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**A magnitude 6.4 [[earthquake]] hits [[Lombok]], [[Indonesia]], destroying many houses. It kills at least 3 and injures 24. [https://www.sbs.com.au/news/powerful-6-4-magnitude-quake-strikes-indonesia (SBS)] |
**A magnitude 6.4 [[earthquake]] hits [[Lombok]], [[Indonesia]], destroying many houses. It kills at least 3 and injures 24. [https://www.sbs.com.au/news/powerful-6-4-magnitude-quake-strikes-indonesia (SBS)] |
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*Heavy monsoon rains in northern [[India]] leave 58 people dead. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-28/india-monsoon-rains-kill-37-with-floods-and-collapsed-buildings/10047296 (ABC)] |
*Heavy monsoon rains in northern [[India]] leave 58 people dead. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-28/india-monsoon-rains-kill-37-with-floods-and-collapsed-buildings/10047296 (ABC)] |
Revision as of 03:52, 29 July 2018
July 28, 2018
(Saturday)
Arts and culture
- Groundbreaking on the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park is being pushed back again until all federal approvals are completed, which will not be until 2019. (Chicago Sun Times)
Disasters and accidents
- 2018 Indonesia earthquake
- A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits Lombok, Indonesia, destroying many houses. It kills at least 3 and injures 24. (SBS)
- Heavy monsoon rains in northern India leave 58 people dead. (ABC)
Law and crime
- Former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan is arrested and taken into police custody on charges of being involved in the crackdown on protests in 2008 that resulted in ten deaths following a disputed presidential election. (RFE/RL)
Politics and elections
- Australian federal by-elections
- Five separate by-elections are held for five seats in the Australian House of Representatives, four of which were triggered by the dual citizenship crisis. (The Guardian)
- Israeli Arab MP Zouheir Bahloul resigns over the 'nation state' law. (BBC)