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July 18, 2017 (Tuesday)

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Disasters and accidents

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, west of the Alaskan Aleutian Island of Attu, in the North Pacific Ocean. No immediate reports of casualties or damage; a tsunami warning was cancelled. (Reuters) (AP) (USGS)

International relations

Ukrainian crisis
- DPR leader Alexander Zakharchenko announces the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) are to form a new state called Malorossiya (Little Russia) as an official successor to the "failed state" of Ukraine, with Donetsk replacing Kiev as the country's capital. Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko denounces the plans. (ABC News) (The Telegraph)

Politics and elections

Canadian-born Larissa Waters resigns as a Senator, and as deputy leader of the Australian Greens, after discovering she remains a dual citizen of Canada, rendering her election unconstitutional under section 44. The move comes four days after Scott Ludlam, Waters' co-deputy, resigned due to his New Zealand citizenship. (Australian Broadcasting Corp.)
Bermudian general election, 2017
- Voters in Bermuda go to the polls to elect their Premier and members of the House of Assembly. (The Royal Gazette)
Human rights in the Philippines
- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte seeks to extend his martial law proclamation in Marawi until the beginning of 2018. (The New York Times)
- A European Parliament delegation, led by Soraya Post, is to visit detained senator Leila de Lima. (Rappler)

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-*Canadian-born [[Clarissa Waters]] resigns as a [[Australian Senate|Senator]], and as deputy leader of the [[Australian Greens]], after discovering she remains a dual [[Canadian nationality law|citizen of Canada]], rendering her election [[Section 44 of the Constitution of Australia|unconstitutional under section 44]]. The move comes four days after [[Scott Ludlam]], Waters' co-deputy, resigned due to his New Zealand citizenship. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-18/larissa-waters-greens-resigns-senate-over-citizenship-bungle/8720066 (Australian Broadcasting Corp.)]
+*Canadian-born [[Larissa Waters]] resigns as a [[Australian Senate|Senator]], and as deputy leader of the [[Australian Greens]], after discovering she remains a dual [[Canadian nationality law|citizen of Canada]], rendering her election [[Section 44 of the Constitution of Australia|unconstitutional under section 44]]. The move comes four days after [[Scott Ludlam]], Waters' co-deputy, resigned due to his New Zealand citizenship. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-18/larissa-waters-greens-resigns-senate-over-citizenship-bungle/8720066 (Australian Broadcasting Corp.)]
 *[[Bermudian general election, 2017]]
 **Voters in [[Bermuda]] go to the polls to elect their [[List of Premiers of Bermuda|Premier]] and members of the [[House of Assembly of Bermuda|House of Assembly]]. [http://www.royalgazette.com/news/article/20170717/dunkley-makes-final-call-for-voter-support (''The Royal Gazette'')]