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;Business and economy
;Business and economy
*[[Transport in Paris]]
*[[Paris|Parisian]] metro workers launch a [[general strike]], the largest of its kind [[November 2007 strikes in France|since 2007]], in protest at [[Emmanuel Macron|Emmanuel Macron’s]] pension reforms. Two of the sixteen [[Paris Métro|metro lines]] and two major [[Rail transport in France|regional train lines]] are shut down during morning rush hour. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-protests-subway/paris-commuter-chaos-as-metro-workers-strike-over-pension-reform-idUSKCN1VY0GD?il=0 (Reuters)]
**[[Paris|Parisian]] metro workers launch a [[general strike]], the largest of its kind [[November 2007 strikes in France|since 2007]], in protest at [[Emmanuel Macron|Emmanuel Macron’s]] pension reforms. Ten of the sixteen [[Paris Métro|metro lines]] and two major [[Rail transport in France|regional train lines]] are shut down during morning rush hour. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-protests-subway/paris-commuter-chaos-as-metro-workers-strike-over-pension-reform-idUSKCN1VY0GD?il=0 (Reuters)]

;Disasters and accidents
;Disasters and accidents
* A fire in a hospital kills eleven people in [[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]]. [https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2019/09/13/oito-corpos-sao-retirados-do-predio-incendiado-do-hospital-badim-no-rio-numero-de-mortos-vai-a-nove.ghtml (G1)]
* A fire in a hospital kills eleven people in [[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]]. [https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2019/09/13/oito-corpos-sao-retirados-do-predio-incendiado-do-hospital-badim-no-rio-numero-de-mortos-vai-a-nove.ghtml (G1)]
* Two students are killed when a bus rolls over east of [[Bamfield, British Columbia]]. [https://globalnews.ca/news/5902629/serious-rollover-bus-crash-on-vancouver-island/ (Global News)]

;International relations
*[[Sanctions against North Korea]], [[North Korea–United States relations]]
**The [[U.S. Treasury]] imposes sanctions on the [[Lazarus Group]] and two of its affiliates, accusing them of being responsible for several recent cyberattacks under direction from North Korea's [[Reconnaissance General Bureau|RGB]] intelligence agency. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/us-sanctions-north-korean-hackers-accused-in-sony-attack-dozens-of-other-incidents/2019/09/13/ac6b0070-d633-11e9-9610-fb56c5522e1c_story.html (''Washington Post'')]
;Law and crime
;Law and crime
*[[2018 Genoa Bridge Collapse]]
*[[Ponte Morandi collapse]]
**Three employees of infrastructure firm [[Atlantia (company)|Atlantia]] are arrested by [[Italy|Italian]] police on suspicion of offences connected to falsification of safety documentations for motorway bridges. The probe follows a disaster which killed 43. [https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-italy-motorway-investigation-atlantia/three-atlantia-employees-arrested-in-probe-linked-to-genoa-bridge-collapse-idUKKCN1VY123 (Reuters)]
**Three employees of infrastructure firm [[Atlantia (company)|Atlantia]] are arrested by [[Italy|Italian]] police on suspicion of offences connected to falsification of safety documentations for motorway bridges. The probe follows the disaster which killed 43 in August 2018. [https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-italy-motorway-investigation-atlantia/three-atlantia-employees-arrested-in-probe-linked-to-genoa-bridge-collapse-idUKKCN1VY123 (Reuters)]
*[[2019 college admissions bribery scandal]]
**American actress [[Felicity Huffman]] is sentenced to fourteen days in jail and fined US$30,000 for her role in the conspiracy. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-education-cheating/actress-felicity-huffman-gets-14-days-behind-bars-in-u-s-college-scandal-idUSKCN1VY0Z8 (Reuters)]
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