Portal:Current events/2017 September 9

September 9, 2017 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Arts and culture

Egyptology
- Egypt announces the discovery of a tomb in Luxor belonging to a royal goldsmith who lived more than 3,500 years ago in the 18th Dynasty. (AP)
Roman Britain
- Archaeologists discover a cache of Roman Britain-era artefacts, including weapons, at an ancient Roman cavalry barracks near Hadrian's Wall in northern England. Archaeologists liken the discovery to winning the lottery. (The Guardian)
2017 Venice Film Festival
- Film director Guillermo del Toro wins for The Shape of Water. (Vulture)

Disasters and accidents

2017 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Irma
  - Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Cuba. The death toll across the Caribbean is at least 25 people, (CNN) (The New York Times)
- Hurricane Katia
  - Hurricane Katia makes landfall in Mexico as a Category 1 hurricane, causing heavy damage and at least two deaths. (UPI)
2017 Chiapas earthquake
- The death toll in the earthquake that struck the Chiapas region of Mexico rises to 90. (CNN)

International relations

2017 Qatar diplomatic crisis
- Saudi Arabia suspends any dialogue with Qatar, accusing it of “distorting facts” in its reporting of yesterday's phone call between the leaders of both countries which suggested a breakthrough in the Gulf dispute was possible. (Reuters) (RT via Newsline)

Politics and elections

Sports

2017 US Open (tennis)
- In tennis, Sloane Stephens of the United States wins the women's singles final defeating fellow American Madison Keys 6–3, 6–0. (Reuters via Yahoo!)
West Indian cricket team in England in 2017
- In cricket, England defeat the West Indies by nine wickets to win the three-match series. England bowler Jimmy Anderson takes 7–42 and becomes only the third fast bowler in history to take 500 Test wickets. (BBC)