Portal:Current events/2024 September 13

September 13, 2024 (Friday)

Business and economy

More than 30,000 Boeing factory workers go on strike for the first time since 2008 after rejecting a labor contract. (CNBC)

Disasters and accidents

2024 Pacific typhoon season
- The death toll from Typhoon Yagi in northern Vietnam increases to 233 people, with 103 others still missing and over 800 injured. (AP)
Borno State flooding
- Due to the Alau Dam collapse three days ago in Nigeria, it is reported that while evacuations are being ramped up, 400,000 people are still in danger. (MSN)

International relations

Russia–United Kingdom relations
- Russia revokes the accreditation of six British diplomats, accusing them of spying. (BBC)

Law and crime

China increases retirement age for the first time since 1978. For men, retirement age is moved up from 60 to 63. For women, retirement age is moved up from 50 and 55 to 55 and 58. (Bloomberg)
Three people are killed during a suspected arson attack against a shop in Milan, Italy. (ANSA)
Maria Daniela Icaza, director of the Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil, the largest prison in Ecuador, the site of the deadliest prison riot, is fatally shot in her vehicle by suspected drug gang gunmen. (CBS News)