Portal:Current events/2017 November 7
November 7, 2017 (Tuesday)
Health and environment
- Air quality in Delhi
- A blanket of thick grey smog covers the Indian capital, Delhi, with some areas 30 times more polluted than the World Health Organization's recommended limit, one year after a similar smog. (BBC)
- North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
- A North Korean defector claims children are being born with deformities near North Korea's nuclear testing site. (Fox News)
International relations
- Yemeni Crisis (2011–present)
- Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman accuses Iran of an act of "direct military aggression" by supplying missiles to rebels in Yemen. (BBC)
- South Korea–United States relations
- U.S. President Donald Trump visits South Korea amidst a crisis with North Korea. (CNN)
- Paris Agreement parties and signatories
- Syria signs the Paris Agreement. This will make the United States the only country not in the Paris Agreement, when they plan to leave on 4 November 2020. (The Guardian)
Law and crime
- Crime in Japan
- Former millionaire Chisako Kakehi (also known as Japan's "Black Widow") is sentenced to death for the murder of 3 men which included a husband. (AFP via MSN) (BBC)
Politics and elections
- United States elections, 2017
- Voters in New Jersey and Virginia chose new governors. (CNN)
- Philip Murphy wins the New Jersey gubernatorial election. (The New York Times)
- Ralph Northam wins the Virginia gubernatorial election. (The New York Times)
- In the Virginia House of Delegates election, Democrats win 15 seats, Republicans lose 18 seats, and 3 seats are too close to call. (The Washington Post)
- Voters in New York reject a ballot initiative that, if passed, would have resulted in a Constitutional Convention being convened to change in the current state constitution. (Patch.com) (Business Insider) (The New York Times)
- Voters in Utah's 3rd congressional district choose John Curtis to win the representative seat in the special election. (CNN) (The New York Times)
- Former US District attorney Jenny Durkan is elected mayor of Seattle, becoming the city's first woman mayor since 1926. (The Seattle Times)
- Maine votes to expand Medicaid under Obamacare in the first ever referendum on the issue. (ABC News)
- Voters in New Jersey and Virginia chose new governors. (CNN)