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Hurricane Maria makes landfall on Dominica as a Category 5 hurricane.

The CassiniHuygens mission (probe rendering shown) to the Saturn system ends
with a controlled fall into the atmosphere of the planet.
Carbon dating of the Bakhshali manuscript reveals the earliest known use of a zero
symbol in ancient India.
At least 84 people are killed and 93 others are injured in two attacks targeting Shia CassiniHuygens probe
pilgrims in southern Iraq.
Halimah Yacob wins the Singaporean presidential election by default after being declared the only
eligible candidate.

Ongoing: Northern Rakhine State clashes

Recent deaths: Stanislav Petrov Bobby Heenan Violet Brown Arjan Singh

September 19, 2017 (Tuesday) Time: 18:44 UTC | Day: 19 September

Disasters and accidents September 2017

S M T W T F S
2017 Atlantic hurricane season
Hurricane Maria 1 2
Hurricane Maria makes landfall on Dominica as a 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
winds of 160 mph (260 km/h). Maria is the second
category 5 hurricane to make landfall at that 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
intensity in the 2017 season, making this and 2007 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
the only seasons on record to feature this
occurence. (National Hurricane Center) (http://ww More September 2017 events...
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Two African-American men are killed in separate incidents near
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and a third home is shot at in what local and Business
federal officials call racially-motivated crimes. A local man, Kenneth
James Gleason, is arrested on suspicion of the murders. Gleason was 1MDB scandal
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and was held on the murder charges. (CBS News) (https://www.cbsne Disasters
ws.com/news/white-baton-rouge-man-arrested-deaths-black-men/)
(U.S. News & World Report) (https://www.usnews.com/news/us/artic Atlantic hurricane season
les/2017-09-19/white-man-arrested-in-killings-of-two-black-men-in-l Oklahoma earthquake swarms
ouisiana) Pacific typhoon season

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September 18, 2017 (Monday) Australian Marriage Law Postal

Survey
Brexit negotiations
Armed conflicts and attacks
European migrant crisis (timeline)
North Korean crisis
Northern Rakhine State clashes
Philippine Drug War
A few hundred pro-government protesters gather in Purges in Turkey
Myanmar's commercial capital Yangon, condemning Qatar diplomatic crisis
Rohingya insurgents as well as perceived foreign Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
interference in the Rakhine conflict. (MSN) (https://ww South China Sea disputes
w.msn.com/en-gb/video/headlines/pro-government-prote Spanish constitutional crisis
st-in-myanmars-yangon/vi-AAs8vpu) U.S. Special Counsel investigation
Venezuelan protests (timeline)
Business and economics
More details ongoing conflicts
Toys "R" Us files for bankruptcy protection in the United
States and Canada as it attempts to restructure its debts. (BBC)
(http://www.bbc.com/news/business-41316205)(CNBC) (http Sport
s://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/18/toys-r-us-files-for-chapter-11-ba
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nkruptcy.html) 201718 UEFA Champions
League
Disasters and accidents 201718 UEFA Europa League
201718 Women's Champions
2017 Atlantic hurricane season League
Hurricane Maria 201718 Premier League
Hurricane Maria reaches Category 5 as it threatens 201718 Bundesliga
the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, and the 201718 La Liga
Dominican Republic. (NBC News) (https://www.n 201718 Serie A
bcnews.com/news/weather/hurricane-maria-loads- 201718 Ligue 1
another-blow-caribbean-n802511?cid=eml_nbn_2 2017 MLS season
0170918) 2017 NWSL season
2018 FIFA World Cup qual.
Politics and elections 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
qual.
Politics of the Netherlands Basketball
Eberhard van der Laan, the mayor of Amsterdam, takes a EuroBasket 2017
permanent leave of absence after disclosing that his 2017 WNBA season
metastatic lung cancer has been diagnosed as terminal. Tennis
(NOS) (https://nos.nl/artikel/2193622-zieke-amsterdams 2017 ATP World Tour
e-burgemeester-van-der-laan-legt-werk-neer.html) (RTL 2017 WTA Tour
Nieuws) (https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nederland/zieke-burg Cycling
emeester-van-der-laan-stopt-per-direct-vaarwel) 2017 UCI World Tour
2017 UCI Europe Tour
Motorsport
2017 Formula One season
September 17, 2017 (Sunday) 2017 MotoGP season
2017 World Rally
Armed conflicts and attacks Championship
2017 NASCAR Cup Series
War in North-West Pakistan 2017 IndyCar Series
A roadside bomb kills five people in Bajaur, Pakistan. Rugby league
(Geo TV) (https://www.geo.tv/latest/158478-roadside-bo 2017 NRL season
mbing-leaves-five-dead-in-bajaur) Super League XXII
Rugby union
Arts and culture 201718 English Premiership
201718 Pro14
69th Primetime Emmy Awards 201718 Top 14
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The Primetime Emmy Awards is held in Los Angeles at Other sports seasons
the Microsoft Theater. Political satirist and The Late 2017 AFL season
Show host Stephen Colbert hosts the event. (The New 2017 LPGA Tour
Yorker) (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-des 2017 MLB season
k/the-2017-emmy-nominees-in-the-new-yorker) 2017 NFL season
The Handmaid's Tale wins eight awards including 2017 FedEx Cup Playoffs
Outstanding Drama Series. (ABC News Australia) (htt (PGA Tour)
201718 snooker season
p://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-17/emmys-2017-nomi
nees-and-winners-list/8952372) More details current sports events
Veep wins for Outstanding Comedy Series. (ABC News
Australia) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-17/emm
ys-2017-nominees-and-winners-list/8952372) Elections and referendums
Disasters and accidents Recent

At least eight people are killed and 137 injured after a strong August
storm hits western and central Romania. (Washington Post) (htt 23: Angola, National Assembly
ps://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/5-dead-30-injured September
11: Norway, Storting
-as-fierce-storm-hits-western-romania/2017/09/17/ddb1c752-9
17: Macau, Legislative
bc7-11e7-b2a7-bc70b6f98089_story.html?utm_term=.0088f14 Assembly
6e85e) (Reuters) (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-romania-
weather/storm-kills-eight-injures-dozens-in-western-romania-i Upcoming
dUSKCN1BS0RV)
2017 Atlantic hurricane season September
Hurricane Maria 22: Aruba, Estates
Hurricane Maria has been upgraded from a 23: New Zealand, House of
tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane. Hurricane Representatives
watches and warnings have been issued in parts of 24: Germany, Bundestag
the Caribbean. It is following a path similar to 24: Switzerland, Referendum
25: Iraqi Kurdistan,
Category 5 Hurricane Irma which left at least 82
Independence referendum
dead. (CNN) (http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/17/am October
ericas/atlantic-storms-jose-lee-maria/index.html?a 1: Catalonia, Independence
dkey=bn) referendum
10: Liberia, President, House
Law and crime of Representatives
15: Austria, Parliament
A British Airways airplane is evacuated at Paris Charles de 15: Kyrgyzstan, President
Gaulle Airport after a "direct threat" was made against it. After 17: Kenya, President (re-vote)
a search, it is declared safe. (The Guardian) (https://www.thegu
ardian.com/world/2017/sep/17/british-airways-ba-plane-paris-d
irect-security-threat)
Recent deaths
Politics and elections
September 2017
Pakistan by-election, Panama Papers case
17: Mary Fairfax
Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif, wife of ousted former Prime 17: Bobby Heenan
Minister Nawaz Sharif, defeats the opposition party's 17: Bob Holland
Yasmin Rashid in the by-election for Nawaz Sharif's 16: Ted Christopher
National Assembly seat. Kulsoom, represented by her 16: Mitchell Flint
daughter and proxy Maryam, is being treated in London 16: Arjan Singh
for cancer. (The Nation) (http://nation.com.pk/national/1 15: Violet Brown
7-Sep-2017/sharifs-may-not-cooperate-in-corruption-cas 15: Harry Dean Stanton
es) (BBC) (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-412978 14: Arnold Chan
92) (Al Jazeera) (http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/0 14: Grant Hart
13: Pete Domenici

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192.html) 12: Edith Windsor
Macanese legislative election 11: Peter Hall
Voters in Macau vote for a new Legislative Assembly. 11: Abdul Halim of Kedah
(South China Morning Post) (http://www.scmp.com/new 10: Nancy Dupree
s/hong-kong/politics/article/2111503/macau-votes-new-l 10: Don Ohlmeyer
egislature-most-hotly-contested-polls-years) 10: Len Wein
9: Michael Friedman
Next Japanese general election
9: Pierre Pilote
Japanese Prime Minister Shinz Abe is expected to 8: Pierre Berg
dissolve the House of Representatives on September 28, 8: Troy Gentry
2017 to make way for fresh elections. (The Japan Times) 8: Blake Heron
(https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/09/17/national/ 8: Jerry Pournelle
politics-diplomacy/abe-likely-dissolve-lower-house-soon 8: Don Williams
-snap-general-election/) 7: Gene Michael
Palestinian politics 6: Kate Millett
Hamas, through Egyptian-mediated talks, agrees to 6: Nicolaas Bloembergen
dissolve its Gaza administration, hold talks with the 6: Lotfi A. Zadeh
Fatah West Bank government, and hold elections for a 3: John Ashbery
Palestinian unity government. (The Guardian) (https://w 3: Walter Becker
ww.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/17/palestinian-elect 3: Sugar Ramos
ions-hamas-fatah-gaza-feud) (Reuters) (http://www.reute 1: Shelley Berman
rs.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-gaza/hamas-says-rea
August 2017
dy-to-hand-gaza-to-a-palestinian-unity-government-idUS
KCN1BS013?il=0) 31: Richard Anderson
30: Louise Hay
Sports 30: Skip Prokop
30: Rollie Massimino
EuroBasket 2017 29: David Tang
In basketball, Slovenia wins EuroBasket for the first time 28: David Torrence
in history, beating Serbia 9385 in the final. (EuroNews) 28: Mireille Darc
(http://www.euronews.com/2017/09/18/slovenia-beat-arc 28: Tsutomu Hata
h-rivals-serbia-to-win-eurobasket-final) 27: Ebrahim Yazdi
2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games 26: Tobe Hooper
The fifth Asian Indoor Games open in Ashgabat, 24: Cecil D. Andrus
Turkmenistan, with around 5,500 athletes from 61 24: Jay Thomas
countries participating in the event which will last until 24: Amelyn Veloso
September 27. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) (http 23: Joe Klein
s://www.rferl.org/a/turkmenistan-asian-games-opening/2 23: Fiona Richardson
21: Thomas Meehan
8740101.html)
20: Wilhelm Killmayer
20: Jerry Lewis
20: Colin Meads
September 16, 2017 (Saturday) 19: Dick Gregory

Business and economy

Trials
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair cancels 82 Sunday flights as the
first step in a six-week program that will eliminate 40 to 50 Recently concluded
flights daily to wipe out its crew vacation backlog in order to
meet Irish Aviation Authority requirements by the end of this Bangladesh: Sohel Rana
year. (Bloomberg) (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/ Cambodia: Sam Rainsy
2017-09-16/ryanair-cancels-82-flights-after-it-messed-up-crew China: Wan Qingliang, Wu
-s-time-off) Changshun, Zhao Liping
Indonesia: Basuki Tjahaja Purnama,
International relations Patrialis Akbar

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Catalan independence referendum, 2017 Kazakhstan: Mukhtar Ablyazov

More than 700 Catalan mayors meet in Barcelona with Kyrgyzstan: Omurbek Tekebayev
Catalan President Carles Puigdemont to confirm their Netherlands: Geert Wilders
support for the October 1 independence referendum. Philippines: Nur Misuari, Joel
Earlier this week, Spanish prosecutors warned that Villanueva
officials participating in this vote could be criminally Romania: Gheorghe tefan, Gabriel
charged. (Reuters) (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-spa Sandu, Dorin Coco, Dumitru Nicolae,
Radu Mazre
in-politics-catalonia/catalan-mayors-defy-spanish-courts-
South Korea: Lee Jae-yong
ahead-of-independence-vote-idUSKCN1BR0FW) Spain: Iaki Urdangarin, Rodrigo Rato
SpainUnited Kingdom relations United Kingdom: Chris Denning, Ched
The government of Scotland releases a statement Evans, Thomas Mair, Fred Talbot,
in support of the Catalan independence referendum Rolf Harris
but would prefer that both Catalonia and Spain United States: Pedro Hernandez,
agree on the terms. (The Scotsman) (http://www.sc Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary
otsman.com/news/scottish-government-release-stat Schultz, Bill Cosby, Ng Lap Seng,
ement-on-catalonia-referendum-1-4561960) Martin Shkreli
Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum, GermanyTurkey
relations Ongoing
Turkey summons the ambassador of Germany after at
China: Bai Enpei, Pan Yiyang, Yang
least 10,000 people rally in Cologne in support of the Weize
referendum. (Deutsche Welle) (http://www.dw.com/en/tu Germany: Beate Zschpe
rkey-summons-german-ambassador-to-ankara-over-kurdi Greece: Siemens bribery scandal
sh-rally-in-cologne/a-40543513) Pakistan: Waseem Azeem, Mufti
Abdul Qawi
Politics and elections Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr., Leila
de Lima, Jovito Palparan, Maria
Icelandic parliamentary election, 2017 Lourdes Sereno
Iceland will vote for a new Alingi (parliament) on Romania: Dan ova, Elena Udrea,
November 4 after the collapse of the previous Gheorghe Nichita
government. (News.com.au) (http://www.news.com.au/w Russia: Alexei Navalny, Alexey
orld/breaking-news/iceland-election-expected-on-novem Ulyukaev
ber-4/news-story/6756ac5edb2f3bb3292bbb158ea381f0) South Korea: Park Geun-hye and Choi
United States presidential election, 2020 Soon-sil
California passes a bill that will move the primaries to Spain: Grtel case, Brcenas affair,
March near Super Tuesday. (Politico) (http://www.politic Operacin Lezo, 2017 Catalonia
o.com/story/2017/09/16/california-early-primary-2020-el attacks
ections-242799) United Kingdom: Barry Bennell
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh United States: Fat Leonard scandal,
Bangladesh announces plans to build a giant refugee Bob Menendez
International
camp the size of a small city to house nearly 400,000
ICC: Laurent Gbagbo
Rohingya refugees. (BBC) (http://www.bbc.com/news/w
ICTY: Ratko Mladi
orld-asia-41291650)
Upcoming

September 15, 2017 (Friday) Australia: George Pell

Egypt: Mohamed Morsi
Estonia: Edgar Savisaar
Armed conflicts and attacks Israel: Faina Kirschenbaum
Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
2017 Parsons Green bombing Philippines: Benigno Aquino III, Alan
An explosion on a train at the Parsons Green tube station Purisima, Getulio Napeas
in London injures 29. Scotland Yard is treating the Spain: ngel Mara Villar, Jordi Pujol
incident as a terrorist attack. (The Guardian) (https://ww United States: Khalid Sheikh
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district-line-suspended-in-west-london-over-incident)
Ongoing conflicts
(BBC) (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41278545)
Africa
Arts and culture
Algeria and Tunisia
Jamaican Violet Mosse-Brown, the world's oldest person, dies Maghreb insurgency
in Montego Bay at age 117. (UPI) (https://www.upi.com/Top_ ISIL insurgency in Tunisia
News/World-News/2017/09/16/Violet-Mosse-Brown-worlds-ol Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria
dest-person-dead-at-117/4731505583191/) Boko Haram insurgency
Central African Republic
Business and economy Civil war
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Economy of California Kivu conflict
Key housing bills pass in California, the U.S. state with ADF insurgency
the highest number of people suffering from Ituri conflict
homelessness and poverty. (The Sacramento Bee) (http:// Lord's Resistance Army
www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-aler insurgency
t/article173459896.html), (Los Angeles Times) (http://ww Libya
w.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-housing-legislation-deal Civil war
-impact-20170915-story.html) Mali
Northern Mali conflict
Disasters and accidents Somalia
Civil war
2017 Atlantic hurricane season South Sudan
Ethnic violence (South Sudanese
In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, the island of Barbuda
Civil War)
is fully depopulated for the first time in 300 years. Sudan
(CNN) (http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/15/americas/irma- War in Darfur
barbuda-population-trnd/index.html) South Kordofan conflict
2017 Pacific typhoon season Sudanese nomadic conflicts
Typhoon Doksuri (Maring) hits central Vietnam killing
one person and injuring ten. (AP) (http://hosted.ap.org/d Americas
ynamic/stories/A/AS_ASIA_STORM_ASOL-?SITE=A
P) Mexico
A journalist for the British newspaper Financial Times is killed Mexican War on Drugs
by a crocodile in Sri Lanka. (The Chicago Tribune) (http://ww Peru
Internal conflict in Peru
w.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-crocodile-attack-sri
-lanka-20170915-story.html) Asia

Health and medicine Afghanistan

Afghanistan War
Fight against hunger China
The World Health Organization says that hunger around Xinjiang conflict
the world has risen as a result of war and climate change. India
(The World Health Organization) (http://www.who.int/m NaxaliteMaoist insurgency
ediacentre/news/releases/2017/world-hunger-report/en/) Insurgency in Northeast India
India and Pakistan
International relations Kashmir conflict
Indonesia, Malaysia and the
2017 North Korea crisis Philippines
September 2017 North Korean missile launch over Japan Moro conflict
A North Korean missile flies over Hokkaido, Cross border attacks in
Japan, triggering the J-Alert system, following a Sabah
similar event on 29 August. (Bloomberg) (https:// Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-14/no Papua conflict
Myanmar
Internal conflict in Myanmar
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rth-korea-missile-may-have-been-launched-japan-s Pakistan
ays-j7l06uhl) War in North-West Pakistan
South Korea responds with its own missile firing Balochistan conflict
just six minutes after the North's test was detected. Philippines
(Yonhap) (http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2 CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion
017/09/15/0200000000AEN20170915005900315. Thailand
html) South Thailand insurgency

Europe
Law and crime
Armenia and Azerbaijan
Shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
The ex-police officer involved in a fatal 2011 shooting of Georgia
a black man in St. Louis, Missouri is acquitted of all AbkhazGeorgian conflict
charges related to the case. (DW) (http://www.dw.com/e GeorgianOssetian conflict
n/st-louis-protests-erupt-after-white-officer-acquitted-in-f Russia
atal-shooting-of-black-man/a-40536707) ChechenRussian conflict
Hundreds of people protest the decision. After some North Caucasus insurgency
protests become violent, 10 police officers are injured Ukraine
and 32 protesters are arrested. (ABC News) (http://abcne War in Donbass
ws.go.com/US/st-louis-police-officers-acquittal-fatal-sho Russian military
oting-ignites/story?id=49872333) intervention in Ukraine

Middle East
Politics and elections
Egypt
Politics of Iceland Sinai insurgency
Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson is criticised after his Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon,
father wrote a letter recommending that a convicted child Palestine, and Syria
molester be pardoned. The Bright Future party ArabIsraeli conflict
withdraws from the governing coalition, triggering its Iran
collapse. (BBC) (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europ IranPJAK conflict
e-41280080) Iraq
Philippine Drug War American-led intervention in
Around 1,200 members of the Philippine National Police Iraq
in the suburb of Caloocan are fired over allegations of Iranian intervention in Iraq
crimes attributed to the police. (U.S. News and World Iraq and Syria (map)
Report) (https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2 Military intervention against
017-09-15/philippines-orders-retraining-reassignment-of ISIL
Israel and Lebanon
-1-200-police-after-alleged-abuses)
IsraeliLebanese conflict
Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum, 2017 Israel and Palestine
The Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament votes to go ahead with GazaIsrael conflict
the planned independence referendum, scheduled to take IsraeliPalestinian conflict
place on 25 September, 2017. (BBC) (http://www.bbc.co. Syria
uk/news/world-middle-east-41279682) American-led intervention in
Syria
Science and technology Russian military intervention in
the Syrian Civil War
Cassini retirement Turkish military intervention in
After 20 years "floating" the Solar System, the Cassini Syria
space probe to the Saturn system ends the mission with a Syrian Civil War spillover in
controlled fall into the atmosphere of the planet. (BBC) Lebanon
(http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-412629 Turkey
84) TurkeyPKK conflict
Yemen
Yemeni Civil War
September 14, 2017 (Thursday)
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Saudi Arabian-led intervention

Armed conflicts and attacks in Yemen
Al-Qaeda insurgency
Iraqi Civil War
2017 Nasiriyah attacks
Several members of ISIL stage multiple attacks on
the outskirts of Nasiriyah in the southern Dhi Qar
Governorate, killing at least 50 people and injuring
87 others. (BBC) (http://www.bbc.com/news/worl
d-middle-east-41270791) (RT) (https://www.rt.co
m/news/403313-southern-iraq-twin-blast-dead/)

Arts and culture

History of mathematics
The origin of the zero may have been in South Asia
according to a Sanskrit script housed in the United
Kingdom since 1902 and discovered in Bakhshali near
Peshawar, Pakistan. (The Guardian) (https://www.thegua
rdian.com/science/2017/sep/14/much-ado-about-nothing-
ancient-indian-text-contains-earliest-zero-symbol)

Business and economy

Feminism in the United States

Google is being sued over alleged inequality in the pay
of male and female employees. (BBC) (http://www.bbc.c
om/news/business-41274202)

Disasters and accidents

2017 disasters in Malaysia

A fire at an Islamic boarding school for boys kills 24
people, most of them students, in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. (Reuters) (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-
malaysia-fire/blaze-kills-24-at-islamic-school-in-malaysi
an-capital-idUSKCN1BP04T)
2017 Pacific typhoon season
Flights are cancelled and evacuations are ordered for
over 100,000 people in the North Central Coast of
Vietnam, in preparation for Typhoon Doksuri. The
system has already claimed four lives passing over the
Philippines. (The Washington Post) (https://www.washin
gtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/vietnam-braces-for-stor
m-doksuri-ordering-evacuation/2017/09/14/f12d7564-99
20-11e7-af6a-6555caaeb8dc_story.html)

International relations

Zapad 2017 exercise, BelarusRussia relations

Russia and Belarus begin a six-day joint strategic
military exercise inside Belarus and Russia's Kaliningrad
Oblast. The military exercise simulates war against the
fictional state of Veyshnoria. According to the Defence
Ministry of Belarus, fewer than 13,000 personnel will be
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taking part in the exercise; however, Western analysts

believe the total number will range from 60,000 to
100,000. (Reuters) (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ru
ssia-nato/russias-zapad-war-games-unnerve-the-west-id
USKCN1BO1OG)
IndiaJapan relations
Japan agrees to help with the construction of an Indian
bullet train. (The Guardian) (https://www.theguardian.co
m/world/2017/sep/14/india-starts-work-on-its-first-bullet
-train-line)

Law and crime

Philippine Drug War

The Communist-aligned Makabayan bloc leaves the
majority of the Philippine lower House over
disagreements due to the ongoing drug crackdown.
(Rappler) (https://www.rappler.com/nation/182150-maka
bayan-bloc-leaves-house-representatives-majority)

Politics and elections

United States presidential election, 2020

California wants to schedule its primaries earlier than
usual, possibly on March or Super Tuesday, to have
much more influence in comparison to its weight and
diversity and to help Californian candidates, such as Eric
Garcetti and Kamala Harris. (NPR) (http://www.npr.org/
2017/09/15/551075855/california-seeks-more-influence-i
n-2020-presidential-race)(CNN) (http://www.cnn.com/20
17/09/14/politics/california-2020-democratic-primary-m
arch/index.html)

Science and technology

Snow leopard
The International Union for Conservation of Nature
upgrades the conservation status of the snow leopard
from endangered to vulnerable. (Sky News) (http://news.
sky.com/story/snow-leopard-taken-off-endangered-list-b
ut-still-vulnerable-11035447)

Sports

2017 Major League Baseball season

In baseball, the Cleveland Indians break the Major
League Baseball record for longest winning streak with
22 wins in a row. The 1935 Chicago Cubs previously
held the record with 21. (Washington Post) (https://www.
washingtonpost.com/sports/catch-22-for-indians-win-stre
ak-goes-extras-and-extends-to-a-record/2017/09/14/0035
7644-996f-11e7-87fc-c3f7ee4035c9_story.html)

September 13, 2017 (Wednesday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Afghanistan
A suicide bombing occurs at a checkpoint near the Kabul
International Cricket Stadium in Kabul, Afghanistan,
killing at least three people and injuring five. (Reuters)
(https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-blast/sui
cide-bomb-near-cricket-stadium-in-afghan-capital-kills-a
t-least-two-idUSKCN1BO1DE)
The United States Senate blocks an amendment to the
2018 National Defense Authorization Act that would
have repealed the war authorizations for the use of force
in Iraq and Afghanistan. (CNBC) (https://www.cnbc.co
m/2017/09/13/senate-blocks-rand-pauls-effort-to-repeal-
war-authorizations.html)

Business and economy

Antivirus software
United States Homeland Security bans Kaspersky Lab
products from government computers due to fears they
could be coerced into sharing information with the
Russian government. (Gizmodo) (http://gizmodo.com/citi
ng-russian-ties-homeland-security-boots-kaspersky-1807
474114)

International relations

Immigration to the United States

The United States stops giving out visas to high ranking
officials of Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea and Sierra Leone
for failing to accept deportations. (Radio Free Asia) (htt
p://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/usa-repatriations
-09132017174007.html)

Law and crime

Politics of Texas
The United States Supreme Court confirms (54) a
temporary stay of a lower court ruling which would have
required Texas to undergo new redistricting of
congressional districts with large Hispanic and African
American populations. The ruling was made in advance
of a formal hearing on the gerrymandering case, Abbott
v. Perez, which has no scheduled hearing date yet.
(Politico) (http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-rada
r/2017/09/12/supreme-court-blocks-ruling-against-texas-
redistricting-242644), (The Houston Chronicle) (http://w
ww.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/a
rticle/Court-blocks-redrawing-Texas-maps-12193259.ph
p)
Law of Israel
The Supreme Court of Israel strikes down the exemption
on the conscription of ultra-Orthodox Jews. (The Los

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Crime in New York
Former businessman Martin Shkreli has his bail revoked
for threatening former politician Hillary Clinton, after
Shkreli posted on Twitter that he would offer $5,000 to
anyone who could directly obtain a lock of Clinton's hair.
Shkreli was convicted of fraud in August and is awaiting
sentencing. (CNN) (http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/13/ne
ws/shkreli-bond/index.html)

Politics and elections

State of the Union (European Union)

President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude
Juncker, holds his annual State of the European Union
speech in Strasbourg. (Reuters) (https://www.reuters.co
m/article/us-eu-juncker-factbox/key-points-in-junckers-2
017-annual-eu-address-idUSKCN1BO0YH)
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
In an official dinner hosted by the United States
President, Donald Trump and leaders of the Democratic
party Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi agree to fix
DACA but disagree with the details, with Trump denying
on Twitter the following day that a deal had been made
which excluded funding for his proposed wall on the
MexicoUnited States border. (CNN) (http://www.cnn.co
m/2017/09/13/politics/chuck-schumer-nancy-pelosi-dona
ld-trump/index.html)

Science and technology

Galpagos tortoise
Scientists hope to revive the extinct Floreana island
tortoise using a 'genetically-informed' captive breeding
program with the tortoises closest ancestors. (Phys.org)
(https://phys.org/news/2017-09-deadhow-revive-lost-spe
cies.html)

Sports

131st IOC Session

The International Olympic Committee awards the 2024
Summer Olympics to Paris and the 2028 Summer
Olympics to Los Angeles. (Los Angeles Times) (http://w
ww.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-sp-la-olympics-appro
ved-20170913-story.html)
2017 Major League Baseball season
The Cleveland Indians defeat the Detroit Tigers 53 for
their 21st consecutive win, surpassing the previous
American League record of 20 set by the 2002 Oakland
Athletics. The streak is the longest in Major League
Baseball since the 1935 Chicago Cubs won 21 straight.
(AP via ESPN) (http://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId
=370913105)
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