Editing 2018 (section)

=== August ===
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* [[August 1]] – The [[2018 Kivu Ebola outbreak]] begins in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. It becomes the second-deadliest outbreak of the [[Ebola virus]] on November 29, surpassed only by the 2013 [[West African Ebola virus epidemic]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/2nd-deadliest-ebola-outbreak-history-spreads-major-city/story?id=59677369 |title=2nd deadliest Ebola outbreak in history spreads to major city, raising new challenges for containment |date=2018-12-07 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date=2018-12-07 |archive-date=December 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208022005/https://abcnews.go.com/International/2nd-deadliest-ebola-outbreak-history-spreads-major-city/story?id=59677369 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[August 2]] – [[Apple Inc.]] becomes the world's first public company to achieve a market capitalization of $1&nbsp;trillion.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45050213|title=Apple is first public company worth $1 trillion|date=August 2, 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=August 2, 2018|last1=Johnston|first1=Chris|archive-date=January 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117142618/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45050213|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 5]] – [[5 August 2018 Lombok earthquake|A magnitude 6.9]] [[earthquake]] struck the island of [[Lombok]], Indonesia, killing 563 people and injuring more than a thousand people.<ref>{{cite web|title=Magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits Lombok |url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/multimedia/2018/08/10/magnitude-7-0-earthquake-hits-lombok.html|publisher=The Jakarta Post|date=10 August 2018 |access-date=26 January 2021|archive-date=January 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131003417/https://www.thejakartapost.com/multimedia/2018/08/10/magnitude-7-0-earthquake-hits-lombok.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 7]] – The United States reimposes [[sanctions on Iran]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45098031 |title=Iran sanctions: Trump warns trading partners|date=August 7, 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=August 7, 2018|archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115165453/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45098031|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 10]] – [[2017–2019 Romanian protests|Protests]] against the government of [[Romania]], prime-minister [[Viorica Dăncilă]] and [[Social Democratic Party (Romania)|PSD]] leader and corrupt businessman [[Liviu Dragnea]] take place in [[Bucharest]], [[Cluj-Napoca]] and other major Romanian cities. In Bucharest, the protests take a violent shape and, in the course of a few hours, over 400 people are injured, including civilians not taking part in the protests and police units, and more than a thousand people suffer effects from tear gas and hand grenades thrown by the Romanian [[Gendarmerie (Romania)|Jandarmerie]] units deployed and backed by the PSD-ruled government. 
* [[August 10]]–[[August 20|20]] – Heavy rainfall causes [[2018 Kerala floods|severe floods]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Kerala]]. It is the worst flood to hit the state in a century.
* [[August 12]]
** The five littoral states – [[Russia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Iran]] and [[Turkmenistan]] – sign the [[Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea]], ending the 20-year long dispute over the [[Caspian Sea]]'s legal status.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2018/08/16/is-the-caspian-a-sea-or-a-lake |title=Is the Caspian a sea or a lake? |date=2018-08-16 |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |access-date=2018-08-20 |archive-date=August 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819221847/https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2018/08/16/is-the-caspian-a-sea-or-a-lake |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[NASA]] launches the uncrewed [[Parker Solar Probe]] to study the [[Sun]] at close range and the [[solar wind]].<ref name="NYT-20180812-kc">{{cite news |last=Chang |first=Kenneth |title=Parker Solar Probe Launches on NASA Voyage to 'Touch the Sun' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/11/science/parker-solar-probe-launch.html |date=August 12, 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=August 12, 2018 |archive-date=December 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224041603/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/11/science/parker-solar-probe-launch.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NYT-20180810kc">{{cite news |last=Chang |first=Kenneth |title=NASA's Parker Solar Probe Is Named for Him. 60 Years Ago, No One Believed His Ideas About the Sun - Eugene N. Parker predicted the existence of solar wind in 1958. The NASA spacecraft is the first named for a living person. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/science/eugene-parker-solar-wind-nasa-probe.html |date=August 10, 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=August 12, 2018 |archive-date=August 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811211441/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/science/eugene-parker-solar-wind-nasa-probe.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Fox 2016">{{Cite journal |last1=Fox |first1=N. J. |last2=Velli |first2=M. C. |last3=Bale |first3=S. D. |last4=Decker |first4=R. |last5=Driesman |first5=A. |last6=Howard |first6=R. A. |last7=Kasper |first7=J. C. |last8=Kinnison |first8=J. |last9=Kusterer |first9=M. |first10=D. |last10=Lario |first11=M. K. |last11=Lockwood |first12=D. J. |last12=McComas |first13=N. E. |last13=Raouafi |first14=A. |last14=Szabo |date=2015-11-11 |title=The Solar Probe Plus Mission: Humanity's First Visit to Our Star |journal=[[Space Science Reviews]] |language=en |volume=204 |issue=1–4 |pages=7–48 |doi=10.1007/s11214-015-0211-6 |bibcode=2016SSRv..204....7F |issn=0038-6308|doi-access=free }}</ref>
* [[August 14]] – Part of the [[Morandi Bridge]] collapses after a violent storm in [[Genoa]], [[Italy]], causing 43 fatalities. Deputy Prime Minister [[Luigi Di Maio]] and transport minister [[Danilo Toninelli]] blame private company Autostrade per l'Italia.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/8/15/italy-bridge-39-dead-as-rescuers-search-for-survivors |title=Italy bridge: 38 dead as rescuers search for survivors |publisher=Al Jazeera|date=August 15, 2018|access-date=August 15, 2018|url-status=live|archive-date=August 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815013311/https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2018/08/italy-mourns-bridge-collapse-victims-calls-investigation-180814220305496.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/15/genoa-bridge-collapse-death-toll-italy-minister-calls-resignations |title=Italy bridge collapse: 35 dead as minister calls for resignations |newspaper=The Guardian|first=Angela|last=Giuffrida|date=August 15, 2018|access-date=August 15, 2018|archive-date=August 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815085138/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/15/genoa-bridge-collapse-death-toll-italy-minister-calls-resignations|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 18]]–[[September 2]] – The [[2018 Asian Games]] are held in [[Jakarta]] and [[Palembang]], [[Indonesia]].
* [[August 20]] – 15 year old Swedish pupil [[Greta Thunberg]] starts to [[School strike for the climate|stay out of school]] in an attempt to give attention to the [[global warming|climate change issue]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/24/you-ask-the-questions-greta-thunberg-interview-global-climate-strike|title=Send us your questions for climate activist Greta Thunberg |publisher=Guardian |language=en|date=24 May 2019|access-date=17 June 2019|archive-date=July 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721233045/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/24/you-ask-the-questions-greta-thunberg-interview-global-climate-strike|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 23]] – [[Ecuador]] withdraws from [[ALBA]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2018/08/23/ecuador-se-retira-del-alba-la-alianza-bolivariana-para-los-pueblos-de-nuestra-america/ |title=Ecuador se retira del ALBA, la Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América |website=infobae |date=August 23, 2018 |access-date=December 27, 2018 |archive-date=October 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013010322/https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2018/08/23/ecuador-se-retira-del-alba-la-alianza-bolivariana-para-los-pueblos-de-nuestra-america/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[August 24]] – [[Scott Morrison]] succeeds [[Malcolm Turnbull]] as [[Prime Minister of Australia]] following a [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]] [[Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills, 2018|leadership ballot]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Scott Morrison wins Liberal party leadership spill|url=https://www.9news.com.au/2018/08/23/13/57/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-scott-morrison|work=Nine News|date=August 24, 2018|access-date=August 24, 2018|archive-date=August 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824070923/https://www.9news.com.au/2018/08/23/13/57/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-scott-morrison|url-status=live}}</ref> Morrison is sworn in as Prime Minister later that evening.<ref>{{cite web|date=2018-08-25|title=Scott Morrison sworn in as Prime Minister but policy direction and election strategy remains uncertain|website=[[Forbes]]|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianmazique/2019/11/10/ksi-vs-logan-paul-results-winner-highlights-and-twitter-reaction/|access-date=August 25, 2018|archive-date=November 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110175000/https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianmazique/2019/11/10/ksi-vs-logan-paul-results-winner-highlights-and-twitter-reaction/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[August 25]] – The [[KSI vs. Logan Paul|amateur boxing match]] between [[KSI]] and [[Logan Paul]] takes place at [[Manchester Arena]], the fight is dubbed as the biggest amateur boxing match in history.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mazique|first=Brian|title=KSI Vs. Logan Paul Results: Winner, Highlights And Twitter Reaction|url=https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/415233/ksi-vs-logan-paul-deji-vs-jake-paul-fight-results-who-won/|access-date=2021-07-11|website=Forbes|date=August 26, 2018|language=en|archive-date=December 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224105447/https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/415233/ksi-vs-logan-paul-deji-vs-jake-paul-fight-results-who-won/|url-status=live}}</ref>