2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Pre-summit events, Leaders' arrivals
US President Donald Trump left the 44th G7 summit around four hours earlier than scheduled and departed directly for Singapore. He reportedly viewed the G7 summit as a "distraction" from his summit with Kim. Trump landed at Singapore's Paya Lebar Airbase at 20:20 local time and was welcomed by Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan. A US Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III transport plane was already at the air base ahead of his arrival. Trump stayed at the Shangri-La Hotel Singapore, which has also hosted previous US Presidents.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Pre-summit events, Leaders' arrivals
North Korean chairman Kim Jong-un landed at Singapore Changi Airport on Sunday at about 14:35 local time and was welcomed by Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan and Minister for Education Ong Ye Kung. Kim flew to Singapore on a Boeing 747 operated by Air China, a plane used by the highest echelons of the Chinese leadership. According to media reports, a cargo plane, an Air Koryo Ilyushin Il-76, containing food items and other perishables landed in Singapore from North Korea before Kim's plane landed. Chiller trucks ferried them to the St. Regis Hotel Singapore where Kim stayed. A third plane from North Korea, an Air Koryo Ilyushin Il-62, landed shortly afterward; Kim's sister and Vice Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department, Kim Yo-jong, was believed to be on board.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Pre-summit events, Working-level meetings
Both Trump and Kim met separately with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Kim met Lee on Sunday evening at The Istana. Trump met Lee on Monday afternoon, also at The Istana. He was accorded a bilateral meeting, followed by a working lunch and then an expanded bilateral meeting. During the meeting, Trump accepted President Halimah Yacob's invitation to make a State Visit to Singapore in November 2018, in conjunction with the 6th ASEAN-US Summit and 13th East Asia Summit.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Pre-summit events, Working-level meetings
A working-level meeting was held between the United States Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Choe Son-hui, at The Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore on Monday morning. The meeting lasted over two hours and was believed to further work out the details of the summit between Trump and Kim and to push forward their agendas.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Pre-summit events, Working-level meetings
Meanwhile, North Korea's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ri Yong-ho met with his Singaporean counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan on Monday morning too.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Pre-summit events, Pre-summit activities, Trump's activities
After meeting Singapore's Prime Minister, Trump and Secretary of State Pompeo met and thanked the team at the United States embassy in Singapore and Task Force 73 at Shangri-La Hotel.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Pre-summit events, Pre-summit activities, Trump's activities
Trump then discussed the summit with South Korea's President Moon Jae-in in a 40-minute phone call, expressing that he is willing to take "bold decisions" while Moon said that South Koreans are praying for Trump to "create a miraculous result". He also spoke with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzō Abe on the phone.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Pre-summit events, Pre-summit activities, US press briefing
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave a press briefing at the White House press room set up at the JW Marriott Hotel Singapore South Beach Hotel on Monday afternoon. He mentioned details of the preparations done by the US delegation and that the US is willing to offer North Korea security guarantees in exchange for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Pre-summit events, Pre-summit activities, South Korea press briefing
A South Korean official spoke at a closed-door press briefing held at South Korea's Korea Press Center, confirming that Moon Jae-in will not travel to Singapore to attend the summit, despite earlier speculations. Instead, South Korea sent a delegation to Singapore to monitor the summit.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Pre-summit events, Pre-summit activities, Kim's tour of Singapore
Kim visited several of Singapore's attractions in the Central Area together with his sister, Kim Yo-jong, on Monday evening. They visited the Flower Dome at Gardens by the Bay, the Jubilee Bridge, and the Marina Bay Sands integrated resorts. They were accompanied by Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan and Minister for Education Ong Ye Kung, the same ministers who welcomed him at Changi Airport the previous day.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Pre-summit events, Pre-summit activities, Dennis Rodman
Retired U.S. basketball star Dennis Rodman, who made a number of visits to North Korea to promote sports and developed a personal relationship with Chairman Kim over several years, announced that he would be in Singapore during the summit but would not be involved in the meeting. Rodman arrived the day before the summit. The basketball star broke down in tears live on CNN as he recounted the hostility he faced for meeting Kim Jong-un.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Summit meeting, One-on-one meeting
United States President Donald Trump arrived at Capella Hotel first before North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived seventeen minutes later. They started the summit at 9:05 am local time with a 12-second handshake and then participated in a one-on-one meeting, with interpreters only. Trump and Kim emerged from the one-on-one talks and walked down the corridor to the Cassia where the expanded bilateral meeting took place. Trump described the one-on-one meeting as "very very good" when asked by a reporter. When Trump was asked if he had notes of the one-on-one meeting to refer back and verify, Trump replied, "I don't have to verify because I have one of the great memories of all time".


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Summit meeting, Expanded bilateral meeting and working lunch
Both countries' delegations proceeded to participate in an expanded bilateral meeting and a working lunch.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Summit meeting, Expanded bilateral meeting and working lunch
Both delegations dined together on Korean, Southeast Asian and Western dishes with ice cream, tropézienne, and dark chocolate ganache tartlet for dessert. After the lunch, Trump and Kim took a short walk together and viewed the interior of the presidential state car.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Summit meeting, Joint signing ceremony
Subsequently, Trump and Kim signed a joint statement, titled "Joint Statement of President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong-un of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the Singapore Summit", which Trump described as a "very important" and "comprehensive" agreement.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Summit meeting, Joint signing ceremony
President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un state the following:


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Summit meeting, Joint signing ceremony
In addition to the numbered provisions, the joint statement also mentions Trump's commitment to providing security guarantees to North Korea. Follow-up negotiations between Pompeo and an undetermined high-level North Korean official are also called for by the joint statement.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Summit meeting, US news conference
Trump held a news conference at 16:15 local time which lasted for more than an hour. In his news conference, Trump said that further discussions will take place with North Korean officials and that he would consider visiting Pyongyang. Referring to his commitment in the Joint Statement to "provide security guarantees" to North Korea, Trump announced the end of the joint military exercises with the South Korean military, which he described as "provocative". U.S. Forces Korea and South Korea were apparently not consulted. He expressed his hope that the removal of 32,000 American troops defending South Korea would become part of the equation. The next round of joint military exercises was scheduled for late August.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Summit meeting, End of summit
On June 12, Trump left Singapore from Paya Lebar Air Base at around 18:30 local time, earlier than his planned departure time of 19:00 while Kim Jong-un left Singapore from Changi Airport at around 22:30.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Summit meeting, End of summit
Upon returning to the United States the following day, President Trump declared that North Korea was no longer a nuclear threat. On June 22, 2018, Trump provided a "Notice Regarding the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to North Korea," which extended the Executive Order 13466 of 2008 by one year, reaffirming "the current existence and risk of the proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material on the Korean Peninsula constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat."


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Summit meeting, End of summit
In October 2018, a second North Korea–United States summit was announced.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Reactions
The summit received a mixed international reaction, with many countries expressing praise or hope for achieving a peace deal from the summit. Some commentators expressed skepticism towards the signed agreement, pointing to a history of failed past agreements and to the vague wording of the declarations. China raised the possibility of sanction relief following the summit, but Pompeo said sanction relief would only be granted after complete denuclearization. Joint-military exercises between the United States and South Korea were halted, a demand that North Korea had long made. Visitors to North Korea reported that anti-American posters, postcards, stamps and similar items were no longer sold in tourist shops.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Incidents
On June 9, two South Korean media personnel from South Korean broadcaster KBS News were arrested for trespassing at the home of the North Korean ambassador in Singapore. KBS News subsequently issued an apology for not being cautious. The two media personnel were deported the next day on June 10.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Incidents
On June 11, five South Korean women were arrested on Monday night for protesting outside the St. Regis Hotel where Chairman Kim and his delegation were staying. The police warned the women for violating the Public Order Act but they refused to cooperate, leading to their arrests.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Progress of joint statement
The director of USC Korean Studies Institute David C. Kang wrote an analysis of North Korea's solution which was published in The New York Times. Writing that the Trump administration should proceed with the necessary action items of U.S. side in order to ask North Korea to give up their Nuclear Weapons, Kang emphasized that unilateral disarmament of the DPRK would be impractical, and that a "phased" and "synchronous" approach with "step by step" negotiations would be a more reasonable way forward, with respect to the US-DPRK Joint Statement signed at the Singapore summit.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Progress of joint statement
The DPRK has shown eight or more types of various actions on their portion of the agreement; a moratorium on missile/nuclear tests, dismantling the Sohae atomic test and satellite launch site, the shutting down of an intercontinental ballistic missile assembly facility near Pyongyang, the returning of the remains of 55 U.S. Soldiers killed in the Korean War, the removal of domestic anti-American propaganda, and the release of three American Citizens arrested and imprisoned in the DPRK, as North Korean action items of the summit.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Progress of joint statement
However, the US has thus far taken only one action; the cancelling of joint military exercises between the US and South Korean Air Forces in the peninsula. If the United States should complete more of its action items under the Singapore agreement, with regard to North Korea's security concerns, the North Korean government in turn may be willing to make further actions toward denuclearization.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Progress of joint statement
North Korean minister Ri Yong-ho has claimed that the US is backtracking or has made no progress on the American side of the Singapore Summit agreement, while saying that North Korea itself has taken some measures including the cessation of nuclear and missile testing, along with the removal of a primary nuclear site. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has made a request for North Korea to hand over 60 to 70 percent of its nuclear arsenal within six to eight months. However, the DPRK has not yet accepted that proposal.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Progress of joint statement
The North Korean foreign minister released an announcement criticizing unilateral denuclearization, and Ri Yong-ho has emphasized that it is only equitable to perform a “balanced, simultaneous, step-by-step implementation” of the US-DPRK Joint Statement. There are four action items in the Joint Statement, the first and second items being the renewal of North Korea–United States relations, the third item being the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, and the final item the recovery of American POW/MIA remains from the Korean War. Currently, there are still three American nuclear capable jets stationed in South Korea.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Progress of joint statement
Additionally, North and South Korea, still lacking a proper peace treaty, are still technically at war. The DPRK urged the US to guarantee the DPRK's security by a formal declaration of the ending of the Korean War, in exchange for the DPRK ending its nuclear program and forfeiting its nuclear weapons. Doug Bandow, a special assistant to former President Ronald Reagan, suggested that the US provide the DPRK with a safety framework in the form of a peace treaty, in exchange for the DPRK ending their nuclear program.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Removed anti-American propaganda in DPRK
The DPRK government toned down aspects of its anti-American propaganda after the Singapore summit, with many anti-American posters being removed in the capital to give way to less politicized messages. The government also cancelled North Korea's annual "anti-US imperialism" rally on 27 July, a national holiday commemorating the start of the Korean War (Fatherland Liberation War in DPRK historiography).


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Pompeo's subsequent visits to North Korea
On July 6–7, Pompeo travelled to North Korea for the third time to continue the negotiations with Kim Yong-chol, "a senior official who has been [North Korea's] point person in deliberations with the United States, South Korea and China". After the meeting, Pompeo said that the talks were productive and that progress had been made "on almost all of the central issues". However, North Korean state media criticized the meeting soon after, saying the U.S. had shown a "gangster-like attitude" and calling the demands of the Trump administration "deeply regrettable". Notwithstanding the stern reports, Pompeo delivered a letter from Kim to Trump, in which the latter expressed his hope for successful implementation of the US-North Korea Joint Statement and reaffirmed his will for improving the relations between the countries.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Pompeo's subsequent visits to North Korea
Pompeo announced on August 23, 2018, that he would return to North Korea the following week for the fourth round of talks. The following day, Trump tweeted that he had asked Pompeo not to make the trip because he felt "we are not making sufficient progress with respect to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Pompeo's subsequent visits to North Korea
Concerning the cancellation of Pompeo's planned North Korea trip, Vox summarized the background based on the reports by The Washington Post and CNN thatNorth Korea delivered an irate letter to Pompeo and the letter was shown to Trump in the Oval Office on Friday, and Trump tweeted the cancellation of Pompeo's trip. The message from DPRK was North Korea's evident disappointment as Washington had shown no real eagerness to sign a peace treaty to end the Korean War.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Pompeo's subsequent visits to North Korea
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha spoke to Pompeo by telephone on August 25, urging the U.S. and DPRK to continue talks relating to denuclearization and peace on the Korean peninsula, in spite of concerns over the cancellation of the trip by Trump. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono revealed appreciation for Pompeo's "prompt communication” with South Korea, and said Japan would be pleased to cooperate with the U.S. for denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Return of remains of US soldiers
On June 27, Pompeo said North Korea was planning to hand over presumed remains of U.S. soldiers killed during the Korean War in the near future.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Return of remains of US soldiers
Following Pompeo's second visit to Pyongyang, a lower ranks meeting took place on July 15 regarding the retrieving of remains of US soldiers from the Korean War. Pompeo called the talks "productive" and said the two sides had reached firm commitments on the issue. On July 27 North Korea handed over 55 boxes of human remains, thus starting to fulfill their pledge in the Singapore declaration. The remains were saluted in a ceremony in their honor by US soldiers.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Return of remains of US soldiers
More than 36,000 American troops died during the Korean War, but some 7,700 remain unaccounted for, including 5,300 believed to have died in North Korea. Earlier, 220 remains were recovered during 1996–2005. North Korea reported to the U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency that they couldn't be sure how many individuals were represented in each of the 55 boxes.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Return of remains of US soldiers
There was uncertainty about the nationality of the war remains, whether the individuals were American or from other countries that took part in the Korean War, such as Australia, Belgium, France, and the Philippines. Kelly McKeague, the director of the POW/MIA Accounting Agency, said a preliminary review showed that the remains are "consistent" with being American and are from the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. The next phase would be matching the dental records, X-rays and DNA testing to further analyze the remains for possible identification. McKeague expressed his opinion that North Korea needs to allow the resumption of joint U.S.-North Korean searches of battlefields and POW camp graveyards to discover more war remains as soon as practical.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Shutdown of ICBM assembly facility near Pyongyang
The Voice of America (VOA) reported on July 25 that there is evidence that North Korea has dismantled an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) construction facility near Pyongyang. It was confirmed by analyzing satellite images taken around the March 16 with the latest satellite images in July. It was the investigated place of the factory that the Hwasong-15 ICBM that North Korea test-launched on November 29, 2017, was assembled at this plant and then moved on a transporter-erector-launcher (TEL).


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Shutdown of ICBM assembly facility near Pyongyang
Kim Jong-un was at this vehicle factory that was connected to the ICBM assembly factory when he gave the command for the transfer of the TEL carrying the Hwasong-15 ICBM. State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert announced that the U.S would be looking for DPRK's consent for allowing the Verification process of the denuclearization of North Korea. Heather also added “Verification is obviously something that is paramount. Verification from legitimate groups and done by legitimate countries."


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Destruction of missile test site
On July 24, it was reported that North Korea had begun to dismantle a rocket launching and testing site near Tonchang, an action which Kim had pledged to Trump. South Korean President Moon called the move "a good sign for North Korea’s denuclearization". The North Korea monitoring specialist group 38 North found that the Sohae Station, a satellite-launch site in North Korea, was being demolished. Satellite imagery shows that several significant structures were destroyed: a missile-launching stand and a building near a launchpad for satellites.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Destruction of missile test site
38 North suggested that it is an essential beginning step towards achieving a commitment made by Kim Jong Un at the June 12 Singapore Summit. On 7 August, there is more progress on Dismantling Facilities at the Sohae Satellite and Missile Launching Station. it entails the demolition of the test stand's concrete foundations, launch pad's gantry tower and pad foundation, etc.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Destruction of missile test site
While the previous dismantlement of the vertical engine test stand on 23 July, represents a fulfilment of Chairman Kim's arrangement with President Trump conducted publicly during the post-Singapore Summit press conference, activity at the launch pad and concrete foundation appears to go exceeding that pledge. These activities, however, must be viewed cautiously as “principal steps” since neither are presently permanent or irreversible. Concerning 38 North's scrutiny, it would characterize more durable and irreversible actions as there is no identified facility with equivalent capabilities elsewhere in the DPRK.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Destruction of missile test site
North Korea announced in December 2019 that it had recently conducted a "very important test" at the Sohae site. Some analysts believed the test involved a new ICBM engine, as the country was believed to be migrating from its liquid-fueled missiles to new solid-fueled versions that were easier to transport, conceal and launch. The country announced it had conducted a "crucial test' at the Sohae site days later.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Negotiation process between US and DPRK
In August, during the ASEAN Regional Forum 2018, North Korea's nuclear program was the critical agenda item. ASEAN forum foreign ministers issued a joint statement calling for a "complete denuclearization" which is the same phrase used in the joint statement issued after the summit, and represents a change from last year's call for a "complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization". South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha has said that she had "considerable" consultations over the issue of the declaration to a formal end of the 1950-53 Korean war with the Chinese and U.S. foreign ministers.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Negotiation process between US and DPRK
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said "everyone can announce a declaration ending the war if they do not want the war to happen again". North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho said he was “alarmed” by U.S. insistence on maintaining sanctions until North Korea denuclearizes and what he said was U.S. reluctance to declare a formal end to the Korean War. United States Forces in Korea maintains several nuclear bomber fighters and DPRK is demanding USA safety guarantee for giving up nuclear weapon programs of Pyongyang.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Questions about missile development
The media source 38 North, an American agency which monitors North Korea, told CNN that only two small roof buildings had been newly erected, which might be used for hospitality roles for senior officials or nuclear inspectors. Other improved infrastructures were already developed before the Trump-Kim Summit. On June 30, NBC reported that, according to an assessment by the U.S. intelligence agencies, North Korea might have increased production of fuel for nuclear weapons at multiple secret sites after the summit, though if the process of enrichment had occurred, it must have begun before the summit.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Questions about missile development
On August 3, experts monitoring U.N. sanctions against North Korea sent a report to the UN Security Council saying North Korea "has not stopped its nuclear and missiles programs" and is still violating sanctions by transferring coal at sea and flouting an arms embargo and financial sanctions. However, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri-Yong Ho said in a privilege speech at the ASEAN summit, that a “good-faith implementation of the Joint Statement (between the USA and DPRK) would be necessary”. Referring to this same speech, the North Korea monitoring specialist Group, 38 North, believes that in order to achieve the goal to denuclearize, a scheme of ALL TAKE-NO GIVE will never work with DPRK.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Questions about missile development
The New York Times reported on November 12, 2018 that "satellite images suggest that the North has been engaged in a great deception" by offering to dismantle one missile launch site while continuing to develop sixteen others. The Times reported that American intelligence had determined that North Korea's production of fissile material, nuclear weapons and mobile missile systems had continued since the summit, adding that the missile network was "long known to American intelligence agencies but left undiscussed as President Trump claims to have neutralized the North’s nuclear threat."


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Questions about missile development
The following day, Trump called the report of North Korea developing missile sites "inaccurate" and "just more fake news," adding "We fully know about the sites being discussed, nothing new." The Times stood by the accuracy of its report. On November 13, 2018, Kim Eui Keum, a spokesman for South Korean President Moon Jae-In, described the report and images as "nothing new" and further stated that North Korea "has never signed any agreement, any negotiation that makes shutting down missile bases mandatory."


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Aftermath, Questions about missile development
CNN acquired satellite images in December 2018 that indicated North Korea was continuing to significantly expand a major long-range missile site in the mountainous interior of the country, including an "extremely large underground facility" that could be under construction as of August 2018.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Second U.S.–North Korean Summit
On October 7, 2018, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Kim met in Pyongyang and agreed to a second U.S.–North Korea summit, with South Korea's presidential office stating that it would take place "as soon as possible." It is unknown at this time when the second summit will take place. However, Pompeo stated it would happen "soon" and that details have been revealed to South Korean President Moon Jae-In during a meeting in the South Korean capital of Seoul. During the State of the Union Address President Trump announced Vietnam to host the second meeting between the two leaders. According to President Trump, this summit will be held in Vietnam on February 27–28, 2019.


2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, Second U.S.–North Korean Summit
On February 8, 2019, President Trump announced that Hanoi will host the summit meeting.


2018 North Melbourne Football Club season
The 2018 AFL season was the 93rd season in the Australian Football League (AFL) contested by the North Melbourne Football Club.


2018 North Melbourne Football Club season
North Melbourne were widely predicted for a second-straight bottom six finish, including several predictions which would see them winning the wooden spoon. Strong performances by Shaun Higgins and Ben Brown meant the Kangaroos finished comfortably mid-table, finishing 9th with 48 points and a percentage of 108.9%.


2018 North Melbourne Football Club season, VFL
The 2018 VFL season was the 1st season in the Victorian Football League contested by the North Melbourne Football Club.


2018 North Queensland Cowboys season
The 2018 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 24th in the club's history. Coached by Paul Green and co-captained by Johnathan Thurston and Matthew Scott, they competed in the NRL's 2018 Telstra Premiership. The team finished the regular season in 13th position and did not qualify for the finals.


2018 North Queensland Cowboys season, Representatives
The following players have played a representative match in 2018.


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


2018 North Sumatra gubernatorial election
Candidates were former Governor of Jakarta Djarot Saiful Hidayat and former commander of Kostrad Lt. Gen Edy Rahmayadi.


2018 North Sumatra gubernatorial election, Timeline
On 10 September 2017, the KPU declared that there will be 10,194,368 eligible voters in the province. The North Sumatran KPU set a budget of Rp 855 billion (US$59.9 million) for the election.


2018 North Sumatra 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. The candidates were assigned their ballot numbers on 13 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 North Sumatra gubernatorial election, Candidates
Under regulations, candidates are required to secure the support of a political party or a coalition thereof comprising at least 20 seats in the regional house. Alternatively, independent candidates may run provided they are capable of securing support from 6.5 percent of the total voter population (764,578) in form of photocopied ID cards subject to verification by the local committee although no candidates expressing interest managed to do this.


2018 North Sumatra gubernatorial election, Candidates
While acting governor Tengku Erry Nuradi was eligible to run, he failed to secure sufficient support with his party Nasdem placing their support behind Edy-Musa instead.


2018 North Sumatra gubernatorial election, Candidates
Rahmayadi first registered at Hanura to run for the gubernatorial seat on August 2017, through his running mate and young entrepreneur Musa Rajeckshah. Gerindra, PKS and PAN declared their support for him in late December 2017. In order to participate in the election, Rahmayadi resigned from his position as Commander of the Kostrad in 2018. While initially expressing support for incumbent Tengku Erry Nuradi, Golkar and Nasdem diverted their support for Edy-Musa as well.


2018 North Sumatra gubernatorial election, Candidates
Djarot Saiful Hidayat, who lost as a running mate in the 2017 elections in Jakarta and briefly became its governor following the incarceration of Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, was declared by PDI-P as their candidate on 5 January 2018. Sihar Sitorus became his running mate, and the pair secured the support of PPP making them eligible to run.


2018 North Sumatra gubernatorial election, Candidates
Also registering as early as August, J.R. Saragih who was also the regional chair of Demokrat obtained official support on September. Closer to the registration limit, PKB declared their support once their cadre Ance Selian became running mate. PKPI, which held 3 seats in the regional parliament despite having none in the People's Representative Council, declared their support for the pair allowing them to run, but diverted their support to Djarot-Sihar after the registration process had been completed. However, the pair was disqualified due to failing verification in February 2018. After a failed lawsuit, the pair withdrew from the election and asked for their supporters to vote for Djarot instead.


2018 North Texas Mean Green football team
The 2018 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mean Green played their home games at the Apogee Stadium in Denton, Texas, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by third-year head coach Seth Littrell. They finished the season 9–4, 5–3 in C-USA play to finish in a three-way tie for second place in the West Division. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they lost to Utah State.


2018 North Texas Mean Green football team
Following a 44–17 victory over Arkansas and a 3–0 record, the Mean Green received votes in both the AP Poll (4 votes) and Coaches Poll (5 votes), the first time since 2013 North Texas received votes in a poll.


2018 North Texas Mean Green football team, Previous season
The Mean Green finished the 2017 season 9–5, 7–1 in C-USA play to win the West Division. They lost the C-USA Championship Game to Florida Atlantic. They received an invite to the New Orleans Bowl where they lost to Troy.


2018 North Texas Mean Green football team, Preseason, Preseason All-CUSA team
Conference USA released their preseason all-CUSA team on July 16, 2018, with the Mean Green having two players selected.


2018 North Texas Mean Green football team, Preseason, Preseason media poll
Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 17, 2018, with the Mean Green predicted to finish as champions of the West Division.


2018 North Texas Mean Green football team, Schedule
North Texas announced its 2018 football schedule on January 23, 2018. The 2018 schedule consists of  six home and six away games in the regular season. The Mean Green will host C–USA opponents Florida Atlantic, Louisiana Tech, Rice, and Southern Miss, and will travel to Old Dominion, UAB, UTEP, and UTSA.


2018 North Texas Mean Green football team, Schedule
The Mean Green hosted two of their four non-conference opponents, SMU from the American Athletic Conference and Incarnate Word from the FCS Southland Conference, and traveled to Arkansas from the Southeastern Conference and Liberty which is a FBS Independent. North Texas won all four non-conference games to begin the season.


2018 North Texas Mean Green football team, Game summaries, SMU
The Mean Green's offense went off with 529 total yards, including 444 passing yards from junior quarterback Mason Fine. North Texas's defense held SMU's offense to only 256 yards, forced a turnover, and held the Mustangs scoreless through the first three quarters. 29,519 people attended the game, setting an attendance record at Apogee Stadium. This record would be broken 4 weeks later against Louisiana Tech.


2018 North Texas Mean Green football team, Game summaries, at Liberty
Kickoff was delayed until 6:48 p.m. due to rain and lightning. With the victory, the Mean Green started a season 4–0 for the first time since 1966.


2018 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2018 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was held on the same day as other local elections.


2018 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
All of the seats being contested were last contested in 2014, and these results are compared to the  results of 2016.


2018 Northcote by-election
The 2018 Northcote by-election was a New Zealand by-election that was held in Northcote on 9 June 2018. The seat became vacant on 15 April 2018, following the resignation of then-Member for Northcote Jonathan Coleman,  a member of the New Zealand National Party.


2018 Northcote by-election
National Party candidate Dan Bidois retained the seat for National, but with a significantly reduced majority blamed on low voter turnout; it was therefore described as a victory for the National Party Leader Simon Bridges.


2018 Northcote by-election, Background
The Northcote electorate is based around the southern and western suburbs of Auckland's North Shore. In addition to the eponymous Northcote, there are Birkenhead, Birkdale, Beach Haven and the southern end of Glenfield. It was created ahead of the change to mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting in 1996 by merging the seat of Birkenhead with most of the old Glenfield electorate. A small boundary adjustment was done prior to the 1999 election, but no further boundary adjustments were undertaken in the subsequent redistributions in 2002, 2007, and 2013/14.


2018 Northcote by-election, Background
Northcote continues the electoral habits of its predecessor seats; Birkenhead was a reasonably safe seat for the National Party, supplying it with Jim McLay, who led the party in the mid-1980s. In 1987, the seat that would provide National with a leader provided Labour with a gain, before swinging back into the blue column when Labour's fortunes thinned out at the 1990 election. Glenfield also followed this boom and bust model, being held by Labour Party Member Judy Keall through the duration of the fourth Labour government before the National Party landslide in 1990 claimed Keall as one of its victims.


2018 Northcote by-election, Background, Outgoing Member
At the 2005 election, National Party's Jonathan Coleman secured the seat, defeating Labour's Ann Hartley. Coleman went on to be re-elected at the 2008, 2011, 2014 and 2017 elections. At the 2017 election, he secured a majority of 6,210. When National formed a government after the 2008 election, Coleman was appointed as Minister of Broadcasting and Minister of Immigration; after the 2011 election he was promoted to be Minister of Defence for the government's second term. Following the government's re-election in 2014, Coleman became Minister of Health—ultimately his most senior role—which he held until the government's defeat in the 2017 election. Coleman contested for the leadership of the National Party in the 2016 leadership election, which was won by Bill English.


2018 Northcote by-election, Background, Outgoing Member
On 22 March 2018, Coleman announced he would resign from Parliament, triggering the by-election. It was the first by-election of the 52nd Parliament. On 29 March, it was confirmed that his resignation would take effect at "midnight on 15 April 2018".


2018 Northcote by-election, Candidates
Labour's 2017 general election candidate Shanan Halbert stated his intention to contest his party's nomination again. On 10 April Labour released the three nomination candidates; Halbert, Paul McGreal and Auckland Councillor Richard Hills. Shanan Halbert was chosen as Labour's candidate.


2018 Northcote by-election, Candidates
Former Green Party candidate Vernon Tava confirmed he was seeking the National Party nomination. Tava, a member of the Waitematā Local Board, stood in Northcote for the Greens in 2011 and unsuccessfully contested the co-leadership in 2015. He later left the party believing the Greens were becoming "too socialist". Tava did not make National's shortlist. The five candidates who did were economist Dan Bidois, Kaipātiki Local Board chair Danielle Grant, Darren Ward, Upper Harbour Local Board member Lisa Whyte, and Simon Watts. Dan Bidois was selected as National's candidate.


2018 Northcote by-election, Candidates
Perennial candidate Peter Wakeman offered himself to the electorate, but later withdrew. After quitting he endorsed Democrats candidate Tricia Cheel.


2018 Northcote by-election, Candidates
The Green Party also decided to field a candidate in the by-election. Co -leader Marama Davidson said "The Northcote by-election is an opportunity for the Green Party to promote our early successes in Government while highlighting our points of difference". Rebekah Jaung was announced as the party's candidate on 11 May 2018.


2018 Northcote by-election, Candidates
New Zealand First announced that they would not contest the by-election. New Zealand First's candidate from 2017, Kym Koloni, decided to stand as an independent.


2018 Northcote by-election, Candidates
On 6 May 2018, ACT leader David Seymour announced that Stephen Berry was the party's candidate.


2018 Northcote by-election, Results
Notes: Blue background denotes the winner of the by-election. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list prior to the by-election. Yellow background denotes the winner of the by-election, who was a list MP prior to the by-election. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.


2018 Northcote by-election, Aftermath
Bidois held the seat for two years before being defeated at the 2020 general election by Halbert.


2018 Northeast Asia heat wave
Throughout much of July 2018, a record-breaking heat wave affected large areas of Japan, Korean peninsula, China. Many areas in Japan experienced temperatures in excess of 35 °C (95 °F), and Kumagaya recorded a maximum temperature of 41.1 °C (106.0 °F) on 23 July – the highest ever observed in the country.


2018 Northeast Asia heat wave, Synopsis
Following flooding and mudslides that lasted from late June through mid-July 2018, an extensive heat wave spread across the Japanese mainland. In the prefectures that had been  hit the worst by floods and landslides, Hiroshima, Okayama, and Ehime, 145 people were hospitalized with heat stroke symptoms as temperatures there rose above 35 °C (95.0 °F). On 15 July, 200 out of 927 stations in the nationwide observation network recorded maximum temperatures exceeding 35 °C (95.0 °F). On 23 July, a high temperature of 41.1 °C (106.0 °F) was observed in Kumagaya, 65 km (40 mi) northwest of Tokyo. This constitutes an all-time high for all of Japan. Many cities recorded temperatures near 40 °C (104 °F) on this day. In Kyoto, temperatures stood above 38 °C (100 °F) for seven days in a row for the first time since records began to be kept in the 19th century.


2018 Northeast Asia heat wave, Synopsis
By 24 July, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) called the event a natural disaster and indicated many areas were observing "unprecedented levels of heat". A study depicted the three‐phase lifecycle of the East Asian summer monsoon and the corresponding timing of the 2018 consecutive extreme events (indicated in the bottom). The sequential yet contrasting extreme events in Japan therefore reflect an amplified monsoon lifecycle projected in a warmer climate.


2018 Northeast Asia heat wave, Effects
In South Korea, some 42 people died, while North Korea witnessed crop destruction. In Shenyang, China, air conditioner sales in one company spiked 35-fold over the previous years.


2018 Northeast Asia heat wave, Effects
In Japan, at least 138 people have died from heat-related causes and at 71,266 required hospitalization for heat stroke through early August. Fatalities have occurred in 28 of the nation's 47 prefectures. Between 15 and 22 July, 65 people died from the heat, including 11 on 21 July and 13 on 23 July. The number of casualties from the heat was the greatest seen in a single-week period since the government started keeping detailed records in 2008. On 17 July, the Tokyo Fire Department dispatched ambulances 2,900 times—the greatest number in a single day since the department began in 1936. This was surpassed only four days later, 21 July, when ambulances were dispatched 3,125 times.


2018 Northeast Asia heat wave, Effects
The Japanese Education Ministry issued a warning to schools to take precautions against heat stroke, following the death of one six-year-old boy who was attending an outdoor event. Fewer than half of schools in the country have air conditioning, and government officials discussed extending school holidays for safety. Furthermore, the government considered covering the cost of installing air conditioners in schools. Kyushu Electric Power offered 10 percent discounts to customers aged 75 years and older for their August and September bills to facilitate the use of air conditioners.


2018 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2018 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 24 and ended on May 27, 2018 at Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, Connecticut. The league's top four teams finishers competed in the double elimination tournament. LIU Brooklyn won their first tournament championship and earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2018 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament
Entering the event, Central Connecticut had won the most tournament championships among current members, while Fairleigh Dickinson and LIU Brooklyn had never won a championship.


2018 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The top four finishers were seeded one through four based on conference regular season winning percentage. They then played a double-elimination tournament.


2018 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Gregory Vaughn Jr. earned the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Vaughn was a junior outfielder for LIU Brooklyn, who recorded 5 RBI and 3 stolen bases in the Tournament.


2018 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2018 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Northeast Conference for the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All tournament games were played at the home arena of the highest seed, on February 28, March 3, and March 6, 2018. The No. 4 seed LIU Brooklyn defeated No. 1 seed Wagner in the championship game to earn the NEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.


2018 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
The top eight teams in the Northeast Conference were eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2018 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
On February 17, 2018, Wagner defeated LIU Brooklyn to win the NEC regular season championship outright, their second regular season championship in the previous three years, and received the No. 1 seed.


2018 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and results
Note: Bracket is re-seeded after quarterfinal matchups, with highest remaining seed playing the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.


2018 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket and results
Teams are reseeded after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.


2018 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2018 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the concluding event of the 2017–18 season of the Northeast Conference (NEC), held from March 7–11, 2018. Unlike most NCAA Division I basketball conference tournaments, the NEC tournament does not include all of the league's teams. The tournament instead features only the top eight teams from regular-season NEC play. Regular-season co-champion Saint Francis of Pennsylvania won the tournament and with it the NEC's automatic berth in the 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.


2018 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Format
For the first time, the NEC Women's Basketball Tournament did not use what the conference calls a "complete high-seed hosting" format, in which all games are played at the home of the higher seed. In addition, the tournament did not reseed teams after each round, a format it had used since the 2011 edition. Instead, each half of the bracket was hosted by one of the league's two top seeds. The final continues to be played at the home court of the top remaining seed.


2018 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
The NEC uses the following criteria for breaking two-way ties in the conference standings:


2018 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
The procedure for breaking ties in which three or more teams are involved will not be discussed here, since no such ties existed this season.


2018 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Bracket
The top two seeds each hosted their half of the bracket; the final was hosted by the top remaining seed.


2018 Northeast Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2018 Northeast Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Northeast Conference held on November 2 and 4, 2018. The three-match tournament took place at Central Connecticut Soccer Field in New Britain, Connecticut, home of the regular season champions and tournament #1 seed Central Connecticut State Blue Devils. The four-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Saint Francis Red Flash but they were unable to defend their title, losing 2–1 in the final to Central Connecticut. This was the ninth Northeast Conference tournament title for the Central Connecticut women's soccer program, seven of which have come under the direction of head coach Mick D'Arcy.


2018 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team
The 2018 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 21st-year head coach Jerome Souers and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 4–6, 3–4 in Big Sky play to finish in eighth place.


2018 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team
On November 19, Jerome Souers announced his retirement. He finished with a 21 year record of 123–114.


2018 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team, Previous season
The Lumberjacks finished the 2017 season 7–5, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid into the FCS Playoffs where they were lost to San Diego in the first round.


2018 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team, Preseason, Polls
On July 16, 2018 during the Big Sky Kickoff in Spokane, Washington, the Lumberjacks were predicted to finish in third place by both the coaches and media.


2018 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team, Preseason, Preseason All-Conference Team
The Lumberjacks had three players selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team.


2018 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team, Schedule
Despite also being a member of the Big Sky, the game vs. Eastern Washington will be a non-conference game and will have no effect on the Big Sky standings.


2018 Northern Colorado Bears football team
The 2018 Northern Colorado Bears football team, represented the University of Northern Colorado in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Earnest Collins Jr. and played their home games at Nottingham Field. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 2–9, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in 11th place.


2018 Northern Colorado Bears football team, Previous season
The Bears finished the 2017 season 3–7, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for ninth place.


2018 Northern Colorado Bears football team, Preseason, Polls
On July 16, 2018 during the Big Sky Kickoff in Spokane, Washington, the Bears were predicted to finish in eleventh place in the coaches poll and twelfth place in the media poll.


2018 Northern Colorado Bears football team, Preseason, Preseason All-Conference Team
The Bears had one player selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team.


2018 Northern Colorado Bears football team, Schedule
Despite also being a member of the Big Sky, the game vs. Sacramento State will be a non-conference game and will have no effect on the Big Sky standings.


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Northern Cyprus on 7 January 2018 to elect the 50 members of the Assembly of the Republic for a five-year term. Going into the elections, the government was led by Prime Minister Hüseyin Özgürgün, who had served since 16 April 2016, leading a coalition consisting of the National Unity Party and the Democratic Party.


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election
Following the elections, a new coalition government was formed by the Republican Turkish Party (CTP), the People's Party, Communal Democracy Party and the Democratic Party, with CTP leader Tufan Erhürman becoming Prime Minister.


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Background, 2013 parliamentary election
The 2013 parliamentary elections resulted in the election of Özkan Yorgancıoğlu of the center-left Republican Turkish Party (CTP) as Prime Minister. His party formed a coalition with the right-leaning Democratic Party (DP), led by Serdar Denktaş. Meanwhile, the nationalist National Unity Party (UBP) became the main opposition party.


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Background, 2013 parliamentary election
The CTP secured 38% of the vote and 21 seats. Its rivals in the UBP fell to 27% of the vote and 14 seats. Two other parties, the DP and the Communal Democracy Party (TDP), managed to enter parliament with 23% and 7% of the vote respectively. Owing to a 5% election threshold, the United Cyprus Party failed to win any seats, having won only 3% of the vote.


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Background, 2015 presidential election
The 2015 presidential elections were held on 19 April, with a runoff the following week on 26 April. In the first round of voting, the incumbent, UBP-backed President Derviş Eroğlu received 30,328 votes, or slightly above 28% of the total. Mustafa Akıncı, a former MP for the TDP, came second with 27%, while Sibel Siber of the CTP and the independent candidate Kudret Özersay won 22.5% and 21% respectively. As a result, Eroğlu and Akıncı proceeded to a second round of voting on 26 April. Ultimately, Akıncı secured a landslide victory, securing 60.5% of the vote against 39.5% for Eroğlu. Akıncı was formally inaugurated as the fourth President of Northern Cyprus on 30 April 2015.


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Background, 2015 presidential election
Mehmet Ali Talat then challenged Prime Minister Yorgancıoğlu for the leadership of the CTP; this was owing in part to the poor performance of the party in the presidential race. Talat defeated the prime minister, triggering the latter's resignation. Since only MPs may serve in the Cabinet of Northern Cyprus, Talat did not become prime minister; the position ultimately went to Ömer Kalyoncu, who was sworn in on 16 July 2015. Kalyoncu formed a grand coalition of the CTP and the UBP, as opposed to the former CTP–DP constellation. His administration was short-lived, however; Hüseyin Özgürgün managed to establish a right-wing coalition on 16 April 2016, consisting of the DP of Serdar Denktaş—son of the TRNC's pater patriae, Rauf Denktaş—and the UBP.


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Electoral system
The fifty members of the Assembly were elected by proportional representation in six multi-member constituencies with an electoral threshold of 5%. Voters can vote for either a party list or individual candidates. If they choose the latter, they may cast as many votes as there are seats in each constituency. Voters are not limited to their constituency if they wish to vote for individual candidates; they may vote for candidates in any constituency so long as the total number of votes cast is between 24 and 50.


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Participating parties, Change and Liberation Alliance
Mehmet Çakıcı's TKP-YG had agreed to form an "election coalition" with the United Cyprus Party (BKP). Under this arrangement BKP members were to run for the parliament on the TKP-YG list. Tözün Tunalı's Social Democrat Party, and a fraction from the CTP led by Sonay Adem, had previously joined with TKP-YG. The New Cyprus Party was also asked to join, but refused to be a part of the Alliance.


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Campaigns, National Unity Party (UBP)
The first six UBP candidates were announced by Özgürgün, Prime Minister and the leader of the party, on 16 November. These candidates included Özgürgün himself, as well as Özdemir Berova and Hakan Dinçyürek who were serving at the time as independent MPs, having been previously elected from the DP list. Other candidates and their order on the ballot were determined in a primary election on 18 November, in which 11,616 party members were eligible to vote. The three candidates that received the highest numbers of votes were Faiz Sucuoğlu, Ersin Tatar and Hasan Taçoy.


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Campaigns, National Unity Party (UBP)
In the run-up to the election, the government's practice of accepting numerous people into citizenship and delivering land titles was criticised as corrupt. Özgürgün countered these accusations by saying that these were practices carried out by previous governments as well and that the Republic of Cyprus actually bestowed citizenship in return for money. Furthermore, he claimed that "the reactions of our Greek Cypriot brothers" were behind the criticism directed to his government.


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Campaigns, National Unity Party (UBP)
Özgürgün refused to rule out forming a coalition with any party, but said that he would resign as party leader if his party was not in the first place in the elections. With regards to the Cyprus dispute, he stated that whilst a solution would have been the ultimate aim, talks on a federation had been stalled "because Greek Cypriots refused to accept political equality", and that two states could co-exist on the island in the meanwhile.


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Campaigns, National Unity Party (UBP)
He proposed a policy of opening Varosha, a ghost quarter of the city of Famagusta that is subject to intercommunal negotiations, under Turkish Cypriot control. He claimed that significant economic development had taken place during his tenure, pointing out to a 30% rise in the minimum wage, and claimed credit for the successful delivery of water from the Northern Cyprus Water Supply Project that took place during his tenure.


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Campaigns, National Unity Party (UBP)
The UBP initially used the slogan "Thousands of hearts united in one heart!" (Turkish: Binlerce yürek tek yürek!) for the campaign. At the launch of its formal campaign on 12 December, the party set a target of winning a majority. Subsequent slogans included "Our path is one for service to the people", "Our party is one, our path is one" and "There is only one target, a single-party government".


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Campaigns, National Unity Party (UBP)
The UBP announced its "targets and projects for a new period of development" on 18 November. Core policies include the provision of electricity from Turkey to Northern Cyprus via cables under the Mediterranean Sea, increased cooperation with Turkey in searching for natural gas and oil, instituting a general health insurance system, expanding the Ercan Airport, reforming local administrations and building five new hospitals in five districts.


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Campaigns, National Unity Party (UBP)
During the campaign, Özgürgün was the subject of controversy after the revelation of his financial details as part of his ongoing divorce case with his wife and his affair with another woman. His wife's lawyer stated that Özgürgün had bought two luxurious cars for his lover, and demanded that these should be included in the division of properties during the divorce. This was followed by the leak of documents submitted about his bank transactions, showing a spending of more than $1,000,000. This was followed by calls for Özgürgün to announce the source of this income. Özgürgün's lawyer called this "an operation on people's perception" and claimed that the source of this income was obvious.


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Campaigns, Republican Turkish Party (CTP)
The CTP saw a renewal of its cadre in the run-up to the election, with established politicians stepping down and younger candidates taking their place. Those who did not sign up to become candidates in the 2018 election included four former prime ministers: Ferdi Sabit Soyer, Sibel Siber, Özkan Yorgancıoğlu and Ömer Kalyoncu. In total, seven sitting MPs did not apply to become candidates. Except for the ten candidates determined at the discretion of the party leader, Erhürman, the party list was determined at a party congress on 18 November.


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Campaigns, Republican Turkish Party (CTP)
One of the candidates picked by Erhürman, Fikri Toros, had been serving at the time as the head of the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce and had made statements on the economy espousing a liberal position. This move, seen as part of a "transformation strategy", was controversial within the party, especially in more hard-left circles.


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Campaigns, Republican Turkish Party (CTP)
CTP slogans for the election included "This system will change" (Turkish: Bu sistem değişecek) and "We will work to achieve it" (Turkish: Çalışır yaparız). Erhürman promised "social transformation" and "a change of the established order", calling the Özgürgün cabinet the most corrupt of all UBP governments in power to date.


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Campaigns, Republican Turkish Party (CTP)
On 15 December, the CTP announced its manifesto for the election, titled "Programme for Economic and Social Development". Core policies include:


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Campaigns, People's Party (HP)
The HP slogan for the election was "For the administration that we have always desired, the hope of the people is the Party of the People" (Turkish: Hep özlediğimiz yönetim için Halkın umudu, Halkın Partisi). His party being a newcomer to politics, leader Kudret Özersay called the election a "referendum" between "the established order and a new, fairer order".


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Campaigns, People's Party (HP)
Core policies proposed by the party included the establishment of a health insurance system, the extension of doctors' working hours at public healthcare services, state-subsidised housing projects, increases in benefits, restrictions on property being rented in more stable foreign currency, the introduction of new laws for the accountability of politicians, a new citizenship law, renegotiating the free movement protocol with Turkey to prevent the entry of those with criminal record in Turkey into Northern Cyprus, the opening of Varosha under Turkish Cypriot control, the introduction of a public transport system and night buses and additional anti-corruption measures.


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Campaigns, People's Party (HP)
The process of candidate selection in the party officially took place in the Party Assembly. However, the process was controversial as it was secretive, and it was claimed that Özersay personally chose the candidates and presented the list to the Party Assembly.


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Reactions and aftermath
The results were considered a victory for the UBP specifically and for the right-wing in Northern Cyprus in general. The total share of votes obtained by left-wing parties saw a major decrease. The election produced the first six-party parliament in the history of Northern Cyprus and yielded the greatest number of female MPs ever elected to the parliament in the country, forming 18% of the 15th Parliament of Northern Cyprus at 9 MPs. This was seen as a positive result achieved thanks to the gender quota introduced before the election.


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Reactions and aftermath
According to Kıbrıs Postası, the UBP "renewed trust" in the election. Party leader Özgürgün thanked the voters in a victory address, which was also attended by the party's historic leader, Derviş Eroğlu. He said that his party would continue working "in unity" for "grand projects".


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Reactions and aftermath
CTP's major losses in the election met with "great disappointment" in the party and were considered "catastrophic" by some commentators. Party leader Erhürman said that the party respected the results but found them "undesirable", accepting that the election had not been successful for the CTP. He ruled out forming a grand coalition with the UBP and said that "this was only a beginning for the struggle", which would "continue tomorrow".


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Reactions and aftermath
The HP achieved a "remarkable" result for a new party, but it was commented that the party had not met its own expectations and thus viewed the results with dismay. Despite this, the HP was described as one of the winners of the election. Party leader Özersay stated that the party viewed the results as "not bright for the future of the country" as the voters had voted for the "continuation of the status quo". Özersay stated that his party would keep working to encourage voters to mobilise for change and that his party would not be a part of this status quo. The HP ruled out any coalition talks with the UBP.


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Reactions and aftermath
The Rebirth Party (YDP), a party dominated by the Turkish settlers in Northern Cyprus, was also considered as one of the winners in the election. Kıbrıs Postası called the share of votes achieved by the YDP "a surprise". YDP leader Arıklı also called his party's results a "great success".


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Reactions and aftermath
Kıbrıs stated that the government formation process would yield either a three-party coalition of the UBP with two of the smaller parties or a re-run of the election.


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Reactions and aftermath
The office of Nicos Anastasiades, the President of the Republic of Cyprus, released a statement stating that they hoped that the results of the election would not lead to "further hardening of [the Turkish Cypriot community's] positions and its intransigence" in relation to a solution for the Cyprus problem.


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Reactions and aftermath
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Turkey and Binali Yıldırım, Prime Minister of Turkey, called Özgürgün to congratulate him on the election results.


2018 Northern Cypriot parliamentary election, Reactions and aftermath
However, Özgürgün's UBP was ousted from power and a new coalition government was formed by the Republican Turkish Party (CTP), the People's Party, Communal Democracy Party and the Democratic Party, with CTP leader Tufan Erhürman becoming Prime Minister.


2018 Northern Illinois Huskies football team
The 2018 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Huskies were led by sixth-year head coach Rod Carey. They played their home games at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, Illinois as members of the West Division of Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 8–6, 6–2 in MAC play to finish as champions of the West Division. They represented the West Division in the MAC Championship Game where they defeated East Division champion Buffalo to become MAC champions for the first time since 2014. They were invited to the Boca Raton Bowl where they lost to UAB.


2018 Northern Illinois Huskies football team, Previous season
The Huskies finished the 2017 season 8–5, 6–2 in MAC play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division. The Huskies received an invitation to the Quick Lane Bowl, their 11th bowl game in the previous 14 years. There they lost to Duke 36–14.


2018 Northern Illinois Huskies football team, Preseason, Preseason media poll
The MAC released their preseason media poll on July 24, 2018, with the Huskies predicted to finish as champions of the West Division.


2018 Northern Iowa Panthers football team
The 2018 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by Mark Farley in his 18th season and played their home games in the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they defeated Lamar in the first round before losing to UC Davis in the second round.


2018 Northern Iowa Panthers football team, Previous season
The Panthers finished the 2017 season 8–5, 6–2 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for second place. The Panthers received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Monmouth in the first round before losing in the second round to South Dakota State.


2018 Northern Iowa Panthers football team, Preseason, Preseason MVFC poll
The MVFC released their preseason poll on July 29, 2018, with the Panthers predicted to finish in third place.


2018 Northern Iowa Panthers football team, Preseason, Preseason All-MVFC Teams
The Panthers placed six players on the preseason all-MVFC teams.


2018 Northern Ireland Open
The 2018 BetVictor Northern Ireland Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 12 and 18 November 2018 in the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the eighth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season and a part of the Home Nations Series.


2018 Northern Ireland Open
Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he was beaten 3–4 by Ali Carter in the second round.


2018 Northern Ireland Open
Judd Trump won his ninth professional ranking title with a 9–7 final victory against Ronnie O'Sullivan.


2018 Northern Ireland Open, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2018 Northern Mariana Islands general election
The 2018 Northern Mariana Islands general election were held on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, corresponding with the 2018 United States midterm elections. Originally scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, the elections were delayed by one week due to the impact and aftermath of Typhoon Yutu. Early voting was held from Tuesday, November 6, until Monday, November 12, 2018. An estimated 18,975 voters were eligible to vote in the 2018 election.


2018 Northern Mariana Islands general election
Ninety-seven candidates competed for 45 elected positions across the Northern Mariana Islands. High-profile races included the 2018 gubernatorial election between incumbent governor Ralph Torres, a Republican, and former governor Juan Babauta, as well as the race for non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives between incumbent Gregorio Sablan and challenger Angel Demapan.


2018 Northern Mariana Islands gubernatorial election
The 2018 Northern Mariana gubernatorial election took place on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, to elect the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands and the Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands to a four-year term in office. The election, which corresponds to the larger Northern Mariana general election and the United States midterms, was originally scheduled to be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. However, Governor Ralph Torres postponed all elections in the territory until November 13 due to the impact of Typhoon Yutu, which struck the Northern Mariana Islands as a Category 5 storm in October 2018, shortly before the planned elections.


2018 Northern Mariana Islands gubernatorial election
Incumbent Republican governor Ralph Torres, who ascended to governorship in December 2015 following the death of Governor Eloy Inos, sought election to a full term.


2018 Northern Mariana Islands gubernatorial election
Unlike past gubernatorial elections, there was no runoff election in 2018, since there are only two candidates contesting the gubernatorial contest, incumbent Ralph Torres and former governor Juan Babauta.


2018 Northern Mariana Islands gubernatorial election
On November 13, 2018, Governor Torres won his first full term as Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands.


2018 Northern Mariana Islands gubernatorial election, Election background
In the 2014 gubernatorial race, Republican governor Eloy Inos and his running mate, Ralph Torres, were elected to a full four-year term. The Inos-Torres ticket defeated independent candidate, Heinz Hofschneider, in the gubernatorial runoff on November 18, 2014.


2018 Northern Mariana Islands gubernatorial election, Election background
Governor Eloy Inos died in office at a hospital in Seattle, Washington, on Monday, December 28, 2015 (local time in Seattle). Because of the time difference between Seattle, it was already Tuesday morning, December 29, in the Northern Mariana Islands at the time of Governor Inos' death. Lieutenant Governor Ralph Torres became the new Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands on Tuesday, December 29, to serve the remainder of Inos' unexpired term. Victor Hocog, the then-President of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate, was sworn in as the new Lieutenant Governor later that day on December 29.


2018 Northern Mariana Islands gubernatorial election, Election background
On November 8, 2017, Lt. Governor Victor Hocog announced that he would not run for re-election as lieutenant governor in 2018. Instead, Hocog would seek election for one of the two Senate seats representing the island of Rota in the 2018 general election.


2018 Northern Mariana Islands gubernatorial election, Election background
Governor Ralph Torres declared his candidacy for a full term in a press conference on November 19, 2017, at his home in As Teo. Torres chose Senate President Arnold Palacios as his new running mate for lieutenant governor in 2018 gubernatorial contest.


2018 Northern Mariana Islands gubernatorial election, Election background
Juan Babauta, the former Governor from 2002 to 2006, announced his candidacy on April 12, 2018, as an independent. He selected Dr. Rita Sablan, the former commissioner of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System, as his running mate for lieutenant governor.


2018 Northern Mariana Islands gubernatorial election, Election postponement
The Northern Mariana Islands' general and gubernatorial elections were originally scheduled for Tuesday, November 6, 2018, to correspond with the nationwide 2018 United States midterm elections. However, Typhoon Yutu made landfall in the Northern Mariana Islands as a Category 5 super typhoon, devastating the main islands of Saipan and Tinian. In response, Governor Torres postponed all elections in the Northern Mariana Islands until Tuesday, November 13, 2018, including the gubernatorial race.


2018 Northern Mariana Islands gubernatorial election, Election postponement
Early voting was held from Tuesday, November 6, 2018, until Monday, November 12, 2018.


2018 Northern Mariana Islands gubernatorial election, Results
The gubernatorial contest was held on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, having been delayed one week due to recovery efforts from Typhoon Yutu. Early voting began on November 6. Incumbent Ralph Torres won re-election to his first full term.


2018 Northern NSW Football season
The 2018 Northern NSW Football season was the fifth season under the new competition format in northern New South Wales.


2018 Northern NSW Football season, League Tables, 2018 NEWFM Northern League One
The NEWFM Northern League One (formerly Northern NSW State League Division 1) season was the fifth season of the new Northern NSW State League Division 1 as the second level domestic association football competition in the district of Northern NSW. The top team at the end of the year can be promoted to the 2019 National Premier Leagues Northern NSW, subject to meeting criteria.


2018 Northern NSW Football season, League Tables, 2018 Zone Premier League
The 2018 Zone Premier League season was the fifth edition of the Newcastle Zone Premier League as the third level domestic football competition in the district of Northern NSW.


2018 Northern NSW Football season, League Tables, 2018 Zone League 1
The 2018 Zone League 1 season was the fifth edition of the Zone League 1 as the fourth level domestic football competition in the district of Northern NSW.


2018 Northern NSW Football season, League Tables, 2018 Zone League 2
The 2018 Zone League 2 season was the fifth edition of the Zone League 2 as the fifth level domestic football competition in the district of Northern NSW.


2018 Northern NSW Football season, League Tables, 2018 Zone League 3
The 2018 Zone League 3 season was the fifth edition of the Zone League 3 as the sixth level domestic football competition in the district of Northern NSW.


2018 Northern NSW Football season, League Tables, 2018 Women's Premier League
The highest tier domestic football competition in Northern NSW for women is known for sponsorship reasons as the Herald Women's Premier League.


2018 Northern NSW Football season, Cup Competitions, FFA Cup Preliminary Rounds
Northern NSW soccer clubs competed in 2018 within the Northern NSW Preliminary Rounds for the 2018 FFA Cup. In addition to the A-League club Newcastle Jets, the two Round 7 winners - Broadmeadow Magic and Charlestown City Blues - qualified for the final rounds of the FFA Cup, entering at the Round of 32. Broadmeadow Magic reached the Round of 16.


2018 Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2018 Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Northern Ontario women's curling championship, was held January 11–14 at the Idylwylde Golf & Country Club in Sudbury, Ontario. The winning Tracy Fleury rink represented Northern Ontario at the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Penticton, British Columbia.


2018 Northern Pride RLFC season
2018 was the eleventh competitive season for the Cairns based Sea Swift Northern Pride Rugby League Football Club. They played in the QRL state competition, the Intrust Super Cup. 14 clubs competed, with each club playing 23 matches (12 home and 11 away) over 25 rounds.


2018 Northern Pride RLFC season, Squad
Linc Port (Fullback/Centre) Khan Ahwang (Fullback/Centre) Luke George (vc) (Wing) Justin Castellaro (Centre) Rajan Opetaia-Halls (Wing/Centre) Akeripa Tia-Kilife (Wing/Centre) Brayden Torpy (Halfback) Jordan Biondi-Odo (Five-eighth) Jared Allen (Five-eighth)


2018 Northern Pride RLFC season, Squad
Ryan Ghietti (c) (Hooker) Jack Svendsen (Prop) David Murphy (Prop) Sheldon Powe-Hobbs (Lock/Second Row) Vaipuna Tia Kilifi (Second Row) Rajan Opetia-Halls (Second Row) Tom Hancock (Second Row) Ben Reuter (Second Row) Lachlan Parmenter (Second Row) Ben Schell Denzel King (Dummy Half) Keelan White


2018 Northern Pride RLFC season, Squad
Ben Spina (Prop) Javid Bowen (Wing) Patrick Kafusi (Prop) Shaun Hudson (Wing) Lachlan Coote Scott Bolton Antonio Winterstein


2018 Northern Pride RLFC season, Squad
Greg Miglio (Tully Tigers)Colin Wilkie (Innisfail Leprechauns)Fred Koraba (Innisfail Brothers) Shawn Bowen (Mossman-Port Douglas Sharks)Sam Pau (Kangaroos)Ned Blackman (Atherton Roosters)Ben Schell (Cairns Brothers)Daniel Tatipata (Edmonton Storm)Ian King (Mareeba Gladiators)Jack Brock (Southern Suburbs)Menmuny Murgha (Yarrabah Seahawks)Broski Emery-Hunia (Brothers)Aidan Day (Southern Suburbs)Patrick Lewis (Kangaroos)Luke La Rosa (Brothers)


2018 Northern Pride RLFC season, Sponsors
Other sponsors: Brothers World of Entertainment; Calanna Pharmacy; BDO; James Cook University; CDRL; hm Health Management; Queensland Country Credit Union; Phoenix Dynamic Sports Entertainment; Cairns Colonial Club Resort; First Response; ASN; Cairns Sports Performance Clinic; Kennards Hire; Proarch Podiatry; Brilliant Technologies; Cairns Total Physio; Queensland Country Health Fund; Pacific Toyota; Ransom Specialty Coffee Roasters; Cairns Hardware; Visual Imaging; Devenish Law. Media partners: Sea FM; WIN Television; Cairns Post.


2018 Northern Pride RLFC season, Televised games, Channel Nine
In August 2012 as part of the historic $1 billion five-year broadcasting agreement with Nine and Fox Sports, the Australian Rugby League Commission confirmed that Intrust Super Cup matches would be televised by Channel 9 until 2018. One match a week is shown live across Queensland at 2.00pm (AEST) on Sunday afternoons on Channel 9 (or GEM), on WIN Television (RTQ) in regional areas and on Imparja Television in remote areas. The match is also broadcast in Papua New Guinea on Kundu 2 TV. The 2015 commentary team is Peter Psaltis, Scott Sattler and Mathew Thompson.


2018 Northern Province floods (Sri Lanka)
2018 Northern Province floods in Sri Lanka caused from heavy rainfall in five main districts of Northern Province including Jaffna, Mannar, Mullaithivu, Vavuniya and Kilinochchi beginning around 22 December 2018 on a full moon Poya Day. As of 22 December according to Disaster Management Centre (DMC), more than 45000 people from mere nearly 14000 families were reported to have been affected. According to the reports two casualties have been reported so far due to the flash floods. The floods receded in all 5 main districts of the Northern Province with significant damages to agricultural crops.


2018 Northern Province floods (Sri Lanka)
As of 25 December 2018 (eve of Christmas), over 75000 people have been affected by the torrential rainfall and flash floods in the Northern part of the island. More than 11000 people are staying in 35 evacuation centres.


2018 Northern Province floods (Sri Lanka)
The sluice gates of Iranamadu Tank were opened and the people near the Iranmadu area were safely evacuated. It was also revealed that the overflow of recently renovated Moragahakanda Dam which was reopened by President Maithripala Sirisena was also linked to the course of floods in the Northern Province.


2018 Northern Province floods (Sri Lanka), Background
Sri Lanka is reported to have been identified as the second most vulnerable nation in the world to confront climatic changes due to the effects of global warming. The floods caused in Northern Province is the second worst natural disaster to have occurred in Sri Lanka in the month of December, after the horrible tragic effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami on Sri Lanka.


2018 Northern Vietnam floods
On 23 June, floods started across the northern provinces of Vietnam. The flood waters have receded from the northern mountainous provinces of Lai Chau, Ha Giang and Lao Cai while several towns and villages were inaccessible. 23 people were confirmed dead in the floods: in Lai Chau 16 were killed, 5 in Ha Giang Province while two others in other provinces. An estimated VND530 billion ($23.2 million) of damage was recorded in Lao Cai, Ha Giang and Lai Chau and over 80 houses had been destroyed and over 700 hectares of rice fields damaged.


2018 Northern Vietnam floods, Other floods
On 21 July, floods triggered by heavy rains hit the northern part of the country after tropical storm Son-Tinh made landfall in northern coastal areas, killing 27 people and wounding 14, while 7 others were declared missing. Also, 17,000 animals were killed, 82,000 hectares of crops were damaged and 5,000 houses were destroyed.


2018 Northern Vietnam floods, Other floods
On 1 August, two children and a man drowned as new floods has overflowed one bank of the Bui River, engulfed several villages and threaten to submerge parts of Hanoi. On 3 August, floods triggered landslides that killed six people, injuring two and leaving five others missing.


2018 Northern Vietnam floods, Other floods
On 2 September, floods started again across the country. As of 4 September, at least 14 people were confirmed dead while four others are declared missing. Also, 375 houses were damaged and 661 cattle killed.


2018 Northumberland County municipal elections
Elections were held in Northumberland County, Ontario, on October 22, 2018, in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.


2018 Northumberland County municipal elections, Northumberland County Council
The Northumberland County Council consists of the seven mayors of its constituent municipalities.


2018 Northwest Territories Men's Curling Championship
The 2018 Northwest Territories Men's Curling Championship was played February 6-10 at the Inuvik Curling Club in Inuvik. The winning Jamie Koe team represented the Northwest Territories at the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier in Regina.


2018 Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2018 Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Northwest Territories, was held January 4-7 at the Inuvik Curling Club in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. The winning Kerry Galusha team represented Northwest Territories at the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.


2018 Northwestern State Demons football team
The 2018 Northwestern State Demons football team represented Northwestern State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Demons were led by first-year head coach Brad Laird and played their home games at Harry Turpin Stadium. They were a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 4–5 in Southland play to finish in a tie for eighth place.


2018 Northwestern State Demons football team, Previous season
They finished the season 4–7, 4–5 in Southland play to finish in a tie for sixth place.


2018 Northwestern State Demons football team, Previous season
On November 17, it was announced that the contract of head coach Jay Thomas would not be renewed after the season. He finished at Northwestern State with a five-year record of 21–36.


2018 Northwestern State Demons football team, Preseason, Preseason Poll
On July 19, 2018, the Southland announced their preseason poll, with the Demons predicted to finish in eighth place.


2018 Northwestern Wildcats football team
The 2018 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wildcats played their home games at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois and competed in the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They were led by 13th-year head coach Pat Fitzgerald.


2018 Northwestern Wildcats football team
Northwestern began the year with a 1–3 record after winning its conference road opener against Purdue but falling to non-conference foes Duke and Akron, as well as Michigan in their conference home opener. The team won their next four games, including wins over ranked opponents Michigan State and Wisconsin, before falling to Notre Dame, which secured a winless non-conference slate. Regardless, the Wildcats clinched their first Big Ten West Division title by defeating No. 21 Iowa the following week. They won their remaining two conference games to finish the regular season with a conference record of 8–1.


2018 Northwestern Wildcats football team
In the 2018 Big Ten Football Championship Game, they lost to East Division champion Ohio State 45–24. The team was invited to the Holiday Bowl to play Pac-12 Conference runner-up Utah. The Wildcats won by a score of 31–20, their third consecutive bowl victory, which was a program first. In the final AP Poll of the season, the Wildcats were ranked 21st.


2018 Northwestern Wildcats football team
Quarterback Clayton Thorson led the team's offense, finishing with 3,183 passing yards, third most in the Big Ten Conference, to go along with 17 passing touchdowns and nine rushing touchdowns. Thorson, a fourth-year starter, finished his career as the school's all-time leading passer. Freshman running back Isaiah Bowser led the team in rushing with 866 yards, and wide receiver Flynn Nagel led the team in receiving with 780 yards. On defense, linebacker Blake Gallagher led the Big Ten in total tackles with 127. Fellow linebacker Paddy Fisher was named first team all-conference by the coaches, while defensive back Montre Hartage was named to the first team by the media. Head coach Pat Fitzgerald received the conference's coach of the year award.


2018 Northwestern Wildcats football team, Previous season
The Wildcats finished the 2017 season 10–3, 7–2 in Big Ten play to finish in second place in the West Division. They received an invitation to the Music City Bowl where they defeated Kentucky 24–23.


2018 Norwegian Athletics Championships
The 2018 Norwegian Athletics Championships (Norwegian: NM i friidrett 2018) was the year's national outdoor track and field championships for Norway. It was held from 17–19 August at the Byrkjelo Stadium in Gloppen. The King's trophy was awarded to women's javelin thrower Sigrid Borge and Karsten Warholm, who won both the men's 400 m hurdles and sprint events.


2018 Norwegian Football Cup
The 2018 Norwegian Football Cup was the 113th edition of the Norwegian annual knock-out football tournament. It began with qualification matches in March and April 2018. The first round was played from 17–19 April 2018 and the tournament concluded with the final on 2 December 2018.


2018 Norwegian Football Cup
Rosenborg won their twelfth Cup title. The victory would have earned them a place in the first qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, but since the club already had qualified to the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League as winners of the 2018 Eliteserien, this berth was passed down to Haugesund, fourth-place finishers in the league.


2018 Norwegian Football Cup, Calendar
Below are the dates for each round as given by the official schedule:


2018 Norwegian Football Cup Final
The 2018 Norwegian Football Cup Final was the final match of the 2018 Norwegian Football Cup, the 113th season of the Norwegian Football Cup, the premier Norwegian football cup competition organized by the Football Association of Norway (NFF). The match was played on 2 December 2018 at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, and opposed two Eliteserien sides Rosenborg and Strømsgodset. Rosenborg defeated Strømsgodset 4–1 to claim the Norwegian Cup for a twelfth time in their history and equaled Odd's record number of cup titles.


2018 Norwich City Council election
The 2018 Norwich City Council election took on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. 13 of 39 seats (one-third) were up for election.


2018 Norwich City Council election
The Labour Party retained overall control of the council, winning 12 out of 13 seats up for election and 49% of the vote, their best result in over 20 years. The Greens lost every seat they were defending, whilst the Liberal Democrats retained their single seat in Eaton ward. The Conservatives once again failed to elect any councillors, although they did increase their share of the vote by 3 percentage points. As of the 2018 election, the Conservatives have not won a seat on Norwich City Council for over 10 years.


2018 Norwich City Council election
All changes in vote share are calculated with reference to the 2014 election, the last time these seats were contested.


2018 Norwich City Council election, Background
In the 2016 election, the Labour Party achieved its best result in the city since 1998, winning 44% of the vote and 11 of 13 seats up for election, with the Greens dropping to their worst percentage result since 2005 (21%) and losing 4 of the 5 seats they were defending. The scale of the Labour victory was reported to have surprised both Labour and the Green Party and was partly attributed to Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party bringing "some voters who had previously switched to the Greens back to Labour".


2018 Norwich City Council election, Background
The following year, in the Norfolk County Council election, Labour bucked its national trend of poor results and gained 4 seats in Norwich, all from the Green Party, leaving the Greens with no representation on the County Council for the first time since 2001. This was followed by a general election on 8 June, which saw Labour win Norwich South with 61% of the vote, with the Green Party candidate achieving a total of 3%. Labour also came within 507 votes of winning Norwich North from the Conservative Party.


2018 Norwich City Council election, Overall result
Changes in vote share are relative to the last time these seats were contested in 2014.


2018 Norwich City Council election, Council Composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:


2018 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 2018 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by head coach Brian Kelly, who was in his ninth season at Notre Dame, and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana. The Fighting Irish competed as an independent.


2018 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
Notre Dame, coming off a 10–3, Citrus Bowl-winning season in 2017, began the year ranked 12th in the AP Poll. In the first game of the year, they hosted rival No. 14 Michigan, in the first game played in the series since 2014. Notre Dame won by a score of 24–17. The Irish continued to roll, and after convincing wins against ranked opponents Stanford and Virginia Tech, rose to third in the polls.


2018 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
Notre Dame finished the regular season with a perfect 12–0 record, and were ranked third in the final College Football Playoff rankings, earning them a spot in the national semifinal to be played at the Cotton Bowl against second-ranked Clemson. The Irish lost to the eventual national champion Tigers by a score of 30–3. Their final record of 12–1 and final ranking of 5th in the nation represented the program's best season since 2012.


2018 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
Quarterback Brandon Wimbush led the offense for the first three games, after which he was benched in favor of Ian Book. Book ended the year with 2,628 passing yards and 19 touchdowns. The running attack was led by Dexter Williams, who finished with 995 yards and 12 touchdowns. On defense, cornerback Julian Love was named a consensus first-team All-American, and defensive tackle Jerry Tillery also received All-America honors by several selectors. Head coach Brian Kelly was named AP Coach of the Year.


2018 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Previous season
The 2017 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team finished 10–3, culminating the season with a 21–17 victory over LSU in the Citrus Bowl. Notre Dame began the season with a 49–16 home thrashing of Temple before a highly anticipated showdown with Georgia in Notre Dame under the lights, with the Bulldogs winning 20–19 in their first trip north of the Mason–Dixon line since 1965.


2018 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Previous season
Following the 1–1 start, the Irish reeled off seven consecutive wins—including a 49–14 annihilation of arch-rival USC at night and a 35–14 drubbing of NC State—that earned Brian Kelly's program a #3 ranking in the initial 2017 College Football Playoff rankings. However, the luck of the Irish ran out, as the team found itself on the losing end of a 41–8 humiliation against the Miami Hurricanes in a primetime game at Hard Rock Stadium. Notre Dame, wearing its new Rockne Heritage Uniforms for the first time, then eked out a 24–17 victory against Navy on senior day before ending the regular season with a thud, losing 38–20 at Stanford.


2018 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Offseason
The disheartening finish in the latter stages of the season was only compounded by defensive coordinator Mike Elko being lured to Texas A&M by first-year head coach Jimbo Fisher three days following the Citrus Bowl victory over LSU. However, rather than make an outside hire to replace Elko, Brian Kelly chose to stay in-house, elevating linebackers coach Clark Lea to defensive coordinator.


2018 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Offseason
One week following Elko's departure, the Irish would suffer another significant coaching loss, as Harry Hiestand accepted the offensive line coach position on Matt Nagy's staff with the Chicago Bears. In a surprise decision and after a national search, head coach Brian Kelly chose to promote senior offensive analyst Jeff Quinn to replace Hiestand.


2018 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Offseason
The unexpected personnel loss within the program eventually spread to the roster, as running backs C.J. Holmes and Deon McIntosh, wide receiver Kevin Stepherson, and defensive lineman Brandon Tiassum were each dismissed from the program. Holmes and Stepherson were dismissed due to shoplifting charges, while McIntosh and Tiassum were booted for a violation of team rules.


2018 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Offseason
However, the tide began to shift in a positive direction for the program beginning on January 30, when Notre Dame announced the hiring of Terry Joseph as safeties coach to fortify defensive coordinator Clark Lea's staff.


2018 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Offseason
The good news was compounded a week later, as Notre Dame closed out National Signing Day with the nation's 10th-ranked recruiting class, per 247sports.com.