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September 6, 2018 (Thursday)

Business and economy

Approximately two million Ford F150 trucks are recalled due to a manufacturing error which can cause the seat belt pretensioner to ignite the vehicle. (NPR)
Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion
- Kinder Morgan hints at a potential offloading of Canada assets following sales of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project to the Canadian government. (Vancouver Sun) (Toronto Star)

Disasters and accidents

2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake
- A magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes the island of Hokkaido in Japan, killing 16 people, injuring 120 more and leaving 26 missing. (BBC)
List of earthquakes in 2018
- A magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurs off the coast of Fiji. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says no tsunami is expected due to its depth. (BNO News)
European migrant crisis
- Spanish rescuers find five dead migrants and 53 survivors in a boat partially sunk in waters east of the Strait of Gibraltar. (ABC News)
2018 North Korean floods
- Heavy floods in North Korea leave at least 76 dead and 75 missing. (Reuters)

International relations

North Korea–South Korea relations, 2017–18 North Korea crisis
- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korea president Moon Jae-in agree to hold a third summit between September 18 and September 20 in Pyongyang. (NBC News)
- Kim gives a timeline for denuclearization, aiming for completion by the end of U.S. President Donald Trump's first term. (Reuters)

Law and crime

LGBT rights in India
- The Supreme Court of India strikes down Article 377, a colonial-era law which criminalized homosexuality, declaring it unconstitutional. (BBC)
Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, 2018 Amesbury poisonings
- Ben Wallace, British Security Minister, says in an interview that Russian President Vladimir Putin bears the responsibility for multiple Novichok poisonings in the U.K., in which British citizens were harmed and killed. (BBC)
A gunman kills three people and injures two others at the Fifth Third Bank headquarters in Cincinnati, United States, before police fatally shoot him. (Fox News)
Sony Pictures hack
- The Justice Department unseals charges made in June against an alleged hacker for the North Korean government in connection with a series of cyber attacks, including the 2014 assaults on Sony Pictures. The Federal Bureau of Investigation accuses Park Jin Hyok of conspiring the hack on behalf of Reconnaissance General Bureau, the country's intelligence agency, and conspiring to commit wire fraud. (The Washington Post)
Nisour Square massacre
- The second trial of U.S. citizen Nicholas Slatten, the former Blackwater (now Academi) employee who was found guilty in 2013 of first-degree murder in connection to the killing in 2007 of fourteen unarmed civilians on Baghdad's Nisour Square and sentenced to life in prison, ends in a mistrial. (NPR)
The Trump administration proposes regulatory changes which would allow the children of illegal immigrants to be imprisoned for more than 20 days. (NPR)
Mexican officials report the discovery of the remains of at least 166 people in a mass grave in Veracruz. (BBC)

Politics and elections

Ñuble becomes the 16th region of Chile after new administrative divisions in Chile come into effect. (Biobío)
Jair Bolsonaro presidential campaign, 2018
- Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro is stabbed in the abdomen and seriously injured at a campaign rally. He is expected to be in intensive care for at least seven days. Police arrest a 40-year-old man they say appears mentally disturbed. (AP)

Science and technology

Discoveries of exoplanets
- Wolf 503b, a super-Earth exoplanet twice the size of Earth, is discovered orbiting Wolf 503 [ru]145 light years away by American, German, and Canadian researchers via the NASA Kepler Space Telescope. (Fox News) (Astrobio)

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+;Business and economy
+*Approximately two million [[Ford F150]] trucks are recalled due to a manufacturing error which can cause the [[Seat_belt#Pretensioners_and_webclamps|seat belt pretensioner]] to ignite the vehicle. [https://www.npr.org/2018/09/06/645284416/two-million-ford-trucks-recalled-due-to-reported-seat-belt-fires (NPR)]
+*[[Trans Mountain Pipeline#Expansion project|Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion]]
+**[[Kinder Morgan]] hints at a potential offloading of [[Canada]] assets following sales of the [[Trans Mountain Pipeline]] expansion project to the [[Government of Canada|Canadian government]]. [https://vancouversun.com/commodities/energy/kinder-morgan-weighs-full-exit-from-canada-after-trans-mountain-pipeline-debacle/wcm/789343e3-9a2d-430a-83f8-ba6d4336d133 (Vancouver Sun)] [https://www.thestar.com/business/2018/09/06/kinder-morgan-considers-selling-remaining-canadian-assets-after-trans-mountain-sale.html (Toronto Star)]
+;Disasters and accidents
+*[[2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake]]
+**A magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes the island of [[Hokkaido]] in [[Japan]], killing 16 people, injuring 120 more and leaving 26 missing. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-45443188 (BBC)]
+*[[List of earthquakes in 2018]]
+**A magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurs off the coast of [[Fiji]]. The [[Pacific Tsunami Warning Center]] says no tsunami is expected due to its depth. [https://bnonews.com/site/index.php/2018/09/major-earthquake-strikes-off-the-coast-of-fiji/ (BNO News)]
+*[[European migrant crisis]]
+**Spanish rescuers find five dead migrants and 53 survivors in a boat partially sunk in waters east of the [[Strait of Gibraltar]]. [https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/spain-finds-dead-migrants-rescues-hundreds-days-57640470 (ABC News)]
+*[[2018 North Korean floods]]
+**Heavy [[floods]] in [[North Korea]] leave at least 76 dead and 75 missing. [https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-northkorea-floods/flooding-kills-dozens-in-north-korea-thousands-left-homeless-red-cross-idUKKCN1LM1RV (Reuters)]
+;International relations
+*[[North Korea–South Korea relations]], [[2017–18 North Korea crisis]]
+**[[North Korea]]n leader [[Kim Jong-un]] and [[President of South Korea|South Korea president]] [[Moon Jae-in]] agree to hold a [[September 2018 inter-Korean summit|third summit]] between September 18 and September 20 in [[Pyongyang]]. [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna906946 (NBC News)]
+**Kim gives a timeline for denuclearization, aiming for completion by the end of [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]]'s first term. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-southkorea/north-koreas-kim-sets-denuclearization-time-line-prompting-thanks-from-trump-idUSKCN1LM07M (Reuters)]
+;Law and crime
+*[[LGBT rights in India]]
+**The [[Supreme Court of India]] strikes down [[Article 377]], a colonial-era law which criminalized homosexuality, declaring it unconstitutional. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-45429664 (BBC)]
+*[[Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal]], [[2018 Amesbury poisonings]]
+**[[Ben Wallace (politician)|Ben Wallace]], British [[Minister for Security|Security Minister]], says in an interview that [[President of Russia|Russian President]] [[Vladimir Putin]] bears the responsibility for multiple Novichok poisonings in the U.K., in which British citizens were harmed and killed. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45429894 (BBC)]
+*A gunman kills three people and injures two others at the [[Fifth Third Bank]] headquarters in [[Cincinnati]], [[United States]], before police fatally shoot him. [http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/09/06/active-shooter-reported-at-bank-building-in-downtown-cincinnati-police-say.html (Fox News)]
+*[[Sony Pictures hack]]
+**The [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]] unseals charges made in June against an alleged hacker for the [[North Korea]]n government in connection with a series of cyber attacks, including the [[Sony Pictures hack|2014 assaults]] on [[Sony Pictures]]. The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] accuses Park Jin Hyok of conspiring the hack on behalf of [[Reconnaissance General Bureau]], the country's intelligence agency, and conspiring to commit wire fraud. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/justice-department-to-announce-hacking-charges-against-north-korean-operative-the-charge--stemming-from-the-2014-sony-pictures-case--is-the-first-against-a-pyongyang-spy/2018/09/06/f477bfb2-b1d0-11e8-9a6a-565d92a3585d_story.html?utm_term=.c8513a131e00 (''The Washington Post'')]
+*[[Nisour Square massacre]]
+**The second trial of [[Americans|U.S. citizen]] Nicholas Slatten, the former [[Blackwater (company)|Blackwater]] (now [[Academi]]) employee who was found guilty in 2013 of first-degree murder in connection to the [[List of massacres in Iraq#2000s|killing in 2007]] of fourteen unarmed civilians on [[Baghdad]]'s Nisour Square and sentenced to life in prison, ends in a mistrial. [https://www.npr.org/2018/09/06/645176400/blackwater-guards-2nd-murder-trial-ends-without-a-verdict (NPR)]
+*The [[Trump administration]] proposes regulatory changes which would allow the children of [[illegal immigration to the United States|illegal immigrants]] to be imprisoned for more than 20 days. [https://www.npr.org/2018/09/06/645195329/trump-administration-proposes-rule-to-allow-longer-detention-of-migrant-children (NPR)]
+*[[Mexico|Mexican]] officials report the discovery of the remains of at least 166 people in a mass grave in [[Veracruz]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45442402 (BBC)]
+;Politics and elections
+* [[Ñuble Region|Ñuble]] becomes the 16th region of Chile after new [[Administrative divisions of Chile|administrative divisions in Chile]] come into effect. [https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/region-de-nuble/2018/09/06/los-hitos-que-marcaran-el-primer-dia-de-nuble-como-la-nueva-region-del-pais.shtml (Biobío)]
+*[[Jair Bolsonaro presidential campaign, 2018]]
+**[[Brazil]]ian presidential candidate [[Jair Bolsonaro]] is stabbed in the abdomen and seriously injured at a campaign rally. He is expected to be in [[intensive care]] for at least seven days. Police arrest a 40-year-old man they say appears mentally disturbed. [https://apnews.com/amp/e4ec161a5c20414c8922776376a71dec (AP)]
+;Science and technology
+*[[Discoveries of exoplanets]]
+**[[Wolf 503b]], a [[super-Earth]] [[exoplanet]] twice the size of [[Earth]], is discovered orbiting {{ill|Wolf 503|ru|Вольф 503}}145 light years away by American, German, and Canadian researchers via the [[NASA]] [[Kepler Space Telescope]]. [http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/09/06/exoplanet-twice-size-earth-discovered-145-light-years-away.html (Fox News)] [https://www.astrobio.net/also-in-news/twice-the-size-of-earth-new-exoplanet-discovery-ideal-for-detailed-characterization/ (Astrobio)]
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