Friday,  September 8th, 2023 

China bans the use of iPhones for government officials resulting in the market value of Apple Inc. stock declining by $200 billion in the past two days. (Bloomberg) 

JAXA launches the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) lunar lander from Tanegashima Space Center. The Japanese mission will aim to become the fifth country to perform a soft landing on the Moon. (Reuters) 

The United Kingdom announces that it will rejoin Horizon Europe, a European Union scientific research initiative. (BBC News) 

Former Trump administration economic adviser Peter Navarro is found guilty of contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena issued by the January 6 committee investigating the US capitol attack. (NBC News) 

Two people are killed, 20 others are injured and 110 people are evacuated after floods occur in Hong Kong, with over 600mm of rain recorded, a quarter of the city’s average annual rainfall. (AP) 

One person is killed and five are injured when a car ploughs through pedestrians and two other vehicles in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The driver is arrested at the scene. (ABC News Australia) 

U.S. Army troops and emergency services respond to Arlington National Cemetery outside of Washington D.C. after a bomb threat is reported in the cemetery. (Washington Post) 

Russians head to the polls to elect the bodies of local government in the country. (Reuters) 

Islamist insurgents attack a military camp and a riverboat in northeast Mali. Sixty-three people are killed during the attacks, including 49 civilians and fifteen troops. (BBC News) 

Thursday, September 7th, 2023 

A dinosaur fossil, given the name Fujianvenator, is discovered in Fujian, China. The dinosaur has two legs and two other limbs, possibly wings, thereby giving insight on the evolution of birds. (NOS) 

The United States announces a $175 million aid package for Ukraine that includes depleted uranium ammunition for the first time, intended for use with Abrams tanks. (CBS News) 

Ukrainian forces enter the deserted villages of Stroivka and Topoli at the Russia–Ukraine border in Kharkiv Oblast. The villages were abandoned by Russia after the 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive but Ukraine was unable to enter due to heavy mining. (The Kyiv Independent) 

The Romanian Ministry of National Defence confirms that debris from a Russian drone has been found on Romanian territory in Tulcea County. Romania denied claims that drones launched by Russia exploded on Romanian territory. (AP) 

The death toll from the floods in Turkey, Bulgaria and Greece rises to 15 after five more people are found dead, with more people reported missing. (Al Jazeera) 

A man is arrested in Kigali, Rwanda, after fourteen people are found dead at his house. The suspected serial killer lured his victims from bars to his house. (Al Jazeera) 

The East African Community announce the extension of a mandate of a regional military force deployed to deal with the low-intensity conflict in the east of the country. (Al Jazeera) 

The main highway in Greece between Athens and Thessaloniki is closed, with no train traffic between the cities. (NOS) 

Tajikistan announces that it killed three Jamaat Ansarullah Islamist militants on 29–30 August after the militants crossed the border from Afghanistan to carry out terrorist attacks in Tajikistan. (AFP via Barron’s) 

A U.S. federal court judge rules that Donald Trump is liable for damages in the second defamation case against journalist E. Jean Carroll. (CNN) 

The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation decriminalizes abortion nationwide in Mexico. (AP) 

Sri Lanka’s government announces that it will appoint a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made in a Channel 4 report that Sri Lankan intelligence were complicit in the bombings. (AP) 

Twelve Pakistani Taliban gunmen and four soldiers are killed in a shootout at a security outpost in the Kalasha Valleys in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (VOA) 

An extratropical cyclone in southern Brazil causes flooding in several cities, killing at least 27 people and leaving more than 1,600 people homeless. (AP) 

Wednesday, September 6th, 2023 

The first African Climate Summit ends with a call for world leaders to implement a global carbon tax on fossil fuels, transport and reforms of global financial systems which its says disproportionately disadvantages African nations. (AP) 

The 13-kilometre-long (8-mile) Lagos Rail Mass Transit Blue Line rapid transit system begins service in Lagos, Nigeria, after being delayed since 1983. (Al Jazeera) 

Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov [et], who defected to Ukraine with a MI-8 helicopter, receives a $500,000 reward. (Al Jazeera) 

British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps confirms reports by Russian officials that a Challenger 2 tank has been destroyed in Ukraine, marking the first loss of the model. (The Kyiv Independent) 

President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan holds talks in Sochi, Russia, to discuss ways to revive the Black Sea Grain Initiative, enabling the safe passage of grain across the Black Sea. (CNN) 

At least 16 people are killed and 28 others are injured in a Russian missile strike on a marketplace in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast. (Reuters) 

Tajikistan announces that it killed three Jamaat Ansarullah Islamist militants on 29–30 August after they crossed the border from Afghanistan to carry out terrorist attacks in Tajikistan. (AFP via Barron’s) 

Seventeen soldiers and 36 volunteer fighters are killed in heavy clashes with militants in the Koumbri Department, Yatenga Province in northern Burkina Faso. (Reuters) (AP) 

Torrential rain causing floods in Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece kills at least ten people. (BBC News) 

A schoolgirl in Lyon, France, is reportedly sent home for wearing a traditional Japanese kimono as the nation implements a controversial law banning the display of religious symbols in public schools. (Al Jazeera) 

The National Bank of Poland announces sharp interest cuts, lowering the reference rate from 6.75% to 6%, simultaneously causing the złoty to lose value against the American dollar and the euro. (The Seattle Times) 

Tuesday,  September 5th, 2023 

Enrique Tarrio, leader of the far-right Proud Boys group, is sentenced to 22 years in prison for seditious conspiracy, which is the longest sentence to date handed down to a January 6 defendant. (CNN) 

Russia’s defense ministry says it destroyed four Ukrainian military boats carrying troops in the Black Sea travelling in the direction of Cape Tarkhankut on the Crimean coast. (Al Jazeera) 

Russia’s defense ministry says it repelled a Ukrainian aerial drone attack over the Black Sea. (Al Jazeera) 

Viking Link, the world’s longest submarine power cable, a joint venture between the United Kingdom’s National Grid and Denmark’s Energinet, is completed. The HVDC interconnector will supply around 1.4 million homes in the UK with electricity. (Electrek) 

France and Niger’s military government begin talks on the possible withdrawal of French troops from the West African country. (Al Jazeera) 

Russia’s defense ministry says is has shot down three Ukrainian aerial drones over Istra, Moscow, and over the Kaluga and Tver regions near Moscow. (Al Jazeera) 

Governor of Bryansk Oblast Alexander Bogomaz says border guards and security services prevented an attempt by an Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group to cross into Russia. (Al Arabiya) 

The Cuban foreign ministry says they are aware of activities that sought to enlist Cuban citizens to fight on Russia’s side in the Russo-Ukrainian War. (Reuters) 

Seventeen Burkinabé soldiers, thirty-six VDP militiamen, and several dozen Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin militants are killed during fighting in Yatenga, Burkina Faso. (ABC News) 

Birmingham City Council, the largest local authority in Europe, declares itself bankrupt. (Sky News) 

The Egyptian General Authority for Supply Commodities buys 480,000 metric tonnes of Russian wheat, relying on the imports to fulfill its domestic needs. (Al Jazeera) 

Tropical Storm Lee forms east of the Lesser Antilles, moving in west-northwest direction towards the Caribbean. (NHC) (AP) 

Shinji Aoba pleads guilty to arson and 36 murders for setting a fire at an animation studio in Kyoto, Japan, in July 2019. (AP) 

Nine people are killed and five others are injured in clashes between FARC dissidents and the National Liberation Army (ELN) in Arauca, Colombia. It occurs as the ELN concludes a fourth round of peace talks with the government. (AFP via The Daily Star) 

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