## [2018-08-24](/feed/2018/08/24/index.md)

##### U.S. Senate
### [U.S. Senator John McCain (R–AZ) has announced that he will not continue his cancer treatment. ](/feed/2018/08/24/us-senator-john-mccain-r-az-has-announced-that-he-will-not-continue-his-cancer-treatment.md)
##### Bribery
### [A United States court case gains new evidence and a guilty plea in relation to investigations of corruption and money laundering in Venezuela, adding a group who are suspected to be relatives of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to the list of suspected accomplices. ](/feed/2018/08/24/a-united-states-court-case-gains-new-evidence-and-a-guilty-plea-in-relation-to-investigations-of-corruption-and-money-la.md)
##### Democratic Republic of the Congo general election, 2018
### [The electoral commission publishes the list of approved candidates. Jean-Pierre Bemba and two former prime ministers are excluded. ](/feed/2018/08/24/the-electoral-commission-publishes-the-list-of-approved-candidates-jean-pierre-bemba-and-two-former-prime-ministers-are.md)
##### European migrant crisis
### [Representatives from 12 European Union countries do not reach an agreement on Italy's request to take in the 150 migrants still remaining on the "Diciotti"-class vessel in Catania, Sicily, after their rescue by the Italian Coast Guard nine days ago. ](/feed/2018/08/24/representatives-from-12-european-union-countries-do-not-reach-an-agreement-on-italy-s-request-to-take-in-the-150-migrant.md)
##### Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills, 2018
### [Treasurer Scott Morrison wins the second leadership spill, 45 votes to 40 against Peter Dutton, and becomes Prime Minister. ](/feed/2018/08/24/treasurer-scott-morrison-wins-the-second-leadership-spill-45-votes-to-40-against-peter-dutton-and-becomes-prime-minist.md)
### [Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull loses spill motion and resigns. ](/feed/2018/08/24/australian-prime-minister-malcolm-turnbull-loses-spill-motion-and-resigns.md)
##### Palestine–United States relations
### [The United States Department of State redirects more than $200 million in aid for the Palestinian National Authority to "high priority projects elsewhere". The Palestine Liberation Organization denounces the "use of cheap blackmail as a political tool". ](/feed/2018/08/24/the-united-states-department-of-state-redirects-more-than-200-million-in-aid-for-the-palestinian-national-authority-to.md)
##### 2017–18 North Korea crisis
### [U.S. President Donald Trump asks his Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to cancel a planned trip to North Korea, citing the country's insufficient progress in denuclearizing the Korean peninsula. ](/feed/2018/08/24/us-president-donald-trump-asks-his-secretary-of-state-mike-pompeo-to-cancel-a-planned-trip-to-north-korea-citing-the.md)
##### Kuopio
### [A bus plunges off a bridge onto a train track due to a malfunction near Kuopio, Finland, killing four people and injuring 20 others. ](/feed/2018/08/24/a-bus-plunges-off-a-bridge-onto-a-train-track-due-to-a-malfunction-near-kuopio-finland-killing-four-people-and-injurin.md)
##### Elon Musk
### [Two weeks after Elon Musk expressed his intentions of making Tesla, Inc. private, he and the company's board announce that the company will remain publicly listed. ](/feed/2018/08/24/two-weeks-after-elon-musk-expressed-his-intentions-of-making-tesla-inc-private-he-and-the-company-s-board-announce-th.md)
##### Spanish government
### [The Spanish government passes a decree which amends the Historical Memory Law to allow the government to exhume Francisco Franco's remains from the Valle de los Caídos. ](/feed/2018/08/24/the-spanish-government-passes-a-decree-which-amends-the-historical-memory-law-to-allow-the-government-to-exhume-francisc.md)
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