Portal:Current events/2018 January 18

January 18, 2018 (Thursday)

Business and economy

The Emirates airline announces an order for up to 36 Airbus A380s. Emirates is already the aircraft's largest operator, with a fleet of over 100. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

2018 Aktobe bus fire
- A bus carrying Uzbek migrant workers catches fire in Kazakhstan's Aktobe Region, killing 52 people. Five people escape and are treated by rescue workers. (BBC)

International relations

Law and crime

Crime in Serbia
- Police in Serbia arrest three Australians, one of them Rohan Arnold, a known businessman, for allegedly smuggling 1,280 kilograms (2,820 lb) of cocaine into Sydney in 2016. (Sydney Morning Herald)

Science and technology

In a world's first, a drone rescues two swimmers off the coast of Lennox Head, New South Wales in Australia by dropping a safety device to them. John Barilaro, the Deputy Premier of New South Wales, praises the rescue as historic. (Channel NewsAsia) (BBC)

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