September 14, 2023 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russia's defence ministry says that it destroyed a Ukrainian boat in the Black Sea.

(Al Jazeera)

Crimea attacksRussian invasion of Ukraine

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Business and economy

The European Central Bank raises interest rates for the 10th time to mitigate high inflation amid concerns that higher borrowing costs could push the economy into a recession.

(AP)

Economy of the European Union

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Ukraine's foreign ministry says that any European Union plans to extend import restrictions on Ukrainian food would be "illegal" and would harm common economic interests.

(Reuters)

Russian invasion of Ukraine

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The National Institute of Statistics and Census announces that consumer prices in Argentina increased 12.4% in August, the highest increase since February 1991, while the annual inflation rate increased to 124.4%.

(AP)

Economy of Argentina

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Disasters and accidents

An explosion at the Union Pacific Railroad Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, United States, the world’s largest railyard, causes evacuations in the area due to toxic smoke.

(AP)

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Two people are killed and 25 more are injured in a collision between a bus and a truck on a highway in Rome, Italy.

(Il Messaggero)

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International relations

China names Zhao Seng as ambassador to Afghanistan, the first country to deliver an ambassador to Afghanistan since the 2021 Taliban offensive. However, China continues to not recognise the Taliban government.

(BBC News)

Recognition of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Afghanistan–China relations

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Law and crime

Argentina's Federal Police shuts down a publisher that sold books supporting Nazi ideology, seizing hundreds of texts and arresting one person as part of what authorities characterized as a historic seizure of propaganda.

(AP)

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Emma Coronel, the wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, is released from U.S. federal custody after completing a three-year sentence for her involvement in drug trafficking.

(AP)

Mexican drug war

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The Brazilian Supreme Court announces the first conviction of a participant in the January 8 riots at the Praça dos Três Poderes in Brasília. The member, identified as Aécio Lúcio Costa Pereira, is given a 17-year prison sentence.

(Financial Times)

2023 Brazilian Congress attack

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The International Criminal Court opens a field office in Kyiv, Ukraine, as part of its war crimes investigations, becoming the largest ICC office outside of its headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands.

(Al Jazeera)

International Criminal Court investigation in Ukraine

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Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, is indicted on gun charges as part of an investigation by attorney David C. Weiss.

(NBC News)

Weiss special counsel investigation

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