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February 17, 2019
(
2019-02-17
)
(Sunday)
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Business and economy
Hundreds of airline passengers are left stranded throughout
Europe
following
British
airline
Flybmi
's
bankruptcy
filing.
(AP via
The Washington Times
)
Disasters and accidents
At least nine people die after a fire sweeps through more than 200 slum dwellings in
Chittagong
,
Bangladesh
.
(BBC News)
Four children die after a landslide in
Mauá, São Paulo
,
Brazil
.
(G1)
Eight people are rescued from a gold mine that is flooded in
Battlefields
,
Zimbabwe
.
(Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
A
mass shooting
inside a
nightclub
in
Cancún
,
Mexico
, leaves five dead and five wounded.
(Fox News)
Politics and elections
Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu
appoints intelligence minister
Israel Katz
to take over the foreign minister portfolio. Netanyahu retains his defence minister and health minister roles. Israel's
parliamentary elections
are scheduled for 9 April 2019.
(Reuters)
(
The Jewish Chronicle
)
Australian Prime Minister
Scott Morrison
announces the country's major political parties computer networks had been
hacked
by a "sophisticated state actor."
(BBC News)
Saudi Arabia–Pakistan relations
Saudi Arabia
signs $20 billion dollars in deals with
Pakistan
.
(BBC News)
Sports
2019 NBA All-Star Game
The 2019 NBA All-Star Game takes place in
Charlotte, North Carolina
, with Team
LeBron
defeating Team
Giannis
178–164.
Golden State Warriors
small forward
Kevin Durant
is named
the game's MVP
; it is his second All Star MVP award, the first coming in
2012
.
(CBS Sports)
2019 Daytona 500
Denny Hamlin
wins the 2019 Daytona 500. It is his second win in the event, the first coming in
2016
.
(Fox News)
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