Portal:Current events/2021 September 9

September 9, 2021 (2021-09-09) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2021 Afghan protests
  • The Taliban suppresses yet another protest after using whips and sticks to disperse a crowd of women who protested the all-male cabinet appointed by the jihadist group now in charge of the country. Journalists were also beaten by members of the Taliban. (NDTV)
  • Former president Hamid Karzai says in a series of tweets that the announcement of a caretaker government by the Taliban was "necessary" and urges the Taliban to include women in the government to address "shortcomings of the new caretaker-announced cabinet". (India Today)

Arts and culture

• On the 20th anniversary of his assassination, the Taliban vandalizes the tombstone of Afghan mujahideen leader Ahmad Shah Massoud. The footage has sparked outrage among Afghans. (India Today)

Business and economy

• Shell declares force majeure legal defense to forestall liabilities on some oil deliveries due to damage from Hurricane Ida. Damage discovered shortly after the storm to Shell's West Delta-143 shallow water platform, which serves as a hub for numerous offshore production pipelines, is still being assessed. The damage has caused significant issues with deliveries from the Mars, Olympus, and Ursa platforms. (Argus)
• China made a rare public announcement it is selling its oil reserves in an attempt to curb high oil prices. The statement comes after China’s factory-gate inflation accelerated to a 13-year high, and just a month after the White House publicly asked the OPEC oil cartel to pump more crude. Oil prices / barrel have nearly doubled during the last year. (Aljazeera)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia
      • Cambodia surpasses 2,000 deaths from COVID-19. (Khmer Times)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
      • The Japanese government announces the extension its state of emergency in 19 prefectures until September 30 with Miyagi and Okayama prefecture will be downgraded to quasi-state of emergency after the strict ones expired on September 12. (The Asahi Shimbun)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
      • The Philippines reports a record 22,820 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 2,161,892. (Rappler)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
      • Singapore reports 450 new locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day total of new cases since August 2020. (The Straits Times)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, COVID-19 vaccination in Italy
      • The Italian Medicines Agency approves the usage of a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine using MRNA-based Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to clinically vulnerable population. (ANSA)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
      • The number of the COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Turkey surpasses 100 million. (Daily Sabah)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom
      • The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency approves the use of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines as boosters. (BBC)

Law and crime

• COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland
  • The Scottish Parliament approves the requirement of people who want to attend nightclubs and large events to show vaccine passport providing that they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 despite opposition from businesses leaders and opposition parties. The requirement will takes effect from October 1. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• 2021 Moroccan general election
  • Preliminary results show the National Rally of Independents party led by Aziz Akhannouch winning a plurality in the House of Representatives, defeating the ruling Justice and Development Party of Prime Minister Saadeddine Othmani. (The Guardian)
• The United States Justice Department sues the state of Texas over its new abortion law asking a federal judge to declare that the law invalid, “to enjoin its enforcement, and to protect the rights that Texas has violated.” (ABC News)

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