PORTAL:CURRENT EVENTS 2017 SEPTEMBER 13

September 13, 2017 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Afghanistan
- A suicide bombing occurs at a checkpoint near the Kabul International Cricket Stadium in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing at least three people and injuring five. (Reuters)
- The United States Senate blocks an amendment to the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act that would have repealed the war authorizations for the use of force in Iraq and Afghanistan. (CNBC)

Business and economy

Antivirus software
- United States Homeland Security bans Kaspersky Lab products from government computers due to fears they could be coerced into sharing information with the Russian government. (Gizmodo)

International relations

Law and crime

Politics of Texas
- The United States Supreme Court confirms (5–4) a temporary stay of a lower court ruling which would have required Texas to undergo new redistricting of congressional districts with large Hispanic and African American populations. The ruling was made in advance of a formal hearing on the gerrymandering case, Abbott v. Perez, which has no scheduled hearing date yet. (Politico), (The Houston Chronicle)
Law of Israel
- The Supreme Court of Israel strikes down the exemption on the conscription of ultra-Orthodox Jews. (The Los Angeles Times)
Crime in New York
- Former businessman Martin Shkreli has his bail revoked for threatening former politician Hillary Clinton, after Shkreli posted on Twitter that he would offer $5,000 to anyone who could directly obtain a lock of Clinton's hair. Shkreli was convicted of fraud in August and is awaiting sentencing. (CNN)

Politics and elections

State of the Union (European Union)
- President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, holds his annual State of the European Union speech in Strasbourg. (Reuters)
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
- In an official dinner hosted by the United States President, Donald Trump and leaders of the Democratic party Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi agree to fix DACA but disagree with the details, with Trump denying on Twitter the following day that a deal had been made which excluded funding for his proposed wall on the Mexico–United States border. (CNN)
Catalan independence referendum, 2017
- Spanish Attorney General, José Manuel Maza, imputes 700 Catalan mayors for their role in the banned independence referendum. (BBC)

Science and technology

Galápagos tortoise
- Scientists hope to revive the extinct Floreana island tortoise using a 'genetically-informed' captive breeding program with the tortoises closest ancestors. (Phys.org)

Sports

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