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;Business and economy
*[[Justin Milne]] resigns as [[ABC Board|chairman]] of the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] following allegations that he interfered in the broadcaster's employment and editorial practices on behalf of former prime minister [[Malcolm Turnbull]]. [https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/abc-board-tells-chairman-justin-milne-to-step-aside-20180927-p506bj.html (''The Sydney Morning Herald'')]
;Disasters and accidents
*The death toll of the [[floods]] that affected [[Nigeria]] this month rise to 200. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45599262 (BBC)]
*A [[Mediterranean hurricane]] forms, threatening [[Libya]], [[Italy]], [[Tunisia]], and [[Greece]]. [https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/27/world/medicane-mediterranean-hurricane-europe-wxc/index.html (CNN)]
;Law and crime
*[[Adultery law in India]]
**The [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] of [[India]] strikes down a law criminalizing [[adultery]] as unconstitutional, stating it treated women as property of their husbands. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-45404927 (BBC) ]
*[[Capital punishment in China]]
**[[China]] executes Zhao Zewei by firing squad, the man responsible for killing nine children and injuring 11 others in a knife attack at a middle school in the [[Shaanxi]] province. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-crime-children/china-executes-man-who-killed-nine-in-school-stabbing-idUSKCN1M7078 (Reuters)]
;Politics and elections
*[[2017 Rohingya persecution in Myanmar]]
**MPs of the [[House of Commons of Canada]] vote to strip [[State Counsellor of Myanmar]] [[Aung San Suu Kyi]] of her honorary Canadian citizenship, citing her failure to stop the [[Persecution of Muslims in Myanmar|persecution]] of the [[Rohingya people]] by the [[Tatmadaw|Myanmar military]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45647073 (BBC)]
*[[Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination]]
**[[Christine Blasey Ford]], who has accused [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] nominee [[Brett Kavanaugh]] of sexual assault, testifies before the [[Senate of the United States|Senate]]. [https://nypost.com/2018/09/27/kavanaugh-and-accuser-ford-testify-before-senate-panel/ (New York Post)]
**Kavanaugh testifies to the Senate following the testimony of Ford. Kavanaugh denies the sexual assault claim and calls it part of a "calculated and orchestrated political hit" designed to keep him off the Supreme Court. [https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/09/27/kavanaugh-issues-angry-tearful-denial-of-sexual-assault-allegations-and-attacks-democrats/23544181/ (AOL)]
**President [[Donald Trump]] says he believes Kavanaugh after seeing him testify on the sexual assault allegation, citing his remarks as "powerful, honest, and riveting." [https://kdvr.com/2018/09/27/trump-supports-kavanaugh-following-senate-hearings/ (KDVR)]
;Sports
*[[2018 NFL season]], [[U.S. national anthem protests (2016–present)]]
**[[Eric Reid (American football)|Eric Reid]] returns to the [[National Football League|NFL]], signing a one-year contract with the [[Carolina Panthers]]. [https://www.wralsportsfan.com/eric-reid-back-in-the-nfl-after-signing-with-panthers/17877222/ (WRAL)] [https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/eric-reid-is-finally-back-in-the-nfl-signs-with-panthers/ (CBS Sports)]
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;Business and economy
*[[Justin Milne]] resigns as [[ABC Board|chairman]] of the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] following allegations that he interfered in the broadcaster's employment and editorial practices on behalf of former prime minister [[Malcolm Turnbull]]. [https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/abc-board-tells-chairman-justin-milne-to-step-aside-20180927-p506bj.html (''The Sydney Morning Herald'')]
;Disasters and accidents
*The death toll of the [[floods]] that affected [[Nigeria]] this month rise to 200. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45599262 (BBC)]
*A [[Mediterranean hurricane]] forms, threatening [[Libya]], [[Italy]], [[Tunisia]], and [[Greece]]. [https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/27/world/medicane-mediterranean-hurricane-europe-wxc/index.html (CNN)]
;Law and crime
*[[Adultery law in India]]
**The [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] of [[India]] strikes down a law criminalizing [[adultery]] as unconstitutional, stating it treated women as property of their husbands. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-45404927 (BBC) ]
*[[Capital punishment in China]]
**[[China]] executes Zhao Zewei by firing squad, the man responsible for killing nine children and injuring 11 others in a knife attack at a middle school in the [[Shaanxi]] province. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-crime-children/china-executes-man-who-killed-nine-in-school-stabbing-idUSKCN1M7078 (Reuters)]
;Politics and elections
*[[2017 Rohingya persecution in Myanmar]]
**MPs of the [[House of Commons of Canada]] vote to strip [[State Counsellor of Myanmar]] [[Aung San Suu Kyi]] of her honorary Canadian citizenship, citing her failure to stop the [[Persecution of Muslims in Myanmar|persecution]] of the [[Rohingya people]] by the [[Tatmadaw|Myanmar military]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45647073 (BBC)]
*[[Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination]]
**[[Christine Blasey Ford]], who has accused [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] nominee [[Brett Kavanaugh]] of sexual assault, testifies before the [[Senate of the United States|Senate]]. [https://nypost.com/2018/09/27/kavanaugh-and-accuser-ford-testify-before-senate-panel/ (New York Post)]
**Kavanaugh testifies to the Senate following the testimony of Ford. Kavanaugh denies the sexual assault claim and calls it part of a "calculated and orchestrated political hit" designed to keep him off the Supreme Court. [https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/09/27/kavanaugh-issues-angry-tearful-denial-of-sexual-assault-allegations-and-attacks-democrats/23544181/ (AOL)]
**President [[Donald Trump]] says he believes Kavanaugh after seeing him testify on the sexual assault allegation, citing his remarks as "powerful, honest, and riveting." [https://kdvr.com/2018/09/27/trump-supports-kavanaugh-following-senate-hearings/ (KDVR)]
;Sports
*[[2018 NFL season]], [[U.S. national anthem protests (2016–present)]]
**[[Eric Reid (American football)|Eric Reid]] returns to the [[National Football League|NFL]], signing a one-year contract with the [[Carolina Panthers]]. [https://www.wralsportsfan.com/eric-reid-back-in-the-nfl-after-signing-with-panthers/17877222/ (WRAL)] [https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/eric-reid-is-finally-back-in-the-nfl-signs-with-panthers/ (CBS Sports)]
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