Discoveries of exoplanets NASA astronomers use the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes in research implying that "hot Saturn" (high surface-atmosphere temperatures and gas giant-mass) exoplanet WASP-39b, located 700 light-years from Earth, has a large amount of water molecules in its atmosphere.
2018 opening of regular sessions of the National Congress of Argentina Argentine President Mauricio Macri delivers a speech in the Congress to start the regular sessions for 2018.
Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections An alleged Senate Intelligence Committee report states that a House Intelligence Committee Republican was behind the leak to Fox News of private text messages between a Russian-connected lawyer and Senator Mark Warner, the committee vice-chairman, concerning an attempt to contact Christopher Steele, author of the Trump–Russia dossier. Committee chairman Richard Burr later denied the leak report.
Politics of Iraq The Parliament of Iraq votes to oblige the federal government to set a schedule for the withdrawal of foreign troops.
Terrorism in Turkey Dilek Öcalan, MP for the pro-Kurdish HDP party, is sentenced to two and a half years in jail on charges of terror propaganda related to her participation in the 2016 funeral of a PKK fighter. Nine HDP MPs are currently in jail.
Crime in Norway Police in Oslo, Norway, say that the FBI is assisting in the investigation into two forged nominations of Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. The impersonator allegedly used the same stolen identity twice.
Trump administration U.S. President Donald Trump announces plans to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.