Tunisian health minister Tunisian health minister Abderraouf Cherif resigns following the deaths of 11 newborn babies since Thursday at a hospital in the capital Tunis. Evidence suggests all 11 died from septic shock. Tunisia's public healthcare had been considered one of the best in North Africa, but it has operated less smoothly since the 2011 revolution.
Salamanca nightclub shooting A mass shooting at a nightclub in Salamanca, Guanajuato, Mexico, kills at least 15 people and leaves another seven people wounded.
United States Coast Guard Around 40 fishermen are rescued by the United States Coast Guard after an ice sheet breaks away on Lake Erie.
2018–19 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season The floods from the predecessor of Cyclone Idai cause 23 deaths and 11 missing in southern Malawi.
Japan A Japanese high-speed boat collides with a "marine creature" while carrying 121 passengers; 87 passengers are injured and 5 airlifted by helicopter to the hospital.
A serious ongoing economic crisis With a fire causing new damage to a power plant in Bolívar State, President Nicolás Maduro states the power outages are "caused by U.S.-backed sabotage"; Guaidó says the outages are due to Maduro government "corruption and mismanagement".
Whilst a nationwide power blackout continues, Acting President Juan Guaidó calls for protests in the capital of Venezuela.
2019 Colombia DC-3 crash A DC-3 operated by Laser Aereo crashes in Colombia en route from San José del Guaviare, killing all 14 aboard.
Japan Japanese supercentenarian Kane Tanaka is officially recognized as the world's oldest living person at 116 years and 67 days old.
Insurgent Rakhine insurgents of the Arakan Army attack a police post in a village in Rakhine State, killing nine policemen. All of the victims were local recruits from the village.