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*Police in [[Serbia]] arrest three [[Australians]], one of them Rohan Arnold, a known businessman, for allegedly smuggling {{convert|1,280|kg}} of [[cocaine]] into [[Sydney]] in 2016. [http://www.smh.com.au/act-news/canberraregion-businessman-arrested-in-serbia-over-500million-cocaine-haul-20180118-h0k5gj.html (''Sydney Morning Herald'')] |
*Police in [[Serbia]] arrest three [[Australians]], one of them Rohan Arnold, a known businessman, for allegedly smuggling {{convert|1,280|kg}} of [[cocaine]] into [[Sydney]] in 2016. [http://www.smh.com.au/act-news/canberraregion-businessman-arrested-in-serbia-over-500million-cocaine-haul-20180118-h0k5gj.html (''Sydney Morning Herald'')] |
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*French President met British Prime Minister May in London. [https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-theresa-may-france-uk-be-my-guest-to-norway-model-brexit/ (Politico)] |
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Revision as of 02:30, 19 January 2018
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)
Law and crime
- 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 people 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 News Asia) (BBC)