Portal:Current events/2013 October 24

Current events of October 24, 2013 (2013-10-24) (Thursday)

Arts and culture

• Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana, the 19th Supreme Patriarch of Buddhism in Thailand dies at the age of 100. (ABC News via Associated Press)

Business and economy

• Twitter sets a modest-seeming goal of $1.6 billion for its forthcoming initial public offering. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• China's Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources will send inspection teams to Chinese regional cities to inspect air quality following the 2013 Harbin smog incident. (Reuters Trust)
• An NSW Rural Fire Service pilot died when his plane crashes while fighting fires near the town of Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia. (Courier Mail)

Health

• The World Health Organization reports that a polio outbreak has begun in the war-torn city of Deir Ezzor, Syria. (Reuters)

International relations

• Germany summons the United States Ambassador over claims that the US monitored Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel's mobile phone. (BBC)

Law and crime

• Portuguese Police reopen the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. (BBC)

Sport

• France's top football clubs announce plans for a strike in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 at the end of November in protest at the President Francois Hollande's 75% supertax proposal. (AFP via Yahoo! Singapore)