Business and economy
Steve Bannon steps down as executive chairman of Breitbart News amid a dispute with U.S. President Donald Trump over comments he made about the Trump family in Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
2017–18 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
At least 29 people are dead and 22 are missing in the aftermath of a strong tropical cyclone striking Madagascar. (Firstpost)
2018 Southern California landslides
At least 15 people are killed by mudslides following heavy overnight rains in areas of Santa Barbara County, California, where last month's wildfires destroyed forests and destabilized the land. (SF Gate) (NBC News) (The New York Times)