Nobel Prize in Chemistry The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to George P. Smith, Frances Arnold, and Greg Winter for the design of molecules with a range of uses by means that mimic natural selection.
FEMA The Federal Emergency Management Agency sends its first ever "Presidential Alert", a Wireless Emergency Alerts test message, at 2:18 p.m. EDT (18:18 UTC) to most cell phones in the United States.
Discoveries of exoplanets Kepler-1625b, an exoplanet proposed in 2017 to be orbited by an exomoon, the first possible example of a moon orbiting a planet in another stellar system, is confirmed with observations from the Hubble Space Telescope.
The presidency The Congress of the Philippines proposes a new law that could give Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte wide-ranging powers similar to Ferdinand Marcos.
France French President Emmanuel Macron accepts the resignation of Minister of the Interior Gérard Collomb.
Pardon A Peruvian court reverses the pardon granted to former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori and orders that Fujimori must be returned to prison.
Member of Parliament Former Member of Parliament and Member of the National Assembly for Wales, Simon Thomas, pleads guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children.
Immigration policy of Donald Trump A federal court in California blocks the Trump administration from terminating the Temporary Protected Status program that allows immigrants from four countries to live and work in the United States.
Florence, South Carolina shooting Seven police officers are shot, one fatally, by a gunman in Florence, South Carolina, United States. Five civilians were also injured.
Vienna Convention The United States announces its withdrawal from the optional protocol concerning compulsory settlement of disputes of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
Withdrew in 2018 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says that the United States is terminating the 1955 Treaty of Amity with Iran.
The International Court of Justice orders the U.S. to lift sanctions against Iran related to the import of humanitarian goods and civil aviation safety.
Whirlpool Six rescue divers drown after they are caught in a whirlpool during a mission to locate and rescue a teenager from a disused mining pool in Malaysia.
2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami The Soputan volcano on Sulawesi erupts, sending ash columns 4 km into the air.
Toys "R" Us Toys "R" Us lenders cancel the bankruptcy auction of its brand name and other intellectual property assets and instead plan to revive the Toys "R" Us and Babies "R" Us brand names.