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The people of 18 December
4 people in 4 stories, 35 deaths recorded, 2025
Greg Biffle
American racing driver (1969–2025)
Seven people, including stock car racer Greg Biffle and his family, are killed after Biffle's Cessna Citation II jet crashes while landing at Statesville Regional Airport in Statesville, North Carolina, United States.
Disasters · 18 Dec
Barham Salih
President of Iraq from 2018 to 2022
The United Nations General Assembly elects former Iraqi president Barham Salih as the next High Commissioner for Refugees, succeeding Filippo Grandi, whose term ends December 31.
World · 18 Dec · with Filippo Grandi
Donald Trump
President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
Cambodia accuses Thailand of bombing Poipet on the border and denies the truce previously announced by United States president Donald Trump.
Conflict · 18 Dec
Nuno Loureiro
Portuguese plasma physicist (1977–2025)
A 48-year-old suspect of the mass shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, is found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside of a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire. Authorities are investigating whether the murder of Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Nuno Loureiro is connected.
Crime & Justice · 18 Dec
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