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September 6, 2016
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2016-09-06
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Armed conflicts and attacks
2016 Davao City bombing
Philippine president
Rodrigo Duterte
declares
a state of emergency
in the whole country. In a warning to
Abu Sayyaf
, Duterte says "I will eat you alive."
(
Time
)
,
(Rappler)
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Gunfire is heard in the
Afghan
capital
Kabul
with security forces looking for attackers with at least one person killed and six injured.
(AP)
A
suicide bomber
attacks a charity in the Kabul suburb of
Shāre Naw
with the
Taliban
claiming responsibility.
(BBC)
South Thailand insurgency
A motorcycle bomb kills a father and daughter outside an elementary school in
Narathiwat province
.
(Reuters)
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
The
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
bans
burqas
in northern Iraq after a series of fatal attacks on its members by veiled women.
(International Business Times)
Arts and culture
Warner Brothers
is accused of
self-censorship
after it tagged its own websites for
copyright infringement
through the search engine
Google
.
(
New York Daily News
)
Business and economy
Bayer
reproposes to buy
Monsanto
at a new exchange of
US$
65 billion including debt.
(
The Wall Street Journal
)
Fox News
On The Record
host
Greta Van Susteren
leaves the channel after 14 years.
(AP via
Breitbart News
)
Disasters and accidents
2016 Pacific hurricane season
Hurricane Newton
makes its way towards the resort town of
Los Cabos
,
Mexico
.
(
Mexico News Daily
)
Typhoon Lionrock (2016)
The death toll rises to at least 114 as 60 more people are killed in floods after the typhoon hits
North Korea
, displacing over 44,000 people. Fifteen people are also missing.
(The Indian Express)
Health
2015–16 Zika virus epidemic
A new infection of the
Zika virus
spreads to the
Philippines
.
(Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Isabelle Dinoire
, who received the world's first face transplant, is reported to have died from cancer at the age of 49 in April 2016.
(BBC)
International relations
2016 ASEAN Summit
Laos
prepares to host the 28th and 29th
ASEAN Summit
.
(CNN)
Barack Obama
pledges US$90 million to clear
Laos
of
unexploded ordnance
dropped by the United States during the
Vietnam War
.
(NBC)
Law and crime
About 27 years after his abduction, the remains of
Jacob Wetterling
are discovered.
(NPR)
21st Century Fox
, the parent company of
Fox News
, settles a
sexual harassment
case by
Gretchen Carlson
for US$20 million.
(
Vanity Fair
)
Bill Cosby sexual assault allegations
A judge in
Pennsylvania
schedules the dates for the trial of accused U.S. comedian
Bill Cosby
.
(BBC)
Politics and elections
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election, 2016
German
Chancellor
Angela Merkel
defends her stance regarding the
European migrant crisis
despite
her party
losing in the key election.
(Deutsche Welle)
British MP
Keith Vaz
quits the
Home Affairs Select Committee
following allegations that he had engaged in sexual activity with male prostitutes.
(BBC)
Science and technology
A study concludes that
typhoons
in
Asia
are becoming stronger.
(
The Guardian
)
(
Nature Geoscience
)
The
giant panda
is removed from
IUCN
's endangered species list but is replaced by the
Eastern gorilla
.
(CNN)
Sports
San Francisco 49ers
football
player
Bruce Miller
is charged with assault.
(
Sports Illustrated
)
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