Tuesday

January 9, 2018

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

Cyclone Ava

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)

2018 Swan Islands earthquake

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes north of Honduras, resulting in tsunami warnings in the Caribbean. (RT)