News Headlines - 11 September 2020
A solemn ceremony, abbreviated and closed to the public due to the pandemic, marked the 19th anniversary at the Somerset County field where the passengers of Flight 93 overtook their hijackers and heroically brought down their plane on Sept. 11, 2001.
Both President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, are marking the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on Friday in Shanksville.
▽Jane Fraser, next Citigroup CEO, to be first woman chief of big bank
Jane Fraser is set to become the first woman ever to lead a mega Wall Street bank, succeeding Michael Corbat as Citigroup chief executive when he retires in February following eight years at the helm of the firm.
Citigroup, the third-largest U.S. bank by assets, was in the process of a management overhaul. Fraser, 53, is currently president of Citi and the CEO of Global Consumer Banking, a major part of the bank that includes checking and savings accounts but also Citi’s massive credit card business. She has been in that role since 2019 and has been at the firm for 16 years.
▽Expert on Amazon tribes killed by arrow from uncontacted group | The Guardian
A Brazilian government official and expert on isolated Amazon tribes was killed by an arrow as he approached an indigenous group he was seeking to shield.
Rieli Franciscato, 56, spent his career in the government’s indigenous affairs agency, Funai, working to set up reservations to protect uncontacted tribes.
On Wednesday as he moved close to a hitherto uncontacted indigenous group, he was hit by an arrow above the heart in the forest near the Uru Eu Wau Wau reservation in the western Brazilian state of Rondonia, near the border with Bolivia.
▽Beirut fire: Large blaze erupts in port a month after explosion - BBC News
Lebanon has launched an investigation into a huge fire at a warehouse storing aid that erupted in the port of Beirut - one month after a massive explosion there killed more than 190 people.
The blaze broke out where an aid agency had been storing food and cooking oil.
Firefighters and military officials spent hours battling the fire, using helicopters to drop water on it, before getting it under control on Thursday.
No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is not yet known.
▽Beijing: Separation of powers never existed in HK | NHK WORLD
The Chinese government has expressed its support of recent remarks by Hong Kong's top leader over separation of powers in the territory.
Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday last week that the city's political system has no separation of powers between the executive, legislative and judicial branches.
She said that in Hong Kong, the executive branch supersedes the legislative and judicial branches.
