Portal:Current events/2017 July 25
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- 2017 Temple Mount crisis
- The Israeli government says it will remove metal detectors and some cameras recently installed at the entrances to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem that resulted in a wave of protests and some deaths. Instead, less obtrusive surveillance means will be used. (The New York Times) (Haaretz) (Reuters)
- 2017 Temple Mount crisis
- War in Donbass
- Pro-Russian militants with defensive weapons. (BBC)
Business and economy
- Microsoft Paint
- Amid a public backlash, Microsoft reneges on its decision to end its Paint program and states that it will be placed on its app store rather than bundled with future editions of Windows. (The Independent)
- Adobe Flash
- Jimmy Choo Ltd
- Jimmy Choo for US$1.2 billion. (The New York Times)
- Alternative fuel vehicles
- Following a similar move in 2040 in order to reduce air pollution. A new tax will also be levied on diesel car drivers in 2020. (Sky News)
- Following a similar move in
Disasters and accidents
- 2017 heat wave in Europe
- Firefighters battle wildfires across southern France, including one in Corsica. (France 24)
- Pope Francis halts the fountains of The Vatican amidst a drought in Italy. (CBS News)
Health and medicine
- Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
- A study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, finds that 99 percent of the brains donated for scientific research by deceased National Football League players show signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the disease identified in autopsies of numerous NFL players who have committed suicide, and the subject of the 2015 movie Concussion. (Reuters) (CNN) (JAMA)
- A study, published in the
International relations
- Jordan–United States relations
- Jordanian Air Force sergeant shooting United States soldiers. (The New York Times)
- Iran–United States relations
- The United States Navy says the USS Thunderbolt fired a warning shot at an Iranian patrol boat after it came within 150 yards of the U.S. ship. (ABC News)
- United States embargoes
- The Iran and North Korea for their weapons programs. (The Washington Post)
- The
Politics and elections
- Efforts to repeal Obamacare
- The Obamacare. (NBC News)
- The Senate votes against the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 amendment. (The New York Times)
- The
- Documents that were previously sealed and withheld from the public pertaining to the John F. Kennedy assassinationare released.
- Shri Ram Nath Kovind was made President of India. [1]