Editing 2018 (section)

=== July ===
* [[July 1]] 
** [[Austria]] takes over the [[Presidency of the Council of the European Union]], after the [[2018 Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union|Bulgarian presidency]].
** The [[2018 Mexican general election]] is held to elect the [[president of Mexico]], all 128 members of the [[Senate of the Republic (Mexico)|Senate of the Republic]] and all 500 members of the [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]].The presidential candidate of the [[Juntos Haremos Historia]] coalition, [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]] is elected president and the Juntos Haremos Historia coalition wins a majority of 69 out of 128 out of seats in the Senate and 312 out of 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cómputos 2018 |website=computos2018.ine.mx |url=https://computos2018.ine.mx/#/presidencia/nacional/1/1/1/1 |access-date=2022-04-01 |archive-date=July 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718133233/https://computos2018.ine.mx/#/presidencia/nacional/1/1/1/1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5537595&fecha=11/09/2018 |date=2018-11-09 |title=ACUERDO del Consejo General del Instituto Nacional Electoral por el que se efectúa el cómputo total, se declara la validez de la elección de Senadores por el Principio de Representación Proporcional y se asignan a los partidos políticos nacionales Acción Nacional, Revolucionario Institucional, de la Revolución Democrática, del Trabajo, Verde Ecologista de México, Movimiento Ciudadano y Morena, las Senadurías que les corresponden para el periodo 2018-2024 |trans-title=AGREEMENT of the General Council of the National Electoral Institute by which the total count is carried out, the validity of the election of Senators by the Principle of Proportional Representation is declared and they are assigned to the national political parties National Action, Institutional Revolutionary, of the Democratic Revolution, Labor, Green Ecologist of Mexico, Citizen Movement and Morena, the Senators that correspond to them for the period 2018-2024 |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401144807/https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5537595&fecha=11%2F09%2F2018 |archive-date=April 1, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Resources on the Internet: Federal Elections in México - Results Lookup |url=http://electionresources.org/mx/senators.php?election=2018&state= |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=electionresources.org |archive-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707134654/http://electionresources.org/mx/senators.php?election=2018&state= |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-07-02 |title=Mexico election: López Obrador vows profound change after win |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-44677829 |access-date=2022-04-01 |archive-date=May 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502125154/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-44677829 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 5]]
** [[Lithuania]] becomes the 36th member of the [[OECD]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oecd.org/countries/lithuania/lithuania-accession-to-the-oecd.htm|publisher=[[OECD]]|title=Lithuania's accession to the OECD|date=July 5, 2016|access-date=July 6, 2016|archive-date=January 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107214102/http://www.oecd.org/countries/lithuania/lithuania-accession-to-the-oecd.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The [[2018 North American heat wave]] takes place, killing 33 people in the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[Quebec]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Record-Smashing Heat Wave Kills 33 in Quebec |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/world/canada/canada-quebec-heat-wave.html |newspaper=New York Times |access-date=July 13, 2018 |language=en |date=2018-07-05 |last1=Bilefsky |first1=Dan |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109043705/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/world/canada/canada-quebec-heat-wave.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 6]]
** Former [[Aum Shinrikyo]] leader [[Shoko Asahara]] and six other main members of Aum Shinrikyo, who led the [[Tokyo subway sarin attack|1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack]], are executed by hanging.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/eafbd67c-80b0-11e8-bc55-50daf11b720d |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/eafbd67c-80b0-11e8-bc55-50daf11b720d |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Japan executes cult leader behind 1995 Tokyo subway gas attack |last1=Lewis |first1=Leo |last2=Inagaki |first2=Kana |date=2018-07-05 |website=Financial Times |language=en-GB |access-date=2018-07-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8903602/Japan-rejects-clemency-appeal-of-last-Aum-Shinrikyo-cult-member.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8903602/Japan-rejects-clemency-appeal-of-last-Aum-Shinrikyo-cult-member.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Japan rejects clemency appeal of last Aum Shinrikyo cult member|last=Ryall|first=Julian|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=2011-11-21|access-date=2018-07-06|language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
** U.S. tariffs on [[United States dollar|US$]] 34&nbsp;billion of Chinese goods come into effect, as President Trump suggests the final total could reach $550bn. China accuses the U.S. of starting the "largest trade war in economic history" and announces immediate retaliatory tariffs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-05/trump-s-trade-war-threat-to-turn-reality-as-china-tariffs-begin |title=China's Tariff Response Takes Effect as Trump Ignites Trade War|newspaper=Bloomberg.com|date=July 6, 2018|access-date=July 6, 2018|archive-date=November 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127000756/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-05/trump-s-trade-war-threat-to-turn-reality-as-china-tariffs-begin|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44707253|title=US and China fire first shots in $34bn trade war|website=BBC News|date=July 6, 2018|access-date=July 6, 2018|archive-date=May 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504011854/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44707253|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 7]] &ndash; [[2018 Japan floods]], a torrential heavy massive rain, [[flash flood]], [[landslide]] hit in [[Hiroshima]], [[Kurashiki]] and [[Ehime Prefecture]], Japan. According to [[Japanese government]] official confirmed report, 232 people were killed and 459 injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/07/photos-death-toll-reaches-200-in-devastating-japan-floods/565055/|title=Photos: Death Toll Reaches 200 in Devastating Japan Floods|website=The Atlantic|date=July 12, 2018|access-date=March 14, 2021|archive-date=January 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123220048/https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/07/photos-death-toll-reaches-200-in-devastating-japan-floods/565055/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 9]] – [[Eritrea]] and [[Ethiopia]] officially declare an end to their [[Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict|twenty-year conflict]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/09/africa/ethiopia-abiy-ahmed-eritrea-war-intl/index.html|title=Former sworn enemies Ethiopia and Eritrea have declared end of war|website=CNN|date=July 9, 2018|access-date=July 9, 2018|archive-date=March 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327014612/https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/09/africa/ethiopia-abiy-ahmed-eritrea-war-intl/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-44764597|title=Ethiopia's Abiy and Eritrea's Afewerki declare end of war|date=July 9, 2018|access-date=July 9, 2018|work=BBC News|archive-date=July 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709140723/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-44764597|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 10]] – Twelve boys and their football coach are successfully rescued from the flooded [[Tham Luang Nang Non]] cave in [[Thailand]], following a [[Tham Luang cave rescue|17-day ordeal]] that gained worldwide attention. One person, a law enforcement officer is killed.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/live/2018/jul/10/thai-cave-rescue-third-mission-planned-to-bring-out-remaining-boys-and-coach-live-updates|title=Thailand cave rescue: all 12 boys and coach successfully rescued – live|newspaper=The Guardian|date=July 10, 2018|access-date=July 10, 2018|last1=Weaver (Now)|first1=Matthew|last2=Davidson (Earlier)|first2=Helen|last3=Safi|first3=Michael|archive-date=March 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327211853/https://www.theguardian.com/news/live/2018/jul/10/thai-cave-rescue-third-mission-planned-to-bring-out-remaining-boys-and-coach-live-updates|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44782132|title=Cave rescue: All 13 out after 17-day ordeal in Thailand|website=BBC News|date=July 10, 2018|access-date=July 10, 2018|archive-date=July 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710121209/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44782132|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 11]]–[[July 12|12]] – The [[2018 Brussels summit|2018 Brussels NATO summit]] is held in [[Belgium]].<ref>{{cite web|title=NATO Summit Brussels, Belgium – 11 & 12 July 2018|url=https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_155085.htm|publisher=NATO|access-date=July 4, 2018|archive-date=July 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704093241/https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_155085.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 15]] – [[France national football team]] wins the [[2018 FIFA World Cup final]] 4-2 against the [[Croatia national football team]]
* [[July 17]] – The [[Japan–European Union relations|EU–Japan Economic Partnership Agreement]] is signed, the world's largest bilateral free trade deal, creating an open trade zone covering nearly one-third of global GDP.<ref>{{cite journal|title=European Union and Japan to sign historic trade deal|journal=RTÉ.ie|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2018/0717/979174-eu_japan/|date=July 17, 2018|access-date=July 17, 2018|archive-date=October 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002105404/https://www.rte.ie/news/2018/0717/979174-eu_japan//|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Japan-EU trade deal 'light in darkness' amid Trump's protectionism|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/17/japan-eu-trade-deal-light-in-darkness-amid-trumps-protectionism|newspaper=The Guardian|date=July 17, 2018|access-date=July 17, 2018 |last1=Boffey |first1=Daniel |archive-date=October 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002105406/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/17/japan-eu-trade-deal-light-in-darkness-amid-trumps-protectionism/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 23]] – The Saddle Dam D in Paksong, Laos [[2018 Laos dam collapse|collapses]] leaving up to 1,100 people missing.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/07/laos-struggles-find-1-100-missing-dam-collapse-180729143531636.html|title=Laos struggles to find missing after dam collapse Al Jazeera|last=Al Jazeera|date=29 July 2018|website=www.aljazeera.com|publisher=Al Jazeera|access-date=26 December 2018 |archive-date=September 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922202057/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/07/laos-struggles-find-1-100-missing-dam-collapse-180729143531636.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 25]] – Scientists report the presence of a [[Water on Mars#Subglacial liquid water|subglacial lake on Mars]], {{convert|1.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} below the southern polar ice cap and extending sideways about {{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}}, the first known body of water on the planet.<ref>{{cite web |title=Huge reservoir of liquid water detected under the surface of Mars |url=https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/aaft-hro072318.php |website=EurekAlert |date=July 25, 2018 |access-date=July 25, 2018 |archive-date=July 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725163215/https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/aaft-hro072318.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Liquid water 'lake' revealed on Mars |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44952710 |website=BBC News |date=July 25, 2018 |access-date=July 25, 2018 |last1=Halton |first1=Mary |archive-date=July 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725141308/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44952710 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 26]]
** Heavy [[2018 Attica wildfires|wildfires in Greece]] leave 102 dead and more than a hundred buildings destroyed.<ref name="Death toll">{{cite web |title=102 πλέον οι νεκροί σε Ραφήνα και Μάτι |url=http://mati2307.gr/?p=724 |website=mati2307.gr |access-date=April 28, 2019 |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027085042/http://mati2307.gr/?p=724 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-44941999|title=Why wildfires are breaking out in the 'wrong' countries|date=July 31, 2018 |publisher=BBC |access-date=August 3, 2018|work=BBC News|last1=Doerr|first1=Stefan H.|last2=Santín|first2=Cristina|archive-date=August 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801094341/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-44941999|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The share price of [[Facebook]] drops by almost 20 percent after the company warns investors that user growth has slowed following the data leak scandal. Over $109&nbsp;billion is wiped from its market value, the largest single day loss in corporate history at the time.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/26/facebook-market-cap-falls-109bn-dollars-after-growth-shock|title=Over $109bn wiped off Facebook's market cap after growth shock|date=July 26, 2018|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=July 26, 2018|last1=Neate|first1=Rupert|archive-date=November 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128133858/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/26/facebook-market-cap-falls-109bn-dollars-after-growth-shock|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 27]] – The longest [[July 2018 lunar eclipse|total lunar eclipse]] of the [[21st century]] occurs, lasting 102 minutes and 57.3 seconds, but the longest total lunar eclipse of the 3rd millennium will occur on May 12, 2264, lasting 106 minutes and 13.2 seconds, over 3 minutes longer than this eclipse.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lunar eclipse: Century's longest 'blood moon' delights skygazers |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44945452 |website=BBC News |date=July 28, 2018 |access-date=July 28, 2018 |last1=Gill |first1=Victoria |archive-date=July 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727223241/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44945452 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was the 38th eclipse of [[Lunar Saros 129]], with an umbral eclipse magnitude of 1.60868. The total lunar eclipse with the greatest magnitude in the [[21st century]] will occur on [[June 2029 lunar eclipse|June 26, 2029]], with an umbral eclipse magnitude of 1.84362.
* [[July 31]] 
** [[Mars]] makes its closest approach to [[Earth]] since [[2003]], four days after reaching opposition.<ref>{{cite web|title=the 2018 Perihelic Apparition of Mars - Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers|url=http://www.alpo-astronomy.org/jbeish/2018_MARS.htm|publisher=Alpo-astronomy.org|access-date=February 28, 2015|archive-date=April 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401214535/http://www.alpo-astronomy.org/jbeish/2018_MARS.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** [[Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431]] crashed on takeoff from [[Durango International Airport]]. Shortly after becoming airborne, the plane encountered sudden wind shear caused by a [[microburst]]. The plane rapidly lost speed and altitude and impacted the runway, detaching the engines and skidding to a halt about 1,000 feet (300 m) beyond the runway. The plane caught fire and was destroyed. All 103 people on board survived, but 39 passengers and crew members were injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/aeromexico-jet-crashes-after-takeoff-in-northern-mexico-officials-say|title=Aeromexico jet crashes after takeoff in northern Mexico, officials say|website=[[Fox News]]|date=31 July 2018|access-date=October 22, 2021|archive-date=October 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022081532/https://www.foxnews.com/world/aeromexico-jet-crashes-after-takeoff-in-northern-mexico-officials-say|url-status=live}}</ref>