Portal:Current events/2020 September 16
September 16, 2020 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Two men are injured during a rocket attack in Ashdod, Israel, while sites in the Gaza Strip are bombed by the Israel military. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
- 2020 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Sally strengthens into a Category 2 hurricane. The storm has forced evacuations and left more than 150,000 people without electricity. It is now expected to make landfall near southeastern Mississippi and the Florida Panhandle. (CNN)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
- 3,963 new cases were reported in Indonesia over the past 24 hours which taking the nationwide total at 228,993, an new all-time high since the pandemic began in the country. (detikNews)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
Politics and elections
- Yoshihide Suga is elected Prime Minister of Japan, following the resignation of his predecessor Shinzo Abe over health concerns. (BBC)
- Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley announces that the Caribbean island will become a republic next year before its 55th anniversary of independence from the United Kingdom in November 2021, replacing Elizabeth II as head of state with a Barbadian. Governor-General Sandra Mason says "the time has come to fully leave our colonial past behind." (Sky News)