Portal:Current events/2017 October 25
October 25, 2017 (Wednesday)
Arts and culture
- The Congressional Gold Medal is awarded to Filipino American veterans of World War II more than 70 years after the end of that war. (Manila Bulletin)
Politics and elections
- At the National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping assumed his second term as General Secretary (China's paramount leader), and the political theory Xi Jinping Thought was written into the party's constitution. (BBC) (Guardian) (Telegraph)
- Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman of Saudi Arabia announces his belief that a majority of Saudis want a return to moderate Islam. The prince claims that 70% of the kingdom is made up of residents under the age of 30 who welcome the idea of new reforms. (BBC)
Law and Crime
- One man was killed and four other people were injured in an explosion in Kiev which investigators are treating as an “act of terrorism”. Ukrainian MP Igor Mosiychuk was reportedly among the injured. (RT)
Science and technology
- The discovery of an asteroid with a record high eccentricity, A/2017 U1, is announced. It is almost certainly the first known example of an interstellar object. While initially thought to be a comet, it is now considered an asteroid. (IAU Minor Planet Center)