September 30, 2021 (2021-09-30) (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Arts and culture
Business and economy
Health and environment
International relations
Law and crime
- A 96-year-old German woman accused of collaborating with the SS in the deaths of thousands of people at the Stutthof concentration camp, where she was employed as a typist, is arrested by German police shortly after a court ordered her arrest for evading the beginning of her trial. The court now orders the woman to be examined to determine whether she is fit to be jailed or to attend the court proceedings in person. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
Sports
- 2021 in sumo
- Hakuhō, the 69th yokozuna and widely considered to be one of the greatest professional sumo wrestlers of all time, officially retires from competition after a 20-year career, 14 of them at the sport's highest rank. (The Mainichi)