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September 8, 2017
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2017-09-08
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Arts and culture
Pope Francis pastoral visits
Pope Francis
, responding to
FARC
rebel leader
Rodrigo Londoño's
open letter asking for forgiveness for the suffering the group had inflicted on the country during his talk in
Villavicencio
, urges Colombians skeptical of the
peace deal
to be open to reconciliation.
(Reuters)
(Salem Radio Network)
Disasters and accidents
2017 Chiapas earthquake
Tsunami waves are reported in
Mexico
from the earthquake late yesterday with the biggest wave measuring 2.3 feet (0.70 m).
(Fox News)
The death toll from yesterday's earthquake rises to over 50 people.
(AP)
(AFP via Focus News Agency)
(Sky News)
2017 Atlantic hurricane season
Hurricane Jose
Hurricane Jose intensifies into an "extremely dangerous"
Category 4
hurricane as it nears the northern
Leeward Islands
, according to the
National Hurricane Center
.
(CBS News)
Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Irma's death toll this week is at least 21 people after recently hitting
Cuba
and
The Bahamas
as a
Category 4
storm with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph (250 km/h).
(Reuters)
(National Hurricane Center)
Approximately 5.6 million people in the U.S. states of
Florida
and
South Carolina
have been asked to evacuate.
(Fox News)
(AP)
Hurricane Irma regains category 5 strength just before it makes landfall on
Cuba
's
Camaguey Archipelago
.
(
Washington Post
)
Accidents involving helicopters
A
Duke University
medical helicopter crashes near
Belvidere, North Carolina
, killing four people.
(
Daily Mail
)
A helicopter crashes in
Medford, New Jersey
, leaving two people dead, including singer
Troy Gentry
of
Montgomery Gentry
.
(Sky News)
International relations
Bahrain–United States relations
The
U.S. State Department
has approved a
package of potential arms sales
worth more than USD$ 3.8 billion to the
Kingdom of Bahrain
including
F-16
jets, upgrades, missiles and patrol boats.
(Reuters)
North Korea–Philippines relations
The
Philippines
suspends trade relations with
North Korea
to comply with a recent
United Nations Security Council
resolution over its repeated
missile tests
.
(Reuters)
2017 Qatar diplomatic crisis
Qatar Emir
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Than
telephones
Saudi Arabia Crown Prince
Mohammad bin Salman
to discuss the three-month old crisis.
(Al Jazeera)
U.S. President
Donald Trump
speaks with
Saudi Arabian
,
Emirati
, and
Qatari
leaders emphasizing that unity among
Arab partners
is essential for regional stability and for countering
Iran
's threat.
(
The Hill
)
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Law and crime
Identity theft in the United States
The
U.S. Justice Department
announces
Roman Seleznev
, the son of
Russian parliament
member Valery Seleznev, pleaded guilty in a $50 million
identity theft
probe. This past April, Roman Seleznev was sentenced to 27 years in prison on 38 counts of
hacking crimes
.
(Reuters)
(Sputnik)
Law of Brazil
Brazilian
prosecutor
Rodrigo Janot
files charges in the
Supreme Court
against officials in President
Michel Temer
's
Brazilian Democratic Movement Party
accusing them of forming a criminal organization. Earlier the Court said, next week, it will consider Temer's request to block Janot from issuing further charges.
(Reuters)
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
The
University of California
files a lawsuit against the potential termination of the
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
programme which may affect more than 4,000 students.
(
Los Angeles Times
)
(
Politico
)
Crime in Massachusetts
In
Groton, Massachusetts
, Orion Krause is arrested for killing his mother, grandparents, and a caretaker in their home. Authorities believe the killings were an act of domestic violence.
(Boston CBS)
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