Sunday, September 4th, 2022 

Twenty-seven ancient artifacts housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, United States, are seized by federal investigators under the suspicion that they were looted. The artifacts will be repatriated to Italy and Egypt next week. (CNN via MSN) 

Ukrainian forces recapture the town of Vysokopillia in Kherson Oblast, which has been under Russian occupation since March, raising the Ukrainian flag over the town’s hospital. (Newsweek) 

Six Israeli soldiers and a civilian driver are injured when three gunmen open fire against a bus in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. Two of the attackers are arrested. (Times of Israel) 

Ten people are killed and at least fifteen others injured in a mass stabbing at the James Smith Cree Nation and the nearby village of Weldon in Saskatchewan, Canada. The two suspects remain at large. (CBC News) 

Hamas authorities execute five Palestinians in the first executions in Palestinian territories since 2017. Two of those executed were accused of espionage. (Reuters) 

By a margin of 62% to 38%, Chileans vote to reject the new proposed constitution drafted by the Constitutional Convention. (The Guardian) 

Saturday, September 3rd, 2022 

NASA suspends the inaugural launch of the Artemis 1 rocket for a second time, after a fuel leak causes a delay of more than two hours. (MSN) 

An estimated 70,000 people march in the Czech Republic’s capital city Prague demanding that the government do more to control soaring energy prices in the country and voicing opposition to the country’s involvement in the Russo-Ukrainian War. The demonstration was organized by political groups including the Communist Party. (Reuters) 

Twenty people are killed in a mass shooting by al-Shabaab insurgents against vehicles transporting food supplies from Beledweyne to Mahas in the Hiran region. (AP) 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents and Mexican police find nine migrants dead in the Rio Grande after dozens of migrants attempt to cross into Eagle Pass, Texas, United States. At least 70 other migrants are rescued. (AP) 

President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accuses Greece of “arming” and “occupying” the demilitarized Aegean islands, with Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu threatening to revoke recognition of Greek sovereignty over the islands if the alleged militarization is not halted. (Reuters) 

The funeral of former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev is held in Moscow. (The Guardian) 

The End