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*The [[San Francisco Board of Supervisors]] passes an official resolution declaring the [[National Rifle Association]] to be a [[domestic terrorism in the United States|domestic terrorist]] organization. NRA chief executive [[Wayne LaPierre]] criticizes the decision online. [https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-05/san-francisco-declares-nra-a-terrorist-organisation/11483440 (ABC)] |
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*The Court of Appeal in [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]], rules to release Volodymyr Tsemakh, a person of interest in the case of the downed [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]]. [[President of Russia]] [[Vladimir Putin]] says both countries are finalizing negotiations on a "rather large-scale" [[prisoner exchange]]. [https://www.rferl.org/a/mh17-suspect-to-be-released/30147814.html (RFE/RL)] |
*The Court of Appeal in [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]], rules to release Volodymyr Tsemakh, a person of interest in the case of the downed [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]]. [[President of Russia]] [[Vladimir Putin]] says both countries are finalizing negotiations on a "rather large-scale" [[prisoner exchange]]. [https://www.rferl.org/a/mh17-suspect-to-be-released/30147814.html (RFE/RL)] |
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*[[Ghost Ship warehouse fire]] |
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Revision as of 07:11, 6 September 2019
September 5, 2019 (Thursday)
Armed conflict and attacks
- September 2019 Kabul bombings
- A Taliban bomb in the middle of a heavily fortified area in Kabul kills twelve people, including a U.S. soldier and a Romanian soldier. (CNN) (BBC)
Arts and culture
- Rapper Nicki Minaj announces on Twitter that she is retiring from music so she can start a family. (Buzzfeed News)
Business and economy
- Walgreens and CVS ask customers not to bring guns into their stores in response to several deadly mass shootings last month. (CNN)
- Economy of Mexico
- Mexican authorities are preparing the launch of a $1 billion per year oil hedging program, and options trading consistent with such a giant trade. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2019 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Dorian spawns several tornadoes in the Carolinas and causes power outages to 230,000 people in South Carolina. (Charlotte Observer) (Washington Examiner)
Law and crime
- The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passes an official resolution declaring the National Rifle Association to be a domestic terrorist organization. NRA chief executive Wayne LaPierre criticizes the decision online. (ABC)
- The Court of Appeal in Kyiv, Ukraine, rules to release Volodymyr Tsemakh, a person of interest in the case of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. President of Russia Vladimir Putin says both countries are finalizing negotiations on a "rather large-scale" prisoner exchange. (RFE/RL)
- Ghost Ship warehouse fire
- A jury finds Max Harris, the creative director of the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland, California, not guilty on involuntary manslaughter charges in relation to a fire at the location in 2016, which killed 36 people. The jury fails to reach a verdict on similar charges for its leaseholder, Derick Almena, due to a hung jury. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- Jo Johnson, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's younger brother, resigns from his joint position as the minister of state for universities, science, research and innovation with the Department of Education and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. He says he has experienced "an unresolvable tension" in recent weeks in being "torn between family loyalty and the national interest". (NBC News)
- Conte II Cabinet, 2019 Italian government crisis
- Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's new cabinet is sworn in after the coalition agreement between the Five Star Movement and the Democratic Party. Lega Nord ministers, led by Matteo Salvini, are ousted from the government. (The Guardian)
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatens to "open the gates" and allow over 3 million Syrian refugees to freely emigrate into Europe, unless the Northern Syria Buffer Zone, agreed between Turkey and the United States, is set up according to Turkey's plans. He further claims that the "international community, namely the European Union" fails to provide support with respect to the refugees. (The Guardian)
- Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt, in charge of crafting the as yet unreleased Trump peace plan intended to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, announces his resignation. (CNN)