Portal:Current events/2017 September 12

September 12, 2017 (Tuesday)

Arts and culture

2016 United States presidential election
- Hillary Clinton releases the book What Happened, a memoir about her most recent presidential campaign. Clinton has implied that she may not run again in 2020. (CNN)

International relations

Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
- The United States Department of Justice has requested Moscow-based Russian media channel RT America to register as a foreign lobbying firm in the United States. (The Hill)
Russia–Turkey relations
- President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan affirms Turkey has paid a deposit on the purchase of Russian S-400 missile systems. (Hürriyet)

Law and crime

Law of California
- California Governor Jerry Brown signs a bill that will protect all California residents, regardless of their immigration status, from unnecessary detention and questioning; similar to those ordinances in sanctuary cities. (Los Angeles Times)
Executive Order 13780, Asylum in the United States
- The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Trump administration can block international refugees from entering the United States. (Reuters)
Terrorism in Spain
- The Sagrada Família basilica in Barcelona is evacuated due to an anti-terrorism operation. (AP)
Terrorism in the Philippines
- In an unconfirmed video, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant instructs its followers to go and fight in the Philippines instead of the Middle East. (NBC)

Politics and elections

2017 Singaporean presidential election
- Halimah Yacob is elected as the first female president of Singapore as the sole candidate in the upcoming elections. (The New York Times)
Politics of the Philippines
- Philippine senators call for Justice secretary Vitaliano Aguirre to resign. (Philippine Canadian Inquirer)
- The House of Representatives of the Philippines approves a bill that limits the budget of the Commission on Human Rights to only ₱1,000 (US$20). (Rappler) (BBC)
Politics of Washington (state)
- Seattle mayor Ed Murray announces his resignation after allegations surface that he sexually abused five teenagers in the 1970s and 80s. (The Seattle Times)
2017 Norwegian parliamentary election
- The right-wing coalition led by Erna Solberg wins its second term in office in the Norwegian parliamentary election held late yesterday. (BBC News)
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
- Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accuses the Burmese government of "atrocities" against the Rohingya people and calls for these alleged atrocities to stop. (The Indian Express)

Science and technology

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