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International relations North Korea and weapons of mass destruction Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, claims that the country is close to developing an intercontinental ballistic missile. (Reuters) Syrian Civil War The United Nations Security Council unanimously votes in favor of the Russian and Turkey -backed ceasefire currently in effect in Syria. (Al Jazeera) 2016 United Nations ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 January 2025. 2017 January February March April May June July August September October November December This article is about the year 2017. For the number, see 2017 (number). For other uses, see 2017 (disambiguation). Clockwise from top-left: the war against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul ; Islamic ...
International relations Israel, Palestine, and the United Nations Israel announces it will withhold $6 million from its annual United Nations dues in protest of the December 23, 2016, Security Council settlement resolution. (UPI) Law and crime Mexican police search for a gunman who shot and wounded a U.S. Consular official in Guadalajara, Jalisco. The victim is in stable condition. (CBS News ...
Law and crime Brazilian police enter the Alcacuz prison outside the city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, after a week of fighting leaves 26 inmates dead. At least 126 people have been killed in Brazil's prisons since the beginning of the year. (AP) Politics and elections 2017 Women's March and Inauguration of Donald Trump protests A crowd of over 500,000 gather in Washington DC, U.S., to ...
Business and economics Consultancy PwC says that global banks with business both in London and on the European continent must plan for a hard Brexit that entails a break with many of the benefits of the Euro system, and a short transition period. (Reuters) International relations Enlargement of the African Union Morocco rejoins the African Union after a 33-year absence, despite opposition from ...
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Business and economics Toilets in Japan Japanese toilet industries agreed to standardize the iconography of electric toilet seat controls in order to make them less confusing for users. (The Japan Times) (BBC) (The Guardian) (Japan Sanitary Equipment Industry Association) Disasters and accidents Search continues for missing firefighters in Tehran's Plasco Building site after the building's ...
Disasters and accidents Operation Car Wash A small plane carrying Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Teori Zavascki crashes into the sea near the tourist town of Paraty in the state of Rio de Janeiro, killing the magistrate and two other people. Zavascki had been handling the politically-charged Operation Car Wash corruption trials. (Reuters) The 17-story Plasco Building collapses after a blaze ...