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October 8, 2017
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2017-10-08
)
(Sunday)
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Disasters and accidents
Rohingya genocide
A
refugee
boat en route to
Bangladesh
from
Myanmar
capsizes, resulting in at least 12 deaths.
(Global News)
2017 Atlantic hurricane season
Hurricane Nate
Hurricane Nate weakens to a tropical storm, and causes flooding and power outages in
Mississippi
and
Alabama
.
(ABC News)
International relations
Turkey–United States relations
The
U.S. Mission
in
Turkey
suspends all non-immigration
visa
services in the country citing security concerns.
(Reuters)
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.
(Reuters)
The
Turkish lira
(TRY) falls 3.2% intraday on worries for
tourism in Turkey
.
(Reuters)
(Bloomberg)
Politics and elections
2017 Spanish constitutional crisis
At least 350,000 people attend a rally in
Barcelona
to oppose
Catalan independence
.
(BBC)
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