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* 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)] |
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**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'')] |
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Revision as of 20:44, 13 September 2019
September 13, 2019 (Friday)
Business and economy
- Parisian metro workers launch a general strike, the largest of its kind since 2007, in protest at Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms. Two of the sixteen metro lines and two major regional train lines are shut down during morning rush hour. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- A fire in a hospital kills eleven people in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (G1)
International relations
- Sanctions against North Korea
- 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 RGB intelligence agency. (Washington Post)
Law and crime
- Ponte Morandi collapse
- American actress Felicity Huffman is sentenced to fourteen days in jail and fined US$30,000 for her role in the college admissions bribery scandal. (Reuters)