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
- 2018 Harbin hotel fire
- 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 17 people dead and 17 injured. (BGNES)
International relations
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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 and 2008 presidential nominee John McCain ( R– AZ) dies at the age of 81. (The New York Times)
Sport
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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)