2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle, Results
Only two swimmers from each country was classified in the award ranking.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke
The men's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Tyler Clary of the United States.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke, Results, Heats
The first round was held on 12 August from 10:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke, Results, Heats
Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke, Results, B Final
The B final was held on 12 August from 17:30.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke, Results, A Final
The A final was held on 12 August from 17:30.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Yasuhiro Koseki of Japan.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke, Results, Heats
The first round was held on 12 August from 10:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke, Results, Heats
Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke, Results, B Final
The B final was held on 12 August from 17:30.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke, Results, A Final
The A final was held on 12 August from 17:30.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly
The men's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 10 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Daiya Seto of Japan.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly, Results, Heats
The first round was held on 10 August from 10:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly, Results, Heats
Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly, Results, B Final
The B final was held on 10 August from 18:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly, Results, A Final
The A final was held on 10 August from 18:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle
The men's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 9 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Thomas Fraser-Holmes of Australia.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle, Results, Heats
The first round was held on 9 August from 10:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle, Results, Heats
Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle, Results, B Final
The B final was held on 9 August from 17:30.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle, Results, A Final
The A final was held on 9 August from 17:30.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley
The men's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 11 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Kosuke Hagino of Japan.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley, Results, Heats
The first round was held on 11 August from 10:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley, Results, Heats
Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley, Results, B Final
The B final was held on 11 August from 18:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley, Results, A Final
The A final was held on 11 August from 18:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 11 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Australia.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was the United States.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 10 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was the United States.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle
The men's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 11 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Park Tae-hwan of South Korea.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle, Results, Heats
The first round was held on 11 August from 10:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle, Results, Heats
Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle, Results, B Final
The B final was held on 11 August from 18:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle, Results, A Final
The A final was held on 11 August from 18:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley
The men's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 9 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Kosuke Hagino of Japan.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley, Results, Heats
The first round was held on 9 August from 10:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley, Results, Heats
Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley, Results, B Final
The B final was held on 9 August from 17:30.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley, Results, A Final
The A final was held on 9 August from 17:30.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle
The men's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Bruno Fratus of Brazil.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle, Results, Heats
The first round was held on 12 August from 10:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle, Results, Heats
Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle, Results, B Final
The B final was held on 12 August from 17:30.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle, Results, A Final
The A final was held on 12 August from 17:30.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle
The men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Ryan Cochrane of Canada.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle
This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once. Early heat was swum at the end of the preliminary heats on that day from slowest to fastest. The fastest timed final heat was swum with the finals.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle, Results
The timed final was held on 12 August from 10:00 to the slowest heats and from 17:30 to the fastest heat.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle, Results
Only two swimmers from each country was classified in the award ranking.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay
The mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 9 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 10 kilometre open water
The women's 10 kilometre open water competition of the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships was held on 14 August at the Hojyo Beach.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 10 kilometre open water, Results
Unlimited number of swimmers are permitted per country, but only the top two swimmers from each country was classified.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke
The women's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 10 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Emily Seebohm of Australia.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke, Results, Heats
The first round was held on 10 August from 10:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke, Results, Heats
Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke, Results, B Final
The B final was held on 10 August from 18:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke, Results, A Final
The A final was held on 10 August from 18:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke
The women's 100 metre breaststroke competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 9 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Rebecca Soni of the United States.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke, Results, Heats
The first round was held on 9 August from 10:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke, Results, Heats
Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country does not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke, Results, B Final
The B final was held on 9 August from 17:30.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke, Results, A Final
The A final was held on 9 August from 17:30.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly
The women's 100 metre butterfly competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 11 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Alicia Coutts of Australia.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly, Results, Heats
The first round was held on 11 August from 10:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly, Results, Heats
Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly, Results, B Final
The B final was held on 11 August from 18:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly, Results, A Final
The A final was held on 11 August from 18:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle
The women's 100 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 10 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Cate Campbell of Australia.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle, Results, Heats
The first round was held on 10 August from 10:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle, Results, Heats
Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country does not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle, Results, B Final
The B final was held on 10 August from 18:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle, Results, A Final
The A final was held on 10 August from 18:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle
The women's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Katie Ledecky of the United States.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle
This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once. Early heat was swum at the end of the preliminary heats on that day from slowest to fastest. The fastest timed final heat was swum with the finals.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle, Results
The timed final was held on 12 August from 10:00 to the slowest heats and from 17:30 to the fastest heat.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle, Results
Only two swimmers from each country was classified in the award ranking.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke
The women's 200 metre backstroke competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Belinda Hocking of Australia.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke, Results, Heats
The first round was held on 12 August from 10:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke, Results, Heats
Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke, Results, B Final
The B final was held on 12 August from 17:30.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke, Results, A Final
The A final was held on 12 August from 17:30.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Kanako Watanabe of Japan.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke, Results, Heats
The first round was held on 12 August from 10:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke, Results, Heats
Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke, Results, B Final
The B final was held on 12 August from 17:30.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke, Results, A Final
The A final was held on 12 August from 17:30.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly
The women's 200 metre butterfly competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 10 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Cammile Adams of the United States.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly, Results, Heats
The first round was held on 10 August from 10:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly, Results, Heats
Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly, Results, B Final
As only one swimmer has advanced the B final was not held.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly, Results, A Final
The A final was held on 10 August from 18:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle
The women's 200 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 9 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Katie Ledecky of the United States.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle, Results, Heats
The first round was held on 9 August from 10:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle, Results, Heats
Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country does not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle, Results, B Final
The B final was held on 9 August from 17:30.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle, Results, A Final
The A final was held on 9 August from 17:30.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley
The women's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 11 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Maya DiRado of the United States.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley, Results, Heats
The first round was held on 11 August from 10:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley, Results, Heats
Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley, Results, B Final
The B final was held on 11 August from 18:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley, Results, A Final
The A final was held on 11 August from 18:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 11 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Australia.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
The women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Australia.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
The women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 10 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was the United States.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle
The women's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 11 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Katie Ledecky of the United States.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle, Results, Heats
The first round was held on 11 August from 10:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle, Results, Heats
Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle, Results, B Final
The B final was held on 11 August from 18:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle, Results, A Final
The A final was held on 11 August from 18:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley
The women's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 9 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Elizabeth Beisel of the United States.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley, Results, Heats
The first round was held on 9 August from 10:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley, Results, Heats
Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country does not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley, Results, B Final
The B final was held on 9 August from 17:30.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley, Results, A Final
The A final was held on 9 August from 17:30.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle
The women's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Cate Campbell of Australia.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle, Results, Heats
The first round was held on 12 August from 10:00.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle, Results, Heats
Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle, Results, B Final
The B final was held on 12 August from 17:30.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle, Results, A Final
The A final was held on 12 August from 17:30.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle
The women's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 9 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Katie Ledecky of United States.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle
This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once. Early heat was swum at the end of the preliminary heats on that day from slowest to fastest. The fastest timed final heat was swum with the finals.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle, Results
The timed final was held on 9 August from 10:00 to the slowest heats and from 17:30 to the fastest heat.


2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle, Results
Only two swimmers from each country was classified in the award ranking.


2018 Pan-American Korfball Championship
The Second Pan-American Korfball Championship was held in Colombia from 2 March 2018 to 4 March 2018, with 6 national teams in competition. The tournament also served as an American qualifier for the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship, with the top two nations qualifying for the world championship.


2018 Pan-American Korfball Championship
Brazil was the defending champion but had to settle for third as Suriname and Dominican Republic took the top two spots and qualified for the 2019 IKF World Korfball Championship.


2018 Pan-American Korfball Championship, Results
The six teams played a simple group stage tournament, with the top team crowned Pan-American champions. Suriname secured the title on 3 March with one match to play as they had a three point lead over Brazil and Dominican Republic, two teams which they had already beaten and which still had to play each other in the final match to determine second place.


2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis
The 2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis was a diplomatic stand-off between Panama and Venezuela after the Panamanian government imposed sanctions on President Nicolás Maduro and several key officials of the Bolivarian government over alleged involvement with "money laundering, financing of terrorism and financing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction" on 29 March 2018.


2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis
On 5 April 2018, Maduro imposed sanctions on Panamanian companies and as well as prominent Panamanian officials, including President Juan Carlos Varela in response to the sanctions imposed by Panama.


2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis
The diplomatic crisis ended on 26 April 2018 when President Maduro announced that he had called President Varela and agreed to the return of the ambassadors and the return of air communication between both countries.


2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis, Background
Bilateral relations between the Panama and Venezuela have been suspended on two previous occasions under the Bolivarian government. In 2004, diplomatic relations were suspended by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez (together with Cuba), when the Panamanian government refused to extradite a Cuban exile militant and CIA agent Luis Posada Carriles, claiming his life was in danger if extradited to those countries.


2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis, Background
In March 2014,  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro broke off diplomatic relations between the two countries, after President Ricardo Martinelli expressed support for the demonstrators during the 2014 Venezuelan protests. Relations were later restored in July 2014, after Vice President Jorge Arreaza attended the inauguration of President Juan Carlos Varela.


2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis, Start of the crisis
On March 29, 2018, the Ministry of Economy and Finance in Panama published a list of Venezuelan people, for their history of banking operations, were subject to investigations by cash or bank fraud laundering, so the list sought to warn both public and private institutions that limit their economic and financial operations with the listed group, considering them to be "high risk". The Panamanian government accuses these officials for alleged involvement with "money laundering, financing of terrorism and financing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction."


2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis, Start of the crisis
The list contained high-profile officials of the Bolivarian government including president Nicolás Maduro, 2017 Constituent National Assembly President Delcy Rodríguez, Vice President of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) Diosdado Cabello, Head of Local Committees for Supply and Production (CLAP) Freddy Bernal, ANC member and brother of former President Hugo Chávez Adán Chávez, Prisons Minister Iris Varela, President of the TSJ Maikel Moreno, Attorney General of Venezuela Tarek William Saab, President of the pro-government CNE Tibisay Lucena, Minister of Interior Néstor Reverol and Head of SEBIN Gustavo González López.


2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis, Start of the crisis
A group of Venezuelan opposition deputies, Freddy Superlano, Luis Florido and Ismael García traveled to Panama on April 3 to request the Panamanian Vice President and Foreign Minister, Isabel Saint Malo, the detailed list of the 55 Venezuelan officials. included in the list and the express reasons. In response, the foreign minister promised to provide all possible information in the way of cooperation between both countries, always respecting the applicable law.


2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis, Start of the crisis, Venezuelan government reaction
On 5 April 2018, the Venezuelan government imposed sanctions on 22 people and 46 Panamanian companies, among which were key officials of the government, including the President and Foreign Minister or Panama-based companies operating in Venezuela, such as Copa Airlines.


2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis, Start of the crisis, Panamanian government reaction
On 6 April 2018, the Panamanian government ordered to recall its ambassador to Venezuela, Miguel Octavio Mejia Miranda, in Caracas and urged the Venezuelan government to do the same with the Venezuelan ambassador, Jorge Luis Durán Centeno, in Panama City.


2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis, Start of the crisis, Panamanian government reaction
Copa Airlines was forced to suspend its operations from Caracas, Maracaibo and Valencia in response to the sanctions but resumed on 1 May 2018.


2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis, Start of the crisis, Panamanian government reaction
According to President Varela, the sanctions imposed against Copa Airlines by the Maduro government will hurt Venezuelans since Panama is a logistic route for supplying medicine and food in response to the outgoing shortages.


2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis, Sanctions between both countries, Sanctions on Panama by Venezuela
Venezuela imposed commercial sanctions by breaking commercial relations with Panama to 22 personalities and 46 Panamanian companies in response to the sanctions that Panama had imposed on Venezuela while reporting on the future publication of the list of Venezuelan personalities susceptible to money laundering.


2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis, Sanctions between both countries, Sanctions on Panama by Venezuela
Venezuelan Vice President Tareck el Aissami announced that President Maduro has suspended commercial relations with several Panamanian companies, which will be added to the list of 46 announced originally on April 5. The measure became effective on April 13, 2018, adding 50 more companies.


2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis, Sanctions between both countries, Sanctions on Venezuela by Panama
Panamanian president Juan Carlos Varela indicated that his government would not recognize the 2018 Venezuelan presidential election results to persist the bilateral conflict. In addition, it is reported that his executive is preparing new sanctions in response to the "aggressive and disproportionate" measures that Venezuela done before the imposition of sanctions by Panama.


2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis, Sanctions between both countries, Sanctions on Venezuela by Panama
The Government of Panama approved retaliation measures against the Venezuelan government, based on the Panamanian retaliation law and by virtue of the principle of reciprocity that governs international relations. The Cabinet Council ordered the suspension, for a period of ninety (90) days extendable, of all activities of air transport, passengers and cargo of Venezuelan airlines operating in Panama, the companies are as follows:


2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis, Sanctions between both countries, Sanctions on Venezuela by Panama
The measures took effect from April 25, 2018. In addition, the government approved an extension of 60 days tourist visa for Venezuelans stranded in Panama.


2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis, Reactions
On March 28, 2018, the government of Switzerland imposed economic sanctions on Venezuela and froze the accounts of several senior government officials.


2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis, Reactions
The Lima Group quickly positioned itself on the Panamanian side, condemned the Venezuelan sanctions imposed against Panama and assessed the possibilities of imposing additional international sanctions on the Maduro government, while at the same time recalling its non-recognition of the 2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election and the repudiation of the upcoming presidential elections in Venezuela scheduled for May 20.


2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis, Reactions
The United States has welcomed the measures taken by Panama to expose and block Venezuelan money laundering and urged the international community "to follow Panama’s example and stand together against the Maduro regime’s corruption and illegitimate rule.” It also reiterated that Venezuela must restore democracy and end the repression and suffering of the Venezuelan people.


2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis, Mediation by Dominican Republic
At the request of President Maduro, the President of the Dominican Republic, Danilo Medina, was asked to act as mediator in a meeting in order to resolve the conflict with Panama.


2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis, Mediation by Dominican Republic
The meeting was held on April 11 in a secret manner by both sides, between Venezuelan Minister Wilmar Castro Soteldo and Panamanian Vice President Isabel Saint Malo, mediated by Dominican Foreign Minister Manuel Vargas.


2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis, Mediation by Dominican Republic
However, the talks collapsed on April 18, President Maduro himself revealed the existence of this meeting and blamed the head of the Panamanian delegation for "insults". Subsequently, the Panamanian government confirmed the meeting and argued that the commercial list published by Panama only formalizes lists published by the international community.


2018 Panama–Venezuela diplomatic crisis, End of the crisis
On April 26, President Maduro announced that he made a phone call with President Varela and agreed to the return of the ambassadors of both countries, including the restitution of air communication between both countries, which was being affected from day. Likewise, an open diplomatic channel was left to discuss other pending issues, with a progress report that will be made in the next 30 days. The agreement was confirmed by the Panamanian Foreign Ministry.


2018 Panda Cup
The 2018 Panda Cup was the fifth edition of the under-19 association football competition.


2018 Panda Cup
The tournament was hosted in Chengdu between 23 and 27 May. Players born on or after 1 January 1999 are eligible to compete in the tournament.


2018 Panda Cup, Participating teams
In May 2018, it was announced that hosts China would join England, Hungary and Uruguay by participating in the 2018 Panda Cup.


2018 Papa John's Pizza Tankard
The 2018 Papa John's Pizza Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship of New Brunswick was held February 7 to 11 in Miramichi, New Brunswick. The winning James Grattan rink represented New Brunswick at the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier in Regina.


2018 Papua New Guinea Hunters season
The 2018 Intrust Super Cup was the PNG Hunters fifth season in the Queensland Cup.


2018 Papua New Guinea Hunters season, Season summary
The Hunters started with a trial against the  Brisbane Broncos in Port Moresby on February 24, 2018 where they lost 26-12. The Hunters finished the season in seventh spot missing out on the finals series. Ten PNG Hunters players from the 2018 squad were recruited by overseas clubs.


2018 Papua New Guinea Hunters season, Fixtures, Pre-season
The Hunters lost to the Brisbane Broncos 26-12 in Port Moresby on February 24,2018.


2018 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League
The 2018 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League was the 12th edition of Papua New Guinea National Soccer League. The league ran from 13 January to 26 May 2018.


2018 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League
The title was won by Toti City, formerly Lae City Dwellers, who picked up their fourth title with a 3–0 victory over Besta PNG United in the Grand Final. Toti, alongside FC Morobe Wawens, qualified for the 2019 OFC Champions League by virtue of their final league position.


2018 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Teams
The season was the second and final following the league split, with the league expanding to seven teams from six the previous season. Reigning champions Lae City Dwellers returned under a new name – Toti City FC – while Besta PNG United, Madang FC and Buang FC also returned. Southern Strikers, who had initially planned to take part in the 2017 season, were the first team confirmed as competing, while there were debuts for FC Morobe Wawens and FC Momase.


2018 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Format
Seven teams played in the league during the regular season, and teams played home and away, with the team at the top of the league after all matches were played crowned as 'Minor Premiers'. The top two secured qualification for the 2018 OFC Champions League. At the end of the regular season, the top four teams advanced to a knockout competition, the winners of which were crowned Champions.


2018 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Summary
In early January, shortly after the season began, the PNGFA were banned from using all PNG Sports Foundation facilities due to outstanding payments from the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, which took place in the country.


2018 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Summary
Reigning champions Toti City made a strong start to the season, picking up big wins in their second and third fixtures, defeating Buang FC 8–1 and Madang FC 7–2 on back-to-back weekends to go clear at the top after just three weeks. It was a position they would not relinquish for the remainder of the season, eventually going unbeaten, dropping points in the second half of the season with draws against Madang and Southern Strikers.


2018 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Summary
The battle for second place, and with it the second OFC Champions League spot, was far closer. Initially, it looked like Madang would be Toti's closest rivals, as they sat four points ahead of third-placed Morobe Wawens in mid-March. However, a 2–0 defeat on 17 March to Besta PNG United and a defeat by the same scoreline to Wawens on the final official matchday 21 April saw them slip to fourth, while Wawens' victory propelled them into the second spot.


2018 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Summary
On May 3, after the end of the officially scheduled fixtures, it was decided that all the remaining matches were to be forfeited, as only the top four sides had paid their affiliation fee in full. However, by the following week, Southern Strikers settled their fee, and their remaining matches were rescheduled, while Buang and Momase had 0–3 defeats awarded against them in all their outstanding fixtures. Southern Strikers eventually finished fifth, outside the qualification to the playoffs, and their rearranged matches had no effect on the final standings.


2018 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Summary
In the playoffs, Toti City reached their fourth consecutive Grand Final with a penalty shoot-out victory over Madang in the first semi-final, while third-placed Besta PNG United defeated second-placed Wawens. In the final Toti City claimed their fourth title with a 3–0 victory over Besta PNG.


2018 Papua New Guinea earthquake
The Papua New Guinea earthquake was a magnitude 7.5 earthquake that occurred in the Hela Province of Papua New Guinea on 26 February 2018 (25 February UTC), at 3:44 a.m. local time (25 February, 17:44 UTC). The earthquake's epicenter was 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of the town of Komo. The maximum felt intensity was IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale. A total of 160 people were killed and many others were injured. An aftershock of M6.0 killed 11 people on 4 March, while another aftershock of M6.7 occurred at 00:13 local time on 7 March, killing at least 25 more. A 6.3 aftershock killed another 4 people on 7 April, more than a month after the first tremors hit the area.


2018 Papua New Guinea earthquake, Tectonic setting
Papua New Guinea lies within the complex zone of collision between the Australian Plate and the Pacific Plate, which converge at a rate of 107 mm per year at the earthquake's location. The Papuan fold and thrust belt, which is responsible for the mountainous New Guinea Highlands, forms the boundary between the Stable Platform area to the south and the Mobile Belt to the north. The Stable Platform consists of little deformed continental crust of the Australian Plate. The Mobile Belt consists of a series of arc terranes and continental fragments previously accreted to the Australian Plate. Current convergence across the fold and thrust belt are estimated at up to 15 mm per year. The thrusting is thick-skinned in type, involving reverse reactivation of much older extensional faults.


2018 Papua New Guinea earthquake, Earthquake
The main shock struck at a depth of 23.4 km below the northern slopes of Mt. Sisa, and was followed by a 5.5 Mb aftershock less than 30 minutes later. The Geohazards Management Division in Port Moresby characterized it as "typical for the Papuan fold and thrust belt".


2018 Papua New Guinea earthquake, Earthquake, Aftershocks
There have been more than 270 aftershocks reported by USGS in total, 68 of which were above magnitude 5, and 6 of which were above magnitude 6.


2018 Papua New Guinea earthquake, Aftermath, Damage
On the morning of 26 February, ExxonMobil announced that they would temporarily shut down the Hides gas field conditioning plant, situated about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from the epicenter, in order to assess damage. Officials later confirmed that all of the staff were "safe and accounted for", while the administration buildings, living quarters, and mess hall had all sustained damage. The company was planning on evacuating all non-essential personnel. Flights into the Komo airfield were temporarily suspended until the runway could be surveyed. Sinkholes and landslides were reported across the affected areas, with electricity supplies also being disrupted. On 10 March, ExxonMobil officials announced that the Hides facility will not be operational for at least 8 weeks, a significant economic loss for the country.


2018 Papua New Guinea earthquake, Aftermath, Damage
Papua New Guinea's largest oil and gas exploration and development company Oil Search also announced it would shut down production in the Southern Highlands until it could ensure the safety of its employees. The Porgera Gold Mine suffered damage to its gas and electricity infrastructure, while landslips blocked the access road to the Ok Tedi Mine and damaged parts of the highway between Tabubil and Kiunga in the Western Province.


2018 Papua New Guinea earthquake, Aftermath, Damage
A week after the quake, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement officials estimated that at least 7,000 people had their homes destroyed or damaged, and 150,000 people were in urgent need of emergency supplies, with food and clean water among the biggest concerns. Lack of road access and landslides were hampering deliveries in the area. By 7 March the number of displaced people had risen to 17,000, with continuing problems due to damaged roads and communication difficulties.


2018 Papua New Guinea earthquake, Aftermath, Damage
The first UNDAC situational overview was released on 10 March, prepared in collaboration with local and international agencies. Over 544,000 people were reported to be affected by the quake, with half of them being targeted for assistance, and more than 26,000 displaced across the western parts of the country.


2018 Papua New Guinea earthquake, Aftermath, Damage
On 15 March, nearly three weeks after the earthquake, UNICEF estimated that 275,000 people were in need of urgent humanitarian assistance, including 125,000 children.


2018 Papua New Guinea earthquake, Aftermath, Damage, Indonesia
The quake and its aftershocks caused panic in Jayapura, the capital of Indonesia's Papua province. The country's National Board for Disaster Management later confirmed that several buildings were damaged in the Boven Digoel Regency, including a mosque, a military post, and a district office.


2018 Papua New Guinea earthquake, Aftermath, Casualties
A total of 160 people were reported to have been killed, while many others were badly injured. Hela Province had at least 80 confirmed deaths, while 45 casualties were reported from the Southern Highlands Province.


2018 Papua New Guinea earthquake, Aftermath, Casualties
On 4 March, a M6.0 aftershock killed 11 people after a landslide buried the small village of Huya. A further 25 people were reported killed by a M6.7 aftershock on 7 March. A M6.3 aftershock on 7 April caused more damage, and four people were killed when houses collapsed in Tari.


2018 Papua New Guinea earthquake, Aftermath, Response
The government of Papua New Guinea dispatched disaster assessment teams to parts of the Southern Highlands and Hela provinces following the earthquake. Members of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force were also mobilised to assist with the delivery of supplies to affected people, as well as the restoration of services and infrastructure. A state of emergency was declared on 1 March for the provinces of Hela, Southern Highlands, Enga and Western, together with a promise of 450 million kina (about 138 million US$) to help deal with the aftermath of the quake. On 8 March, the country's Commerce and Industry Minister Wera Mori estimated that reconstruction will cost at least 600 million kina (about 185 million US$). In addition to the four provinces under a state of emergency, Gulf Province was also discovered to be seriously affected in the quake's aftermath.


2018 Papua New Guinea earthquake, Aftermath, Response
The Australian government promised $AU 200,000 in aid and sent a C-130 Hercules aircraft for aerial surveys. The first shipment of supplies arrived at Moro Airport on 3 March. Four days later the country pledged a further 1,000,000 US$ in support of vulnerable women and children in the earthquake-affected areas, as well as three CH-47 Chinook helicopters and additional Australian Defence Force personnel.


2018 Papua New Guinea earthquake, Aftermath, Response
The New Zealand government sent two Lockheed C-130 Hercules planes carrying hygiene kits, shelter supplies, water containers and tarpaulins. The government of China donated over 2.8 million kina (about 880,000 US$) in the weeks after the disaster. On 8 March 40 electricity generators were delivered from Israel.


2018 Papua New Guinea earthquake, Aftermath, Response
The Red Cross released $221,000 in funds and announced it would send first aid, water, mosquito nets and shelters to the stricken areas. ExxonMobil donated $1,000,000 to relief efforts, and allowed the government to use its experts, resources and helicopters in the recovery process, while Santos Limited released a total of $1,200,000 to the Hela Provincial Hospital and aid agencies working in Papua New Guinea. Bank South Pacific donated 1 million kina (about 310,000 US$) to the emergency relief and reconstruction fund.


2018 Papua New Guinea earthquake, Aftermath, Response
By 16 March, the total amount of cash donations had reached 150 million kina (about 46 million US$), with the government announcing it had already committed about one third of them to humanitarian aid and road reconstruction.


2018 Papua gubernatorial election
The 2018 Papua gubernatorial election took place in Papua, Indonesia on 27 June 2018 as part of the simultaneous local elections. It was held to elect the governor of Papua alongside with their deputy, whilst members of the provincial council (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah) will be re-elected in 2019.


2018 Papua gubernatorial election
Incumbent Lukas Enembe ran for his second term against the regent of Jayawijaya Regency John Wempi Wetipo.


2018 Papua gubernatorial election, Timeline
Registration for party-backed candidates were opened between 8 and 10 January 2018, while independent candidates were required to register between 22 and 26 November 2017 although none registered. The candidates were assigned their ballot numbers on 21 February 2018. The campaigning period would commence between 15 February and 24 June, with a three-day election silence before voting on 27 June.


2018 Papua gubernatorial election, Timeline
The General Elections Commission planned to release a list of eligible voters by 22 April 2018, but it was delayed citing delays from several regions. A placeholder count from March 2018 placed the voter count at 3,125,047.


2018 Papua gubernatorial election, Candidates
As per regulations due to the province's special autonomy status, candidates are required to garner the support of political parties totaling 15 percent of the popular vote in the 2014 election or parties controlling 15 percent of the 55-seat provincial council.


2018 Papua gubernatorial election, Candidates
The Lukas-Klemen pair (abbreviated as Lukmen) are both incumbents. After garnering the support of most political parties in 2017, several media outlets and his party Demokrat speculated that the election will be uncontested. On January 4, however, PDI-P leader Megawati Sukarnoputri declared that the party will place its support behind John Wempi Wetipo, regent of Jayawijaya Regency with former regent of Jayapura Regency Habel Melkias Suwae as his running mate.


2018 Papua gubernatorial election, Candidates
The John-Suwae ticket (abbreviated as Josua) also received the endorsement of Gerindra, despite the two parties being the main parties of the government (Koalisi Indonesia Hebat) and opposition (Koalisi Merah Putih) coalitions in the People's Representative Council. Deputy speaker of the parliament and Gerindra vice-chairman Fadli Zon noted that the alliance was "reflecting the aspirations of local areas".


2018 Paradise Jam Tournament
The 2018 Paradise Jam Tournament was a set of men's and women's preseason college basketball tournaments that took place in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands at the Sports and Fitness Center on the campus of the University of the Virgin Islands, after a year's absence due to major damage to the Virgin Islands from Hurricanes Irma and Maria.


2018 Paradise Jam Tournament
The men's tournament was played November 16–19, 2018, with the women's tournament to be held November 22–25.


2018 Paradise Jam Tournament, Women's Tournament
The women's tournament will be played from November 22–24. The women's tournament consists of 8 teams split into two 4-team, round-robin divisions: Island and Reef.


2018 Paraguayan Primera División season
The 2018 División Profesional season (officially the Copa de Primera TIGO-Visión Banco 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was the 84th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay. The season began on 2 February and ended on 8 December. Cerro Porteño were the defending champions.


2018 Paraguayan Primera División season
In the Torneo Apertura, Olimpia won their forty-first league title with two matches to spare following a 2–1 win over Libertad on 30 May. Olimpia also clinched their forty-second league title in the Torneo Clausura with two matches to spare after beating Guaraní 4–1 on 28 November.


2018 Paraguayan Primera División season, Teams, Stadia and locations
Note: Teams occasionally play their home games at Estadio Defensores del Chaco in Asunción. Derbies between Cerro Porteño and Olimpia are also played at this stadium. a: Deportivo Santaní played their Torneo Apertura home match against Olimpia at Estadio Antonio Aranda in Ciudad del Este instead of their regular stadium Estadio Juan José Vázquez in San Estanislao. b: Guaraní played their home games at Estadio Defensores del Chaco in Asunción until mid-May while their regular stadium Estadio Rogelio Livieres underwent maintenance works. Guaraní played their Torneo Apertura home match against Olimpia at Estadio Antonio Aranda in Ciudad del Este.


2018 Paraguayan Primera División season, Torneo Apertura
The Campeonato de Apertura, named "Centenario del Estadio Defensores del Chaco", was the 117th official championship of the Primera División and the first championship of the 2018 season. It started on February 2 and concluded on June 10.


2018 Paraguayan Primera División season, Torneo Clausura
The Campeonato de Clausura, named "Dr. Gerónimo Angulo Gastón", was the 118th official championship of the Primera División and the second championship of the 2018 season. It started on July 17 and concluded on December 8.


2018 Paraguayan Primera División season, Relegation
Relegation is determined at the end of the season by computing an average of the number of points earned per game over the past three seasons. The two teams with the lowest average were relegated to the División Intermedia for the following season.


2018 Paraguayan general election
General elections were held in Paraguay on Sunday, 22 April 2018. President Horacio Cartes and Vice-President Juan Afara of the Colorado Party were not eligible for re-election. The presidential elections were won by the Colorado Party's Mario Abdo Benítez, who defeated Efraín Alegre of the GANAR alliance. The Colorado Party also won the most seats in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies. The new President and Vice-President took office on 15 August 2018 and will leave office in August 2023.


2018 Paraguayan general election, Electoral system
The President of Paraguay is elected in one round of voting by plurality. The 80 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected by closed list proportional representation in 18 multi-member constituencies based on the departments. The 45 members of the Senate are elected from a single national constituency using closed list proportional representation.


2018 Parañaque Patriots season
The 2018 Parañaque Patriots season is the 1st season of the franchise in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).


2018 Paris Motor Show
The 2018 Paris Motor Show took place from 4 October to 14 October. For the first time, it consists in three shows dedicated to automobiles, motorcycles and new mobility.


2018 Paris Sevens
The 2018 Paris Sevens was the final event of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series and the eleventh edition of the France Sevens. The tournament was held between 9–10 June 2018 at Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris.


2018 Paris Sevens, Teams
The fifteen core teams will be participating in the tournament, along with one invited team, Ireland.


2018 Paris Sevens, Pool stages
All times in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00). The games as scheduled are as follows:


2018 Paris Sevens, Players, Dream Team
The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:


2018 Paris ePrix
The 2018 Paris ePrix (formally the 2018 Qatar Airways Paris E-Prix) was a Formula E electric car race held before a crowd of 48,000 spectators at the Circuit des Invalides in the Les Invalides building complex on 28 April 2018. It was the eighth race of the 2017–18 Formula E season and the third edition of the event. The 49-lap race was won by Techeetah driver Jean-Éric Vergne from pole position. Audi's Lucas di Grassi finished second and Virgin driver Sam Bird was third.


2018 Paris ePrix
Vergne won the pole position by recording the fastest lap in qualifying and maintained the lead for the next 23 laps as Bird had more electrical energy available. This allowed Bird to shorten Vergne's lead and unsuccessfully tried to overtake him. Through the pit stop phase to get into a second car, di Grassi took the lead for two laps after conserving electrical energy. Edoardo Mortara led the following lap before Vergne retook the position after the pit stops. Vergne was unchallenged for the final third of the race and took his third victory of the season after his teammate André Lotterer battled Bird and di Grassi.


2018 Paris ePrix
The consequence of the race extended Vergne's Drivers' Championship lead over Bird to 31 points and Felix Rosenqvist kept third despite placing eighth. Sébastien Buemi kept fourth position while di Grassi moved him from eighth to fifth. In the Teams' Championship, Techeetah increased their advantage over Virgin from 34 to 55 points. Audi overtook Mahindra for third with four races left in the season.


2018 Paris ePrix, Background
The 2018 Paris ePrix was confirmed as part of Formula E's 2017–18 schedule in September 2017 by the FIA World Motor Sport Council. It was the eighth of twelve scheduled single-seater electric car races of the 2017–18 season, and the third edition of the event. The ePrix was held at the 14-turn 1.930 km (1.199 mi) clockwise Circuit des Invalides in the Les Invalides building complex of the city's 7th arrondissement on 28 April 2018.


2018 Paris ePrix, Background
It was switched from May to April because organisers wanted less traffic in the area owing to the 2017 race being held outside the French school holidays. Construction of the circuit took around six days with workers using 5,000 t (5,000,000 kg) of material shipped to the Port Gros-Caillou. Additionally, 1.5 km (0.93 mi) of road was resurfaced to make it smoother. Organisers of the race expected around 50,000 people in attendance.


2018 Paris ePrix, Background
Going into the race, Techeetah driver Jean-Éric Vergne led the Drivers' Championship with 119 points. Sam Bird of Virgin followed in second place with 101 points and Mahindra's Felix Rosenqvist was third with 82 points. Sébastien Buemi of the e.Dams-Renault team was fourth with 60 points and Audi driver Daniel Abt was fifth with 50 points scored. Techeetah led the Teams' Championship with 152 points; Virgin were second with 118 points and Mahindra were 15 points behind in third. Audi in fourth and Jaguar in fifth were separated by one point.


2018 Paris ePrix, Background
Bird had won the preceding Rome ePrix two weeks prior and narrowed Vergne's championship lead to 18 points. He spoke of his team's belief they were closer than they had been in the title contest and aimed to capitalise on their current situation, adding that "I won last time out so I'm feeling good. It's getting to crunch time now in the championship and thankfully I'm there and fighting for the world title this year."


2018 Paris ePrix, Background
Vergne did not finish the 2017 event due to a suspension failure and spent a week testing in Techeetah's simulator with his mechanics and looked forward to driving in Paris, saying that "Having grown up in Paris, this race is extra special for me. I'm really looking forward to racing now and to meet all the French fans that have been an incredible support so far this season." Lucas di Grassi (Audi), the 2016 Paris ePrix winner, was stimulated to keep getting podium finishes and took a plethora of momentum from Rome, adding that "Now we need to perfectly nail everything down."


2018 Paris ePrix, Background
There was one change of driver heading into the event. Having been in one of the NIO cars since the season-opening Hong Kong ePrix double header, Luca Filippi was dropped for the race and replaced by the team's reserve and simulation driver Ma Qinghua. The change was necessitated following Filippi's poor performances over the season compared to teammate Oliver Turvey and the lack of significant results and internal pressure was applied to allow a Chinese driver to race once during the campaign. This caused Ma to miss the FIA World Rallycross Championship round at Montalegre.


2018 Paris ePrix, Practice
Two practice sessions—both on Saturday morning—were held before the late afternoon race. The first session ran for 45 minutes and the second lasted half an hour. An untimed half hour shakedown session was held late Friday afternoon to allow teams to check the reliability of their cars and electronic systems. Bird set the fastest lap late in the first practice session at 1 minute, 1.698 seconds, followed by di Grassi, Abt, Mitch Evans (Jaguar), Vergne, Alex Lynn (Virgin), José María López (Dragon), António Félix da Costa (Andretti), Jérôme d'Ambrosio (Dragon) and André Lotterer (Techeetah).


2018 Paris ePrix, Practice
Two red flags were necessitated in a session where several drivers went off the track: Nelson Piquet Jr. (Jaguar) lost control of his car heading onto the start/finish straight, and deranged his front-right suspension by striking the turn 14 barrier 15 minutes in. Though Piquet was unhurt, the session was stopped for ten minutes and the safety car returned him to the pit lane as his car was moved. The second stoppage came with 15 minutes left when Rosenqvist struck the kerb at turn 12, and lost control of his vehicle's rear by going airborne.


2018 Paris ePrix, Practice
He oversteered into an outside exit wall and broke his front-left suspension. Di Grassi used 200 kW (270 hp) of power to set the fastest lap at the end of second practice at 1 minute, 0.881 seconds, a tenth of a second ahead of Vergne. Positions three through ten were filled by Evans, Rosenqvist, Abt, Turvey, Bird, Piquet, Buemi and Lotterer. Though the session passed relatively smoothly, Piquet crashed for a second time by locking his tyres, losing control of his second car, and bent his front-left tyre in a collision at the long-right turn five barrier, stopping the session for about five minutes.


2018 Paris ePrix, Qualifying
Saturday's afternoon qualifying session ran for an hour and was divided into four groups of five cars. Each group was determined by a lottery system and was permitted six minutes of on-track activity. All drivers were limited to two timed laps with one at maximum power. The fastest five overall competitors in the four groups participated in a "Super Pole" session with one driver on the track at any time going out in reverse order from fifth to first.


2018 Paris ePrix, Qualifying
Each of the five drivers was limited to one timed lap and the starting order for the ePrix was determined by the competitor's fastest times (Super Pole from first to fifth, and group qualifying from sixth to twentieth). The driver and team who recorded the fastest time were awarded three points towards their respective championships.


2018 Paris ePrix, Qualifying
In the first group of five competitors, which had nobody venture onto the dusty track until midway through the session, Vergne set the fastest lap time of any driver in group qualifying at 1 minute, 1.508 seconds. Bird was close behind in second with Buemi third. Rosenqvist and Abt had weak attempts that left him more than half a second slower than Vergne and completed the first group's drivers.


2018 Paris ePrix, Qualifying
Lotterer led the second group in which traffic was expected to impede others less often and the track conditions were expected to improve but this proved not to be the case due to dust and debris accumulation. Second to fourth places were taken by di Grassi, Turvey and Evans. Piquet did not partake in qualifying because his two cars were being re-built after his two crashes in practice. Jaguar contravened series regulations which obliges teams to send their cars to parc fermé five minutes before qualifying. The stewards later granted Piquet dispensation to start the ePrix.


2018 Paris ePrix, Qualifying
In group three, Félix da Costa was fastest by setting a quick second sector and was followed by López in second. Nick Heidfeld (Mahindra) delayed his lap for as long as possible but he lost time in the final third of a lap and came third. Lynn and Edoardo Mortara (Venturi) struggled on the bumpy track and were the third group's slowest two competitors.


2018 Paris ePrix, Qualifying
All five drivers of the fourth group ventured onto the track as soon as it commenced and had Maro Engel (Venturi) record the fastest lap in spite his first two sector times being off the pace of the fastest overall runners and stopped di Grassi from entering super pole. D'Ambrosio out-qualified teammate López for the first time in the season and was second-quickest in group four. Tom Blomqvist (Andretti), Nico Prost (e.Dams-Renault) and Ma were group four's slowest three drivers.


2018 Paris ePrix, Qualifying
At the end of the group stages, Vergne, Félix da Costa, Engel, Bird and Lotterer's lap times progressed them to super pole. Vergne (fined €1,000 for pit lane over-speeding during qualifying) was the last driver to set a lap and recorded overall best times to earn his fourth pole position of the season with a 1-minute, 1.144 seconds lap. He was joined on the grid's front row by Bird who held the pole until Vergne's lap in spite of glancing a wall on his try.


2018 Paris ePrix, Qualifying
Lotterer attained his highest qualifying start in Formula E at the time with third after locking his tyres entering turn three. In his second super pole appearance, Engel also had his best career qualifying effort in fourth after losing momentum in the final sector. Fifth-placed Félix da Costa locked his tyres and ran wide at the exit of the third corner to not be in contention for pole position. After qualifying, Evans changed the gearbox in one of his cars and dropped ten places because he had taken up his "joker" change in Punta del Este.


2018 Paris ePrix, Qualifying
However, he could not serve the full penalty and was penalised five seconds during the mandatory change into his second car. Mortara incurred a three-place grid penalty for exceeding the 50 km/h (31 mph) speed limit under red flag conditions in the second practice session. The rest of the grid lined up after penalties as di Grassi, d'Ambrosio, Buemi, Turvey, López, Rosenqvist, Heidfeld, Prost, Abt, Lynn, Blomqvist, Ma, Piquet, Mortara and Evans.


2018 Paris ePrix, Race
The weather at the start was dry but cloudy with the air temperature between 15.55 and 15.84 °C (59.99 and 60.51 °F) and the track temperature from 22.75 to 23.35 °C (72.95 to 74.03 °F). A special feature of Formula E is the "Fan Boost" feature, an additional 100 kW (130 hp) of power to use in the driver's second car. The three drivers who were allowed to use the boost were determined by a fan vote. For the Paris race, Abt, Buemi and di Grassi were handed the extra power.


2018 Paris ePrix, Race
When the race began before a crowd of 48,000 at 16:03 Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00), Vergne maintained the lead driving into the opening corner. Lotterer made a brisk start to pass Bird but the latter regained second position as the two avoided an accident. Further back, di Grassi passed Félix da Costa for fifth as the latter was slow off the grid and fell to seventh. D'Ambrosio similarly had an unclean first lap and switched positions with his fast-starting teammate López. A problem with Ma's inverter meant he moved just a few metres off his starting slot and went several laps down on the leader.


2018 Paris ePrix, Race
At the turn nine hairpin, Evans attempted to pass Blomqvist with an aggressive manoeuvre and ended up ramming the back of Blomqvist's car. The resulting concertina effect caused Blomqvist to mount the rear of Prost's vehicle. The damage to Evans and Blomqvist's cars led them to enter the pit lane for repairs and dropped them to the rear of the field. The consequence of Ma's stationary car and the Evans, Blomqvist and Prost incident led the race director to activate the full course yellow procedure to allow marshals to clear debris. Racing resumed on the second lap with Vergne leading.


2018 Paris ePrix, Race
On that lap, Félix da Costa locked his brakes due to a software glitch that switched off his car when he applied his brakes and drove onto the turn eight run-off area. He later returned to the pit lane to retire. Abt passed d'Ambrosio by braking later than him on the outside into turn one for tenth on lap four. At the front, Vergne, Bird and Lotterer opened up a small gap over Engel in fourth who was pressured by di Grassi and Buemi who conserved electrical energy.


2018 Paris ePrix, Race
Abt overtook Rosenqvist on the outside for ninth at the start of lap eight and passed López in the same area but on the inside the next lap. On lap 13, the black flags with an orange disc were waved for Prost, ordering him to enter the pit lane and replace his front wing because the one mounted on his car was damaged by Blomqvist in the first lap accident. Abt overtook Turvey for seventh on lap 16.


2018 Paris ePrix, Race
Bird had slightly more usable electrical energy than race leader Vergne, allowing him to shorten the latter's advantage and replicate a duel from 2016 at the same track. Lotterer joined the battle soon after as he set at that point the race's fastest lap at 1 minute, 3.073 seconds. However, on lap 22, Lotterer lost a small amount of time to Bird when he locked his tyres into turn eight. Lotterer narrowly avoided glancing the wall but later caught back up. With electrical energy running low on the next lap, Bird tried again to pass Vergne by braking later than him on the right entering turn one but locked his front tyres and turned back onto the racing line.


2018 Paris ePrix, Race
Vergne, Bird and Lotterer were separated by half a second when they made their mandatory pit stops to change into a second car at the end of lap 24. Di Grassi and Buemi's strategy allowed the duo to complete two more laps in first and second. Rosenqvist made a prior pit stop and was being lapped by the top two but did not yield to di Grassi, allowing Buemi to close up but could not overtake him.


2018 Paris ePrix, Race
Mortara led for one lap after conserving the most electrical energy out of any driver as he sought to gain positions after his qualifying performance. After the pit stops, Vergne retained first place and extended his lead over Bird by more than a second. Lotterer remained in third despite his pit stop lasting two seconds longer. Di Grassi demoted Engel to fifth by having a faster pit stop and he held off Engel upon rejoining the circuit. Abt began to duel Buemi for sixth on lap 30. Rosenqvist took ninth from López by moving between him and the turn ten inside wall on that lap. Rosenqvist braked later than Turvey and took eighth from him on the outside at turn one.


2018 Paris ePrix, Race
Meanwhile, di Grassi's electrical energy advantage allowed him to pull away from Engel whom Buemi and Abt battled with and recorded the race's fastest lap on lap 34 of 1 minute, 2.367 seconds to earn one point. On lap 35, Lotterer had drawn close enough to Bird to affect an overtake on him. Lotterer turned left and passed Bird entering turn ten but locked his tyres midway through by missing his braking point. The two collided since Bird's path was blocked. Lotterer sustained rear wing damage but continued.


2018 Paris ePrix, Race
This allowed di Grassi to close up and overtake Bird on the inside entering turn one the lap after. Entering the final ten laps, most drivers had 40 per cent of electrical energy available which meant everyone had to use 4 per cent for the rest of the race due to the short length of the track but the possibility of some not reaching the end increased as Bird had just 22 per cent left with six laps to go.


2018 Paris ePrix, Race
On lap 41, a short yellow flag phase was prompted when López hit Mortara at turn ten and the latter drifted into a barrier but reversed to continue driving. Abt used his FanBoost to overtake Buemi on the inside into turn one for sixth three laps later and then unsuccessfully attempted to pass Engel.


2018 Paris ePrix, Race
Lotterer and di Grassi drew closer to race leader Vergne as they distanced fourth-placed Bird in the closing laps. Di Grassi came close to passing Lotterer through turns eight and nine on lap 46 and the manner of Lotterer's defensive manoeuvres drew an angry response from di Grassi over the radio and both drivers lost momentum. On the final lap, Abt lost fifth to Buemi at the turn nine chicane in a manoeuvre that damaged Abt's sidepod and the latter narrowly avoided going into a wall. Abt stopped, steered 360 degrees and re-accelerated.


2018 Paris ePrix, Race
This left him without enough electrical energy to cross the finish line at full racing speed and his car shut down. Unchallenged in the final third of the race, Vergne extended his lead to almost five seconds and slowed across the line with a small amount of electrical energy for his third victory of the season. Meanwhile, Lotterer ran out of electrical energy at turn nine and di Grassi took second from him. Bird sought a way past the slow Lotterer but he could not do so due to the tight circuit and rammed into the rear of his car.


2018 Paris ePrix, Race
The crash littered debris on the track, damaging Bird's front-left wheel, but took third while Lotterer's rear wing was cracked. Engel took his best career finish in fourth and positions five to ten were taken by Buemi, Lotterer, Abt. Rosenqvist, Turvey and López. Heidfeld, d'Ambrosio, Mortara, Lynn, Evans, Prost and Ma were the final classified finishers. Piquet was the only other retirement when he stopped with a loose seat belt on lap 32.


2018 Paris ePrix, Race, Post-race
The top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and spoke to the media in a later press conference. Vergne declared his victory as the "most emotional" of his career up to that point, "I can't find words, It's an incredible feeling, by far my best victory. If there was a race I wanted to win this year it was clearly Paris". He reserved praise for his team, thanked them for their work over the weekend and affirmed they would continue to work hard for the rest of the season.


2018 Paris ePrix, Race, Post-race
Second-placed di Grassi spoke of his happiness at another podium and maintaining his record of scoring points after repairs were made to his car to improve its reliability, "I had another good run today. It was a shame about qualifying, as I missed super pole by five-thousandths of a second and it was super tight." Bird complimented Vergne on the way he ran the race but stated his feeling he was sometimes being put into Lotterer's path, "If he could use him, I'm sure he would've liked to have used him to create a buffer as he is fighting me for the title currently."


2018 Paris ePrix, Race, Post-race
The stewards deemed Lotterer to have caused the final lap collision with Bird and imposed a ten-place grid penalty on him for the Berlin ePrix but did not penalise him for the lap 35 contact with the latter. Bird was vocal in his criticism of Lotterer, telling the press the issue of moving under braking was discussed in the pre-race drivers briefing, and called for the consistent application of penalties, "That is not correct in any form of motorsport and I believe what we saw today was not correct.


2018 Paris ePrix, Race, Post-race
I had a bit of it in Punta [del Este] and it's too aggressive." Di Grassi said he saw no logic of Lotterer impeding him once his energy had been depleted and warned that such manoeuvres could become common in Formula E. He agreed with Bird's view and wanted the enforcement of improved competitor etiquette and urged the series' governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, to impose harsher penalties on those deemed to have inadequate driving standards. Lotterer dismissed the criticism towards him and targeted di Grassi in his comments, "I don't know, I was just racing. I don't know what he was complaining about. He actually drove into me twice in this race. I don't care what he says"


2018 Paris ePrix, Race, Post-race
Engel scored eleven points prior to the Paris ePrix and stated his career-best fourth-place finish gave him the confidence to aim for the podium at Berlin, "We've always said that if we have a car that enables us to regularly be in top ten, and on good days, when everything comes together, we can fight for the top five, maybe even get on the podium. We had a good day in Paris. We were so close to the podium but we can be happy with P4."


2018 Paris ePrix, Race, Post-race
Audi team principal Allan McNish revealed Abt declared his intention to overcome the narrow circuit in the team's pre-race briefing. Abt argued Buemi got too close to him on the final lap and stated his feeling he was overly defensive once past. Buemi countered this argument by suggesting Abt left him space to pass on the left. Piquet retired with a seat belt problem for the second successive race.


2018 Paris ePrix, Race, Post-race
He renewed criticism of Formula E's decision to drop the minimum pit stop time, suggesting the new regulation mandated other drivers to risk too much in shortening the amount of time spent in the pit lane and claimed those running in the top ten refitted their seat belts after the race, "It caused us to get the seatbelts loose at one point when I was adjusting them during the run. They got loose, they opened, and I had to stop."


2018 Paris ePrix, Race, Post-race
The consequence of Vergne's victory increased his lead in the Drivers' Championship to 31 points over Bird. Rosenqvist now had 86 points and retained third position despite his eighth-place finish while Buemi kept fourth position with 70 points. Di Grassi's second-place finish moved him three positions from eighth to fifth with 58 points. In the Teams' Championship, Techeetah moved further ahead of Virgin by 19 points. Audi overtook Mahindra for third position, while Jaguar scored no points but retained fifth place with four races left in the season.


2018 Paris knife attack
On 12 May 2018, a 21-year-old Chechnya-born French citizen, armed with a knife, killed one pedestrian and injured four others near the Palais Garnier, the opera house in Paris, France, before being fatally shot by police. The stabbings were in the area of Rue Saint-Augustin and Passage Choiseul. French President Emmanuel Macron said France had "paid once again the price of blood but will not cede an inch to the enemies of freedom." The suspect, identified as Khamzat Azimov, had been on a counter-terrorism watchlist since 2016. Amaq News Agency posted a video of a hooded person pledging allegiance to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, claimed to be the attacker. Europol classified the attack as jihadist terrorism.


2018 Paris knife attack, Incident
The attack occurred at around 8:47 p.m., in the second arrondissement of Paris. Police first tried twice to stop the attacker with a stun-gun before shooting the suspect fatally when the stun-gun failed to incapacitate him. Footage from the scene shows people running northward from Rue Mehul into Rue Marsollier, and at least one individual on the corner of the streets potentially wounded. An unnamed witness was interviewed by France's BFM network, who stated that a young woman at the entrance of a restaurant was knifed in the neck, before being rescued, and the attacker moved to another street.


2018 Paris knife attack, Suspect
The attack was put under investigation of a counter-terrorism unit of the Paris Police Prefecture. The pro-ISIL Amaq News Agency claimed the suspect as a "soldier of the Islamic State", responding to its call to attack coalition citizens. Prosecutor Francois Molins stated that the attacker shouted "Allahu Akbar" during the attack.


2018 Paris knife attack, Suspect
The suspect was named as Khamzat Azimov, a French citizen and nursing student, born in November 1, 1997 in Argun, Chechnya. He came with his parents to France in the early 2000s where the family was granted refugee status in 2004. Growing up in Strasbourg, in the Region of Alsace, in 2010, his mother became a French citizen, which allowed him to be naturalized also. The then-19-year-old suspect became a person of interest for the DGSI in 2016, when some of his acquaintances planned to travel to Syria.


2018 Paris knife attack, Suspect
He had no previous criminal record; however, NBC reported that the "suspect was on a police watch list for radicalism." A judicial source told French media that his parents were being held for questioning. In Chechnya, security forces deployed armored personnel carriers in Argun to round up relatives of Azimov for questioning.


2018 Paris knife attack, Suspect
A high-school friend of Azimov was arrested in Strasbourg and transferred to Paris. Shortly before the attack, he had sent his sister a text message of "a jihadist chant regularly used by the Islamic State" from one of his at least eight cellphones. The suspect, identified as Abdul Hakim A, also a Chechen-born French national who had appeared on terror watch lists, was charged with "associating with criminal terrorists with plans to attack people." Two women were detained for questioning, one reportedly Hakim A's radicalised wife who in 2017 had attempted to leave for Syria.


2018 Paris knife attack, Reactions
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo wrote on Twitter about the attack that "tonight, our city has been bruised" and that "all Parisians are by their side", referring to the families and friends of the victims. French President Emmanuel Macron categorized the attacker a "terrorist". French Interior Minister Gérard Collomb praised the cool and quick response of the French police who "neutralized" the assailant.


2018 Paris knife attack, Reactions
President of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, blamed French authorities and his upbringing in France for the attack, declaring that "In this light, I see fit to declare that all responsibility for the fact that Azimov has embarked on the criminal path rests with the French authorities." This caused French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to respond by blaming it on "extrajudicial crackdowns against Chechen civilians" by Kadyrov's security forces.


2018 Paris–Nice
The 2018 Paris–Nice was a road cycling stage race that took place between 4 and 11 March 2018 in France. It was the 76th edition of the Paris–Nice and the sixth event of the 2018 UCI World Tour.


2018 Paris–Nice
The race was won on the final day by the Movistar Team's Marc Soler from Spain. Having started the final stage 37 seconds down on race leader Simon Yates (Mitchelton–Scott) in sixth place overall, Soler attacked around halfway into the stage along with compatriot David de la Cruz (Team Sky); the duo joined Omar Fraile (Astana) at the head of the race, and the trio managed to stay clear of the rest of the field by the time they reached Nice.


2018 Paris–Nice
As de la Cruz and Fraile contested stage honours, Soler finished third – acquiring four bonus seconds on the finish in addition to three gained at an earlier intermediate sprint – and with a 35-second gap to Yates and the remaining general classification contenders, it was enough to give Soler victory over Yates by four seconds. The podium was completed by Bahrain–Merida's Gorka Izagirre, moving ahead of teammate and brother Ion Izagirre due to bonus seconds won on the final day, 14 seconds behind Soler, who also won the white jersey as best young rider.


2018 Paris–Nice
Lotto–Soudal won the two other jerseys on offer in the race; Tim Wellens won the green jersey for the points classification, taking five top-ten finishes over the course of the week, while Thomas De Gendt was the winner of the mountains classification. With the performances of the Izagirre brothers, Bahrain–Merida were the winners of the teams classification.


2018 Paris–Nice, Teams
As Paris–Nice is a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team in the race. Four UCI Professional Continental teams competed, completing the 22-team peloton. Paris–Nice is the first race for Groupama–FDJ under this nomenclature, as French insurance company Groupama signed a co-naming sponsorship deal with the team.


2018 Paris–Nice, Route
The route of the 2018 Paris–Nice was announced on 9 January 2018.


2018 Paris–Nice, Classification leadership table
In the 2018 Paris–Nice, four jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages except for the individual time trial: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. Bonus seconds were also awarded to the first three riders at intermediate sprints – three seconds for the winner of the sprint, two seconds for the rider in second and one second for the rider in third. The leader of the general classification received a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2018 Paris–Nice, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.


2018 Paris–Nice, Classification leadership table
The second classification was the points classification. Riders were awarded points for finishing in the top ten in a stage. Unlike in the points classification in the Tour de France, the winners of all stages were awarded the same number of points. Points were also won in intermediate sprints; three points for crossing the sprint line first, two points for second place, and one for third. The leader of the points classification was awarded a green jersey.


2018 Paris–Nice, Classification leadership table
There was also a mountains classification, for which points were awarded for reaching the top of a climb before other riders. Each climb was categorised as either first, second, or third-category, with more points available for the more difficult, higher-categorised climbs. For first-category climbs, the top seven riders earned points; on second-category climbs, five riders won points; on third-category climbs, only the top three riders earned points. The leadership of the mountains classification was marked by a white jersey with red polka-dots.


2018 Paris–Nice, Classification leadership table
The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. Only riders born after 1 January 1993 were eligible; the young rider best placed in the general classification was the leader of the young rider classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists in a team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest cumulative time.


2018 Paris–Roubaix
The 2018 Paris–Roubaix was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 8 April 2018 in France. It was the 116th edition of the Paris–Roubaix and the fifteenth event of the 2018 UCI World Tour.


2018 Paris–Roubaix
For the first time since Bernard Hinault in 1981, the race was won by the incumbent world champion, Peter Sagan (Bora–Hansgrohe). Sagan attacked the main group of riders, on sector 12 of pavé between Auchy-lez-Orchies and Bersée, catching the head of the race not long after. Only Swiss champion Silvan Dillier, riding for the AG2R La Mondiale team, was able to stay with Sagan all the way to the finish at Roubaix Velodrome, where Sagan won the two-up sprint finish. Third place, 57 seconds later, went to Tour of Flanders winner Niki Terpstra, for Quick-Step Floors.


2018 Paris–Roubaix
The race was marred by the death of Vérandas Willems–Crelan rider Michael Goolaerts. During the race, he suffered a cardiac arrest, and later died in hospital in Lille.


2018 Paris–Roubaix, Teams
As Paris–Roubaix was a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team in the race. Seven UCI Professional Continental teams competed, completing the 25-team peloton.


2018 Paris–Tours
The 2018 Paris–Tours was the 112th edition of the Paris–Tours cycling classic. The race was held on 7 October 2018 as part of the 2018 UCI Europe Tour as a 1.HC-ranked event. Søren Kragh Andersen won in a time of 4h 37' 55" ahead of Niki Terpstra and Benoît Cosnefroy.


2018 Paris–Tours, Teams
Twenty-three teams of up to seven riders started the race.


2018 Paris–Troyes
The 2018 Paris–Troyes was the 60th edition of Paris–Troyes road cycling one day race. It was part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2.


2018 Paris–Troyes, Teams
Twenty-two teams were invited to take part in the race. These included five UCI Professional Continental teams and seventeen UCI Continental teams.


2018 Parramatta Eels season
The 2018 Parramatta Eels season is the 72nd in the club's history. Coached by Brad Arthur, they finished the NRL's 2018 Telstra Premiership in last place, and did not qualify for the 2018 NRL Finals Series.


2018 Parramatta Eels season, Controversies, Tony Williams drink driving
On 14 February 2018, Tony Williams was fined $1,000, had his driver’s licence suspended for 12 months, and was placed on a 12-month good behaviour bond after appearing in Parramatta local court for mid-range drink driving. Williams had insisted on driving home when his wife came to pick him up after a birthday celebration at the Albion Hotel in Parramatta on 16 December 2016. His three young children were in the car at the time. His driving was so erratic that members of the public called the police, who discovered Williams had a blood alcohol level of 0.122. "Shame on you, Mr Williams," Magistrate Jennifer Giles said at sentencing. She said the "community does not feel safe with you with a licence; you are exceptionally lucky you did not hurt or kill someone, or yourself." Williams also has handed a 2-week suspension by the club.


2018 Parramatta Eels season, Controversies, Corey Norman drinking fine
In May 2018, Corey Norman was handed a breach notice by Parramatta and fined $20,000 for drinking alcohol and posting pictures of himself drinking on Instagram despite being on the injured list which is against team protocols. Norman reacted to the fine saying "I take full responsibility, I'll cop it on the chin".


2018 Parramatta Eels season, Controversies, Kenny Edwards contract termination
On May 19, 2018, Edwards' contract with the club was terminated by mutual agreement as the player had been caught by police driving on a suspended licence. Edwards was alleged to have fled from police after trying to avoid a roadside breath test. Edwards subsequently failed to notify Parramatta of the incident for two weeks after it happened. Parramatta released a statement saying "Today, Kenny Edwards through his management company, request a release from his playing contract with Parramatta National Rugby League Club Pty Limited, this release was granted by the club effective immediately".


2018 Parramatta Eels season, Controversies, Tony Williams and Nathan Davis failed drug test
On September 25, Davis and Williams were both terminated by Parramatta after failing a second drugs test. Both players were found guilty of testing positive for cocaine. As punishment, the NRL handed down a 12 match suspension and a fine to Davis and Williams.


2018 Parry Sound District municipal elections
Elections were held in the organized municipalities in the Parry Sound District of Ontario on October 22, 2018 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.


2018 Parry Sound forest fire
The Parry Sound forest fire (officially designated as Parry Sound 33) was a wildfire in unorganized parts of Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.


2018 Parry Sound forest fire, Progression
The fire was first discovered on July 18, 2018. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF), the Ontario government ministry responsible for battling forest fires, began immediate efforts to contain the blaze. By July 23, 2018, the fire had covered 50 km2 (12,000 acres), forcing evacuations and a state of emergency in the community of Henvey Inlet First Nation, as well as evacuations of people in French River Provincial Park.


2018 Parry Sound forest fire, Progression
The fire grew to 67 km2 (17,000 acres) by July 26, 2018. By July 28, 2018, the fire was within 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) of Highway 69. By August 5, the fire had grown to 112.3 km2 (27,700 acres), but the fire was successfully contained within a few days after this. On October 31, 2018 the wildfire was declared extinguished by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry.


2018 Parry Sound forest fire, Investigation
An investigation by the MNRF ruled that the fire was started by a disabled ATV near Henvey Inlet. This confirmed unofficial reports that construction crews working on the Henvey Inlet Wind Project were unable to contain a fire started by one of their vehicles. The ministry has decided not to raise charges against the construction company.


2018 Pasamayo bus crash
On 2 January 2018 a Peruvian bus carrying 57 passengers from Huacho to Lima went over a cliff after being struck by a tractor trailer near Pasamayo, Peru, killing 51 people and injuring at least 5 others. It is the deadliest road accident in Peruvian history, tied with the 2013 Peru bus disaster. The crash occurred near the 'Devil's Curve' highway, a precariously nicknamed route that is known for fatal traffic accidents.