Portal:Current events/2019 December 17
Business and economy
- Shandong, the first fully domestically built Chinese aircraft carrier, enters naval service. (CGTN)
Law and crime
- Musharraf high treason case
- Former
- 2016–present purges in Turkey
- ByLock, an encrypted messaging application. (Daily Sabah)
Science and technology
- Climate change in Australia
- A temperature of 47°C (116.6F) is recorded in the remote outback town of Oodnadatta, South Australia, marking Australia's hottest day on record with average temperatures of 40.9°C, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. (Sky News)