Portal:Current events/2017 July 16
July 16, 2017 (Sunday)
Arts and culture
- Jodie Whittaker has been announced to be replacing Peter Capaldi as the thirteenth incarnation of The Doctor, becoming the first woman to take the lead role of the BBC's long-running science fiction television series, Doctor Who. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
- An early morning fire in the Chinese city of Changshu in Jiangsu province kills 22 people and injures three. (Hindustan Times)
- A flash flood near Payson, Arizona, leaves at least nine people dead and one person missing, according to the Gila County Sheriff's Office. (BBC)
International relations
- 2017 Doklam crisis
- A stalemate between China and India leads to fears that the ongoing stand-off over Doklam in the Himalayas, disputed by Bhutan, may continue into the winter. It comes after rumors that Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval may travel to Beijing later this month. (Economic Times)
Politics and elections
- Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, 2017
- Voters in the Republic of the Congo participate in the first round of an election of National Assembly members. (africanews)
- Cabinet of Beata Szydło
- Thousands of Poles have held rallies in the capital Warsaw and other cities to condemn a controversial reform of the judiciary. Protestors claim the bill, passed by the Senate on Saturday, will erode judges' independence and undermine democracy. (BBC)
Sports
- 2017 Wimbledon Championships
- In tennis, Roger Federer of Switzerland defeats Marin Čilić of Croatia 6–3, 6–1, 6–4 to win the men's singles tournament. Federer wins his eighth Wimbledon singles title, surpassing William Renshaw and Pete Sampras for the most by a male player; becomes the oldest player in the Open Era to win the Wimbledon men's singles; becomes the first player to win the men's singles at Wimbledon without losing a set since Björn Borg in 1976; and extends his Open Era record for Grand Slam men's singles titles to 19. (BBC Sport)