assault that occurred at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia
Floods and landslides in Yên Bái and Hòa Bình provinces in Vietnam kill at least 54 people with 39 more missing.
Kensington & Chelsea, London, SW7 United Kingdom
A Russian Mi-8 helicopter crashes into the sea off Svalbard with eight people reported missing. A search and rescue operation is underway.
ground warfare branch of Pakistan's military
The increased use of negative words such as "shooting" and "gun" after the shooting resulted in a score of 5.77 on the 9-point scale, where one indicates pure sadness and nine indicates pure happiness.
Date: 16 March 2004 – present (18 years, 10 months, 1 week and 4 days)
Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives launch an investigation into the Obama administration's decision in 2010 to allow Rosatom to purchase Canada-based Uranium One.
A suicide bomber kills 13 people and injures five others in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri.
group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth and spread
Floodings in Burgas Province, Bulgaria, claim 3 victims.
Parliamentary elections in Catalonia on December 21, 2017
Police in Chimaltenango, Guatemala capture Ángel Gabriel Reyes Marroquin, a leader of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, street gang. Prosecutors say he is connected to the deaths of at least 287 people. In 2014 Reyes escaped while facing charges including murder from a maximum security prison. Currently, he was also wanted for an August 17 armed attack on Roosevelt Hospital in Guatemala City in which seven people were shot dead.
Storm Brian, the third windstorm of the season, causes severe flash flooding in Ireland and coastal flooding in parts of England and Wales, although disruption is not as severe as initially expected.
The fires have killed at least 15 people with more than 150 others missing and at least 2,000 homes and businesses destroyed.
Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2, Malaysia
The death toll from an outbreak of plague in Madagascar nears 100. So far, there have been 911 cases recorded.
third planet from the Sun in the Solar System
Without providing evidence, ISIL claims responsibility for the attack. U.S. law enforcement say they have found no evidence linking the perpetrator with international terrorist groups.
instruction to Federal government issued by the President of the United States
The Trump administration, through the Department of State and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, expels 15 Cuban diplomats, after pulling half of its own embassy staff from Havana on Sept. 29, due to the alleged failure of Cuba to take appropriate steps to protect American personnel against the mysterious health attacks.
Arab ethnic group who mostly adhere to Islam
Nevada prison authorities release former NFL player O. J. Simpson on parole after serving nine years for a 2007 Las Vegas armed robbery. Previously, a jury had acquitted Simpson of the 1995 murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.
Bruce Arena resigns as manager of the United States men's national soccer team following the failure of the team to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the first time the U.S.
family of operating systems for Macintosh computers
Rajoy announces that he will begin the process of stripping Catalonia of its autonomy starting on October 21. This follows a letter Puigdemont wrote before the deadline again asking for dialogue, and blaming Rajoy for escalating the crisis. Rajoy had wanted dialogue after reassurances that the independence bid was dropped.
After suffering a cardiac arrest in his Malibu, California home, American singer and songwriter Tom Petty dies at the UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 66.
The Nobel Prize committee awards Americans Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael W. Young the prize for their work on molecular mechanisms that control circadian systems.
A report by Ronan Farrow published in The New Yorker alleges that Weinstein had sexually assaulted or harassed 13 women, and raped three of them.
Catalans defy police orders to leave polling places.
Questions arise against Noah Oppenheim, who Fox News alleges blocked NBC'S own reporter, Ronan Farrow, from detailing a story about Harvey Weinstein while at the same time Oppenheim owns a film screenwriter company which has done business with Weinstein's company.
The Islamic State claims responsibility.
The property destruction now includes more than 3500 homes and businesses.
A federal judge in Hawaii blocks enforcement of the latest version of President Donald Trump's travel ban.
Republican Senator Jeff Flake, a vocal critic of the Trump administration from Arizona announces that he will not run again in 2018.
astronomical object in interstellar space, such as a comet
Massoud Barzani, the president of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq since 2005, announces that he will step down after November 1. The Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament now has to redistribute the authorities of the presidency.
company specializing in satellite imaging of Earth
A pickup truck crashes into an Amish horse-drawn buggy, killing three preteen children and injuring six other passengers in Bushnell Township, Michigan.
29th Governor General of Canada, former CSA Astronaut
The presiding judge Šaban Maksumić of the Sarajevo, Bosnian war crimes court acquits former Bosnian military officer Naser Orić of the charge of killing three Bosnian Serb prisoners of war during the Bosnian War. In July 2008, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Netherlands acquitted Orić for failing to prevent the deaths of five Bosnian Serb detainees and the mistreatment of eleven other detainees from late 1992 to early 1993.
claim or allegation of wrongdoing that is untrue
Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic
Shinmoedake volcano erupts for the first time in six years.
census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States
The Latino Victory Fund withdraws an anti–Ed Gillespie political advertisement because of scenes which loosely resemble a recent terror attack in New York City. The ad was originally meant to improve Ralph Northam's standing with minority voters. ,
Iraqi forces advance into Kurdish-held territory around the city of Kirkuk.
The Turkish lira (TRY) falls 3.2% intraday on worries for tourism in Turkey.
The death toll rises to at least 59 people with an additional 527 others injured.
Islamist militant group operating in Egypt
Reciprocity (social and political philosophy)
expectation that people will respond to each other in similar ways, such as responding to kindnesses from others with similar benevolence of their own, and responding to harmful acts from others with either indifference or some form of retaliation
public research university in Gainesville, Florida, United States
Iraqi forces advance into Kurdish-held territory around the city of Kirkuk. Clashes have been reported in the surrounding cities.
Somalia-based cell of the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda
city of the Philippines and capital of the province of Lanao del Sur
Rajoy announces that he will begin the process of stripping Catalonia of its autonomy starting on October 21.
armed disputes over Kurdish autonomy and sovereignty
The government of Catalonia holds a public referendum on whether their region should gain independence from Spain, despite the Spanish courts and government declaring the vote illegal and deploying police to deter voters. Catalan President Carles Puigdemont says Catalonia "has won the right to become an independent state."
Schools and hospitals are closed in Ireland and Northern Ireland as the extratropical cyclone Ophelia is forecasted to make landfall on the island.
Brazilian police detain fugitive Italian former left-wing guerrilla and convicted murderer Cesare Battisti, as he was attempting to flee across the border into Bolivia to avoid extradition back to Italy and facing his life sentence prison term for four murders in the 1970s.
Filipino ISIL leaders Isnilon Hapilon and Omar Maute are reportedly killed during the siege of Marawi.
Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
2017 U.S. law sanctioning Iran, North Korea and Russia
military exploration beyond the area occupied by friendly forces
change of the nucleotide sequence of the genome of an organism
Date: 16 May 2014 – 23 October 2020 (6 years, 5 months and 1 week)
A helicopter carrying five people crashes into Kenya's Lake Nakuru.
Date: 15 October 2017 – 27 October 2017 (1 week and 5 days)
Various local safety officials report a total of at least 31 people have been killed by the 17 fires, while 400 people are reported as missing.
These demonstrations include kneeling, raising fists, or praying, as a show of unity or protest of social and racial injustice.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry's spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov, ISIL has undertaken several attacks on Syrian positions from U.S.-controlled areas, implying that the recent well-coordinated actions of the terrorists indicate that they somehow possess intelligence data that could only be obtained as a result of air reconnaissance.
present phase of the Somali Civil War, concentrated in southern Somalia
Iraqi government forces have captured key installations outside the disputed city of Kirkuk from Kurdish fighters.
Iceland qualifies for the 2018 FIFA World Cup after defeating Kosovo 2–0 to win UEFA Group I, becoming the smallest nation by population to qualify for a FIFA World Cup.
According to The Guardian, the September disclosed hack attack at United Kingdom accounting firm Deloitte compromised a server with emails of some 350 clients, including U.S.
Authorities name the shooter, who killed himself before police arrived at his room in the Mandalay Bay casino and hotel, as 64-year-old Nevada resident Stephen Paddock.
Jacinda Ardern, the leader of the Labour Party, will be the next prime minister.
Tropical storm warnings are issued for western Cuba and the northwestern Bahamas, and tropical storm warnings are announced for coastal South Florida in the U.S., as a strengthening Tropical Storm Philippe treks north-northeast with maximum sustained winds at 35 mph (55 km/h).
gastrointestinal system cancer that is located in the oral cavity
Currently, he was also wanted for an August 17 armed attack on Roosevelt Hospital in Guatemala City in which seven people were shot dead.
The Luxor Hotel is placed on lockdown due to a bomb threat.
Sixteen members of the Egyptian Police have died in a clash with Islamic militants from the Hasm Movement. More than fifteen militants have been killed.
At least 43 Afghan soldiers are killed in a Taliban attack on an army base in Kandahar Province. Around 10 Taliban fighters also died in the attack.
Security researchers report on the outbreak of the ransomware nicknamed Bad Rabbit, which has affected computer networks throughout the world, with Russia and Ukraine being the worst affected.
combined military forces of the Philippines
The Maltese blogger and journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, whose corruption allegations against prime minister Joseph Muscat led him to call early elections, is killed by a car bomb near her home.
American political role, appointed by the President
They discuss oil prices and the Syrian Civil War.
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) destroys a Syrian S-200 anti-aircraft battery near Damascus after it fired on its aircraft patrolling in Lebanese air space on a reconnaissance mission.
This action comes after the supreme court nullified the elections run on August 8 as being unconstitutional.
most populous city in the United States of America
The Prime Minister of Spain, Mariano Rajoy, activates Article 155 of the Constitution of Spain. This will put Catalonia under the direct control of the central government, removing the regional government and completely limit the power of the Parliament of Catalonia. The regional police and media will also be under its control.
conflict between NATO Western forces and the Taliban
Gunmen coming from Mali kill 13 gendarmes and injure five on a base in western Niger.
Among the property damage from the wildfires in California is the Santa Rosa home of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz; his widow was evacuated Monday. Peanuts featured the characters Snoopy and Charlie Brown.
The three next largest parties become the Civic Democratic Party, the Czech Pirate Party, and the far-right Freedom and Direct Democracy, as support for the governing Czech Social Democratic Party collapses.
Conservation biologists describe Adélie penguin east Antarctic colony population conditions as catastrophic for the second time in five years as excessive ice kills birds travelling for food.
A South Korean lawmaker claims that in 2016, North Korean hackers stole classified military documents detailing joint operations between the South Korean and United States military forces in the event of war with North Korea.
American politician and lawyer, Louisiana
Earth-crossing asteroid that has an orbital semi-major axis greater than that of the Earth (> 1 AU) but perihelion distance less than the Earth's aphelion distance (q < 1.017 AU)
Concern over oil supplies from Iraq has pushed crude prices higher as the country's government continues its move against Kurdish forces.
capital and largest city of the United Kingdom
Date: 7 July 2017 – 28 July 2018 (1 year and 3 weeks)
A train hits a bus on a crossing in Vladimir, Russia, killing at least 19 people on the bus. No train passengers were injured.
U.S.-based Hyatt Hotels discovers another (the other much larger one being in 2015) unauthorized access to payment card information at certain Hyatt-managed locations worldwide between March 18 and July 2, at a total of 41 properties in 11 countries.
A "White Lives Matter" gathering takes place in Shelbyville, Tennessee, with 200+ WLM protestors met by 700+ counter-protesters.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte presents his third cabinet. It took a record 225 days of negotiations to form the government composed of VVD, D66, CDA and CU.
A workplace shooting in Edgewood, United States, kills three and critically injures two. The suspect, Radee Labeeb Prince, flees to neighboring Delaware, where he allegedly shoots a man in Wilmington hours later, before his capture in Newark.
device used to gauge happiness or pleasure
The Syrian Democratic Forces announce the end of the battle for ISIL's de facto capital.
Kidnapping of Joshua Boyle and Caitlan Coleman
specialised agency of the United Nations for education, sciences, and culture
Venezuela's democratic opposition wins the Sakharov Prize, the European Union's top human rights award. (BBC)
This will put Catalonia under the direct control of the central government, removing the regional government and completely limit the power of the Parliament of Catalonia.
At least two Catalan officials defect from the ruling Junts pel Sí party as Catalan president Carles Puigdemont cancels a speech regarding snap elections.
bilateral relations between United States and Turkey
Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party & founding father of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
former White House Chief of Staff and Former United States Marine Corps General
At least two people are dead and twelve missing after a landslide on the Malaysian tourist island of Penang.
After a first-lap collision and a ninth-place finish in the Mexican Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton becomes the fifth driver to win four FIA Formula One World Championship titles.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy deploys the 41st Logistic Support Group of the Spanish Armed Forces in Catalonia to support riot police in Barcelona.
Set on the same day, two regions of Italy hold non-binding referendums aimed to decide whether citizens want greater autonomy or not.
conglomerate Honeywell announces plans to spinoff its Homes, ADI Global Distribution, and Transportation Systems businesses into two separate, publicly-traded companies by the end of 2018.
The constitution of the Republic of Iraq since 2005
U.S. senators question lawyers representing Facebook, Twitter and Google about Russian activity on their platforms during the 2016 United States presidential election.
intentional act of swearing a false oath or of falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth
The week-long Communist Party congress in Beijing draws to an end, with General Secretary Xi Jinping set to become its most influential leader since Party Chairman Mao Zedong.
concept that certain corporations or financial institutions are so large and interconnected that their failure would be disastrous to the greater economic system, and that they therefore must be supported by government when facing potential failure
Police in Malawi arrest 140 people after nine people were lynched for suspected vampirism.
one of the five Nobel Prizes established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel
The head of the United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority Andrew Bailey admits to meeting oil giant Saudi Aramco over a potential £1.5 trillion listing on the London Stock Exchange.
Tony Podesta, brother of John Podesta, resigns from the Podesta Group lobbying firm. A spokesperson for the group says they are cooperating with the Special Counsel's team.
Three suicide bombers attack a police command center in Damascus, killing two people and injuring six others.
The New York Police Department and London's Metropolitan Police Service open investigations into alleged sexual assault allegations against the American film producer Harvey Weinstein.
The United States releases a list of 39 Russian military companies and intelligence agencies targeted by economic sanctions under the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act.
A riot at Cadereyta Jiménez prison located outside the city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, kills at least 13 people.
Hydraulic fracturing in the United Kingdom
one of five prizes established by Alfred Nobel
Date: 15 February 2011 – present (11 years, 11 months, 1 week and 4 days)
After her appointment by Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, former astronaut Julie Payette, in an installment ceremony, becomes the 29th Governor General of Canada.
List of accidents and incidents involving helicopters
The property destruction now includes more than 5700 homes and businesses.
American information technology company (1939–2015)
Scientists studying flying insects in nature reserves and protected areas of western Germany report a decline of more than 75% of the population in about three decades.
any object in the Solar System that orbits the Sun at a greater average distance than Neptune
The fires have destroyed 180 square miles in California's wine country where mass evacuations are underway.
President of Catalonia Carles Puigdemont gives a speech regarding independence from Spain where he proposes to suspend the effect of the independence declaration in order to hold talks with Madrid.
act of coercing or physically forcing a person to engage in sexual activity
The Houston Astros defeat the New York Yankees 4–0 in the seventh and deciding game of the American League Championship Series, thereby advancing to the World Series for the second time in team history and the first as an American League team.
The Syrian Democratic Forces announce the "total liberation" of Raqqa, previously the de facto capital of ISIL.
The Sun reports that the CIA informed UK intelligence agencies that British-born ISIL activist and recruiter Sally Jones was killed in a U.S. drone strike in June along with her 12-year-old son while they were fleeing Raqqa in Syria.
According to The Guardian, the September disclosed hack attack at United Kingdom accounting firm Deloitte compromised a server with emails of some 350 clients, including U.S. government agencies and large corporations. Deloitte disputes the story, saying "very few" clients were affected.
A suicide bomber kills 13 people and injures five others in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri. According to the police, 13 more civilians were injured in separate attacks.
city in northern Iraq and capital of Nineveh Province
A workplace shooting in Edgewood, United States, kills three and critically injures two.
The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the defending World Series champion Chicago Cubs 11–1 in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series, winning the series 4–1. This will be the Dodgers' first World Series appearance since 1988.
The regulator has been criticised for proposing changes to listing rules to accommodate sovereign-owned companies.
2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis
citizens or residents of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, British Overseas Territories, Crown Dependencies, and their descendants
American diplomat and former United States senator from Arizona
44th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (2009-2017)
The presiding judge Šaban Maksumić of the Sarajevo, Bosnian war crimes court acquits former Bosnian military officer Naser Orić of the charge of killing three Bosnian Serb prisoners of war during the Bosnian War.
Spain's third largest bank, CaixaBank, announces it is moving its legal base out of Catalonia to Valencia.
security protocol to secure wireless computer networks
U.S. President Donald Trump chooses not to certify that Iran complies with the 2015 agreement. The United States Congress now has 60 days to decide whether to lift the sanctions relief, possibly breaching the agreement.
launch vehicles developed and operated by SpaceX
all-encompassing low mood accompanied by low self-esteem, and by loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities
city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
Nearly 3,000 files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 have been released, while U.S.
At an elementary school in Riverside, California, police shoot a parent who reportedly took a teacher hostage.
In a reciprocal action of retaliation, the Turkish mission in the United States suspends all non-immigration visa services in the country, via a reversed-role copy of the U.S. statement.
space observatory used to perform gamma-ray astronomy
A U.N. and Syrian Arab Red Crescent interagency convoy brings food and medical aid to 40,000 people on the verge of starvation in the towns of Kafr Batna and Saqba in the Eastern Ghouta suburb of Damascus for the first time since June 2016.
borough of New York City, New York, United States
overview of the political system in Saudi Arabia
American film producer Harvey Weinstein (including Pulp Fiction, Clerks, The Crying Game, and Sex, Lies, and Videotape) answers allegations made by a report in The New York Times that he had settled eight sexual harassment claims made over three decades. Multiple Democratic recipients of Weinstein's political donations give the funds to women's charities.
attack on the Wi-Fi Protected Access protocol
Hurricane Nate makes landfall near the mouth of Mississippi River and near Biloxi, Mississippi, as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour (137 km/h).
The Iraqi Army and allied militias continue to seize Kurdish-held territory, taking over several key cities including Khanaqin near the Iranian border, Jalawla, Bashiqa, Sinjar and Rabia, as well as the Mosul Dam.
Former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner ran for senator of Buenos and ended second, leading the opposition.
President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)
Tony Podesta, brother of John Podesta, resigns from the Podesta Group lobbying firm.
Alexei Navalny 2018 presidential campaign
Palestinian Islamist terror organization
International agreement on the nuclear program of Iran
Eleven anti-corruption protestors are detained in Kiev, Ukraine, where police attempted to enter a protestor camp near the parliament building.
municipality and capital of the province of Granada, Spain
natural gas converted to liquid form for storage or transport
A pickup truck crashes into an Amish horse-drawn buggy, killing three preteen children and injuring six other passengers in Bushnell Township, Michigan. Police say the survivors' injuries are life-threatening.
daylight savings time in the central European time zone
Peruvian politician and economist; Prime Minister (2005–06), President (2016–18)
Russian police arrest 290 protesters calling on President Vladimir Putin to resign.
Hawija is one of the last remaining ISIL strongholds in Iraq.
Semitic language and lingua franca of the Arab world
U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order allowing the sale of health insurance plans that are exempt from some Obamacare regulations including purchases effective across state lines.
bilateral relations between Cuba and the United States
historic district in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
official currency of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
2011–2019 external impact of the Syrian Civil War
Discovery and exploration of the Solar System
overview about the discovery and exploration of the Solar System
Catalonia declares independence from Spain as the Catalan Republic.
Voters in Kenya go to the polls following the annulment of the results in the Kenyan general election. The President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta wins with a 98% majority following an opposition boycott.
The 29-year-old suspect, later identified as Uzbekistani immigrant Sayfullo Saipov, is shot and taken into custody by police.
Paul Manafort and Rick Gates surrender to the FBI after both are indicted on multiple charges stemming from the investigation into the Donald Trump presidential campaign's possible associations with the Russian government. The two men—who respectively served as manager and deputy manager of the campaign from March to August 2016—are being charged on twelve counts, which include conspiracy against the U.S., money laundering and failing to register as foreign agents.
head of the United States Department of State
financial penalties applied by nations to persons, nations or companies to affect political change
1963 murder of the 35th President of the United States
Japan's third-biggest steelmaker, Kobe Steel, admits to falsification of product data. About four percent of the aluminum and copper products that it shipped from September 2016 to August 2017 were falsely labeled as meeting the specifications requested by 200 customers, including Toyota Motor Corp, Central Japan Railway Company, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mazda Motor Corp, and Subaru Corp.
1994 American crime film directed by Quentin Tarantino
Eight people are killed and at least 11 others injured when a man in a rented pickup truck drives down a bike path along the West Side Highway in Lower Manhattan.
department of the Ministry of Interior of Egypt
country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom
An Indian Air Force Mi-17 helicopter ferrying military officials crashes in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, a remote mountain region near the border with China, killing all seven personnel on board.
communications satellite owner and operator
gravitational wave signal detected by the LIGO observatory on 17 August 2017
Starting in 2018, women will be allowed to attend sports events in stadiums in Saudi Arabia for the first time in the country's history, officials say.
state-sponsored act constituting a serious violation of the laws of war
Asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2017
The Iraqi Army and allied paramilitary fighters storm the ISIL-held city of Hawija in the Kirkuk Governorate. Hawija is one of the last remaining ISIL strongholds in Iraq.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia blocks President Donald Trump's proposed ban on new transgender recruits in the U.S. military.
Trump says he wants to lower the U.S. trade deficit with Thailand.
Typhoon Lan makes landfall in the Shizuoka Prefecture of Japan, causing at least two deaths and 10 injuries.
A Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 crashes at the Khmeimim air base in Latakia province in northwestern Syria, killing the two crewmen.
aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defense Forces
Nature publishes research from The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia at the Glorieta de la Astronomía of Granada, Spain, describing the discovery that a ring system orbits the trans-Neptunian dwarf planet Haumea.
2016 United States presidential election
Three protestors and one police officer are injured in clashes between anti-corruption demonstrators and Ukrainian police in front of the parliament building in Kiev, Ukraine.
Voters in Liberia go to the polls to elect members to the country's House of Representatives and to replace President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who is constitutionally barred from seeking a third term.
Former Prime Minister of Kenya (2008–2013)
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. Trump says he wants to lower the U.S. trade deficit with Thailand.
diplomatic relations between Egypt and North Korea
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Fifth Round
class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels
political-religious armed movement in Yemen
Venezuela's democratic opposition wins the Sakharov Prize, the European Union's top human rights award.
In 2014 Reyes escaped while facing charges including murder from a maximum security prison.
plague that results in infection located in lung, which results from direct inhalation of the bacillus and has symptom fever, has symptom chills, has symptom cough and has symptom difficulty breathing
Concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth's atmosphere surged by a record amount in 2016, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
2017 executive order by U.S. President Trump placing travel restrictions on several countries
The United States Trump administration and the government of Israel announce their plans to withdraw as members of UNESCO.
Energy infrastructure firm TransCanada abandons two Canadian pipeline projects.
As had been previously reported on October 9, Japan's third-biggest steelmaker, Kobe Steel, now admits to further falsification of product data. Steel wire products did not meet the specifications requested by customers. The scandal now affects about 500 customer companies.
The Nobel Prize committee awards American Richard Thaler the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel "for his contributions to behavioral economics." His work focuses on the psychology of the human conflict of what we plan for the financial present versus what we plan for the future.
The United Kingdom's Monarch Airlines goes into financial bankruptcy administration, suspending all flights, cancelling 300 thousand bookings, and leaving tens of thousands of passengers stranded.
Voters in the Czech Republic go to the polls to elect new members of the Chamber of Deputies.
Type of astronomy involving observation of gravitational waves
SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket at Cape Canaveral, Florida, to supersynchronous orbit an Airbus-built communications satellite SES-11 for Luxembourg-based SES, and EchoStar 105 for U.S.-headquartered EchoStar. It's the third time when a Falcon 9 first stage is re-used.
At the National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping assumes his second term as General Secretary (China's paramount leader), and the political theory Xi Jinping Thought is written into the party's constitution.
A gunman opens fire in Paradise, Nevada, at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino from the upper floors down upon a Jason Aldean outdoor concert, with at least 59 people dead and 527 others injured.
21st century Madagascar plague outbreaks
act of concerted defiance or disorder by a group of prisoners
The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the defending World Series champion Chicago Cubs 11–1 in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series, winning the series 4–1.
The Federal Communications Commission approves Google's plan to restore some cell phone service in hurricane-hit Puerto Rico with Project Loon balloons.
Voters in Venezuela go to the polls to elect new state governors, resulting in the incumbent socialist party winning the majority of the governorships, a result disputed by the opposition.
Date: 8 April 2017 – 12 June 2018 (1 year, 2 months and 4 days)
SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket at Cape Canaveral, Florida, to supersynchronous orbit an Airbus-built communications satellite SES-11 for Luxembourg-based SES, and EchoStar 105 for U.S.-headquartered EchoStar.
The High Court of Australia finds that Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce of the National Party and several senators were ineligible for the 2016 federal election.
collapsed core of a massive star consisting mainly of neutrons
Archives from Hewlett-Packard founders William Hewlett and David Packard are among those destroyed by fires in a Santa Rosa neighborhood.
Date: 31 January 2009 – present (13 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
Transgender personnel in the United States military
Florida Governor Rick Scott declares a state of emergency for North Florida.
President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan announces that the Kazakh language will begin using a Latin script, rather than the current Cyrillic script.
Date: March 18, 1968 – present (54 years, 10 months, 1 week and 2 days)
Pope Francis and Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta express sorrow over the death of Daphne Caruana Galizia, an investigative journalist who died in a car bomb attack.
Somalis march to demonstrate their anger at the presence of al-Shabaab, the group believed to be responsible for a recent bombing attack.
Russian president Vladimir Putin signs decree to implement U.N. resolution sanctioning on North Korea.
Twitter bans all ads from Russian news agencies RT and Sputnik based on U.S. intelligence's conclusion that both attempted to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election on behalf of the Russian government.
Trinidad and Tobago national football team
Pro-independent trade unions, businesses, and schools in Catalonia hold a general strike to protest Spanish police brutality during the October 1 independence referendum.
The ad was originally meant to improve Ralph Northam's standing with minority voters.
This is Navalny's third jail term this year.
conflict initiated by Rodrigo Duterte against drug lords and drug pushers
A fire at the Sindika Trade Center, a construction materials shopping center in the northwestern edge of Moscow, Russia, forces the evacuation of at least 3000 people.
sovereign state in North Africa and Asia
Russian politician, lawyer and anti-corruption activist
In coordination with Libya’s internationally recognized government, American special operations forces and FBI agents capture Mustafa al-Imam, a militant who allegedly was involved in the 2012 Benghazi attack, at an unknown location in Libya.
The Peruvian Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Administration, through the Ministry of Justice, appoints a new head to the Direction of Presidential Graces, which is believed to be a first step towards granting a pardon to 79-year-old former president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), although President Kuczynski has denied it. In April 2009, a three-judge panel had sentenced Fujimori for acts of corruption, human rights violations, and various others crimes. Fujimori, who has been in jail since 2007 and whose health has deteriorated, including alleged tongue cancer, has applied for a pardon unsuccessfully on two occasions.
Program that locks files until a sum of money is paid
In Costa Rica, the storm kills at least seven people with fifteen missing.
The Boy Scouts of America announces that girls may join as full members of the Cub Scouts beginning in 2018. Young women may join as full members of the Boy Scouts and earn the highest rank of Eagle Scout beginning in 2019.
More than 2,000 people march in Yangon to show support for the military, urging the military to secure the country's sovereignty, protect national security and stop illegal intruders (referring to the Rohingya people).
A knife-wielding man at Saint Charles train station in Marseille, France, kills two women. Police kill the suspect and are treating the attack as a terrorist incident. ISIL claims responsibility.
Syrian Republican Guard major general Issam Zahreddine, known for leading battles against the rebels in Homs and Aleppo, is killed by a landmine in Deir ez-Zor, according to Syrian media.
October 2017 announcement by which Catalonia declared their independence and founded the Catalan Republic
Parties in Argentina halt their election campaigns due to the appearance of a body thought to be Santiago Maldonado, an indigenous rights activist who disappeared at the beginning of August 2017.
Australian politician, 17th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
All 200 seats of the Chamber of Deputies, lower house of the Parliament, were available for the election.
October 2017 Northern California wildfires
first-level political and administrative division of Spain
MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Yemeni capital Sana'a.
Puigdemont plans to draw back from declaring independence from Spain.
He also fires the police chief, announces the takeover of regional ministries by national ministries and closes overseas representations of Catalonia.
character in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz
Jaysh al-Islam Islamist rebels launch a successful counter-attack in the East Ghouta region of rural Damascus, targeting the points they lost to the Syrian government over the course of seven days near the town of Hawsh Dawahra, and recovering all of the lost territories.
American football player and felon (born 1947)
Japanese automobile manufacturing company
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches
At least 43 Afghan soldiers are killed in a Taliban attack on an army base in Kandahar Province.
2018 United States Senate election in Arizona
election to elect a new United States Senator from Arizona in 2018
Saudi Arabian state-owned petroleum company
International, largely in the United States
infusion method of putting fluid into the body
Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, sign a unity deal in Cairo, that is also publicly supported by the governments of Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
central London borough of Royal borough status
A suicide bombing in Afghanistan's capital Kabul kills at least 8 civilians and leaves numerous wounded.
A car mounts the pedestrian sidewalk near the Natural History Museum on Exhibition Road, and injures 11 people. London police believe the incident is not terror related. They arrested the driver but later released him.
island in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu
American electrical engineer, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard and businessman
An explosion at a liquefied natural gas depot leads to a second explosion at a gas station in Legon, a suburb of the Ghanaian capital Accra, killing at least seven people and injuring sixty-eight more.
Russian multinational cybersecurity and anti-virus provider
legal judgement in favor of either party based on some failure to take action by the other party, most often against a party who failed to respond
As predicted by NASA, the Apollo-group-type asteroid 2012 TC4 (approximately 15 m (49 ft) in diameter) passes a distance of 0.0003352 AU (50,150 km; 31,160 mi) from Earth, well within the Moon's orbit.
disagreement on Hurricane Maria's death toll in Puerto Rico, US
Tropical Storm Nate heads for the Gulf Coast of the United States after causing dozens of deaths in Central America and severe flooding in the Nicaraguan town of Rivas.
United States Environmental Protection Agency
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters chooses to create a minority coalition with the Labour Party and form the sixth Labour government.
The Trump administration, through the Department of Justice, reverses an Obama-era policy which used Title VII of the Civil Rights Act to protect transgender employees from discrimination.
The Trump administration, through the Department of State and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, expels 15 Cuban diplomats, after pulling half of its own embassy staff from Havana on Sept.
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
A Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank is arrested and questioned for a few hours by Israeli police after Facebook mistranslates his Arabic-language message saying "good morning" into Hebrew for "attack them".
wide ranging taxes, tariff and trade treaty
The synod is planned for October of 2019.
Questions arise against NBC News President Noah Oppenheim, who The New York Times alleges blocked for several months NBC's own reporter, Ronan Farrow, from detailing a story about Harvey Weinstein.
The European Union heads of state prepare to start negotiations on a future UK–EU trade agreement in December, depending on progress with the financial "exit bill" negotiations by then.
island sovereign state off the coast of Southeast Africa, in the Indian Ocean
The death toll grows to 35 people with hundreds still missing.
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani calls for the state to protect Kurds in northern Iraq.
country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa
American multinational technology company
President of the Government of Catalonia
head of government of the Generalitat of Catalonia
The IDF destroys a partly-completed tunnel from the Gaza Strip border near the town of Khan Yunis that crossed into Israeli territory, killing seven Hamas militants.
Amazon puts Amazon Studios chief Roy Price on an immediate leave of absence, following allegations that he harassed producer Isa Dick Hackett, the daughter of author Philip K. Dick, by propositioning her in 2015, and that he ignored actress Rose McGowan's claim of a sexual assault by producer Harvey Weinstein.
2017 New Democratic Party leadership election
This follows a letter Puigdemont wrote before the deadline again asking for dialogue, and blaming Rajoy for escalating the crisis.
occurs when a person or other mammal voluntarily has blood drawn
city and county seat of Clark County, Nevada, United States
The European Commission scraps the draft legislation that would have permitted the EBA regulator to order "too big to fail" banks to split off their trading activities, citing "no foreseeable agreement" in sight on criteria. The draft was supposed to be the EU's answer to the United States' Volcker Rule.
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
international airport in Selangor, Malaysia
Special Forces soldiers and five Nigerien soldiers dead during a joint patrol.
Previously, a jury had acquitted Simpson of the 1995 murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.
Houthi forces claim to have shot down a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Yemeni capital Sana'a. Footage released by Saba News Agency appears to show crowds gathering around the wreckage of an aircraft.
A small-scale study has determined that psilocybin mushrooms, which contain the drug psilocybin, can treat depression.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners' Finance Committee, which includes Chicago, repeals the tax approved in November 2016 on soft drinks and other sugary beverages.
Two women charged with the assassination of Kim Jong-nam plead not guilty in a Malaysian court because they thought it was a TV prank.
Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Peru)
85th edition of Major League Baseball's championship series
California’s governor, Jerry Brown, signs a law that lowers the penalty for exposing partners to HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) from a felony to a misdemeanor, which includes those who donate blood without informing the center about their HIV status.
LGBT employment discrimination in the United States
retinal disease that is characterized by nystagmus, sluggish or no pupillary responses, and severe vision loss or blindness
province of Indonesia, on island of Java
Voters in Kenya go to the polls following the annulment of the results in the Kenyan general election.
set of annual international awards, primarily 5 established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel
bicameral legislature of the United States
Syrian rebel group fighting against the Syrian government in the Syrian Civil War
legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts
informal diplomatic relationship between the United States and Iran
List of executive actions by Donald Trump
The death toll in Somalia's deadliest terror attack rises up to 358, making it the fifth-deadliest terror attack worldwide.
The Mayor of Barcelona Ada Colau calls on Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to resign following the police crackdown on Catalan protestors which has left hundreds injured.
The Parliament of Catalonia votes and starts a "constituent" process towards independence from the Kingdom of Spain.
gendarmerie branch of Spain's armed forces
baseball team and Major League Baseball franchise in Los Angeles, California, United States
Voters in Argentina go to the polls to elect half of the members of the Chamber of Deputies and Senate. Cambiemos, the national government coalition led by president Mauricio Macri, got a clear victory in the four most populated provinces and the city of Buenos Aires. Former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner ran for senator of Buenos and ended second, leading the opposition.
gender identity other than sex assigned at birth
multinational construction and development company based in Sweden
power source providing 20% of US electricity and 60% of US emission-free power
Ecuador's Supreme Court orders that Vice President Jorge Glas be jailed for his alleged acceptance of bribes from the Odebrecht construction company. Prior to this, Glas had been free but barred from leaving the country.
Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, sign a unity deal in Cairo, that is also publicly supported by the governments of Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The Fatah-controlled Palestinian National Authority (PNA), along with Israel, currently govern the West Bank. According to the signatories of the deal, the PNA will take administrative control of the Gaza Strip, and, along with Hamas, police its borders. The signatories consider the agreement a first step, and, if productive, plan to meet next month to address the remaining issues. The government of Israel opposes any involvement by Hamas in a Palestinian government.
Hundreds of thousands of supporters for a unified Spain gather in Barcelona, the capital and largest city of Catalonia, in one of the biggest shows of force against Catalan independence.
The Sun reports that the CIA informed UK intelligence agencies that British-born ISIL activist and recruiter Sally Jones was killed in a U.S.
head of state and head of government of Kenya
The Islamic State group seizes the Al-Qaryatain town in the central province of Homs in a surprise attack against Syrian government forces.
public coeducational space-grant research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
international armed conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995
American multinational hospitality company
maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces
socio-political issue concerning the Anglophone minority in Cameroon
The United States men's national soccer team loses 2–1 to Trinidad and Tobago, thus being eliminated from making it to the 2018 FIFA World Cup. This is the first time the U.S. will miss the tournament since the 1986 edition.
French republic in Northern Italy between 1802 and 1805
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
The ANO movement of billionaire Andrej Babiš wins a sizeable plurality of seats in the Chamber of Deputies, but falls short of a majority.
Prior to this, Glas had been free but barred from leaving the country.
study of threats to biological diversity
The United States Africa Command sends a team to Niger to investigate an October 4 ambush which killed four U.S.
town in Pueblo Nuevo Municipality, Durango, Mexico
ISIL releases video footage of two alleged Russian soldiers it captured.
security-focused Unix-like operating system
A suicide bombing in Afghanistan's capital Kabul kills at least 8 civilians and leaves numerous wounded. The Islamic State claims responsibility.
American broadcast television and radio network
The Nobel Committee awards Japanese-born British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro the Nobel Prize in Literature for his "novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world."
scandal involving the IRS inappropriately targeting conservative groups
President Donald Trump declares the 17 Northern California wildfires a major disaster.
will miss the tournament since the 1986 edition.
The Nobel Committee awards the global civil society coalition of The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons the Nobel Peace Prize "for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons".
The Iraqi Army fully retakes the city of Hawija in the Kirkuk Governorate from ISIL. Fighting continues to the north and east of the city as Iraqi troops continue anti-ISIL operations in the Hawija District.
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
U.S. fast-food chain operator Sonic Drive-In may have had a malware attack at some of its drive-in outlets and may have allowed hackers to access customers’ debit and credit card information.
police operation against the Catalan independence referendum
More than a dozen wildfires around Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma, and Yuba counties in California, kill at least ten people, destroy at least 1500 homes and businesses, and force 20 thousand people to evacuate.
It is almost certainly the first known example of an interstellar object.
Two car bombs kill at least 25 people, mostly police officers, near the national theater area in Mogadishu, Somalia, two weeks after a similar attack killed hundreds. Islamist group Al-Shabaab claims responsibility.
A 2017 experimental novel, Lincoln in the Bardo by American writer George Saunders, wins the 2017 Man Booker Prize.
At least three people are killed in Ireland as over 360,000 homes lose power due to the remnants of Hurricane Ophelia.
The congress is expected to finish next week.
United States Space Force Base located in Santa Barbara County, California
Scientists announce that the LIGO and VIRGO gravitational wave observatories detected for the first time gravitational waves from the merger of two neutron stars.
season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees
Scientists announce that the LIGO and VIRGO gravitational wave observatories detected for the first time gravitational waves from the merger of two neutron stars. The event coincided with a short gamma ray burst GRB 170817A detected by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, leading to SSS17a, the immediate follow-up observations by the Hubble Space Telescope and numerous ground-based telescopes. This confirms the theory according to which neutron star mergers are the cause of at least some short gamma-ray bursts.
Conflict in Rakhine State (2016–present)
Last year a hacker stole non-classified information about Australia’s Joint Strike Fighter program and other military hardware after breaching the network of a defense contractor.
bilateral relations between Russia and Saudi arabia
2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia
Spanish riot police clash with some protesters in various cities and towns, with 844 people and 33 police reported injured.
unincorporated territory of the United States of America
American online social media and social networking service
Pakistani troops rescue Joshua Boyle and Caitlan Coleman, who have been held captive since 2012, and their three children from the Taliban.
Boy Scouts of America membership controversies
This follows a similar move yesterday by Catalan banking group Banco Sabadell who announced they are moving their headquarters to Alicante in response to growing political insecurity in Catalonia.
China's leader and Party General Secretary Xi Jinping addresses more than 2,000 delegates in Beijing. The congress is expected to finish next week.
Two suicide bomber attacks, one on a Shia mosque in Kabul and one on a Sunni mosque in Ghor Province, kill approximately 60 people. Approximately 180 people have been killed in bombing attacks this week.
At least two Catalan officials defect from the ruling Junts pel Sí party as Catalan president Carles Puigdemont cancels a speech regarding snap elections. Puigdemont plans to draw back from declaring independence from Spain.
city in the Palestinian National Authority
October 2017 Vietnam tropical depression
ocean between Asia, Australia and the Americas
remove from its App Store games it said violated the tech firm's guidelines and promoted violence and killings commonplace in the Philippine Drug War.
Spain's third largest bank, CaixaBank, announces it is moving its legal base out of Catalonia to Valencia. This follows a similar move yesterday by Catalan banking group Banco Sabadell who announced they are moving their headquarters to Alicante in response to growing political insecurity in Catalonia.
mushrooms containing psychoactive indole alkaloids
Diplomatic Mission of the United States in Cuba
Voters in Austria go to the polls to elect a new National Council.
More than fifteen militants have been killed.
head of the state and government of California
The United States Environmental Protection Agency, on behalf of the Trump administration, announces that it will roll back clean energy regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, imposed under the Obama-era Clean Power Plan.
Eight people are killed and at least 11 others injured when a man in a rented pickup truck drives down a bike path along the West Side Highway in Lower Manhattan. The 29-year-old suspect, later identified as Uzbekistani immigrant Sayfullo Saipov, is shot and taken into custody by police. Police are treating this incident as an act of terrorism.
In an unprecedented move, Kenya's presidential aspirant, Raila Odinga, pulls out of a repeat presidential election just 15 days before the election.
Islamist organization in Afghanistan (founded 1994)
well-stimulation technique in which rock is fractured by a hydraulically pressurized liquid
Two people are arrested and five people suffer minor injuries at the University of Florida during protests of Richard B. Spencer's speech at an event there.
AIM's owner, Oath Inc., announces it will discontinue AOL Instant Messenger service on December 15, 2017.
Alleged Russian government-backed hackers stole highly classified U.S.
coast of American states that are on the Gulf of Mexico
Spanish politician, prime Minister of Spain between 2011 and 2018
The Nobel Committee awards Swiss Jacques Dubochet, German Joachim Frank, and British Richard Henderson the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structural determination of biomolecules in a solution.
A gunman opens fire in Paradise, Nevada, at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino from the upper floors down upon a Jason Aldean outdoor concert, with at least 59 people dead and 527 others injured. Authorities believe the lone gunman is dead.
mass shooting in the Las Vegas area of Nevada, USA on October 1, 2017
Parliament that exercises the legislative power of the Government of Catalonia
one of five Nobel Prizes established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel
sovereign state situated on an island in the Caribbean Sea
System of classifying tropical cyclones into five categories based on measured wind speed and used to estimate potential damage
Police are treating this incident as an act of terrorism.
Voters in Slovenia go to the polls to elect their president.
Vice President Mike Pence casts the tie-breaking vote late Tuesday night to repeal a rule that would have made it easier for Americans to sue their banks and credit card companies.
First observation of gravitational waves
List of current National Football League stadiums
A parked scooter explosion in Kiev, thought to be an assassination attempt on Ukrainian Radical MP Ihor Mosiychuk, kills his bodyguard and one more man.
Multinational U.S. conglomerate Honeywell announces plans to spinoff its Homes, ADI Global Distribution, and Transportation Systems businesses into two separate, publicly-traded companies by the end of 2018.
Houthi forces claim to have shot down a U.S.
Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
United States investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections
American singer and guitarist (1950–2017)
upper house of Spain's parliament, the Cortes Generales
In July 2008, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Netherlands acquitted Orić for failing to prevent the deaths of five Bosnian Serb detainees and the mistreatment of eleven other detainees from late 1992 to early 1993.
National Congress of the Communist Party of China
The charges are sealed by a court order.
Authorities believe the lone gunman is dead.
Governor Jerry Brown signs legislation to make California a sanctuary state. Next January, this law will prevent police from inquiring about immigration status during routine interactions, and will reduce law enforcement cooperation with U.S. immigration officers.
The signatories consider the agreement a first step, and, if productive, plan to meet next month to address the remaining issues.
The Governor of California, Jerry Brown, declares a state of emergency.
protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Oil and gas companies evacuate production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards declares a state of emergency in anticipation of Tropical Storm Nate. He says southeast Louisiana should prepare for a "direct hit" this weekend.
municipality in Spain, capital of the Valencian Community
Nevada prison authorities release former NFL player O. J. Simpson on parole after serving nine years for a 2007 Las Vegas armed robbery.
Former President of Iraq, Jalal Talabani, dies at the age of 83. He was the first non-Arab president of Iraq.
highest federal executive body in the Russian Federation, headed by the Prime Minister
Massoud Barzani, the president of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq since 2005, announces that he will step down after November 1.
flashes of gamma rays from distant galaxies
family of Unix-like operating systems that use the Linux kernel and are open source
A federal grand jury approves the first charges from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 federal elections.
At least 276 people are killed when a lorry filled with explosives detonates outside a hotel in the capital Mogadishu, becoming the worst terrorist attack in Somalia's history.
airbase located south-east of the city of Latakia in Hmeimim, Latakia Governorate, Syria
Environmental policy of the Donald Trump administration
environmental policy as enforced by the Donald Trump administration
part of the U.S. elections held November 6, 2018
German-born American biophysicist and Nobel laureate
An apparent ambush in Niger near the Malian border leaves three U.S.
The Prime Minister of Spain, Mariano Rajoy, activates Article 155 of the Constitution of Spain.
award honouring individuals and groups of people who have dedicated their lives to the defense of human rights and freedom of thought
A shooting on the campus of the University of Utah leaves one student dead. A suspect is taken into custody.
digital app distribution platform for iOS/iPadOS
process of transforming profits of crime and corruption into ostensibly legitimate assets
19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
Timeline of terrorism in Egypt (2013–present)
A Saudi national opens fire at the Al-Salam Royal Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing two guards and injuring three others.
law enforcement say they have found no evidence linking the perpetrator with international terrorist groups.
Suspected Russian military jets target makeshift rubber dinghies and boats carrying dozens of families fleeing the town of al-Ashara along the western banks of the Euphrates that lies south of Deir Ezzor city, killing at least 60 civilians.
List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions
Fujimori, who has been in jail since 2007 and whose health has deteriorated, including alleged tongue cancer, has applied for a pardon unsuccessfully on two occasions.
Kim Jong-nam was the eldest son of deceased North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and the half-brother of current North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Western Pacific tropical depression in 2017
The European Commission scraps the draft legislation that would have permitted the EBA regulator to order "too big to fail" banks to split off their trading activities, citing "no foreseeable agreement" in sight on criteria.
Russian state-controlled television network
eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il . Nacio en 1971 múrio en 2017. Cheh ! Il était connue pour ça mocheté
The Parliament of Catalonia votes and starts a "constituent" process towards independence from the Kingdom of Spain. The Senate of Spain votes to permit direct rule according to article 155 of the Spanish Constitution.
Former President of Iraq, Jalal Talabani, dies at the age of 83.
national intelligence agency of the United States
A refugee boat en route to Bangladesh from Myanmar capsizes, resulting in at least 12 deaths.
utility transport helicopter family by Bell
Police say the survivors' injuries are life-threatening.
Date: May 23 – October 23, 2017 (5 months)
A parked scooter explosion in Kiev, thought to be an assassination attempt on Ukrainian Radical MP Ihor Mosiychuk, kills his bodyguard and one more man. Mosiychuk, political scientist Vitaliy Bala and a woman are injured.
escalating tensions between North Korea and the United States, due to the rapidly improved nuclear weapons capability of North Korea
former capital of Myanmar (Burma) and the current capital of Yangon Region
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
UN ad hoc court located in The Hague, Netherlands
A group of civil society organizations, "among them groups working on human rights, youth and drug policy reform," have demanded that Apple Inc. remove from its App Store games it said violated the tech firm's guidelines and promoted violence and killings commonplace in the Philippine Drug War.
The attack is the deadliest mass shooting in recent U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order which allows U.S. to resume its refugee program, with a 90-day review period for 11 countries identified as "high risk".
Unnamed White House officials believe White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly's personal cellphone was hacked, possibly since December 2016. Kelly was Secretary of Homeland Security from January 20 to July 31, 2017, when he moved to his current position.
Voters in Slovenia go to the polls to elect their president. Opinion polls predict that the independent incumbent Borut Pahor will retain the largely ceremonial role despite being challenged by noted actor and comedian Marjan Šarec.
sudden release of energy through high temperatures and gas expansion
president of Argentina from 2015 to 2019
The attack is the deadliest mass shooting in recent U.S. history.
The Quebec National Assembly passes legislation banning individuals who cover their faces to receive or give public services, including riding public buses.
List of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2017
4th President of Republic of Kenya (2013–2022)
Russian opposition leader and hopeful presidential candidate Alexei Navalny is sentenced in Moscow to 20 days detention for organizing unauthorized public meetings. This is Navalny's third jail term this year.
The family had been kidnapped by the Taliban nearly five years ago in Afghanistan's Wardak Province.
has failed to qualify for a FIFA World Cup since 1986.
coed program of the Boy Scouts of America for kids in grades K-5
Date: 6 June – 17 October 2017 (4 months, 1 week and 4 days)
Major General of the Syrian Republican Guard
Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló's office reports that the number of deaths related to Hurricane Maria has risen to 34.
county seat of Dallas County, Texas, United States
The government led by Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull loses its one-seat majority unless Joyce wins a by-election in the Division of New England.
The Trump administration's Department of Justice settles two lawsuits which alleged that the Obama administration's Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups.
The discovery of an asteroid with a record high eccentricity, A/2017 U1, is announced. It is almost certainly the first known example of an interstellar object. While initially thought to be a comet, it is now considered an asteroid.
Prosecutors say he is connected to the deaths of at least 287 people.
government consisting of two or more parties
A federal grand jury approves the first charges from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 federal elections. The charges are sealed by a court order.
public office; second highest political position in Ecuador
second-most populous Islamic denomination
Sooronbay Jeenbekov is elected President of Kyrgyzstan in the first peaceful transfer of power after a full term in the country's history.
Russian state corporation (a non-profit entity type) established in 2007
Without providing evidence, ISIL claims responsibility for the attack.
Iraqi forces complete the takeover of Kirkuk Governorate, which is outside the autonomous zone accorded by the Constitution of Iraq.
U.S.-based electric automobile maker Tesla fires 400 employees.
The government of Catalonia holds a public referendum on whether their region should gain independence from Spain, despite the Spanish courts and government declaring the vote illegal and deploying police to deter voters.
Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman of Saudi Arabia announces that a majority of Saudis want a return to moderate Islam. 70% of the kingdom is made up of residents under the age of 30 who welcome the idea of new reforms.
Sébastien Ogier clinches his fifth successive World Rally Championship title, finishing third in the 2017 Wales Rally GB.
The election of top leadership of Chinese Communist Party, including General Secretary and Political Bureau members.
The Nobel Prize committee awards Americans Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish, and Kip Thorne the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in the LIGO Scientific Collaboration that discovered gravitational waves.
Vanuatu begins evacuating 11,000 islanders from the island of Ambae because of the erupting volcano Manaro Voui which pollutes the water.
Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman of Saudi Arabia announces that a majority of Saudis want a return to moderate Islam.
Government of New Zealand since 26 October 2017
head of the state and government of Florida
Oil and gas companies evacuate production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.
Some players throughout the National Football League hold demonstrations before or during the U.S. national anthem. These demonstrations include kneeling, raising fists, or praying, as a show of unity or protest of social and racial injustice.
Guardia Civil riot police officers and Catalonia's Mossos d'Esquadra clash in Sant Joan de Vilatorrada as tensions rise between the rival police forces.
Stephen Paddock's former neighbors in Reno, Nevada, describe him as having a possible gambling problem.
Date: 26 July 2009 – present (13 years, 6 months and 1 day)
Pakistani forces rescue Canadian Joshua Boyle, American Caitlan Coleman, and their family, in the Kurram Valley. The family had been kidnapped by the Taliban nearly five years ago in Afghanistan's Wardak Province.
A suicide attack on a police compound in Gardez, Paktia Province, kills at least 20 people, while a separate gun attack at a training facility in neighboring Ghazni Province leaves another 15 people dead.
Soldiers in Buea and Bamenda, Cameroon, shoot dead a total of at least eight people during various protests by Anglophone separatists.
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and 3rd Supreme leader of North Korea
senators question lawyers representing Facebook, Twitter and Google about Russian activity on their platforms during the 2016 United States presidential election.
Roy Price, chief of Amazon Studios, resigns amid accusations that he harassed a female producer and ignored an actress' allegation of sexual assault by producer Harvey Weinstein.
Iraqi forces complete the takeover of Kirkuk Governorate, which is outside the autonomous zone accorded by the Constitution of Iraq. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani calls for the state to protect Kurds in northern Iraq.
The government of Israel opposes any involvement by Hamas in a Palestinian government.
Shinzō Abe is re-elected prime minister as his Liberal Democratic Party-led coalition wins 312 seats and retains its two-thirds supermajority in the 465-member House of Representatives.
The Scottish Government Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse announces that he will seek an indefinite ban (an existing moratorium has been in place since 2015) on crude oil recovery in Scotland by means of the process of hydraulic fracturing.
NASA/ESA space telescope (launched 1990)
Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki wins the WTA Finals defeating American Venus Williams in the final match, 6–4, 6–4.
The Palmyra Coordination Committee reports that 67 bodies, victims of summary execution by ISIL, were found in Al-Qaryatayn in the Homs Governorate in central Syria.
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
alliance of militias fighting against ISIL and other Islamist extremists in the Syrian Civil War
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Russian airstrikes kill at least 14 civilians, including three children, as they cross the Euphrates river near the ISIL-held city of Mayadin in eastern Syria while fleeing the village of Mahkan.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards declares a state of emergency in anticipation of Tropical Storm Nate.
Former Prime Minister of Portugal Pedro Passos Coelho steps down as the leader of the opposition Social Democratic Party in local elections.
According to the police, 13 more civilians were injured in separate attacks.
borough in New York City and county in New York State, United States
CBS fires Hayley Geftman-Gold, vice president and senior counsel of strategic transactions at CBS, for a social media post stating that she did not have sympathy for the shooting's victims because "country music fans often are Republican gun toters".
New Democratic Party leadership election, 2017
municipal police force in the United States
American electrical engineer, businessman, and philanthropist
The Board of Directors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decides to strip Harvey Weinstein of membership following several allegations of predatory sexual behavior.
A Minotaur-C rocket launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and deploys 10 commercial Earth-imaging satellites for Planet Labs. It is the first successful mission for the Minotaur-C, formerly known as Taurus, since 2004.
A panel of external experts to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration unanimously vote that the benefits of the gene replacement treatment made by Spark Therapeutics of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, called voretigene neparvovec (trade name, Luxturna), which treats Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA), a form of hereditary blindness, outweigh its risks. The treatment, which targets a specific disease-causing mutation, is designed to treat individuals who have two mutated copies of a gene called RPE65 and consists of a virus injected into the eye loaded with a normal copy of the RPE65 gene. Further, this technique utilizing adeno-associated virus as a vector may, in the future, be used for the treatment of heart disease and also mutations other than LCA, including some cancers.
U.S. President Donald Trump declares the 17 Northern California wildfires a major disaster. The fires have destroyed 180 square miles in California's wine country where mass evacuations are underway. The fires have killed at least 15 people with more than 150 others missing and at least 2,000 homes and businesses destroyed.
secret plan or agreement for an unlawful or harmful purpose, especially with political motivation
The euro drops to a three-month low after the declaration is made.
city in and county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States
Allegations of sexual abuse by American film producer Harvey Weinstein
Russia's interference in the 2016 federal elections
The United States men's national soccer team loses 2–1 to Trinidad and Tobago, thus being eliminated from making it to the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Noting the seriousness of the situation, condemns the irresponsibility of the Generalitat of Catalonia in wanting to break the unity of the country, the society and the legality.
General strike taken place in Catalonia the 3rd October of 2017
Kenyan presidential election, October 2017
form of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) where the sample is studied at cryogenic temperatures
American professional tennis player (born 1980)
third major version of the SpaceX Falcon 9 orbital launch vehicle
DeAndre Harris, a black man beaten by white supremacists during the Unite the Right rally, turns himself in to Charlottesville after he is served an arrest warrant for an alleged attack on a white supremacist during the same rally.
Yahoo! reports that all three billion of its accounts were hacked in the August 2013 data theft.
A suicide bomber kills at least 15 people in Kabul.
district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Legal challenges to the Trump travel ban
Skanska USA implodes the Old Kosciuszko Bridge in New York City after 78 years of connecting Brooklyn and Queens.
A Mexican military Bell 412 model helicopter crashes northeast of the town of El Salto in the mountainous state of Durango, seriously injuring one military member aboard and likely killing seven others.
involves an elevated incidence of violent and non-violent crimes
Researchers discover a vulnerability in the WPA2 protocol, leaving devices running Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, iOS, Android, Linux and OpenBSD operating systems vulnerable to attack over wireless connections.
events in a specific year or time period
provisional release from prison, with certain conditions such as probation in some states
two or four wheeled convertible carriage with one bench for two passengers, controlled from the seat. Primarily for casual rides and leisure
urban neighborhood in the city of Havana, Cuba
lower house of the United States Congress
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I
In a reciprocal action of retaliation, the Turkish mission in the United States suspends all non-immigration visa services in the country, via a reversed-role copy of the U.S.
The Syrian Democratic Forces carry out a deal to evacuate dozens of ISIL militants from Raqqa to Deir ez-Zor.
insurgency in the Mindanao region of the Philippines
This will be the Dodgers' first World Series appearance since 1988.
founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China
American web portal and online service provider
global campaign for the abolition of all nuclear weapons (Winner of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize)
Date: 20 February 2014 – present (8 years, 11 months, 1 week and 1 day)
protected area for flora, fauna or features of geological interest
attack against two United States government facilities in Benghazi, Libya
The government of Catalonia declares that the "yes"-to-independence-vote has won a landslide victory.
Mosiychuk, political scientist Vitaliy Bala and a woman are injured.
Several more died in the rescue efforts.
Date: 11 April 2002 – present (20 years, 9 months)
former wife of American football player O. J. Simpson
chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Netherlands
landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia
taking or attempting to take something of value by force or threat of force or by putting the victim in fear
county seat of Riverside County, California, United States
Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean
It took a record 225 days of negotiations to form the government composed of VVD, D66, CDA and CU.
family of computer operating systems developed by Microsoft
independent city in Virginia, United States
The U.S. Mission in Turkey suspends all non-immigration visa services in the country citing security concerns.
capital of the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon
planning area and residential town in Singapore
American film producer Harvey Weinstein (including Pulp Fiction, Clerks, The Crying Game, and Sex, Lies, and Videotape) answers allegations made by a report in The New York Times that he had settled eight sexual harassment claims made over three decades.
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
68th season of FIA Formula One World Championship
ongoing crisis occurring in the country of Yemen
use of power by government officials for illegitimate private gain
The U.S. House of Representatives passes legislation (Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act) which would criminalize abortions made 20 weeks into a pregnancy, except for cases endangering the mother's life, rape, or incest.
men's national association football team representing Kosovo
Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region
Hurricane Nate weakens to a tropical storm, and causes flooding and power outages in Mississippi and Alabama.
King Salman of Saudi Arabia visits Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Moscow Kremlin. They discuss oil prices and the Syrian Civil War.
Bruce Arena resigns as manager of the United States men's national soccer team following the failure of the team to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the first time the U.S. has failed to qualify for a FIFA World Cup since 1986.
agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services
A tunnel under construction at North Korea's nuclear test site collapses, killing as many as 200 workers.
specialised agency of the United Nations for meteorology
Maltese journalist and blogger (1964-2017)
spaceflight-related events during the year of 2017
cape on the Atlantic coast of Florida in the United States
sovereign state in northern South America
At least 350,000 people attend a rally in Barcelona to oppose Catalan independence.
American automotive, energy storage and solar power company
Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group
The death toll from an outbreak of plague in Madagascar nears 100.
Thirty-thousand North Korean rocket propelled grenades are seized off the coast of Egypt by American forces after being purchased by Egyptian business executives for $23 million (E£406 million/₩20 billion).
Prime Minister of Spain Mariano Rajoy dissolves the Parliament of Catalonia, dismisses the Government of Catalonia and calls a regional election for December 21.
head of government of the U.S. commonwealth of Puerto Rico
He was the first non-Arab president of Iraq.
body or assembly of representatives composed for the purpose of drafting or adopting a constitution
history and listing of economic sanctions imposed on North Korea
group of autonomous, Japanese multinational companies
The Senate of Spain votes to permit direct rule according to article 155 of the Spanish Constitution.
independence referendum in Catalonia, 1 October 2017
planetary-mass object in hydrostatic equilibrium but which has not cleared its neighborhood
rapid flooding of low-lying areas, often caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm, hurricane, tropical storm, or melt water from ice or snow
Rajoy had wanted dialogue after reassurances that the independence bid was dropped.
political and economic union of 27 European states
The Latino Victory Fund withdraws an anti–Ed Gillespie political advertisement because of scenes which loosely resemble a recent terror attack in New York City.
Unnamed White House officials believe White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly's personal cellphone was hacked, possibly since December 2016.
revenue service of the United States federal government
transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Southeastern Europe
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy warns Catalonian President Carles Puigdemont that the region's autonomy will be suspended if he fails to drop the Catalonian government's bid for secession by 10:00 a.m. CEST (08:00 a.m. GMT).
diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Thailand and the United States of America
person who is held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict
Chief spokesman for the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
A round of the 2017 World Rally Championship
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and de facto leader of China
Wildfires in Spain and Portugal kill at least 31 people, which were worsened by strong winds brought by Hurricane Ophelia.
second most important position in Saudi Arabia, second to the King
In Nicaragua, flooding from Tropical Storm Nate, kills at least fifteen people. In Costa Rica, the storm kills at least seven people with fifteen missing.
More than a dozen wildfires around Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma, and Yuba counties in California, kill at least ten people, destroy at least 1500 homes and businesses, and force 20 thousand people to evacuate. The Governor of California, Jerry Brown, declares a state of emergency.
Incidents involving multiple victims of firearms, not including robbery or familicide
elite military unit of Syria's military, responsible for government and capital security
outbreaks of plague in Madagascar during the 21st century
The head of the United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority Andrew Bailey admits to meeting oil giant Saudi Aramco over a potential £1.5 trillion listing on the London Stock Exchange. The regulator has been criticised for proposing changes to listing rules to accommodate sovereign-owned companies.
automobile propelled by an electric motor using energy stored in rechargeable batteries
ethnic and religious persecution of the Rohingya people by the Government of Myanmar
The IDF destroys a partly-completed tunnel from the Gaza Strip border near the town of Khan Yunis that crossed into Israeli territory, killing seven Hamas militants. Several more died in the rescue efforts.
Burundi becomes the first country to leave the International Criminal Court amid accusations the government committed crimes against humanity, including torture of political opponents.
Two suicide bombers attack a police station in the Al-Midan neighbourhood of Damascus, killing at least 15 people.
October 2017 Kenyan presidential election
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
head of an autonomous region in northern Iraq
Constitution of the Chinese Communist Party
military armed forces of the Kingdom of Spain
The Congressional Gold Medal is awarded to Filipino American veterans of World War II more than 70 years after the end of that war.
specific contagious and frequently fatal human disease caused by Yersinia pestis
Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise
ISIL releases video footage of two alleged Russian soldiers it captured. However, Russia denies the claims.
passing of traits to offspring from its parents or ancestor
Authorities name the shooter, who killed himself before police arrived at his room in the Mandalay Bay casino and hotel, as 64-year-old Nevada resident Stephen Paddock. Police find 23 guns in Paddock's hotel room, and 19 more at his Mesquite, Nevada, home.
Branch of the Islamic State operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan
television-related events in the USA during 2017
field of biology that examines periodic (cyclic) phenomena in living organisms
United States men's national soccer team
A spokesperson for the group says they are cooperating with the Special Counsel's team.
one of the Unified Combatant Commands of the United States Armed Forces
Peanuts featured the characters Snoopy and Charlie Brown.
deadliest terrorist attack in the history of Somalia and Africa
Four people (three military conscripts and a train passenger) are killed and four conscripts are injured after a passenger train collides with an off-road military truck in Raseborg, Finland.
Pope Francis announces a special assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region. The synod is planned for October of 2019.
German police find guns and ammunition in a raid on suspected Islamist militants.
American former political consultant, lobbyist, and convicted felon
The Philippines Armed Forces declares an end to military operations in the southern city of Marawi after 5 months of fighting.
president of Argentina from 2007 to 2015, vicepresident of Argentina
Boy Scouts of America membership policies
King Felipe VI addresses a message to the Nation in an exceptional speech, since it has only happened five times in 40 years of democracy amid the escalation of tension Catalonia is suffering. Noting the seriousness of the situation, condemns the irresponsibility of the Generalitat of Catalonia in wanting to break the unity of the country, the society and the legality.
county in northwestern California, United States
Italian far-left terrorist group founded in 1976 and disbanded three years later, during the "Years of Lead"
U.S. national anthem protests (2016–present)
major data breaches which occurred at Yahoo!
President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
King Salman of Saudi Arabia visits Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Moscow Kremlin.
58th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
rail transportation company in central Japan (Tokai)
crisis over the eligibility of members of the Parliament of Australia over citizenship
Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
The Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament now has to redistribute the authorities of the presidency.
At least 19 people are killed and 16 others are injured when a bus skids off the road in the Dhading District and falls into the Trishuli River in central Nepal.
to resume its refugee program, with a 90-day review period for 11 countries identified as "high risk".
family of Russian military transport helicopters
In an unprecedented move, Kenya's presidential aspirant, Raila Odinga, pulls out of a repeat presidential election just 15 days before the election. This action comes after the supreme court nullified the elections run on August 8 as being unconstitutional.
Voters in Argentina go to the polls to elect half of the members of the Chamber of Deputies and Senate.
Islamist group Al-Shabaab claims responsibility.
rules governing federal computers now ban installation of Kaspersky Lab software.
prevention of unauthorized access or damage to computers or data using wireless networks, which include Wi-Fi networks
Voters in Kyrgyzstan go to the polls to elect a new president, with current president Almazbek Atambayev constitutionally barred from seeking a second term in office.
part of a general compulsion for national military service for all adult males
Wikipedia article covering multiple topics
So far, there have been 911 cases recorded.
doctrine that advocates that every citizen, including those in government, is subject to the law
city in and county seat of New Castle County, Delaware, United States
The Iraqi Army fully retakes the city of Hawija in the Kirkuk Governorate from ISIL.
According to the signatories of the deal, the PNA will take administrative control of the Gaza Strip, and, along with Hamas, police its borders.
capital and largest city of Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria
Prime Minister of Spain Mariano Rajoy dissolves the Parliament of Catalonia, dismisses the Government of Catalonia and calls a regional election for December 21. He also fires the police chief, announces the takeover of regional ministries by national ministries and closes overseas representations of Catalonia.
northernmost part of the U.S. state of Florida
Monday, October 2, the day following the shooting, is now the saddest officially recorded day on Twitter, according to the Hedonometer, which has been measuring happiness since 2008. The increased use of negative words such as "shooting" and "gun" after the shooting resulted in a score of 5.77 on the 9-point scale, where one indicates pure sadness and nine indicates pure happiness.
a political theory attributed to Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
quasi-governmental agency in the United Kingdom
Harvey Weinstein sexual misconduct allegations
unmanned reconnaissance and strike aircraft built by General Atomics
The entrance to the computer was speculated to have possibly been through an installed Kaspersky Lab antivirus.
insurance that covers the whole or a part of the risk of a person incurring medical and healthcare expenses
The discovery of an asteroid with a record high eccentricity, A/2017 U1, is announced.
(Official site of the Kazakh presidency)
Six crew from a German ship are kidnapped in Nigerian waters.
Canada's left-leaning New Democratic Party elects Jagmeet Singh its leader.
someone who explores methods for breaching defenses and exploiting weaknesses in a computer system or network; mainly practiced by younger computer enthusiasts out of personal interest
Steel wire products did not meet the specifications requested by customers.
strike action in which a substantial proportion of the total labour force in a city, region, or country participates
bilateral relationship between Russia and the United States
president of Kyrgyzstan from 2017 to 2020
city in the region of Uusimaa in Finland
U.S. federal statute also known as Obamacare
executive department of the U.S. federal government
southernmost part of the island of Manhattan in New York City, United States
clandestine acquisition of confidential information
self-governing Palestinian territory next to Egypt and Israel
Date: 4 October 2017 11:40 to 14:58 (local time)
The United States Africa Command sends a team to Niger to investigate an October 4 ambush which killed four U.S. soldiers.
American internet company (2017–present)
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
George Papadopoulos, who worked as a foreign policy adviser for the Trump campaign, is also revealed to have plead guilty on October 5 to making false statements to FBI agents about contacts that he had with the Russian government during the campaign.
anyone who actively carries out the interests of a foreign country
The Iraqi Army and allied paramilitary fighters storm the ISIL-held city of Hawija in the Kirkuk Governorate.
2017 conflict between the Philippine government and the Maute Group
landmark U.S. civil rights and labor law
Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1994—2011)
beachfront city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
Palestinian Sunni-Islamist organization that governs the Gaza strip, with an associated military wing. The group is recognized as a terrorist organization.
governing body of the Russian Armed Forces
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
armed conflict between the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and the Israel Defense Forces
use of excessive force by a police officer
List of World Rally Championship Drivers' champions
men's national association football team representing Iceland
"lesser" criminal act in some common law legal systems
Canadian politician, leader of the New Democratic Party
Approximately 180 people have been killed in bombing attacks this week.
Pakistani forces rescue Canadian Joshua Boyle, American Caitlan Coleman, and their family, in the Kurram Valley.
American conservative cable television news channel
season-ending championship in women's tennis
U.S.-based credit reporting agency Equifax discloses that 15.2 million United Kingdom records were compromised in its May–July 2017 data breach.
open-source operating system for mobile devices created by Google
A car mounts the pedestrian sidewalk near the Natural History Museum on Exhibition Road, and injures 11 people.
election to Chamber of Deputies of the Czech parliament
vehicle-ramming attack in New York City on October 31, 2017
A train hits a bus on a crossing in Vladimir, Russia, killing at least 19 people on the bus.
Alleged Russian government-backed hackers stole highly classified U.S. cyber secrets in 2015 from the National Security Agency after a contractor put information on his home computer. The entrance to the computer was speculated to have possibly been through an installed Kaspersky Lab antivirus. U.S. rules governing federal computers now ban installation of Kaspersky Lab software.
19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China
left-wing Chavista political alliance in Venezuela
ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria since 2011
gas in an atmosphere of a planet (usually Earth) that absorbs and emits radiation within the thermal infrared range and causes the greenhouse effect
A doctrinal meeting of Catholic bishops from South America, held in 2019
Fighting continues to the north and east of the city as Iraqi troops continue anti-ISIL operations in the Hawija District.
overview of the economy of the United Kingdom
President Donald Trump signs an executive order which allows U.S.
Pope Francis announces a special assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region.
The scandal now affects about 500 customer companies.
The Peruvian Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Administration, through the Ministry of Justice, appoints a new head to the Direction of Presidential Graces, which is believed to be a first step towards granting a pardon to 79-year-old former president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), although President Kuczynski has denied it.
constituent country of the United Kingdom
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy warns Catalonian President Carles Puigdemont that the region's autonomy will be suspended if he fails to drop the Catalonian government's bid for secession by 10:00 a.m.
interim government in Western Asia, governing West Bank Areas A and B since 1994 and, until 2006, the Gaza Strip
legislative body of the province of Quebec, Canada
The United States Congress now has 60 days to decide whether to lift the sanctions relief, possibly breaching the agreement.
Kosambi, Tangerang Regency, Banten, Indonesia
capital and most populous city of Russia
intelligence's conclusion that both attempted to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election on behalf of the Russian government.
Indonesia arrests nine with alleged Islamic State links.
official currency of the United Kingdom and other territories
45th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (2017-2021)
A Minotaur-C rocket launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and deploys 10 commercial Earth-imaging satellites for Planet Labs.
federal territory of Australia, containing the capital city, Canberra
inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled
biotechnology to deliver genetic material into a cell
diplomatic relations between North Korea and Russia
ban on proprietary trading by commercial banks, whereby deposits are used to trade on the bank's own accounts, although a number of exceptions to this ban were included in the Dodd-Frank law
Police kill the suspect and are treating the attack as a terrorist incident.
As had been previously reported on October 9, Japan's third-biggest steelmaker, Kobe Steel, now admits to further falsification of product data.
Clashes have been reported in the surrounding cities.
standard form of the Hebrew language spoken today mainly in Israel
Voters in Iceland go to the polls to elect 63 members of the Althing.
American drive-in fast food restaurant chain
capital city and smallest province of Indonesia
Burundi has accused the ICC of deliberately targeting Africans for prosecution.
non-cellular, submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism
He says southeast Louisiana should prepare for a "direct hit" this weekend.
Date: 9 October 2016 – present (6 years, 3 months, 2 weeks and 4 days)
ethnic group inhabiting the Horn of Africa
Two car bombs kill at least 25 people, mostly police officers, near the national theater area in Mogadishu, Somalia, two weeks after a similar attack killed hundreds.
citizens or residents of the United States of America
In Nicaragua, flooding from Tropical Storm Nate, kills at least fifteen people.
city in Clark County, Nevada, United States
Japan's third-biggest steelmaker, Kobe Steel, admits to falsification of product data.
A Saudi national opens fire at the Al-Salam Royal Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing two guards and injuring three others. Security guards shoot and kill the gunman.
division of Amazon.com that develops movies, television shows and comics
light-duty truck with an enclosed cab and an open cargo area
President Donald Trump orders others to be withheld citing national security concerns.
They arrested the driver but later released him.
45 mi north of Mosul, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq
Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer
U.S. President Donald Trump chooses not to certify that Iran complies with the 2015 agreement.
2017 Kobe Steel falsification of data scandal
Spanish bank owned by La Caixa Foundation
While initially thought to be a comet, it is now considered an asteroid.
Young women may join as full members of the Boy Scouts and earn the highest rank of Eagle Scout beginning in 2019.
The documents were scheduled for release today in a 1992 law.
delay or suspension of an activity or a law
capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
conflict among rival groups seeking to control of the territory of Libya
National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
Chinese Communist Party conference held every five years
Multiple Democratic recipients of Weinstein's political donations give the funds to women's charities.
Burundi becomes the first country to leave the International Criminal Court amid accusations the government committed crimes against humanity, including torture of political opponents. Burundi has accused the ICC of deliberately targeting Africans for prosecution.
sixth director of the FBI; American attorney
successful 2016 US presidential campaign
Sixteen members of the Egyptian Police have died in a clash with Islamic militants from the Hasm Movement.
Prime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018
withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union
basic physical and functional unit of heredity
American science fiction author (1928–1982)
U.S. federal executive department in charge of law enforcement
It is the first successful mission for the Minotaur-C, formerly known as Taurus, since 2004.
President Donald Trump signs an executive order allowing the sale of health insurance plans that are exempt from some Obamacare regulations including purchases effective across state lines.
census-designated place (CDP) in Harford County, Maryland, United States
Ecuadorian electrical engineer, politician; Vicepresident of Ecuador
In the town of Janaúba, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, a recently dismissed security guard set fire to a childcare center, killing at least four children and a teacher and leaving 25 others, mostly children aged four and five, injured.
upper house of the United States Congress
discipline of economy studying the effects of psychological, cognitive, emotional, cultural and social factors on decisions
city in Bedford County, Tennessee, United States
Major League Baseball franchise in Houston, Texas
The human rights group, Physicians for Human Rights, accuses Russia and the Syrian government of mounting the "worst string of attacks" on hospitals in Syria since April despite an agreement on "de-escalation" zones, saying it believes either Russian or Syrian government jets were behind at least five air raids on three hospitals in September in rebel-held Idlib province.
one of the three constitutive nations of Bosnia and Herzegovina
President of Kazakhstan from 1990 to 2019
part of the United Kingdom situated on the island of Ireland
List of Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics
List of battles and other violent events by death toll
Saudi crown prince and Minister of Defense (born 1985)
Date: 6 September 2017 – 1 June 2018 (8 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
kidnapping in Ghazni Province of Afghanistan
Date: 7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021 (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
List of United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning North Korea
Further, this technique utilizing adeno-associated virus as a vector may, in the future, be used for the treatment of heart disease and also mutations other than LCA, including some cancers.
The death toll grows to 23 people with 285 people still missing.
Footage released by Saba News Agency appears to show crowds gathering around the wreckage of an aircraft.
American cartoonist, known for creating the comic strip, "Peanuts"
countries and regions where English is used
The suspect, Radee Labeeb Prince, flees to neighboring Delaware, where he allegedly shoots a man in Wilmington hours later, before his capture in Newark.
armed conflict involving Pakistan and armed militant groups
writing system developed in Bulgaria and used for various languages of Eurasia
Two women charged with the assassination of Kim Jong-nam plead not guilty in a Malaysian court because they thought it was a TV prank. Kim Jong-nam was the eldest son of deceased North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and the half-brother of current North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
policies regarding immigration of the Trump administration
An explosion in a fireworks plant located west of the Indonesian capital Jakarta kills at least 47 and injures 35.
President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992
law providing for storage and release of U.S. federal records about the Kennedy assassination
Roughly bounded by Pacific Ave., Market St., Jackson St. and right of way of Dallas Right of Way Management Company, Dallas, Texas
Ecuador's Supreme Court orders that Vice President Jorge Glas be jailed for his alleged acceptance of bribes from the Odebrecht construction company.
Slovenian Politician, former Prime Minister, current President, born 1963
United States energy plan from President Obama
street in South Kensington, London, England
It's the third time when a Falcon 9 first stage is re-used.
Leader of the Chinese Communist Party between 1945 and 1982
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha meets with U.S.
men's national association football team representing the USA
urge to continuously gamble despite harmful negative consequences or a desire to stop
information office documenting human rights abuses in the Syrian Civil War
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Ellen S. Huvelle awards Amir Mirza Hekmati, a U.S. Marine who was imprisoned in Iran as a falsely accused CIA spy, a default judgment of $63 million for his ordeal.
a yearly award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who conferred the most outstanding contributions for mankind in the field of physics
Nearly 3,000 files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 have been released, while U.S. President Donald Trump orders others to be withheld citing national security concerns. The documents were scheduled for release today in a 1992 law.
place that limits cooperation with national immigration law
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
hospital of the University of California, Los Angeles at Santa Monica, C.A. United States
Along West Street in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
2017 edition of the World Rally Championship
city in New Castle County, Delaware, United States
company working on balloons that provide internet access
baseball league, part of Major League Baseball
protests in Russia between March 2017 and October 2018 against Vladimir Putin's policies
Among the property damage from the wildfires in California is the Santa Rosa home of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz; his widow was evacuated Monday.
death of Argentine demonstrator Santiago Maldonado
human rights violations in the Philippines
organ that detects light and converts it into electro-chemical impulses in neurons
city and county seat of Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
Date: 3 July 2013 – present (9 years, 6 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
King Felipe VI addresses a message to the Nation in an exceptional speech, since it has only happened five times in 40 years of democracy amid the escalation of tension Catalonia is suffering.
institution under which Catalonia self-government is organized, actually as an autonomous community of Spain
overview of political matters in the United States of America
social-liberal political party in the Netherlands
London police believe the incident is not terror related.
Paul Manafort and Rick Gates surrender to the FBI after both are indicted on multiple charges stemming from the investigation into the Donald Trump presidential campaign's possible associations with the Russian government.
head of state and head of government of the United States of America
Governor Jerry Brown signs legislation to make California a sanctuary state.
one of alternative forms of the same gene
Some players throughout the National Football League hold demonstrations before or during the U.S.
Since August 1, another round of pneumonic, bubonic, and septicemic plague spreads in Madagascar, killing at least 45 people.
Cambiemos, the national government coalition led by president Mauricio Macri, got a clear victory in the four most populated provinces and the city of Buenos Aires.
city in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States
voting requirement above 50% for passage
2017 Kenya presidential, legislative and gubernatorial elections
The President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta wins with a 98% majority following an opposition boycott.
municipality and capital of Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala
Deloitte disputes the story, saying "very few" clients were affected.
A Russian Mi-8 helicopter crashes into the sea off Svalbard with eight people reported missing.
fast-food chain operator Sonic Drive-In may have had a malware attack at some of its drive-in outlets and may have allowed hackers to access customers’ debit and credit card information.
an unofficial title of the top leader of China, usually the General Secretary or Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party
office of the President of the United States in the White House
largest city in Pennsylvania, United States
Kelly was Secretary of Homeland Security from January 20 to July 31, 2017, when he moved to his current position.
70% of the kingdom is made up of residents under the age of 30 who welcome the idea of new reforms.
rallying championship series, highest level of rallying competition
Two suicide bomber attacks, one on a Shia mosque in Kabul and one on a Sunni mosque in Ghor Province, kill approximately 60 people.
A search and rescue operation is underway.
Period of formation of tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific Ocean in 2017
government agencies and large corporations.
China's leader and Party General Secretary Xi Jinping addresses more than 2,000 delegates in Beijing.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte presents his third cabinet.
The draft was supposed to be the EU's answer to the United States' Volcker Rule.
country in Northwestern Europe with territories in the Caribbean
series of tournaments to decide which teams will play in the 21st FIFA World Cup
Date: August 14, 2016–ongoing (6 years, 5 months, 1 week and 6 days)
SpaceX reusable launch system development program
all about SpaceX reusable launch system development program
A shooting on the campus of the University of Utah leaves one student dead.
group of traditionalist Christian church fellowships
vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
2017 National League Championship Series
48th edition of Major League Baseball's National League Championship Series
Nicolás Maduro's political oppression on the opposition
president of the United States from 1961 to 1963
A group of civil society organizations, "among them groups working on human rights, youth and drug policy reform," have demanded that Apple Inc.
termination of a pregnancy in the United States
island sovereign state in the West Indies
articles contain multiple alphabets of Kazakh language
United States Secretary of Homeland Security
head of the United States Department of Homeland Security
2017 attack on Nigerien and US soldiers by Islamist militants in Tongo Tongo, Niger
The Fatah-controlled Palestinian National Authority (PNA), along with Israel, currently govern the West Bank.
Date: 6 April 1992 – 14 December 1995 (3 years, 8 months, 1 week and 6 days)
ring of cosmic dust orbiting an astronomical object
cyber secrets in 2015 from the National Security Agency after a contractor put information on his home computer.
and Syrian Arab Red Crescent interagency convoy brings food and medical aid to 40,000 people on the verge of starvation in the towns of Kafr Batna and Saqba in the Eastern Ghouta suburb of Damascus for the first time since June 2016.
Food and Drug Administration unanimously vote that the benefits of the gene replacement treatment made by Spark Therapeutics of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, called voretigene neparvovec (trade name, Luxturna), which treats Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA), a form of hereditary blindness, outweigh its risks.
The event coincided with a short gamma ray burst GRB 170817A detected by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, leading to SSS17a, the immediate follow-up observations by the Hubble Space Telescope and numerous ground-based telescopes.
Prime Minister of New Zealand (2017–2023)
Police in Chimaltenango, Guatemala capture Ángel Gabriel Reyes Marroquin, a leader of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, street gang.
The regional police and media will also be under its control.
List of Congressional Gold Medal recipients
A knife-wielding man at Saint Charles train station in Marseille, France, kills two women.
This confirms the theory according to which neutron star mergers are the cause of at least some short gamma-ray bursts.
Police find 23 guns in Paddock's hotel room, and 19 more at his Mesquite, Nevada, home.
1700 Stadium Rd., Charlottesville, Virginia
An apparent ambush in Niger near the Malian border leaves three U.S. Special Forces soldiers and five Nigerien soldiers dead during a joint patrol.
Kurdish autonomous Region in northern Iraq
Opinion polls predict that the independent incumbent Borut Pahor will retain the largely ceremonial role despite being challenged by noted actor and comedian Marjan Šarec.
energy usage that meets the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations
In April 2009, a three-judge panel had sentenced Fujimori for acts of corruption, human rights violations, and various others crimes.
attack in which the attacker knows they will die
2017 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis
Twitter bans all ads from Russian news agencies RT and Sputnik based on U.S.
international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams
Vedado, Plaza de la Revolución, Havana, Cuba
Around 10 Taliban fighters also died in the attack.
city in and county seat of Sonoma County, California, United States
commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, the second largest city of France
Next January, this law will prevent police from inquiring about immigration status during routine interactions, and will reduce law enforcement cooperation with U.S. immigration officers.
Security guards shoot and kill the gunman.
ground force component of the Iraqi Armed Forces
capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala
United States civil space and aeronautics agency
businessperson who exchanges stocks, bonds and other such financial instruments
Marseille-Saint-Charles station, Marseille, France
The Boy Scouts of America announces that girls may join as full members of the Cub Scouts beginning in 2018.
Consulate General of the United States, Istanbul
area which receives protection because of its recognized natural, ecological, or cultural values
official rule or ruling prohibiting something generally, or forbidding someone to do something others can do
primary national police force in Afghanistan
therapeutic approach that involves inserting nucleic acids into the patient's cells
Monday, October 2, the day following the shooting, is now the saddest officially recorded day on Twitter, according to the Hedonometer, which has been measuring happiness since 2008.
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
criminal trial decided October 3, 1995 in United States
any crime that involves a computer and a network
Employment discrimination law in the United States
writing system used to write most Western and Central European languages
sudden stop in effective blood flow due to the failure of the heart to contract effectively
ongoing political conflict over Catalan independence
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II procurement
Wikimedia list of persons by position held
29, due to the alleged failure of Cuba to take appropriate steps to protect American personnel against the mysterious health attacks.
The treatment, which targets a specific disease-causing mutation, is designed to treat individuals who have two mutated copies of a gene called RPE65 and consists of a virus injected into the eye loaded with a normal copy of the RPE65 gene.
About four percent of the aluminum and copper products that it shipped from September 2016 to August 2017 were falsely labeled as meeting the specifications requested by 200 customers, including Toyota Motor Corp, Central Japan Railway Company, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mazda Motor Corp, and Subaru Corp.
ongoing war in Eastern Europe since 2014
Links between Trump associates and Russian officials
overview of the links between Trump associates and Russian officials
head of state of the RSFSR (office established in 1991) and Russia
2017 American League Championship Series
48th edition of Major League Baseball's American League Championship Series
drone strike in June along with her 12-year-old son while they were fleeing Raqqa in Syria.
Russian opposition leader and hopeful presidential candidate Alexei Navalny is sentenced in Moscow to 20 days detention for organizing unauthorized public meetings.
countryside and suburban area in southwestern Syria
The two men—who respectively served as manager and deputy manager of the campaign from March to August 2016—are being charged on twelve counts, which include conspiracy against the U.S., money laundering and failing to register as foreign agents.
Date: 30 December 2013 – 9 December 2017 (3 years, 11 months, 1 week and 2 days)
Date: 20 September – 8 October 2017 (2 weeks and 4 days)