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September 14, 2021 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Somali Civil War
- An al-Shabaab suicide bomber blows himself up at a tea shop near a military base in Mogadishu, killing six soldiers and three civilians and injuring 11 others. (Al Jazeera)
Aftermath of the assassination of Jovenel Moïse
- Prosecutor Bed-Ford Claude asks a judge to forbid prime minister Ariel Henry from leaving Haiti "by air, sea or road" due to "serious presumption relative to the assassination of the former president". (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

Seven people are killed when a King Air 360 crashed shortly after takeoff in Piracicaba, Brazil. Among the victims is the Brazilian energy company Cosan shareholder Celso Silveira Mello Filho and his family. (Nasdaq)

Health and environment

COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
    - Italy surpasses 130,000 COVID-19-related deaths. (Il Messaggero)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
    - Caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte announces that the 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) social distancing requirement will be lifted on September 25 and instead, a "Corona pass" will be required in order to enter bars, restaurants, and large-scale events and festivals as the number of COVID-19 cases declines. (MedicalXpress)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
    - President Vladimir Putin enters self-isolation after several members of his inner circle tested positive for COVID-19. (AP)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
    - Malaysia surpasses two million cases of COVID-19. (The Straits Times)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
    - COVID-19 vaccination in Singapore
      - Singapore begins a nationwide campaign to administer booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 60 and people with a compromised immune system who received their second dose at least six months ago amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. (Nikkei Asia)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
  - COVID-19 pandemic in South Sudan
    - South Sudan receives its first shipment of 152,950 doses of the single-dose Janssen COVID-19 vaccine. (APO Group via The Guardian Nigeria)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe
    - The Parliament of Zimbabwe bans anyone who is unvaccinated against COVID-19 from attending church service in order to increase the vaccination rate. (AFP via Barron's)
Dolphin drive hunting
- More than 1,400 atlantic white-sided dolphins are killed during hunting in the Faroe Islands, the biggest ever slaughter in the history of the annual hunt known as the Grindadráp. (The Guardian)

International relations

LGBT rights in Hungary, LGBT rights in Poland
- At the end of a European Union summit, representatives threaten to fine Poland on a daily basis and withhold part of the EU's budget from Hungary over their laws against the gay and LGBT communities. (Bloomberg)
China–United Kingdom relations
- Chinese ambassador Zheng Zeguang is banned from entering the Parliament of the United Kingdom while sanctions remain in place on a number of British MPs and officials. Zheng was due to attend a Commons reception on Wednesday. China says that this was a "despicable and cowardly" decision. (BBC News)
France–Mali relations, Mali–Russia relations
- France says that a planned deal between Mali's military junta led by Assimi Goïta and the Wagner Group to bring Russian private military contractors into Mali was "incompatible" with the current French military presence. (Reuters)
North Korea demonstrates two short-range ballistic missiles that land just outside Japan's territorial waters and then only hours later South Korea demonstrates a submarine-launched ballistic missile. Comments made during the South Korean launch immediately draw condemning remarks from North Korea's Kim Yo-jong. (AP)
Continuing his apostolic journey, Pope Francis arrives in Slovakia, meeting with President Zuzana Čaputová who were joined by civil leaders, members of the diplomatic corps and religious leaders. After a meeting with the Jewish community, the Pope went to the apostolic nunciature, where he met with the Speaker of the National Council (parliament), Boris Kollár, and with Prime Minister Eduard Heger. (Catholic World News)

Law and crime

COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in Arizona
  - Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich files a lawsuit against President Joe Biden and his administration over the vaccine mandate. (KTAR)
Mexican drug war
- A Mexican court sentences Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, a former leader of the Juárez drug cartel, to 28 years in prison on the charges of organized crime and drug trafficking. (AFP via RFI)

Politics and elections

2021 United States gubernatorial elections
- 2021 California gubernatorial recall election
  - California voters head to the polls to determine whether to remove or keep incumbent Governor Gavin Newsom. This will be the first gubernatorial recall election in California since 2003. (AP)
  - Governor Gavin Newsom survives the recall election, making him the second governor to survive a recall after former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker in 2012. (Business Insider)