Wednesday, September 7th, 2022 

Amid a renewed counter-offensive in the region, Ukrainian forces reportedly break through Russian defenses and advance more than 30 kilometers into Russian held territory in the Kharkiv Oblast, capturing many towns and cities including Balakliia. (The Guardian) 

Hurricane Kay strengthens into a Category 2 hurricane south of Baja California Sur, Mexico. (Washington Post) 

The remaining suspect in Sunday’s stabbing spree is arrested outside Wakaw, Saskatchewan. He later dies in custody. (CTV News Regina) 

Four people are killed and three others injured after a gunman goes on a livestreamed shooting spree in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. A 19-year-old suspect is arrested. (WSMV-TV) 

The government of Albania suspends diplomatic relations with Iran after a major cyberattack allegedly occurs. Iranian diplomats and embassy staff are told to leave Albania within 24 hours. (Reuters) 

Gervais Ndirakobuca becomes the new prime minister of Burundi, following unanimous approval by the National Assembly. (Reuters) 

Gunmen storm the Comboni Missionary Sisters‘ church in Chipene, Mozambique, killing an Italian nun and setting ablaze the church, the nuns’ homes and the hospital. Two other nuns and two priests escaped. (Ansa) 

India approves a nasal COVID-19 vaccine to combat COVID-19, becoming the second country to do so after China. (CNA) 

Liz Truss succeeds Boris Johnson to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (Sky News) 

One person is killed during anti-U.N. protests in Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters) 

Tuesday,  September 6th, 2022 

Twenty Southern Transitional Council separatist fighters are killed by al-Qaeda gunmen in Abyan Governorate. All of the six attackers are also killed in the gunfight. (Al Jazeera) 

Ten people are killed in South Korea due to Typhoon Hinnamnor. Seven of the victims died in a flooded underground car park. In addition, 2,900 people are evacuated and 66,000 homes are damaged. (BBC) 

At least 23 people are killed and 11 others are injured during a fire at a karaoke bar in Binh Duong, Vietnam. (BBC) 

Thousands evacuate in N’Djamena, Chad, due to extensive flooding caused by the country’s heaviest rains in 30 years. An estimated 442,000 Chadians have been impacted by the floods since the end of August. (Reuters) 

Couy Griffin, a commissioner of Otero County, New Mexico, United States, is barred from public office by a state judge due to his involvement in the January 6 attack, which was determined to be an insurrection. This is the first time that the Fourteenth Amendment has been used in more than a century to ban a person who participated in an insurrection from serving in the government.  (CNN) 

Liz Truss succeeds Boris Johnson to become the 56th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (Sky News) 

Iran announces its intent to design and build more nuclear plants. (Iranintl) 

Monday,  September 5th, 2022 

Russia’s Gazprom announces that gas flows through the Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline to Europe will not resume until sanctions against Russia are lifted. (Financial Times) 

Ivan Safronov, a former Russian journalist, is sentenced to 22 years in prison on treason charges after being found guilty of disclosing “state secrets”, which he alleged were open source. Safronov had been under detention since July 2020. (Reuters) 

Thirty-five civilians are killed and 37 others injured as a convoy of vehicles carrying supplies strike a roadside bomb along the road from Bourzanga to Djibo, Soum Province, Burkina Faso. (Al Jazeera) 

Eight people are killed when an Islamic State suicide bomber detonates his explosives near the entrance of the Russian embassy in Kabul. Two of the victims were Russian staff members. (Al Jazeera) 

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Luding County, Sichuan, China, killing at least 66 people and injuring at least 250 others. (Reuters) 

One person is killed and nine others are missing after a floatplane crashes in the Puget Sound near Seattle, Washington, United States. (AP) 

One of the suspects in yesterday’s mass stabbing that killed ten people in Saskatchewan is found dead. The other suspect remains at large. (AP) 

Liz Truss is elected Leader of the Conservative Party and will succeed Boris Johnson as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 6 September. (BBC News) 

The Supreme Court of Kenya rules that William Ruto is the winner of the presidential election after facing court challenges over the results. (Leadership) 

A private Cessna 551 crashes into the Baltic Sea, off the coast of Latvia. (BBC News) 

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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) 

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