Portal:Current events/2016 September 4

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2016 Davao City bombing
• In light of the attacks, the governments of Australia, Canada, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States issue travel warnings against going to Mindanao, Philippines. [http://www.rappler.com/nation/145142-travel-advisories-davao-explosion-september-2016 (Rappler)]
• Syrian Civil War
• Syrian government forces advance around and encircle Aleppo in order to try and impose a siege. [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_SYRIA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT (AP)]

;Arts and culture

• Mother Teresa, known for working with the desperately poor in India, is canonized by Pope Francis in a ceremony at the Vatican. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37269512 (BBC)]

;Disasters and accidents

• A 6.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Agusan del Sur province in Mindanao island. [http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/812654/5-7-magnitude-earthquake-hits-parts-of-mindanao (Philippine Daily Inquirer)]
• September 2016 Afghanistan road crash
• At least 35 people are killed and 25 are injured after a bus crashes into a fuel tanker in Afghanistan's Zabul province. [http://ariananews.af/latest-news/35-killed-25-injured-in-zabul-traffic-accident/ (Ariana News)]
• 2016 Pacific typhoon season
• The death toll in Japan from Typhoon Lionrock rises to 17 with several people still missing. Typhoon Namtheun is now threatening the main island of Kyushu. [http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/death-toll-from-typhoon-lionrock-rises-to-17-in-japan-as-it-braces-for-a-new-typhoon (AFP via Straits Times)]

;Health

• 2015–16 Zika virus epidemic
• The Zika virus outbreak in Singapore which has infected over 200 people likely evolved from Southeast Asia. [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-04/zika-virus-in-singapore-likely-evolved-from-southeast-asia (Bloomberg)]

;Politics and elections

• 2016 United States presidential election
• The Richmond Times-Dispatch of Virginia is first to endorse Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson for president and the first newspaper media endorsement of a third-party nominee in this election cycle. [http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/major-virginia-newspaper-endorses-gary-johnson-president/story?id=41861544 (ABC)]
• Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election, 2016
• Voters in the federal German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern head to the polls in a regional election to elect members to the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The latest polling indicates the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) are expected to gain strongly. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-election-idUSKCN1190XG (Reuters)]
• Hong Kong legislative election, 2016
• Voters in Hong Kong go to the polls for a Legislative Council election, the first major election since the 2014 pro-democracy street protests. Several young pro-independence candidates win seats in the election. [http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/3d281c11a96b4ad082fe88aa0db04305/Article_2016-09-04-AS--Hong%20Kong-Election/id-71cfe6d3c202427486a31a75a1f9bc66 (AP)], [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-election-idUSKCN11A16Y?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews (Reuters)]

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