Portal:Current events
Topics in the news
- Expo 2020 opens in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- In golf, the Ryder Cup concludes with the United States (team captain Steve Stricker pictured) defeating Europe.
- At the Tony Awards, The Inheritance wins Best Play and Moulin Rouge! wins Best Musical.
- The Social Democratic Party wins the most seats in the German federal election.
- Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig are released from detention in China shortly after the release of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou from house arrest in Canada.
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Afghanistan conflict
- Two people are killed and three others injured when a bomb explodes at the entrance to Id Gah Mosque in Kabul, during the funeral of Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid's mother. (Al Jazeera English)
Business and economy
- North Sea Link
- The world's longest under-sea electricity cable interconnector begins transferring power between Kvilldal, Norway and Blyth in the United Kingdom. At its full 1,400 megawatt capacity it is expected to supply at least 1.4 million homes with electricity. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2021 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
- Three people are dead and another is missing as Cyclone Shaheen batters Muscat, Oman. The storm also disrupts flights and halts movements on roads to all but emergency services. Shaheen is expected to make landfall in other parts of Oman later today. (Reuters)
- Eight people are killed when their Pilatus PC-12 plane crashes on an empty building in San Donato Milanese, Lombardy, Italy. (i)
- An oil spill off Orange County, California, U.S. amounting to 126,000 gallons (98,420 liters) of oil occurs. (Deutsche Welle)
International relations
- Algeria–France relations
- Algeria bans French military planes from using its airspace, and recalls its ambassador to Paris for consultations after accusing French President Emmanuel Macron of an "inadmissible interference" in its internal affairs. (Politico Europe)
- North Korean missile tests
- North Korea warns the United Nations Security Council against criticizing the country's renewed missile launches. The Council had convened an emergency meeting two days prior to discuss concerns over North Korea resuming missile testing. North Korea further threatens the Council with unspecified "consequences" should they "encroach upon the sovereignty" of the country in the future. (MSN)
Law and crime
- Catholic Church sexual abuse cases
- A commission to research on sexual abuse by clergy in France reveals that since the 1950s, there are about 3,000 pedophiles who have committed sex crimes out of 115,000 priests and religious officials. A spokesperson for the French Catholic Bishops declines to comment. (France 24)
- Pandora Papers
- 11.9 million documents leaked documents are published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which expose hidden wealth, tax evasion and money laundering amongst 330 politicians (35 national leaders) and numerous celebrities worldwide, including 130 billionaires, totaling 29000 beneficiaries among 27000 companies. It becomes the largest offshore data leak in history, surpassing the previous record holder, the Panama Papers, by nearly half a million documents. (BBC News) (International Consortium of Investigative Journalists)
- The United Arab Emirates raise the death toll of those who died while working at the Expo 2020 to six. The true death toll is suspected to be higher. (Reuters)
- Police in Tunisia arrest a lawmaker and a TV presenter for calling president Kais Saied a traitor over his seizure of power in July 2021. The arrests were ordered by the military judiciary for "conspiring against state security and insulting the army". (Reuters)
- The Chairman of Mitsubishi Electric resigns after the company publishes a report about long term test data falsification, organized coverup of the falsification, and extended use of unapproved materials. An investigative committee at Mitsubishi Electric is currently examining 2,300 reports of issues with its plants. (Asahi)
Politics and elections
- Native title in Australia
- The Queensland Police Service refuse a request from the Adani Group to remove a group of Wangan and Yagalingu protesters occupying the Carmichael coal mine, saying this would be a human rights violation. The Wangan and Yagalingu peoples previously held native title to the land before the Queensland Government extinguished it in 2019 in preparation for the contract with Adani. (The Guardian)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Afghanistan conflict
- Journalist Sayed Maroof Sadat, two Taliban soldiers and a civilian are killed by suspected ISIS-K gunmen in Jalalabad after opening fire against a vehicle. (La Repubblica)
- Five Pakistani soldiers are killed by gunmen at the border with Afghanistan. (Ani News)
- Yemeni Civil War
- Clashes between government forces and the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Aden kill at least four people. The government has been battling the separatists of the STC and the Houthis. (Reuters)
- Mali War
- A United Nations peacekeeper is killed and three others are seriously injured when an IED detonates near where they were patrolling in the volatile north of the country, near the border with Algeria. (Dhaka Tribune)
Disasters and accidents
- Four people are dead and two others are injured in Cosenza, Calabria, Italy, after accidentally falling into a vat of grape must. (Gazzetta del Sud)
- A fire breaks out on Rome's Ponte dell'Industria, or Industry Bridge, due to an electrical fire near gas pipelines and causes portions of the structure of the bridge to collapse. (UPI)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
- COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam
- Vietnam surpasses 800,000 cases of COVID-19. (The Star)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria
- Victoria reports a record 1,488 new cases and two deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. The Victoria lockdown is also extended to Greater Shepparton after an increase in new COVID-19 cases in the regional community. (ABC News Australia)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria
- COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina
- Argentina receives a shipment of 1,673,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and has now received more than 70 million vaccine doses since the start of the vaccination campaign. Health minister Carla Vizzotti also announces that the country will receive a shipment of 7.2 million doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to be used for teenagers. (DBSAS)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Nicaragua, COVID-19 vaccination in Nicaragua
- Nicaragua authorizes the Cuban Abdala and Soberana COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
International relations
- 2021 North Kosovo protests
- Protests in North Kosovo end with the protesters removing barricades and vehicles used to block the border crossings, according to an agreement reached in Brussels two days ago, which will end the ban on Serbian license plates on October 4. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2021 Georgian local elections
- Georgians head to the polls to elect the bodies of local government in the country. The election is being closely watched in the aftermath of yesterday's arrest of Mikheil Saakashvili, who returned from exile in order to support his party. The pro-Western former leader had a ruling in his favor when Interpol turned down a request for his arrest. (Al Jazeera)
- 2021 Qatari general election
- Qataris head to the polls to elect 30 members of the Consultative Assembly in the country's first legislative elections. (Reuters)
- 2021 Madagascar food crisis
- President of Madagascar Andry Rajoelina visits the famine-hit southern region of the country and promises the prompt inauguration of a water pipeline from the Efaho River to the Ambovombe districts after the allocation of 322 million euros of a loan requested from the International Monetary Fund. Rajoelina also promises more food aid to those affected by the disaster. (Madagascar Tribune)
Arts and culture
- Aftermath of the Fall of Kabul
Business and economy
- Economy of Venezuela
- Venezuela launches its second monetary overhaul in the past three years by cutting six zeros from its currency in order to simplify accounting. This move was in response to hyperinflation, which reached an annual record of 1,743%, amid a serious ongoing economic crisis. (MercoPress)
- Russian gas supplies via the Yamal–Europe pipeline fall almost 77% in a single day, raising European gas prices to an all-time high. European Parliament lawmakers request investigations of market manipulation, although Gazprom's exports outside the former Soviet Union rose 15.3% year on year in the first nine months of 2021 and German utility Uniper confirms that Russia was fulfilling its contractual obligations. (Reuters) (RFE/RL)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia, COVID-19 vaccination in Malaysia
- Malaysia grants the conditional approval of the Sinovac Coronavac vaccine for children aged above 12. (The Star)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
- Singapore reports a record for the fourth consecutive day of 2,909 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 99,430. (The Straits Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka lifts a nearly six-week lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19 but continues to maintain a night curfew and a ban on public gatherings and parties as the number of cases declines. (The Hindu)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia, COVID-19 vaccination in Malaysia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
- Greece imposes a curfew and bans music at bars, cafés and restaurants in Thessaloniki, Larissa, Chalkidiki and Kilkis due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the region. (Ekathimerini)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Russia reports a record for the fourth consecutive day of 887 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 208,142. (The Moscow Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state)
- COVID-19 pandemic in New York City
- Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor rejects an order to block the vaccine mandate for New York City school teachers and employees. (CBS News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in New York City
- COVID-19 pandemic in California
- California Governor Gavin Newsom announces that California will become the first U.S. state to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for all students in schools. (CBS News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state)
- The United States surpasses 700,000 deaths from COVID-19. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina, COVID-19 vaccination in Argentina
- Argentina authorizes the approval of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 3 and 11 years. Health minister Carla Vizzotti announces that Argentina will end the year with all of its population over the age of 3 years vaccinated against COVID-19. (El Universo)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
- Australia expands eligibility for the Pfizer–BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to include seniors over the age of 60 who had previously only been eligible for the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine. (The Guardian)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, COVID-19 pandemic in Bermuda, Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic
- The Philippines adds the British territory of Bermuda to its red list due to COVID-19. Bermuda became the first British territory to be added to the Asian country's red list. (PLS)
- Deployment of COVID-19 vaccines
- It is announced that more than 50 countries have missed the World Health Organization's (WHO) target for 10% of their populations to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of September. Most of these countries are in Africa, where the WHO's overall figure for fully vaccinated populations is currently 4.4%. (BBC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
International relations
- Post-Brexit United Kingdom relations with the European Union
- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says that the contentious arrangements regarding the Northern Irish Protocol could work in principle if they were "fixed" but warns the European Union that they could be "ditched" if they do not work. Johnson adds that this is a problem that "the United Kingdom did not want". (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Murder of Cécile Bloch
- The suicide note left by François Vérove, a 59-year-old French former military police officer who committed suicide two days ago in Le Grau-du-Roi, Occitanie, reveals that he murdered four people, including 11-year-old Cécile Bloch. The serial killer, nicknamed Le Grêlé, was also involved in a series of rapes. (Al Jazeera)
- 2021 Guayaquil prison riot
Politics and elections
- Second Berejiklian ministry
- New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian announces her resignation after the Independent Commission Against Corruption revealed that they are investigating her over a series of suspicious historical community grants. (ABC News Australia)
- 2021 Georgian local elections
- Exiled Georgian politician Mikheil Saakashvili announces that he is back in Georgia despite threats by prime minister Irakli Garibashvili, who said that Saakashvili would be "immediately arrested and brought to prison" if he returned. Saakashvili, in his support for the United National Movement, concluded by saying that "I risked my life and freedom to be back". Saakashvili is arrested later in the day. (Deutsche Welle) (Reuters)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Three Palestinians are killed, two are injured and two more are arrested by Israeli soldiers during armed confrontations in the West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
- 2021 Afghanistan protests, Treatment of women by the Taliban
- Taliban forces use gunfire to disperse a group of six women who protested in front of their high school in Kabul against the Taliban regime forbidding them to return to study. Security forces also pushed the women and threatened arrests. A guard said that they dispersed the protest because the six women "did not coordinate with security forces regarding their protest". (NDTV)
- Afghanistan conflict
- The Taliban orders all members belonging to the group's defense, interior and intelligence agencies who are living in private homes to "report back to military bases" across the country and stop occupying private homes they had taken over. (Military.com)
Arts and culture
- Expo 2020
- Dubai holds an opening ceremony to kick off the Expo 2020 event after it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Around 192 countries will be participating in the event. This will be the first world's fair to be held in the Middle East. (Al Arabiya)
Business and economy
- Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
- The government's furlough scheme ends in the United Kingdom after 18 months. Almost a million people are reported to still be on furlough from their employer. (BBC News)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
- COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt
- Egypt receives their first shipment of 1.6 million doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States. (Al-Arabiya English)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Somalia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia, COVID-19 vaccination in Malaysia
- The Malaysian Public Service Department mandates that all federal government employees will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19, with exceptions only to be allowed on health grounds, in order to increase the country's vaccination rate. (The Jakarta Post)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
- COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia, COVID-19 vaccination in Malaysia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Romania
- Romania reports a record 12,032 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,233,668. (Romania Insider)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Russia reports a record for the third consecutive day of 867 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 207,255. (The Moscow Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Romania
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Queensland
- Restrictions are increased in Queensland after an increase in locally-acquired COVID-19 cases, resulting in 25% of ticket-holders for the NRL Grand Final in Brisbane receiving cancellations. (The Guardian)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria
- Victoria reports a record 1,438 new COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, surpassing New South Wales as the epicentre of the pandemic in Australia. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews blames the increase on illegal parties held to celebrate the AFL Grand Final and also announces that the time between doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine will be reduced to three weeks. (The Age)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Queensland
- COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
International relations
- Nuclear program of Iran
- European Union diplomat Josep Borrell says that nuclear talks will resume "soon" at an acceptable time period. (Reuters)
- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns that Iran is running out of time to return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action signed in 2015. (Bloomberg.com)
- Abraham Accords
- Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid travels to Bahrain for the first official visit by an Israeli cabinet member to the Gulf kingdom since the countries established diplomatic ties last year. (BBC News)
- 2021 North Kosovo protests
- Tigray War
- The Ethiopian foreign ministry announces that it will expel seven senior United Nations humanitarian officials working in Ethiopia and declare them as persona non grata for "meddling" in the country's internal affairs. (AFP via Barron's)
Law and crime
- A 96-year-old German woman accused of collaborating with the SS in the deaths of thousands of people at the Stutthof concentration camp, where she was employed as a typist, is arrested by German police shortly after a court ordered her arrest for evading the beginning of her trial. The court now orders the woman to be examined to determine whether she is fit to be jailed or to attend the court proceedings in person. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- 2021 Ethiopian general election
- Voters in Ethiopia's Somali Region go to the polls as part of the larger general election originally scheduled to be held on June 21. Three opposition parties withdrew from the election, leaving President Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party as the sole party to participate. (Addis Standard)
Sports
- 2021 in sumo
- Hakuhō, the 69th yokozuna and widely considered to be one of the greatest professional sumo wrestlers of all time, officially retires from competition after a 20-year career, 14 of them at the sport's highest rank. (The Mainichi)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Mali War
- Five Malian gendarmes are killed and four others are wounded in an ambush on a convoy escorting mining equipment to the Australian-owned Morila Gold Mine in Sikasso Region. Jihadist group Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin claims responsibility for the attack. (Reuters)
- Mohibullah, a prominent Rohingya Muslim leader and high-profile advocate for the Rohingya, is killed by a gunman in a refugee camp in southern Bangladesh. (Al Jazeera)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
- Three pet cats who previously tested positive for COVID-19 are euthanized in the Chinese city of Harbin amid fears that pets could spread the virus to humans. (Newsweek)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
- COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Russia reports a record 857 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 206,388. (The Moscow Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia
- Slovenia suspends the use of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine following the death of a 20-year-old woman who had received the vaccine. (Euronews)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria
- Algeria begins producing the CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine developed by Sinovac, with expected production of eight million doses per month. (France 24)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- Holocene extinction
- Eleven species of birds, two fish, one bat, eight mussels and one plant are declared extinct by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The ivory-billed woodpecker, the Guam flying fox and the Bachman's warbler are among those declared extinct. (BBC)
International relations
- France–United Kingdom relations, 2021 Jersey dispute
- Jersey rejects 75 French fishing applications, once again raising tensions over disputed fishing rights off Jersey. France condemns the move as French fishermen threaten to impose either a "blockade" of ports, or of lorries travelling to the United Kingdom via the Channel tunnel, as retaliation. (Deutsche Welle)
Law and crime
- Unexplained wealth of the Marcos family
- The Sandiganbayan, the Philippines' anti-graft court, orders Royal Traders Holding Co. Inc., a bank formerly controlled by the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, to pay the Philippine government an estimated PHP1 billion ($32.446 million) in bank certificates that were confiscated by the United States Customs Service after Marcos was deposed in 1986. (Rappler)
- LGBT rights in Nepal
- The Central Bureau of Statistics adds an option for a third gender to its census forms for the first time. (Al Jazeera)
- Britney Spears conservatorship dispute
- The Los Angeles County Superior Court suspends James Parnell Spears from the conservatorship of his daughter, American singer Britney Spears, which was implemented in 2008. (AFP via The Philippine Star)
- 2021 Guayaquil prison riot
- The U.S. Treasury Department, in coordination with Qatar, imposes sanctions on United Arab Emirates real estate company Aldar Properties and seven residents of Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia for allegedly financing Hezbollah. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- Politics of Japan
- 2021 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election
- The Liberal Democratic Party elects former foreign minister Fumio Kishida as its new leader. Kishida is expected to become prime minister within days, succeeding Yoshihide Suga. (Reuters)
- 2021 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election
- Indigenous land rights in Australia
- The Queensland state government grants land rights over parts of the UNESCO-listed Wet Tropics, including the Daintree National Park, to the Kuku Yalanji people. The Kuku Yalanji will initially co-administer the land with the Queensland government. (The Guardian)
- Politics of Tunisia
- Tunisian President Kais Saied appoints Najla Bouden Romdhane as the first female prime minister in Tunisia and the Arab world. (CNN)
Science and technology
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Boko Haram insurgency
- Kwatar Daban Masara airstrike
- At least 50 civilians were killed by a Nigerian Air Force airstrike at a fish market in the village of Daban Masara, Borno State, two days ago. The military has imposed a ban on fishing in the area due to allegations that ISWAP was using the sales of the fish to fund their operations. (Reuters)
- Kwatar Daban Masara airstrike
- South Thailand insurgency
- Two police officers are killed and four others wounded as their van is hit by a roadside bombing in Chanae District, Thailand. (Bangkok Post)
- Mali War
- Mali accuses France of "abandoning the country" by reducing its forces in the fight against jihadist groups. In response to the remarks, France accuses Mali's military junta of "wiping their feet on the blood of French soldiers". (Channel 4)
- Five Sudanese security forces personnel are killed and a sixth is injured during clashes with an IS-linked group in Khartoum. Eleven terrorists are arrested. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- 2021 United Kingdom fuel panic buying
- Defence Secretary Ben Wallace approves a request for 150 military tanker drivers to help deliver fuel to petrol stations. The Petrol Retailers Association says that 37% of its 5,500 stations have run out of fuel. (BBC)
- The United Kingdom's Department for Transport announces that it is seizing control of train operating company Southeastern beginning next month following a "serious breach" of financial conduct. An investigation found that around £25 million in taxpayer funding is currently unaccounted for. (Sky News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2021 Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption
- Spain declares the island of La Palma a "disaster zone" as the Cumbre Vieja volcano continues to erupt and produce lava flows. (Reuters)
- Lava flows from the volcano have reached the Atlantic Ocean after nine days, causing a massive cloud, according to local residents. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in India, COVID-19 vaccination in India
- The Subject Expert Committee of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation will allow the Serum Institute of India to conduct trials of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine in children between the ages of 7 and 11 years. (Business Standard)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announces that the state of emergency that was declared in April will end on September 30, with COVID-19-related restrictions to then be gradually eased. (NPR)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
- Singapore reports a record 2,236 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 91,775. (The Star)
- COVID-19 pandemic in India, COVID-19 vaccination in India
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Romania
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Russia reports a record 852 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 205,531. (The Brussels Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica, COVID-19 vaccination in Costa Rica
- Costa Rica mandates that all state workers must be vaccinated against COVID-19 despite not specifying a deadline, making it the first Latin American country to impose a vaccination mandate. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
International relations
- Australia–Nauru relations, Pacific Solution
- Australia and Nauru announce that, last week, they renewed their agreement to maintain a detention center in Nauru for asylum seekers and refugees who are attempting to reach Australia. Australia has provided millions of dollars in order to maintain the offshore detention center. (RNZ)
Law and crime
- Capital Gazette shooting
- Jarrod Ramos is sentenced to life in prison for the June 2018 murders of five employees in a mass shooting at Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, United States. (MSN)
- 2021 Guayaquil prison riot
- Twenty-five people are injured, four critically, during an explosion at a block of flats in Gothenburg, Sweden. An accident has been ruled out, with authorities suspecting a criminal background. (The Guardian)
- In a 35-page report, a commission appointed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to investigate sex abuses during the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo finds that there were "clear structural failures" and "individual negligence" for the sex abuse and rape of women and girls between 2018 and 2020 by WHO staff. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom apologizes for the abuses. (France24)
Science and technology
- NASA announces the scheduled launch of Lucy, a twelve-year space probe on the Jupiter trojan asteroids, the first mission to do so. It will launch from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on October 16. (AFP via The Straits Times)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Afghanistan conflict
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- ISIL–K leader Mawlawi Ziya ul-Haq is killed and more than 80 fighters are arrested during Taliban raids in the eastern Nangarhar Province. The raids are carried out as ISIL-K has killed several people during attacks in Jalalabad in recent days. (Al Jazeera)
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- Colombian conflict
- Ten FARC dissidents are killed during a military bombing in Morichal Nuevo, Guainía Department. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- 2021 United Kingdom fuel panic buying
- The government places the army on standby to help deliver fuel to petrol stations if it becomes necessary after panic buying has depleted their stocks. The increased demand arose after press reports that the ongoing delivery driver shortage could reduce the availability of fuel. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
- 2021 Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption
- The Cumbre Vieja volcano becomes highly active again after two periods during the day with no emission of ash and lava. (El País)
- 2021 Crete earthquake
- A 5.8 magnitude earthquake strikes the Greek island of Crete, killing one person and injuring 35 others. (Reuters)
- Power outages are reported in the Northeast China provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang. Local media said that the cause of the outages was an increase in coal prices. The State Grid Corporation of China said that it would take comprehensive measures to ensure an adequate power supply for people's basic needs and try its best to avoid power cuts. (BBC) (Xinhuanet)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, COVID-19 drug development
- The Health Ministry panel committee approve the usage of the single-dose monoclonal antibody-based treatment sotrovimab developed by GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology to treat mild and moderately-ill COVID-19 patients. (The Japan Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan
- Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan tests positive for COVID-19. (Arab News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Mongolia
- Mongolia reports a record 19 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 1,152. (Xinhuanet)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
- Singapore limits the maximum group sizes for social gatherings and dine-ins at restaurants and bars to two people as well as defaulting to work from home in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. These restrictions will remain in effect until October 24. (Singapore Business Review)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, COVID-19 drug development
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- The U.S. surpasses 43 million cases of COVID-19. (KOKI-TV)
- COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in Vermont
- People over the age of 75 in Vermont can now register to receive a booster shot of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. (AP)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C.
- President Joe Biden receives his third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. (CNBC)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Vermont
- COVID-19 pandemic in Chile
- The government announces that the state of catastrophe and the night curfew in the country will end on October 1. (Cooperativa.cl)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
International relations
- Hungary–Russia relations, Hungary–Ukraine relations
- Hungary and Russia sign a natural gas supply deal which will see Gazprom supply Hungary with 4.5 billion cubic metres of gas annually via Serbia and Austria for the next 15 years. Ukraine criticizes the gas pact, saying that it is a "purely political, economically unreasonable decision". In response, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó accuses Ukraine of "meddling" in its internal affairs. (Reuters)
- 2021 Taliban offensive, Foreign relations of Afghanistan
- Afghanistan's permanent representative to the United Nations Ghulam Isaczai withdraws from the list of speakers at the United Nations General Assembly. The move comes after the Taliban nominated a delegation to represent Afghanistan at the United Nations, although the UN continues to recognize the Ashraf Ghani-led government as the country's permanent mission. (AFP via Dawn)
- South Sudan–Sudan relations
- Sudan resumes its importation of oil from neighboring South Sudan, which was temporarily halted due to Darfur War-related protests blocking access to Port Sudan. (AFP via Radio France Internationale)
Law and crime
- LGBT rights in Poland
- Three regions in Poland repeal their status as an "LGBT-free zone" after pressure from the European Commission and activists. The declaration of "free of LGBT ideology" had been imposed in 2019 under heavy pressure from Catholic conservatives in the regions. (Reuters)
- American singer R. Kelly is found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking over a two-decade period. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- 2021 Swiss same-sex marriage referendum, LGBT rights in Switzerland
- Official results show that the "yes" campaign won and that same-sex marriage will be legalized in Switzerland. Results show 64.1% voting yes with 35.9% voting no. (Deutsche Welle)
- 2019 Bougainvillean independence referendum
- Bougainvilleans are consulted by president Ishmael Toroama as to where the capital of Bougainville should be located once the region achieves full independence from Papua New Guinea. Currently, the capital is Buka but this was always considered temporary due to the civil war. The strongest push is for Arawa to be designated as the capital. (RNZ)
- 2021 Haitian general election, 2021 Haitian constitutional referendum, 2018–2021 Haitian protests
- The Provisional Electoral Council postpones indefinitely the election and constitutional referendum for a third time, targeting 7 November 2021, after Prime Minister Ariel Henry dismissed several members of the council. (AFP via Philippine Daily Inquirer)
- 2021 Sammarinese abortion referendum, Abortion in San Marino
- After a final tally of votes from yesterday's referendum establishes a majority of 77%, abortion at up to 12 weeks of pregnancy is legalized in San Marino. (Associated Press)
Sports
- UEFA announces that it has abandoned and nullified its disciplinary cases against football clubs Barcelona, Juventus, and Real Madrid over their commitment to the controversial European Super League, following a Madrid court ruling. UEFA also says that it will not request payment of the sums offered by the nine other founding clubs. (AFP via New Straits Times)
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Ongoing events
Business
- COVID-19 recession
- Lebanese liquidity crisis
- United Kingdom natural gas supplier crisis
- United Kingdom motor fuel panic buying
Disasters
- Climate crisis
- COVID-19 pandemic
- 2020–21 H5N8 outbreak
- 2021 Atlantic hurricane season
- 2021 Pacific typhoon season
- Madagascar food crisis
- Water crisis in Iran
- Yemeni famine
- 2021 La Palma eruption
Politics
- Belarusian protests
- Belarus−European Union border crisis
- Brazilian protests
- Colombian tax reform protests
- Eswatini protests
- Haitian protests
- Indian farmers' protests
- Jersey dispute
- Libyan peace process
- Myanmar protests
- Nicaraguan protests
- Nigerian protests
- Persian Gulf crisis
- Peruvian crisis
- Russian election protests
- Tigrayan peace process
- Thai protests
- Tunisian political crisis
- United States racial unrest (Stop Asian Hate)
- Venezuelan presidential crisis
Recent
- September
- 17−19: Russia, State Duma
- 19: Hong Kong, Election Committee
- 20: Canada, House of Commons
- 23: Isle of Man, House of Keys
- 25: Iceland, Althing
- 26: Germany, Bundestag
- 26: San Marino, Referendum
- 26: Switzerland, Referendums
- 30: Ethiopia, House of Representatives (2nd)
- October
Upcoming
Recently concluded
- Belarus: Maria Kalesnikava, Viktar Babaryka
- China: Sun Dawu
- France: Nicolas Sarkozy
- India: Shashi Tharoor
- Indonesia: Juliari Batubara, Edhy Prabowo
- Russia: Lyubov Sobol
- Rwanda: Paul Rusesabagina
- United Kingdom: Apsana Begum
- United States: R. Kelly, Robert Durst, Ed Buck, Stephen Calk
Ongoing
- Armenia: Serzh Sargsyan
- Belarus: Sergei Tikhanovsky
- France: Brussels ISIL
- Indonesia: Nurdin Abdullah
- Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu
- Kyrgyzstan: Almazbek Atambayev
- Malta: Yorgen Fenech
- Philippines: Leila de Lima
- Sudan: Omar al-Bashir
- United States: Elizabeth Holmes
Upcoming
- Canada: Raj Grewal
- Indonesia: Azis Syamsuddin, Alex Noerdin
- Kosovo: Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli
- Lesotho: Maesiah Thabane
- United States: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ghislaine Maxwell, Allen Weisselberg
- Vatican City: Giovanni Angelo Becciu
- Zimbabwe: Ignatius Chombo
- ICC: Ali Kushayb
- Association football
- Women's association football
- American football
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cricket
- Golf
- Ice hockey
- Motorsport
- Rugby league
- Rugby union
- Tennis
- Other sports seasons
October
September
- 30: Carlisle Floyd
- 30: John Rigas
- 28: Tommy Kirk
- 28: Princess Lalla Malika of Morocco
- 28: Dr. Lonnie Smith
- 27: Andrea Martin
- 27: Roger Hunt
- 26: George Frayne
- 26: Alan Lancaster
- 26: Bobby Zarem
- 25: Théoneste Bagosora
- 25: Patricio Manns
- 24: Pee Wee Ellis
- 24: Jitender Mann Gogi
- 23: Jorge Urosa Savino
- 22: Abdelkader Bensalah
- 22: Roger Michell
- 22: Jay Sandrich
- 21: Willie Garson
- 21: Mohamed Hussein Tantawi
- 21: Melvin Van Peebles
- 20: Sarah Dash
- 19: James Bilbray
- 19: Sylvano Bussotti
- 19: John Challis
- 19: Jimmy Greaves
- 19: Allan Slaight
- 19: Dinky Soliman
- 18: Mario Camus
- 17: Abdelaziz Bouteflika
- 16: Jane Powell
- 16: Dušan Ivković
- 16: Casimir Oyé-Mba
- 16: Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi
- 16: Clive Sinclair
- 16: Silas Atopare
- 14: Norm Macdonald
- 14: Ida Nudel
- 14: David Yonggi Cho
- 13: Don Collier
- 13: Charlotte Johnson Wahl
- 13: Borisav Jović
- 11: Abimael Guzmán
- 11: María Mendiola
- 11: Phùng Quang Thanh
- 10: Charles Konan Banny
- 10: Michael Chapman
- 10: Jorge Sampaio
- 10: Dalal bint Saud Al Saud
- 8: Art Metrano
- 8: Yevgeny Zinichev
- 8: Neddy Smith
- 6: Anthony Johnson
- 6: Adlai Stevenson III
- 6: Michael K. Williams
- 6: Jean-Pierre Adams
- 6: Jean-Paul Belmondo
- 6: Donald Zec
- 6: Sunil Perera
- 5: Ion Caramitru
- 5: Sarah Harding
- 5: Jan Hecker
- 5: Ivan Patzaichin
- 5: Živko Radišić
- 4: Dell Furano
- 4: Tunch Ilkin
- 4: Willard Scott
- 3: Hassan Firouzabadi
Africa
- Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali, Niger, and Tunisia
- Angola
- Cameroon
- Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ethiopia
- Ethiopia and Sudan
- Ghana
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- War in Darfur
- South Kordofan conflict
- Sudanese nomadic conflicts (incl. South Sudan)
- Tunisia
- Western Sahara
Americas
- Colombia
- Mexico
- Peru
- Paraguay
Asia-Pacific
- Afghanistan
- India
- India and Pakistan
- Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines
- Indonesia
- Myanmar
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Thailand
Europe
- Armenia and Azerbaijan
- Ukraine
- Ireland and the UK
- Turkey
Global
Middle East
- Egypt
- Iran and the Persian Gulf
- Iraq
- Iraq and Syria (map)
- Israel and Gaza
- Israel and Syria
- Syria
- Yemen and Saudi Arabia
2021 events and developments by topic
Arts
Architecture – Animation – Anime – Comics – Film (Horror, Science fiction) – Home video – Literature – Music (Classical, Country, Rock, Hip hop, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US) – Radio – Television (UK, US, Italy, Scotland) – Video games
Politics and government
Elections – International leaders – Sovereign states – Sovereign state leaders – Territorial governors
Science and technology
Archaeology – Biotechnology – Computing – Palaeontology – Quantum computing and communication – Senescence research – Sustainable energy research – Space/Astronomy – Spaceflight
Environment and environmental sciences
Birding/Ornithology – Climate change
Transportation
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
Works and introductions categories
Works – Introductions – Works entering the public domain
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