Wednesday,  September 21st, 2022 

In a major address to the nation, Russian president Vladimir Putin announces a partial mobilization, with the exceptions of students and conscripts. (AP) 

Lithuania places its rapid reaction force on high alert in response to Russia’s mobilization, according to Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas. (LRT) 

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says Russia’s military mobilization is “dangerous and reckless”, and condemns Putin’s use of “nuclear rhetoric”. (NTV) 

Eight people are injured after an explosion tore through a building in Austin, Chicago, Illinois, United States. (AP) 

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announces that the city will end its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private businesses on November 1. (Axios) 

Hurricane Fiona reaches Category 4 as it moves from Turks and Caicos to Bermuda. (CNN) 

World Taekwondo denies giving bribes in order to become an Olympic sport after allegations emerge from a former employee turned whistleblower. (The Guardian) 

Tuesday,  September 20th, 2022 

It is announced that the referendums on the entry of the Luhansk People’s Republic, the Donetsk People’s Republic, and the occupied parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts into Russia as federal subjects will be held from September 23 to 27. (RIA Novosti) 

Russian State Duma deputies approve the introduction of the concepts of mobilization, martial law, wartime and armed conflict, as well as punishment for desertion, into the Criminal Code. (Forbes) 

The National Bank of Georgia formally applies to join the European Union’s Single Euro Payments Area. (Agenda) 

Protests continue for the fourth consecutive day across Iran in response to the death of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the morality police. Two people are killed during protests in Kermanshah. (The Washington Post) (Times of Israel) 

Irish judge Síofra O’Leary is elected the new president of European Court of Human Rights, becoming the first woman to hold that position. (The Journal) 

An 84-year-old woman is murdered in Holon, Israel in a suspected terror attack. The Qalqilya-born suspect is found dead, presumably by suicide, inside an abandoned building in Tel Aviv. (Times of Israel) 

Four people are killed and 114 others are injured as Typhoon Nanmadol makes landfall on the island of Kyushu, Japan. (BBC News) 

UEFA announces that Russia will continue to be suspended meaning their team is barred from the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying draw. (UEFA) 

A civilian is killed and another iscriticallywoundedduringclashesbetweenPalestinian fighters and Palestinian authorities outside a police station in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, after two Al-Qassam Brigades militants were arrested. (Al Jazeera) 

Tigray People’s Liberation Front authorities say that Eritrea has launched a full-scale intervention into the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. (Reuters) 

Uganda reports an outbreak of Ebola after a rare case of the Sudan ebolavirus strain infected a 24-year-old man who later died, the first known fatality from the strain since 2011. (Reuters) 

Monday,  September 19th, 2022 

Luhansk People’s Republic authorities say that a Ukrainian shelling attack has killed seven civilians including three children in the town of Krasnorichenske. (Reuters) 

Mongolia places Khovd Province under quarantine after confirming a case of bubonic plague in Möst district. (Xinhua) 

Four people are killed and more than 30 injured as police open fire on people protesting in Saqqez, Kurdistan province, Iran, over the death of a woman under police custody in Tehran. (The Guardian) 

Equatorial Guinea abolishes the death penalty after its president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo signs a new penal code into law. (The Guardian) 

Thirteen people are killed and scores more are wounded in explosions in the Donetsk People’s Republic-held city of Donetsk. DPR leader Denis Pushilin accuses Ukraine of being behind the attacks. (BBC) 

The Ukrainian Ground Forces recapture the village of Bilohorivka in Luhansk Oblast as it advances on Lysychansk. (The Telegraph) 

The state funeral of Elizabeth II is held in London, United Kingdom. (BBC) 

Hurricane Fiona makes landfall in the Dominican Republic after causing vast devastation in Puerto Rico. (CNN) 

Afghanistan releases American engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for Afghan drug lord Bashir Noorzai who has been held by the United States on drug charges since April 2005. (Reuters) 

The State Duma of Russia reported that a referendum on the accession of the Luhansk People’s Republic to Russia will be held in the near future. (TASS) 

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Sunday, September 18th, 2022 

Russian forces shell a psychiatric hospital in Strelechya, Kharkiv Oblast, killing four medics and injuring two patients. (The Guardian) 

Ukraine withdraws its 250 troops from the United Nations peacekeeping force MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A Ukrainian Air Force aviation unit also withdraws its eight helicopters from the mission, which made up a third of the UN’s fleet. (BBC News) 

The death toll from the fighting between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, which began four days ago, increases to 94. Fifty-nine of the people were killed in Kyrgyzstan, and the 35 others were killed in Tajikistan. Another 139 people are injured. (BBC News) 

Poland opens the Vistula Spit canal connecting the Vistula Lagoon and Gdańsk Bay after three years of construction. (Al Arabiya) 

The annual Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, opens after not being held for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (BR) 

Five gunmen storm a rehab center in the early morning in Cortazar, Guanajuato, Mexico, and open fire, killing three people and injuring two others. (MegaNoticias) 

A second earthquake in less than 24 hours strikes southeast Taiwan. The 6.9 magnitude earthquake is felt in Taipei and tsunami warnings are issued. (Reuters) 

27 people are killed and 20 others are injured when a bus carrying people to a COVID-19 quarantine facility crashes on a highway in Sandu County, Guizhou Province, China. (Reuters) 

Hurricane Fiona makes landfall in Puerto Rico causing the entire island to lose power. The U.S. National Hurricane Center warns of “life-threatening flash flooding” on the island amid “historic” rainfall. (AP) (The Independent) 

Thousands of people march in Istanbul, Turkey, to demand legislation against LGBT organizations and their activities. (AP) 

Spain defeats France 88–76 in the final to win their fourth EuroBasket title. (Manila Bulletin) 

Five Syrian soldiers are killed in missile strikes launched by the Israeli Air Force near Damascus. (Haaretz) 

The Japan Meteorological Agency urges residents to evacuate southern parts of the island of Kyushu as super Typhoon Nanmadol approaches. An official for the agency warns that Nanmadol can bring “unprecedented” storms and rain to the area. (Reuters) 

Saturday, September 17th, 2022 

American computer hardware company EVGA terminates its partnership with fellow hardware manufacturer Nvidia and withdraws completely from the graphics card market, alleging that the latter forced them to sell their cards at a loss and would refuse to disclose important information, such as sales numbers. (The Verge) 

A civilian is killed and two others are injured by Ukrainian shelling on Valuyki, Belgorod Oblast, according to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.  (MSN) 

According to Kyrgyzstan, Tajik forces again open fire on its outposts and clashes occur along the border with Tajik forces using armored vehicles and mortars. Tajikistan accuses Kyrgyz forces of shelling one of its outposts and several villages. (Reuters)

The Phantom of the Opera, currently the longest-running show in Broadway history, announces that it will end production in February 2023, stating that a decline in attendance caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has made it unable to recoup the weekly costs of running the show. (The New York Times) 

Widespread protests occur in Iran after a woman is detained and beaten to death in Tehran by officers from Iran’s religious police system for not properly wearing her hijab. (The Guardian) 

Incumbent President Nayib Bukele announces that he will run for re-election in 2024, one year after the Supreme Court ruled that he was eligible to do so despite a constitutional ban on presidential re-election. (Reuters) 

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