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*A 1962 [[Ferrari 250 GTO]] is sold for $48.4 million at an auction in [[California]], making it the most expensive car ever sold through auction. [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-26/rare-ferrari-250-gto-sells-for-record-48-4-million-at-auction (Bloomberg] |
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*A hotel fire in [[Harbin]], [[China]], kills 19 people and injures 23 others. The fire broke out at the four-story Beilong Hot Spring Hotel in Harbin's Sun Island recreation area. [http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-08/25/c_137418591.htm (''Xinhua'')] |
*A hotel fire in [[Harbin]], [[China]], kills 19 people and injures 23 others. The fire broke out at the four-story Beilong Hot Spring Hotel in Harbin's Sun Island recreation area. [http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-08/25/c_137418591.htm (''Xinhua'')] |
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Revision as of 21:20, 26 August 2018
August 25, 2018 (Saturday)
Business and economy
- A 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO is sold for $48.4 million at an auction in California, making it the most expensive car ever sold through auction. (Bloomberg
Disasters and accidents
- A hotel fire in Harbin, China, kills 19 people and injures 23 others. The fire broke out at the four-story Beilong Hot Spring Hotel in Harbin's Sun Island recreation area. (Xinhua)
- The collapse of three buildings in Mashhad, Iran, kills ten people and injures nine others. (Mehr News Agency)
- A bus falls into the Iskar Gorge near Svoge, Bulgaria, leaving 16 people dead and 18 injured. (BGNES)
International relations
- European migrant crisis
- Thirteen sick people are taken off the stranded Diciotti vessel in Catania, Italy. Albania offers to take in 20 migrants. (Reuters)
- Italian Minister of the Interior Matteo Salvini is placed under investigation for possible illegal detention and kidnapping. He subsequently gives permission for the remaining 134 migrants to disembark. Ireland will take 25 migrants, Albania 20. The Italian church says it will take in the others. (The Guardian)
Politics and elections
- U.S. Senator John McCain (R–AZ) dies at the age of 81. (The New York Times)
Sport
- 2018 Challenge Cup
- In the Rugby League, the Catalans Dragons beat the Warrington Wolves in the 2018 Challenge Cup Final. It is the first time a team that is not from Northern England has won the competition. (BBC)