Tuesday

The people of 8 September

5 people in 5 stories, 23 deaths recorded, 2026

Zohran Mamdani

Mayor of New York City since 2026

  1. Mayor Zohran Mamdani says that New York City, U.S., has released over 170,000 documents detailing that city officials knew about the air quality and unsafe conditions at the time of the September 11 attacks including at Ground Zero.

    Health · 8 Sep

Pekka Haavisto

Finnish politician (born 1958)

  1. Peace talks are held by mediators from the African Union, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, the Arab League, the European Union and the United Nations, in Khartoum, Sudan, in an effort to end the three-year long civil war, with UN envoy Pekka Haavisto attending the talks.

    Conflict · 8 Sep

Madame Colonna Romano

French actress (1888 – 1981)

  1. Thieves steal Jeune Femme au puits and Madame Colonna Romano [fr] by Pierre-Auguste Renoir from the Musée Renoir in Cagnes-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, France. The works have an estimated value of €9 million.

    Crime & Justice · 8 Sep · with Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Jeremy Corbyn

British politician (born 1949)

  1. To reciprocate the UK sanctions, Israel announces it will close the UK consulate in East Jerusalem. Israel also forbids the UK from participating in the U.S.-led mission for Gaza, and bans some British officials, including former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, from entering the country.

    World · 8 Sep

Ratko Mladić

Bosnian Serb general and war criminal (1942–2026)

  1. Bosnia and Herzegovina declares two Serbian embassy diplomats, military attaché Milan Dulanović and Security Intelligence Agency representative advisor at the embassy Darko Maksimović, as personae non gratae after attending the funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić in Belgrade.

    World · 8 Sep

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