Portal:Current events/2017 December 7

December 7, 2017 (Thursday)

International relations

Positions on Jerusalem
- The Czech Republic recognizes West Jerusalem as Israel's capital "in practice". (Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte expresses interest in moving his country's embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. (Haaretz)
Greek–Turkish relations
- The President of Turkey embarks on a two-day state visit of Greece. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's démarche is a first in 65 years. (The Guardian) (Reuters)
European migrant crisis, Treaty on European Union
- The European Commission orders Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary to court over their refusal to incorporate more refugees. This is the third step in a process that may lead to fines and loss of the countries' voting rights in the European Union. (De Standaard) (Die Zeit)
Economic globalization
- Fifteen countries ask the World Trade Organization a mandate to negotiate binding rules on e-commerce, days after India turned down negotiations. (Economic Times)

Law and crime

Same-sex marriage in Australia
- The Parliament of Australia votes to make same-sex marriage legal in Australia. (The Australian)
2017 Aztec High School shooting
- Three people, including the gunman, are killed in a school shooting at Aztec High School in New Mexico. (MSN)
2016–17 purges in Turkey
- Peoples’ Democratic Party’s co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş remains behind bars until the next hearing, scheduled for February 14, 2018. He risks 142 years in prison. (Turkey Purge)
Aftermath of the AMIA bombing
- In a 491-page ruling, a court indicts former President of Argentina Cristina Fernández for treason and orders for her arrest for "trying to cover up Iran's possible role in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center that killed 85 people". Former foreign affairs minister Héctor Timerman is also concerned. Both have previously denied wrongdoing. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

2017 United States political sexual scandals
- United States Senator Al Franken announces that he will resign "in the coming weeks" amid sexual harassment allegations. (Time)
- Arizona Congressman Trent Franks announces that he will resign on January 31, 2018. This announcement comes after two of his employees filed a complaint about his conduct, and the House Ethics Committee opened a sexual harassment investigation. (Fox News)
Nepalese legislative election, 2017
- Voters in Nepal go to the polls for the second round of a historic legislative election. The turnout is 67%, up from 65% in the first round. (Foreign Affairs) (Economic Times)
Cabinet of Germany
- The Social Democratic Party congress votes to start talks on "whether and in what form" to support a new federal government. (The Washington Post)
Politics of Poland
- Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło resigns just hours after surviving an opposition no-confidence motion. She will be replaced by Finance Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, according to the ruling Law and Justice party. (BBC)

Sports

UEFA Euro 2020
- Eurostadium in Brussels, Belgium, is unselected as a host for the UEFA Euro 2020 football competition, ceding its place for group stage matches to Wembley Stadium in London, England. Prime Minister of Belgium Charles Michel says the city made the error of wanting to build a stadium outside its territory. (voetbalnieuws.be) (VRT)