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September 16, 2023
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2023-09-16
)
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Disasters and accidents
2023 Atlantic hurricane season
Hurricane Lee
weakens into a post-
tropical cyclone
before making landfall in
Nova Scotia
,
Canada
.
(NBC News)
2023 National Aerobatic Team Aermacchi MB-339 crash
A
military plane
crashes near
Turin
,
Piedmont
,
Italy
, killing a 5-year-old child and injuring four people, including the pilot.
(NOS)
2023 Manaus Aerotaxi Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante crash
Fourteen people are killed in a
plane crash
in
Barcelos
,
Amazonas
,
Brazil
.
(BBC News)
A major fire at the
National Museum of Indonesia
in
Jakarta
causes extensive damage, including the collapse of roof and outer wall. An unknown number of pre-colonial artifacts are damaged or destroyed.
(The Diplomat)
International relations
Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
Alliance of Sahel States
The
military governments
of
Niger
,
Mali
, and
Burkina Faso
sign a
mutual defence pact
named the
Alliance of Sahel States
in case of internal
rebellion
or external
military aggression
.
(Reuters)
Law and crime
Mahsa Amini protests
Human rights
organizations say that
Iranian police
have arrested the father of
Mahsa Amini
on the first anniversary of
her death
.
(Reuters)
Mexican drug war
Ovidio Guzmán López
, the son of
Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán
, is
extradited
to the
United States
from
Mexico
on
drug trafficking
and
money laundering
charges
.
(Reuters)
Storm Daniel
Libya
's top
prosecutor
announces a probe into the dam collapses which led to the floods that killed more than 11,000 people.
(AP)
Texas Attorney General
Ken Paxton
is acquitted by the
Texas Senate
in his
impeachment
trial.
(
Texas Tribune
)
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