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Petya's ransom note displayed on a compromised system

Cyberattacks on Ukraine spread a new variant of the Petya malware (ransom note pictured) around the world and cause severe disruptions.
An anti-government coalition uses a police helicopter to attack the Supreme Tribunal of Justice and the Interior Ministry of Venezuela.
In sailing, the America's Cup concludes with Emirates Team New Zealand defeating Oracle Team USA.
An oil truck explosion in Ahmedpur East, Pakistan, kills at least 190 people and injures more than 140 others.
The World Health Organization estimates that 200,000 people in Yemen have been infected with cholera.

July 8, 2017 (Saturday)

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July 7, 2017 (Friday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Sinai insurgency
- Masked militants attack an Egyptian Army checkpoint in a village south of Rafah, North Sinai Governorate, killing at least 23 soldiers, including a high-ranking special forces colonel. (The Guardian)

Arts and culture

UNESCO declares the old city of Hebron, and the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank as world heritage sites. (BBC)

Business and economy

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. agrees to pay USD$9 billion to buy the parent of Texas power transmission company Oncor Electric Delivery stepping up its pursuit of steady profits from utilities and infrastructure deals. (Reuters)
Sears, Roebuck & Co. has announced Friday it will be closing eight more of its namesake department stores, as well as thirty five K-Mart locations in addition to the hundred and fifty stores that they had announced in January would be shuttered. CEO Eddie Lampert has stated "This is part of a strategy both to address losses from unprofitable stores and to reduce the square footage of other stores because many of them are simply too big for our current needs." Shares of Sears fell as much as 4.8% on the news. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

A five-story apartment block collapses in the town of Torre Annunziata near the southern Italian city of Naples with six or seven people trapped inside. So far, three have been found dead. (AP)

International relations

2017 G20 Hamburg summit
- Leaders from the Group of Twenty come together at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, including United States President Donald Trump who is set to meet with President of Russia Vladimir Putin. (CNN) (AP)
- The United States, Russia and regional countries have reached a ceasefire deal in southwestern Syria, one of the combat zones in a six-year-old Civil War, a U.S. official said on Friday. United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is expected to provide more details of the deal to reporters in Hamburg, Germany, later on Friday, the official said. (Reuters) (AP)
- Rioting and looting takes place in Altona, Hamburg, particularly in the Elbchaussee area, as police clash with anti-capitalist protesters in the city for a second day. At least 160 police officers are injured and 70 protesters arrested. (The Guardian)
The United Nations votes in favour of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons with 122 in favour, 1 abstention, and 1 against. The treaty conference and negotiations had been boycotted by the nuclear weapon states and by the members of NATO. (Reuters)

Health and medicine

According to the World Health Organization, antibiotic resistance is on the rise in strains of gonorrhoea. It says that there is a need to prevent the spread of these bacteria, recommending usage of condoms and an increase in research and development funding. (WHO)

Law and crime

South Korea's National Police raid the headquarters of Korean Air as part of an investigation into embezzlement and breach of trust related to misappropriated funds alleged to have been used to fund construction at the residence of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho (father of Heather Cho, instigator of the infamous "Nut rage incident" in 2014). The company's shares continue to drop. (Reuters)
United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions, along with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and National Intelligence Director Dan Coats visit the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp. Justice Department spokesperson Ian Prior said in a statement "Recent attacks in Europe and elsewhere confirm that the threat to our nation is immediate and real, and it remains essential that we use every lawful tool available to prevent as many attacks as possible". (AP)
A request by the state of Hawaii to issue an order blocking President Donald Trump's Executive Order 13780 is rejected in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.(Reuters)
Former president of Panama Ricardo Martinelli is denied bond by United States magistrate judge Edwin Torres. He is accused of charges that include illegally monitoring phone and other conversations of at least 150 people. Martinelli was arrested in Miami last month on an extradition warrant from Panama. (AP)

Politics and elections

Venezuelan Constitutional Assembly election, 2017
- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says voting in his upcoming election on July 30 is mandatory for all 2.8 million state employees, with employees who do not vote facing ostracisation. Opponents of the government plan to hold their own unofficial referendum on the Maduro government on July 16. (Reuters)
Yemeni Civil War
- Thousands of supporters of Yemen's secessionists rally in the southern city of Aden, backing a new group led by former head of Aden Governorate Aidarus al-Zoubaidi that advocates for autonomy of the country's south. (AP)

Science and Technology

Renewable energy in Australia
- South Australia finalizes a deal with Tesla, spearheaded by tweets originating from CEO of Tesla Elon Musk, to install a battery system in the state. Tesla said in a statement that upon completion by December 2017, the system would be the largest lithium-ion battery storage project in the world, overtaking an 80 megawatt-hour power station at Mira Loma in California also built using Tesla batteries. (Reuters)
Phoenix, Arizona records an air temperature of 117° Fahrenheit (47.2° Celsius) at Sky Harbor Airport, breaking the record for hottest temperature recorded in the city by two degrees Fahrenheit recorded in 1905. (AP)

Sports

In rugby union, the South African Rugby Union confirms that the Cheetahs and Kings will be dropped from the Super Rugby competition effective at the end of the current season. The two teams are currently rumoured to be moving to the European Pro12 competition. (ESPN (UK))

July 6, 2017 (Thursday)

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Arts and culture

In a meeting held in the city of Kraków, Poland, UNESCO decides not to include Machu Picchu on its list of endangered heritage sites due to the steps taken by Peruvian authorities to address concerns about the condition of the Inca citadel. (The Australian)

Disasters and accidents

2017 Leyte earthquake
- At least two are killed and power supply is interrupted in Eastern Visayas and Bohol when a 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits the province of Leyte in the Philippines (InterAksyon)

International relations

Bhutan–China relations, China–India relations
- Despite an ongoing stand-off between China and India over the Doklam tri-junction which is claimed by both China and Bhutan, China claims that there has been a "basic consensus" with Bhutan over the past 24 months that Doklam belongs to China and that there is no dispute between the two countries. (The Economic Times)
Poland–United States relations
- U.S. President Donald Trump visits Warsaw, where he speaks of defeating radical Islamist terrorism, pledges to uphold the North Atlantic Treaty, and urges Russia to "join the community of responsible nations." (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Law and crime

A prison riot between rival gangs in Acapulco, Mexico, leaves at least 28 inmates dead. (BBC)
French Ecology Minister Nicolas Hulot announces France is to ban the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040. (BBC)

Politics and elections

Tallis Obed Moses is elected President of Vanuatu, succeeding the late President Baldwin Lonsdale, who died in office in June. (RNZI)
Martial law in the Philippines
- The Supreme Court of the Philippines says President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte can declare martial law in the whole Philippines. Two days prior, the Supreme Court had ruled in favor of the constitutionality of Proclamation No. 216 which declared Martial Law and suspended the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in the whole of Mindanao, in response to the Marawi crisis. (Rappler)

Science and technology

Scientists announce the detection of a new subatomic particle at the Large Hadron Collider. (BBC News)

July 5, 2017 (Wednesday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Mexican Drug War
- A gunfight between La Línea gang members and a rival cartel in Madera Municipality, Chihuahua, leaves at least 14 people dead. (The Washington Post)

Arts and culture

Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
- The aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan may have survived in the Marshall Islands and were held captive by the Japanese according to an allegedly undoctored photo in the National Archives. Experts remain divided on the claim, however. (CNN) (USA Today)

Business and economy

Volvo says it plans to phase out fossil fuels by building only electric or hybrid cars. (The New York Times)
A Chinese state company signs an order with Airbus for 100 A320 and 40 A350 airplanes. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

A truck overloaded with passengers crashes near Bambari, Central African Republic, killing at least 78 people and leaving dozens more injured. (The Independent)

Health and medicine

Health in France
- France plans to make vaccines mandatory for children in 2018. (Newsweek)

International relations

Executive Order 13780
- The United States extends the restrictions deadline for refugees. (The Los Angeles Times)

Law and crime

A priest is arrested and questioned over an alleged drug-induced gay orgy hosted in his apartment in the Vatican City. (International Business Times)
Crime in New York City
- A police shooting occurs in the Bronx, New York, killing one police officer and injuring a bystander. Two officers confront the suspect and shoot him dead. (The New York Times)
Crime in Maine
- Three people are shot and killed by a gunman in separate incidents in Madison, Maine. A fourth victim is wounded. Sheriffs deputies then shot and killed the suspect. (CBS News) (The Boston Globe)

Politics and elections

Samoa's Legislative Assembly appoints Tuimalealiifano Va'aletoa Sualauvi II as O le Ao o le Malo, or Head of State. He will succeed Tufuga Efi, the country's head of state since 2007, on July 25. (Talanei)
2017 Venezuelan protests
- Supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro storm the opposition-controlled National Assembly and injure several lawmakers, including the President of the National Assembly, Julio Borges. Several journalists were also injured in the assault. (BBC)

Society

A group of people are arrested in the Peruvian village of Muqui, located in the Andes, after they painted a wall with allusive symbols and messages to the far-left terrorist organization, Shining Path, responsible for crimes against humanity in Peru from 1980 to 1992. Police later clarified that the true intentions of the arrested, some of them students of a technical training institute, were to make a short film. (La República), (Diario Correo)

Science and technology

The face of the Peruvian Moche mummy the Lady of Cao is reconstructed from its skull structure, using forensic archaeology techniques and ethnographic research. (Sydney Morning Herald)

July 4, 2017 (Tuesday)

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Disasters and accidents

A garment factory boiler explosion in Dhaka, Bangladesh, kills 10 people and injures dozens. (Reuters)
European migrant crisis
- Approximately fifty migrants are feared drowned off the coast of Morocco. Three men were rescued near Alboran Island near the coast of Spain. (BBC)

International relations

North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
- North Korea test-launches what is presumed to be its first intercontinental ballistic missile 933 kilometers into the Sea of Japan within Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone. An American expert theorizes the ICBM, which reached an altitude of 2,802 km, could potentially reach the U.S. state of Alaska. (ABC News Australia) (Xinhua News Agency) (Reuters)

China–India relations, Bhutan–China relations
- Amid a stand-off between China and India over the Doklam tri-junction, China tells India that former Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru accepted the Convention of Calcutta which China is using to support its territorial claims. Tensions have been rising between China and India and Bhutan over Doklam since China began constructing a road in the disputed territory in mid-June. (News18)

Law and crime

2016–17 Rohingya persecution in Myanmar
- A mob of at least a hundred Rakhine Buddhists in Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar, attack seven Rohingya men from Dapaing Camp for internally displaced persons, killing one and severely injuring another. The Rohingya men were being escorted by police to Sittwe's docks to purchase boats, but were attacked despite armed guards being present. (The Irrawaddy), (Reuters)
2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine
- As part of an investigation into the recent cyberattacks, the servers of Ukraine's most popular accounting software company, M.E.Doc, are seized by Ukrainian police. (NBC News)
CNN controversies
- CNN is accused of threatening to reveal the personal identity of a Reddit user who made a GIF depicting United States President Donald Trump tackling a man to the ground, with CNN's logo superimposed on the man's face. The GIF was modified and posted on Trump's Twitter feed. (The New York Times)

Politics and elections

The Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern elects Manuela Schwesig as state Minister President with 40-29 votes. (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)

Science and technology

Evolution
- Researchers discover that the diversity of frogs is a direct result of the extinction of the dinosaurs. (NPR)

July 3, 2017 (Monday)

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Battle of Mosul
- Three female ISIL suicide bombers kill 15 people and injure five in three separate incidents over the last two days as the fight for Mosul winds down. (AP via CBS News)
At least one person is killed and six others are injured in a shooting in the French city of Toulouse. (News Corp Australia)

Business and economy

Total, CNPC and NIOC sign an investment of $5 billion in South Pars, the world largest gas field. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

2017 China floods
- Floods in South China kill at least 15 people over the last few days with tens of thousands more being relocated. More rain is forecast in future days. (Reuters)
Eighteen people are dead after a bus collides with a truck in the German state of Bavaria. (BBC)
Ten people are injured when a taxi jumps a curb and hit a group of cabdrivers outside the taxi pool building at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts. (Reuters) (The Boston Globe)
A rescue helicopter crashes while attempting to evacuate residents near the Dieng Volcanic Complex in Central Java, Indonesia, killing all eight people on board. (The Guardian)

International relations

China–India relations, Bhutan–China relations
- Amid growing tensions between China and India and Bhutan over the Doklam tri-junction, a spokesman on behalf of Bhutan via India Today urges India and China to "de-escalate the situation at the border and bring back normalcy". India and China have been locked in a military stand-off at the Doklam tri-junction since late June. (India Today)
Greek–Turkish relations
- The Greek Coast Guard opens fire on a Turkish-flagged cargo vessel in the Aegean Sea. (Reuters)(Sputnik International)

Politics and elections

Politics of New Jersey
- Governor Chris Christie is caught sunbathing with his family on a beach he had ordered closed for the fourth of July holiday. The beach was closed to the public amid a state budget crisis. (Boston Globe via MSN)(Washington Post) (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection)

July 2, 2017 (Sunday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian Civil War
- Three suicide bombers in Damascus kill at least 21 people and wound 12 others. (The Guardian)

Business and economy

London Fisheries Convention
- The United Kingdom announces it is withdrawing from the 1964 London Fisheries Convention, which allows several European countries to fish within 6 to 12 nautical miles of each other's coastlines. (BBC)
People on banknotes
- The Central Bank of Syria announces a new 2,000 Syrian lira (pound) bank note that will feature a portrait of President Bashar al-Assad, the President's first appearance on Syrian currency during his 17-years in office. (ABC News)

Disasters and accidents

2017 disasters in Russia
- At least 14 people are killed in Russia's Tatarstan Republic as a bus catches fire after colliding with a truck. (Fox News)

International relations

2017 electronics ban
- The United States lifts its ban on electronics in the cabin of flights from Abu Dhabi to the U.S. (Reuters)
China–India relations, Bhutan–China relations
- Amid growing tensions between China and India and Bhutan over disputed land, the Bharatiya Janata Party supports the words of defence minster Arun Jaitley that "India of 2017 is different from India of 1962". It follows a warning from China to India that referenced the defeat of the latter during the 1962 Sino-Indian War. (DNA India)

Law and crime

2017 Avignon shooting
- Two gunmen open fire near a mosque in Avignon, France, injuring eight people. Two of the victims were hospitalised. (BBC News), (Business Insider)
Law in Israel
- Israel arrests Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar over allegations of her inciting of violence. (The Washington Post)

Sport

Manny Pacquiao vs. Jeff Horn
- In boxing, Jeff Horn of Australia defeats Senator Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines to win the WBO world welterweight belt. (ABC Australia)
2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
- In football, Germany defeats Chile 1–0 in the final of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg. (AP)

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Ongoing events
Disasters and accidents Atlantic hurricane season Oklahoma earthquake swarms Pacific typhoon season Politics and protests European migrant crisis (timeline) Qatar crisis South China Sea disputes Turkish purges United States immigration ban Venezuelan protests (timeline) More details – ongoing conflicts edit sidebar

Sport
Association football 2017 UEFA Women's Euro 2017–18 UEFA Champions League 2017–18 UEFA Europa League 2017–18 Women's Champ. League 2018 FIFA World Cup qual. 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qual. Tennis 2017 Wimbledon Championships 2017 ATP World Tour 2017 WTA Tour Cycling 2017 Tour de France 2017 UCI World Tour 2017 UCI Europe Tour Motorsport 2017 Formula One season 2017 MotoGP season 2017 World Rally Championship 2017 NASCAR Cup Series 2017 IndyCar Series Sports seasons 2017 AFL season 2017 MLB season 2017 MLS season 2017 NWSL season 2017 PGA Tour 2017 Super Rugby season 2017 WNBA season 2017–18 snooker season More details – current sports events edit sidebar

Elections and referendums
Recent June 11: France, National Assembly (1st round) 11: Kosovo, Parliament 11: Puerto Rico, Status referendum 18: France, National Assembly (2nd round) 24: Papua New Guinea, Parliament 25: Albania, Parliament 26: Mongolia, President (1st round) Upcoming July 9: Mongolia, President (2nd round) 16: Republic of the Congo, Parliament 18: Bermuda, House of Assembly 22: East Timor, Parliament 29: Gabon, Parliament 30: Republic of the Congo, Parliament (2nd round) 30: Senegal, Parliament 30: Venezuela, Constitutional Assembly August 4: Rwanda, President 5: Mauritania, Constitutional referendum edit sidebar

Recent deaths
July 2017 6: Joan Boocock Lee 5: Joaquín Navarro-Valls 4: John Blackwell 4: Gene Conley 4: Daniil Granin 3: José Luis Cuevas 3: Paolo Villaggio 2: Jack Collom 1: Heathcote Williams June 2017 30: Peter L. Berger 30: Mitchell Henry 30: Darrall Imhoff 30: Barry Norman 30: Simone Veil 28: Dave Semenko 27: Geri Allen 27: Michael Bond 27: Michael Nyqvist 27: Maksym Shapoval 27: Anthony Young 26: Jimmy Chi 25: Gordon Wilson 22: Mao Kobayashi 22: Frank Kush 22: Quett Masire 21: Con Sciacca 21: Steffi Martin 20: Prodigy 19: Brian Cant 19: Otto Warmbier 18: Tim Hague 17: Baldwin Lonsdale 16: John G. Avildsen 16: Stephen Furst 16: Helmut Kohl 15: Aleksey Batalov 15: Bill Dana 14: Ernestina Herrera de Noble 13: A. R. Gurney 13: Patricia Knatchbull 13: Anita Pallenberg 12: Charles P. Thacker 11: Errol Christie 10: Jerry Nelson 10: Samuel V. Wilson 9: Andimba Toivo ya Toivo 9: Adam West edit sidebar

Trials
Recently concluded Cambodia: Sam Rainsy China: Wan Qingliang, Wu Changshun, Ling Jihua, Zhao Liping, Guo Boxiong Netherlands: Geert Wilders Philippines: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Nur Misuari, Joel Villanueva Romania: Gheorghe Ștefan, Gabriel Sandu, Dorin Cocoş, Dumitru Nicolae Spain: Lionel Messi United Kingdom: Chris Denning, Ched Evans, Thomas Mair, Fred Talbot, Rolf Harris United States: Pedro Hernandez, Bob McDonnell, Paul Anthony Ciancia, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Bill Cosby Ongoing China: Bai Enpei, Pan Yiyang, Yang Weize Germany: Beate Zschäpe Indonesia: Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, Mary Jane Veloso Kazakhstan: Mukhtar Ablyazov Pakistan: Waseem Azeem, Mufti Abdul Qawi Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr., Leila de Lima, Leni Robredo, Rodrigo Duterte, Jovito Palparan Romania: Dan Șova, Elena Udrea, Radu Mazăre, Gheorghe Nichita Russia: Alexei Navalny South Korea: Park Geun-hye and Choi Soon-sil Spain: Gürtel case, Spanish Royal House, Bárcenas affair United Kingdom: Barry Bennell International ICC: Laurent Gbagbo ICTY: Ratko Mladić Upcoming Australia: George Pell Egypt: Mohamed Morsi Estonia: Edgar Savisaar Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi United States: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Bill Cosby edit sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
Africa Algeria and Tunisia Maghreb insurgency ISIL insurgency in Tunisia Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria Boko Haram insurgency Central African Republic Civil war Democratic Republic of the Congo Kivu conflict ADF insurgency Ituri conflict Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Libya Civil war Mali Northern Mali conflict Somalia Civil war South Sudan Ethnic violence (South Sudanese Civil War) Sudan War in Darfur South Kordofan conflict Sudanese nomadic conflicts Americas Mexico Mexican War on Drugs Peru Internal conflict in Peru Asia Afghanistan Afghanistan War China Xinjiang conflict India Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Insurgency in Northeast India India and Pakistan Kashmir conflict Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines Moro conflict Cross border attacks in Sabah Indonesia and Papua New Guinea Papua conflict Myanmar Internal conflict in Myanmar Pakistan War in North-West Pakistan Balochistan conflict Philippines CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion Thailand South Thailand insurgency Europe Armenia and Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Georgia Abkhaz–Georgian conflict Georgian–Ossetian conflict Russia Chechen–Russian conflict North Caucasus insurgency Ukraine War in Donbass Russian military intervention in Ukraine Middle East Egypt Sinai insurgency Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria Arab–Israeli conflict Iran Iran–PJAK conflict Iraq American-led intervention in Iraq Iranian intervention in Iraq Iraq and Syria (map) Military intervention against ISIL Israel and Lebanon Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israel and Palestine Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Syria American-led intervention in Syria Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War Turkish military intervention in Syria Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon Turkey Turkey–PKK conflict Yemen Yemeni Civil War Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Al-Qaeda insurgency edit sidebar