Portal:Current events/2020 September 15
September 15, 2020 (Tuesday)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Mongolia
- The government announces the re-opening of retail stores, cultural and public events, production, and entertainment centers tomorrow, as well as schools, universities, and kindergartens on September 21. However, the country's borders will remain closed. (News.mn)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
- COVID-19 pandemic in Mongolia
International relations
- Canada–United States relations
- Canada–United States trade relations, Trump tariffs
- The United States announces the suspension of the 10 percent tariff imposed on Canadian aluminum imports since August with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative citing a "sharp" decline in imports for the decision. (AFP via RFI)
- Canada–United States trade relations, Trump tariffs
- European migrant crisis, Germany–Greece relations
- Germany agrees to take 1,500 migrants from Greece following a devastating fire at the Moria Refugee Camp on the island of Lesbos. (Euronews)
- Turkish Volkan Bozkır becomes the new President of the United Nations General Assembly. (UN News)
Law and crime
- Immigration detention in the United States
- A whistleblower working at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Georgia details a high rate of hysterectomies and other alleged medical neglect in a complaint to the Department of Homeland Security. Rep. Bennie Thompson, the House Homeland Security Committee chairman, says the allegations of hysterectomies being performed on women without consent are "incredibly disturbing". (CNN) (BBC News)
- Poisoning of Alexei Navalny
- Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny issues his first public statement since his poisoning via Instagram, having been taken off the ventilator the previous day. (AFP via RTL Today)
- Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
- A woman is killed in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, by soldiers accusing her of being an Islamic State-linked group militant. A soldier beat her with a stick several times before the rest of the group was ordered to "kill her on the side of the road" and shoot her. The murder is condemned by human rights groups, while authorities promise an investigation. (BBC News)
- Shooting of Breonna Taylor
- The city of Louisville, Kentucky, settles a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of Breonna Taylor, who was killed in a raid on her apartment by police in March. Her family will receive $12 million and several police reforms will also be enacted in the city as part of the agreement. (CNN)
- Lebanon Ohio Fifth Third Bank Robbery
- A bank robbery occurs at a Fifth Third Bank in Warren County, Ohio. (Dayton Daily News)