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;Arts and culture
*[[American Music Awards of 2018]]
**American singer [[Taylor Swift]] wins four trophies, including [[American Music Award for Artist of the Year|Artist of the Year]], and holds 23 [[American Music Awards]], beating [[Whitney Houston]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-45809109 (BBC News)] [https://news.sky.com/story/taylor-swift-beats-whitney-houstons-american-music-awards-record-and-urges-fans-to-vote-11522562 (Sky News)]
;Disasters and accidents
*[[2018 Atlantic hurricane season]]
**[[Hurricane Michael]] strengthens to a category 2 storm with 110 mph winds as it continues to ascend through the [[Florida Panhandle]]. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2018/10/09/hurricane-michael-churns-toward-floridas-gulf-coast-while-quickly-gaining-strength/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.595a07b414c8 (Washington Post)] [https://www.tampabay.com/weather/hurricane-michaels-expected-tampa-bay-impact-storm-surge-gusty-winds-and-rain-20181009/ (Tampa Bay Times)]
*A [[sinkhole]] in [[Dazhou]], [[China]], kills four people. [https://nypost.com/2018/10/09/four-dead-after-being-swallowed-by-massive-sinkhole-in-china/ (NY Post)]
*[[2018 European floods]]
**At least 12 people die in [[flash flood]]ing on the [[Spain|Spanish]] island of [[Mallorca]], including nationals of at least 3 countries. A five-year-old child is missing. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45821680 (BBC)], [https://elpais.com/politica/2018/10/11/actualidad/1539263632_149645.html (El País)]
*[[List of pipeline accidents#Canada|Pipeline accidents in Canada]]
**In [[British Columbia]], communities are forced to evacuate after a pipeline operated by [[Enbridge]] explodes near [[Prince George, British Columbia|Prince George]]. [http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/pipeline-explosion-in-british-columbia-forces-evacuations/article/534207 (Digital Journal)] [https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/10/09/enbridge-pipeline-ruptures-and-sparks-fire-in-bc.html (Toronto Star)]
;Law and crime
*Former [[Vice President of Guatemala|Guatemalan Vice President]] [[Roxana Baldetti]] is sentenced to 15 years and 6 months in prison for fraud in a system to clean the polluted [[Lake Amatitlán]]. Baldetti still has four pending lawsuits and extradition to the [[United States]]. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/09/guatemala-former-vice-president-jailed-15-years-corruption-case (''The Guardian'')]
; International relations
*[[Foreign relations of the Holy See]], [[Foreign relations of North Korea]]
**[[List of leaders of North Korea|North Korean leader]] [[Kim Jong-un]] invites [[Pope Francis]] to [[Pyongyang]], and said he would be "warmly welcomed" to [[North Korea]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/09/world/asia/kim-jong-un-pope-francis-north-korea.html (New York Times)] [https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2018/10/09/Kim-Jong-Un-invites-Pope-Francis-to-Pyongyang/7551539085591/ (UPI)]
; Politics and elections
*[[Nikki Haley]] announces her resignation as the [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]], effective at the end of the year. [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/nikki-haley-resign-trump-s-ambassador-united-nations-n918076 (NBC News)]
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;Arts and culture
*[[American Music Awards of 2018]]
**American singer [[Taylor Swift]] wins four trophies, including [[American Music Award for Artist of the Year|Artist of the Year]], and holds 23 [[American Music Awards]], beating [[Whitney Houston]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-45809109 (BBC News)] [https://news.sky.com/story/taylor-swift-beats-whitney-houstons-american-music-awards-record-and-urges-fans-to-vote-11522562 (Sky News)]
;Disasters and accidents
*[[2018 Atlantic hurricane season]]
**[[Hurricane Michael]] strengthens to a category 2 storm with 110 mph winds as it continues to ascend through the [[Florida Panhandle]]. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2018/10/09/hurricane-michael-churns-toward-floridas-gulf-coast-while-quickly-gaining-strength/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.595a07b414c8 (Washington Post)] [https://www.tampabay.com/weather/hurricane-michaels-expected-tampa-bay-impact-storm-surge-gusty-winds-and-rain-20181009/ (Tampa Bay Times)]
*A [[sinkhole]] in [[Dazhou]], [[China]], kills four people. [https://nypost.com/2018/10/09/four-dead-after-being-swallowed-by-massive-sinkhole-in-china/ (NY Post)]
*[[2018 European floods]]
**At least 12 people die in [[flash flood]]ing on the [[Spain|Spanish]] island of [[Mallorca]], including nationals of at least 3 countries. A five-year-old child is missing. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45821680 (BBC)], [https://elpais.com/politica/2018/10/11/actualidad/1539263632_149645.html (El País)]
*[[List of pipeline accidents#Canada|Pipeline accidents in Canada]]
**In [[British Columbia]], communities are forced to evacuate after a pipeline operated by [[Enbridge]] explodes near [[Prince George, British Columbia|Prince George]]. [http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/pipeline-explosion-in-british-columbia-forces-evacuations/article/534207 (Digital Journal)] [https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/10/09/enbridge-pipeline-ruptures-and-sparks-fire-in-bc.html (Toronto Star)]
;Law and crime
*Former [[Vice President of Guatemala|Guatemalan Vice President]] [[Roxana Baldetti]] is sentenced to 15 years and 6 months in prison for fraud in a system to clean the polluted [[Lake Amatitlán]]. Baldetti still has four pending lawsuits and extradition to the [[United States]]. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/09/guatemala-former-vice-president-jailed-15-years-corruption-case (''The Guardian'')]
; International relations
*[[Foreign relations of the Holy See]], [[Foreign relations of North Korea]]
**[[List of leaders of North Korea|North Korean leader]] [[Kim Jong-un]] invites [[Pope Francis]] to [[Pyongyang]], and said he would be "warmly welcomed" to [[North Korea]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/09/world/asia/kim-jong-un-pope-francis-north-korea.html (New York Times)] [https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2018/10/09/Kim-Jong-Un-invites-Pope-Francis-to-Pyongyang/7551539085591/ (UPI)]
; Politics and elections
*[[Nikki Haley]] announces her resignation as the [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]], effective at the end of the year. [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/nikki-haley-resign-trump-s-ambassador-united-nations-n918076 (NBC News)]
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