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*[[2017 Parsons Green bombing]] |
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**An explosion on a train at the [[Parsons Green tube station]] in London injures 29. [[Scotland Yard]] is treating the incident as a terrorist attack. [https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/15/parsons-green-district-line-suspended-in-west-london-over-incident (''The Guardian'')] [ |
**An explosion on a train at the [[Parsons Green tube station]] in London injures 29. [[Scotland Yard]] is treating the incident as a terrorist attack. [https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/15/parsons-green-district-line-suspended-in-west-london-over-incident (''The Guardian'')] [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41278545 (BBC)] |
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*[[List of oldest living people|Oldest living people]] |
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**Jamaican [[Violet Brown|Violet Mosse-Brown]], the [[List of oldest living people|world's oldest person]], dies in [[Montego Bay]] at age 117. [https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/09/16/Violet-Mosse-Brown-worlds-oldest-person-dead-at-117/4731505583191/ (UPI)] |
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*[[Economy of California]] |
*[[Economy of California]] |
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**Key [[real estate|housing]] bills pass in [[California]], the [[U.S. state]] with the highest number of people suffering from [[homelessness in the United States|homelessness]] and [[poverty in the United States|poverty]]. [http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article173459896.html (''The Sacramento Bee'')] |
**Key [[real estate|housing]] bills pass in [[California]], the [[U.S. state]] with the highest number of people suffering from [[homelessness in the United States|homelessness]] and [[poverty in the United States|poverty]]. [http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article173459896.html (''The Sacramento Bee'')] [http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-housing-legislation-deal-impact-20170915-story.html (''Los Angeles Times'')] |
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*[[Hunger#The fight against hunger| |
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**The [[World Health Organization]] says that [[hunger]] around the world has risen as a result of [[war]] and [[climate change]]. [http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2017/world-hunger-report/en/ (The World Health Organization)] |
**The [[World Health Organization]] says that [[hunger]] around the world has risen as a result of [[war]] and [[climate change]]. [http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2017/world-hunger-report/en/ (The World Health Organization)] |
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*[[Politics of Iceland]] |
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**[[Prime Minister of Iceland|Prime Minister]] [[Bjarni Benediktsson (born 1970)|Bjarni Benediktsson]] is criticised after his father wrote a letter recommending that a convicted child molester be pardoned. The [[Bright Future (Iceland)|Bright Future]] party withdraws from the governing coalition, triggering its collapse. [ |
**[[Prime Minister of Iceland|Prime Minister]] [[Bjarni Benediktsson (born 1970)|Bjarni Benediktsson]] is criticised after his father wrote a letter recommending that a convicted child molester be pardoned. The [[Bright Future (Iceland)|Bright Future]] party withdraws from the governing coalition, triggering its collapse. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41280080 (BBC)] |
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*[[Philippine Drug War]] |
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**Around 1,200 members of the [[Philippine National Police]] in the suburb of [[Caloocan]] are fired over allegations of crimes attributed to the police. [https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-09-15/philippines-orders-retraining-reassignment-of-1-200-police-after-alleged-abuses (''U.S. News and World Report'')] |
**Around 1,200 members of the [[Philippine National Police]] in the suburb of [[Caloocan]] are fired over allegations of crimes attributed to the police. [https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-09-15/philippines-orders-retraining-reassignment-of-1-200-police-after-alleged-abuses (''U.S. News and World Report'')] |
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*[[Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum, 2017]] |
*[[Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum, 2017]] |
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**The [[Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament]] votes to go ahead with the planned independence referendum, scheduled to take place on 25 September, 2017. [ |
**The [[Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament]] votes to go ahead with the planned independence referendum, scheduled to take place on 25 September, 2017. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41279682 (BBC)] |
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*[[Cassini retirement|''Cassini'' retirement]] |
*[[Cassini retirement|''Cassini'' retirement]] |
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**After 20 years "floating" the [[Solar System]], the ''[[Cassini–Huygens|Cassini]]'' [[space probe]] to the [[Saturn]] system ends the [[Timeline of Cassini–Huygens|mission]] with a controlled fall into the [[Atmosphere of Saturn|atmosphere of the planet]]. [ |
**After 20 years "floating" the [[Solar System]], the ''[[Cassini–Huygens|Cassini]]'' [[space probe]] to the [[Saturn]] system ends the [[Timeline of Cassini–Huygens|mission]] with a controlled fall into the [[Atmosphere of Saturn|atmosphere of the planet]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41262984 (BBC)] |
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Latest revision as of 16:47, 3 June 2022
September 15, 2017 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2017 Parsons Green bombing
- An explosion on a train at the Parsons Green tube station in London injures 29. Scotland Yard is treating the incident as a terrorist attack. (The Guardian) (BBC)
Arts and culture
- Oldest living people
- Jamaican Violet Mosse-Brown, the world's oldest person, dies in Montego Bay at age 117. (UPI)
Business and economy
- Economy of California
- Key housing bills pass in California, the U.S. state with the highest number of people suffering from homelessness and poverty. (The Sacramento Bee) (Los Angeles Times)
Disasters and accidents
- 2017 Atlantic hurricane season
- In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, the island of Barbuda is fully depopulated for the first time in 300 years. (CNN)
- 2017 Pacific typhoon season
- Typhoon Doksuri (Maring) hits central Vietnam killing one person and injuring ten. (AP)
- Crocodile attack
- A journalist for the British newspaper Financial Times is killed by a crocodile in Sri Lanka. (The Chicago Tribune)
Health and medicine
- Fight against hunger
- The World Health Organization says that hunger around the world has risen as a result of war and climate change. (The World Health Organization)
International relations
- 2017 North Korea crisis
- September 2017 North Korean missile launch over Japan
- A North Korean missile flies over Hokkaido, Japan, triggering the J-Alert system, following a similar event on 29 August. (Bloomberg)
- South Korea responds with its own missile firing just six minutes after the North's test was detected. (Yonhap)
- September 2017 North Korean missile launch over Japan
Law and crime
- Shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith
- The ex-police officer involved in a fatal 2011 shooting of a black man in St. Louis, Missouri is acquitted of all charges related to the case. (DW)
- Hundreds of people protest the decision. After some protests become violent, 10 police officers are injured and 32 protesters are arrested. (ABC News)
Politics and elections
- Politics of Iceland
- Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson is criticised after his father wrote a letter recommending that a convicted child molester be pardoned. The Bright Future party withdraws from the governing coalition, triggering its collapse. (BBC)
- Philippine Drug War
- Around 1,200 members of the Philippine National Police in the suburb of Caloocan are fired over allegations of crimes attributed to the police. (U.S. News and World Report)
- Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum, 2017
- The Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament votes to go ahead with the planned independence referendum, scheduled to take place on 25 September, 2017. (BBC)
Science and technology
- Cassini retirement
- After 20 years "floating" the Solar System, the Cassini space probe to the Saturn system ends the mission with a controlled fall into the atmosphere of the planet. (BBC)