Portal:Current events/2019 September 13
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)