Business and economy
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer discontinues research into treating patients with Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. (The Telegraph)
Disasters and accidents
Sanchi oil tanker collision
MV Sanchi is still ablaze this morning and it continues to leak oil. Chinese officials mention the danger of explosion and sinking. (BBC) (CNN)
The body of a crew member is found on the ship. (Reuters)
2018 Kadovar eruption
All residents are evacuated, 500 of them to the nearby island of Blup Blup, while the once-dormant Kadovar volcano in the Schouten Islands, Papua New Guinea, erupts for the first known time, sending an ash cloud 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) above sea level. (carbonated tv) (News.com.au)