Climate change in the Arctic This year's Arctic Report Card reveals that the plunge in sea ice extent as well as the amount of ocean surface warming is unprecedented in at least the last 1,500 years.
United States Senate special election in Alabama, 2017 The Associated Press declares Doug Jones the winner.
Voters in Alabama go to the polls to fill the United States Senate seat vacated by current United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The race is between Roy Moore (R) and Doug Jones (D).
Government of San Francisco Mayor of San Francisco Ed Lee dies of an apparent heart attack. Supervisor London Breed becomes acting Mayor.
Foreign relations of Rwanda Rwanda steps up pressure on France to admit alleged complicity in the 1994 genocide by publishing a report by law firm "Cunningham Levy Muse".
Syrian civil war The Syrian opposition urges Russian president Vladimir Putin to put pressure on Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in order to "rescue" the Geneva peace talks and begin face-to-face bilateral talks.
Regulation of chemicals Reacting to a petition from more than a million EU citizens, the European Commission releases a 16-page report on glyphosate. It adopts a renewal of the approval of glyphosate for a 5-year period and plans to improve the science reviewing process.
Crime in Peru A 22-year-old student is found dead inside the National University of San Marcos, of Lima, and the most important and oldest of Peru. Everything seems to indicate that he had been killed. Authorities have identified a possible suspect, who is also a student at the university.
Baumgarten an der March An explosion and fire at the Gas Connect Austria pipeline hub in Baumgarten an der March kills one person and injures 21. Service to Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia and Italy is suspended. Italy declares a state of emergency.
Unibail-Rodamco Unibail-Rodamco agrees to purchase shopping mall owner Westfield Corporation for $15.7 billion.