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September 14, 2023 (Thursday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
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.
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.
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%.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, is indicted on gun charges as part of an investigation by attorney David C. Weiss.
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