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September 3, 2017 (Sunday)

Business and economy

Economy of Cambodia
- The Cambodia Daily newspaper announces it will publish its final edition after being ordered to pay USD$6.3 million in taxes as a result of an investigation, initiated by Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen, into private companies operating in Cambodia. (NPR)

Disasters and accidents

Hurricane Harvey
- Hurricane Harvey is projected to possibly become the second costliest hurricane in the United States's history, with estimates ranging from US$72 billion to over $125 billion. In comparison, Hurricane Katrina's total damage is estimated to be around $118 to $160 billion. (ABC News)
2017 California wildfires
- The La Tuna Fire continues to burn in Los Angeles, California, becoming the largest fire in the city's history at around 5,800 acres. Mayor Eric Garcetti declares a state of emergency. (Los Angeles Times) (NBC News)
Unexploded ordnance in Germany
- Large portions of Frankfurt, Germany, are evacuated as local authorities work to defuse a bomb left over from a Royal Air Force raid during World War II. The evacuation is the largest to occur in Europe since World War II. (CNN)
- Bomb disposal experts successfully defuse the bomb. (AP)

International relations

2017 North Korea crisis
- 2017 North Korean nuclear test
  - A 6.3 magnitude earthquake is detected near the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site in Kilju County, North Korea, after North Korea tests its sixth and most powerful nuclear weapon to date. North Korean state media claims the country tested a hydrogen bomb that can be fitted on an ICBM. (New York Times) (AFP, Wall Street Journal via The Australian) (New York Times) (AP/Reuters via ABC Australia)
  - The independent seismic monitoring agency NORSAR estimates that the blast had a yield of around 120 kilotons, approximately three times more than the combined explosive yield of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. (NOSAR)
  - U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis says in a statement “Any threat to the United States or its territories, including Guam or our allies, will be met with a massive military response, a response both effective and overwhelming". (Reuters)

Science and technology

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