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Portal:Current events/2014 September 19

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;Accidents and disasters

  • Tropical Storm Fung-wong
  • Manila is inundated by massive flooding causing flights to the international airport to be cancelled and businesses to shut down. [http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-09-18/philippines-shuts-capital-as-storm-causes-flood-cancels-flights (Bloomberg)]
  • Between 20,000 to 30,000 people are evacuated in Luzon as the Philippine volcano Mayon spews lava. [http://time.com/3395152/philippines-volcano-mount-mayon-eruption/ (TIME)]
  • Indonesia's Mount Slamet erupts.[http://time.com/3397931/mount-slamet-volcano-indonesia/ (TIME)]

;Arts and culture

  • Saturday Night Live alumnus Darrell Hammond is chosen to be the new announcer of the long running U.S. variety show following the death of Don Pardo in August. [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/19/business/media/darrell-hammond-to-replace-don-pardo-as-the-announcer-for-saturday-night-live.html (The New York Times)]

;Business and economy

  • Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group lists on NYSE in one of the largest initial public offerings in history. [https://www.bbc.com/news/business-29262715?ocid=global_bbccom_email_18092014_business (BBC)]
  • A report by Verité states that one third of migrant workers in Malaysia's electronics industry are slaves. [https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/sep/17/modern-day-slavery-malaysia-electronics-industry (The Guardian)]

;Attacks and armed conflicts

;Health

;International relations

;Law and crime

;Politics and elections

  • 2014 Scottish independence referendum
  • Scotland votes "No" to Scottish independence. [http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/09/19/world/europe/scotland-independence-vote.html?referrer= (The New York Times)]
  • Voter turnout in the referendum hits 84.5%, a record high for any election held in the United Kingdom since the introduction of universal suffrage in 1918. [http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-09-19/highest-ever-election-turnout-for-scottish-referendum/ (ITV)]
  • Prime Minister David Cameron announces plans to devolve further powers to Scotland, as well as the UK's other constituent countries. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29271763 (BBC)]
  • Alex Salmond announces his resignation as First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party following the referendum. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-29277527 (BBC)]
  • Slovenia's 12th government is sworn in with Miro Cerar as the new prime minister. [http://www.sloveniatimes.com/slovenia-with-new-government (Slovenia Times)]
  • Poland's new prime minister, Ewa Kopacz, presents her government; Grzegorz Schetyna becomes new foreign minister, while the outgoing FM Radoslaw Sikorski becomes speaker of the parliament. [http://www.euronews.com/2014/09/19/new-polish-pm-ewa-kopacz-unveils-new-cabinet/ (Euronews)]

;Sports

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