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;Business and economy
*[[Toys "R" Us]] lenders cancel the bankruptcy auction of its brand name and other intellectual property assets and instead plan to [[Toys "R" Us#Restructuring|revive]] the Toys "R" Us and [[Toys "R" Us#Babies "R" Us|Babies "R" Us]] brand names. [https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/03/lenders-wants-to-revive-toys-r-us-andbabies-r-us-brands.html (CNBC)]
;Disasters and accidents
*[[2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami]]
**The confirmed death toll from an [[earthquake]] and [[tsunami]] in [[Indonesia]] has risen to 1,407. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-quake-toll/death-toll-from-indonesia-quake-tsunami-rises-to-1407-agency-idUSKCN1MD0KH (Reuters)]
**The [[Soputan]] volcano on [[Sulawesi]] erupts, sending ash columns {{convert|4|km}} into the air. [https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2166734/time-running-out-rescue-survivors-palu-earthquake-and (''South China Morning Post'')]
*Six rescue divers drown after they are caught in a [[whirlpool]] during a mission to locate and rescue a teenager from a disused mining pool in [[Malaysia]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-45742061 (BBC)]
;International relations
*[[United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action]]
**The [[International Court of Justice]] orders the [[United States|U.S.]] to lift [[United States sanctions against Iran|sanctions against Iran]] related to the import of humanitarian goods and civil aviation safety. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/03/international-court-of-justice-orders-us-to-lift-new-iran-sanctions (''The Guardian'')]
**[[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]] [[Mike Pompeo]] says that the [[United States]] is terminating the 1955 [[Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations and Consular Rights (United States–Iran)|Treaty of Amity]] with [[Iran]]. [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pompeo-pulls-out-of-treaty-with-iran-in-response-to-un-court-ruling (Fox News)]
*The United States announces its withdrawal from the optional protocol concerning compulsory settlement of disputes of the [[Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations]]. [https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-diplomacy-treaty/u-s-withdrawing-from-vienna-protocol-on-dispute-resolution-bolton-idUSW1N1UJ00V (Reuters)]
;Law and crime
*[[Florence, South Carolina shooting]]
**Seven police officers are shot, one fatally, by a gunman in [[Florence, South Carolina|Florence]], [[South Carolina]], [[United States]]. Five civilians were also injured. [https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/03/us/active-shooter-florence-south-carolina/index.html (CNN)]
*[[Immigration policy of Donald Trump]], [[Immigration to the United States]]
**A federal court in [[California]] blocks the [[Presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]] from terminating the [[Temporary protected status|Temporary Protected Status]] program that allows immigrants from four countries to live and work in the [[United States]]. [https://www.npr.org/2018/10/04/654264072/federal-judge-blocks-trump-from-removing-immigrants-from-four-countries (NPR)]
*Former [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] and [[Member of the National Assembly for Wales]], [[Simon Thomas (politician)|Simon Thomas]], pleads guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-45731833 (BBC)]
*[[Pardon of Alberto Fujimori]]
**A Peruvian court reverses the pardon granted to former [[President of Peru|Peruvian President]] [[Alberto Fujimori]] and orders that Fujimori must be returned to prison. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45738821 (BBC)]
;Politics and elections
*[[Politics of France]]
**[[France|French]] [[President of France|President]] [[Emmanuel Macron]] accepts the resignation of [[Minister of the Interior (France)|Minister of the Interior]] [[Gérard Collomb]]. [https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/french-interior-minister-quit-blow-macron-58233572 (ABC News)] [http://www.leparisien.fr/politique/macron-accepte-la-demission-de-collomb-philippe-va-assurer-l-interim-03-10-2018-7909596.php (''Le Parisien'')]
*[[Presidency of Rodrigo Duterte]], [[Human Security Act]]
**The [[Congress of the Philippines]] proposes a new law that could give [[Philippines President]] [[Rodrigo Duterte]] wide-ranging powers similar to [[Ferdinand Marcos]]. [https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2166841/philippines-plans-law-give-duterte-marcos-powers (SCMP)]
;Science and technology
*[[Discoveries of exoplanets]]
**[[Kepler-1625b]], an exoplanet proposed in 2017 to be orbited by an [[exomoon]], the first possible example of a moon orbiting a planet in another stellar system, is confirmed with observations from the [[Hubble Space Telescope]]. [https://www.space.com/42008-first-exomoon-discovery-kepler-1625b.html (Space.com)]
*The [[Federal Emergency Management Agency]] sends its first ever "Presidential Alert", a [[Wireless Emergency Alerts]] test message, at 2:18 pm EDT (18:18 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]) to most cell phones in the United States. [http://time.com/5400574/presidential-alert-donald-trump-fema/ (''Time'')]
*The [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] is awarded to [[George Smith (chemist)|George P. Smith]], [[Frances Arnold]], and [[Greg Winter]] for the design of molecules with a range of uses by means that mimic [[natural selection]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/03/science/chemistry-nobel-prize.html (''The New York Times'')].
;Sports
*In [[chess]], [[Arkady Dvorkovich]] is elected as president of the [[FIDE]]. [https://apnews.com/828087d8a40e447c8c3d172534e4ac50 (Associated Press)]
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;Business and economy
*[[Toys "R" Us]] lenders cancel the bankruptcy auction of its brand name and other intellectual property assets and instead plan to [[Toys "R" Us#Restructuring|revive]] the Toys "R" Us and [[Toys "R" Us#Babies "R" Us|Babies "R" Us]] brand names. [https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/03/lenders-wants-to-revive-toys-r-us-andbabies-r-us-brands.html (CNBC)]
;Disasters and accidents
*[[2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami]]
**The confirmed death toll from an [[earthquake]] and [[tsunami]] in [[Indonesia]] has risen to 1,407. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-quake-toll/death-toll-from-indonesia-quake-tsunami-rises-to-1407-agency-idUSKCN1MD0KH (Reuters)]
**The [[Soputan]] volcano on [[Sulawesi]] erupts, sending ash columns {{convert|4|km}} into the air. [https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2166734/time-running-out-rescue-survivors-palu-earthquake-and (''South China Morning Post'')]
*Six rescue divers drown after they are caught in a [[whirlpool]] during a mission to locate and rescue a teenager from a disused mining pool in [[Malaysia]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-45742061 (BBC)]
;International relations
*[[United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action]]
**The [[International Court of Justice]] orders the [[United States|U.S.]] to lift [[United States sanctions against Iran|sanctions against Iran]] related to the import of humanitarian goods and civil aviation safety. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/03/international-court-of-justice-orders-us-to-lift-new-iran-sanctions (''The Guardian'')]
**[[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]] [[Mike Pompeo]] says that the [[United States]] is terminating the 1955 [[Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations and Consular Rights (United States–Iran)|Treaty of Amity]] with [[Iran]]. [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pompeo-pulls-out-of-treaty-with-iran-in-response-to-un-court-ruling (Fox News)]
*The United States announces its withdrawal from the optional protocol concerning compulsory settlement of disputes of the [[Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations]]. [https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-diplomacy-treaty/u-s-withdrawing-from-vienna-protocol-on-dispute-resolution-bolton-idUSW1N1UJ00V (Reuters)]
;Law and crime
*[[Florence, South Carolina shooting]]
**Seven police officers are shot, one fatally, by a gunman in [[Florence, South Carolina|Florence]], [[South Carolina]], [[United States]]. Five civilians were also injured. [https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/03/us/active-shooter-florence-south-carolina/index.html (CNN)]
*[[Immigration policy of Donald Trump]], [[Immigration to the United States]]
**A federal court in [[California]] blocks the [[Presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]] from terminating the [[Temporary protected status|Temporary Protected Status]] program that allows immigrants from four countries to live and work in the [[United States]]. [https://www.npr.org/2018/10/04/654264072/federal-judge-blocks-trump-from-removing-immigrants-from-four-countries (NPR)]
*Former [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] and [[Member of the National Assembly for Wales]], [[Simon Thomas (politician)|Simon Thomas]], pleads guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-45731833 (BBC)]
*[[Pardon of Alberto Fujimori]]
**A Peruvian court reverses the pardon granted to former [[President of Peru|Peruvian President]] [[Alberto Fujimori]] and orders that Fujimori must be returned to prison. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45738821 (BBC)]
;Politics and elections
*[[Politics of France]]
**[[France|French]] [[President of France|President]] [[Emmanuel Macron]] accepts the resignation of [[Minister of the Interior (France)|Minister of the Interior]] [[Gérard Collomb]]. [https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/french-interior-minister-quit-blow-macron-58233572 (ABC News)] [http://www.leparisien.fr/politique/macron-accepte-la-demission-de-collomb-philippe-va-assurer-l-interim-03-10-2018-7909596.php (''Le Parisien'')]
*[[Presidency of Rodrigo Duterte]], [[Human Security Act]]
**The [[Congress of the Philippines]] proposes a new law that could give [[Philippines President]] [[Rodrigo Duterte]] wide-ranging powers similar to [[Ferdinand Marcos]]. [https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2166841/philippines-plans-law-give-duterte-marcos-powers (SCMP)]
;Science and technology
*[[Discoveries of exoplanets]]
**[[Kepler-1625b]], an exoplanet proposed in 2017 to be orbited by an [[exomoon]], the first possible example of a moon orbiting a planet in another stellar system, is confirmed with observations from the [[Hubble Space Telescope]]. [https://www.space.com/42008-first-exomoon-discovery-kepler-1625b.html (Space.com)]
*The [[Federal Emergency Management Agency]] sends its first ever "Presidential Alert", a [[Wireless Emergency Alerts]] test message, at 2:18 pm EDT (18:18 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]) to most cell phones in the United States. [http://time.com/5400574/presidential-alert-donald-trump-fema/ (''Time'')]
*The [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] is awarded to [[George Smith (chemist)|George P. Smith]], [[Frances Arnold]], and [[Greg Winter]] for the design of molecules with a range of uses by means that mimic [[natural selection]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/03/science/chemistry-nobel-prize.html (''The New York Times'')].
;Sports
*In [[chess]], [[Arkady Dvorkovich]] is elected as president of the [[FIDE]]. [https://apnews.com/828087d8a40e447c8c3d172534e4ac50 (Associated Press)]
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