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January 17, 2017
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2017-01-17
)
(Tuesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Boko Haram insurgency
A
Nigerian Air Force
jet
mistakenly bombs a refugee camp
in
Borno State
, near the border with
Cameroon
, killing at least 90 people and injuring more than 100. The pilot reportedly believed he was attacking
Boko Haram
militants.
(BBC)
Business and economy
British American Tobacco
agrees to take over the
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
for $49.4 billion.
(AFP by Yahoo!)
Disasters and accidents
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
The underwater search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has been suspended.
(CNN)
International relations
Germany–United States relations
Deutsche Bank
agrees to a $7.2 billion settlement with the
U.S. Department of Justice
over its sale and pooling of
toxic
mortgage securities
in the years leading up to the
2008 financial crisis
.
(Reuters)
Israeli–Palestinian peace process
Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu
calls the latest peace-conference "useless".
(CNN)
Moldova–European Union relations
Moldovan President
Igor Dodon
, during his first state visit to
Russia
, says Moldova could scrap the 2014
Moldova–European Union Association Agreement
after the country's next
parliamentary election
.
(Reuters)
Law and crime
Barack Obama presidential pardons
The
President of the United States
Barack Obama
commutes the bulk of the sentence for
Chelsea Manning
for leaking documents to
WikiLeaks
. Manning will now be released in 2017 instead of 2045.
(BBC)
President Obama also commutes the sentence of
Puerto Rican
independence activist
Oscar López Rivera
who was sentenced to 35 years imprisonment for seditious conspiracy.
(
The Guardian
)
Politics and elections
Aftermath of the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016
After much speculation
British Prime Minister
Theresa May
announces that the
United Kingdom
will be leaving the
European Single Market
.
(
Business Insider
)
2016–2017 Gambian constitutional crisis
Four
Cabinet of the Gambia
members resign, including
Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs
,
Abdou Kolley
,
Minister of Foreign Affairs
, Neneh Macdouall-Gaye, Minister of Trade, Abdou Jobe, and Minister of Environment Pa Ousman Jarju.
(Al Jazeera)
Gambian President
Yahya Jammeh
declares a 90-day state of emergency a day before his mandate ends.
(BBC)
President of the European Parliament
Antonio Tajani
has been elected as new President of the
European Parliament
.
(BBC)
(
New York Times
)
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