations, Detroit–Windsor
- It is announced that the Gordie Howe International Bridge, a bridge planned to span the Canada–United States border between Detroit and Windsor, will open in late 2024. The project is expected to cost $5.7 billion and create 2500 jobs. (CTV News Windsor) (Tri-City News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2018 Pacific hurricane season
- Hurricane Rosa strengthens to a category 4 hurricane in the Pacific Ocean and is expected to affect parts of the coastlines of southwestern Mexico, the Baja California Peninsula, and Southern California. (NBC News)
- Air Niugini Flight 73 lands short at Chuuk International Airport and settles in a shallow lagoon. All passengers and crew are successfully evacuated. (ABC)
- 2018 Sulawesi earthquake
- Indonesia is hit by a tsunami after being hit by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake, resulting in at least 50 deaths and entire families being reported missing. (BBC) (CBS News)
- A USMC F-35 jet crashes in coastal South Carolina making this the first crash of the U.S. military's newest and most expensively developed aircraft. (CBS News)
Politics and elections
- Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination
- U.S. President Donald Trump orders an FBI investigation into the sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. (The New York Times)
Science and technology
- Facebook uncovers a security flaw, impacting 50 million user accounts which may have been compromised. (The Guardian) (Reuters)