Portal:Current events/2022 September 3
September 3, 2022 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Somali Civil War
- 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)
Arts and culture
- 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)
Disasters and accidents
- Illegal immigration to the United States
- 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)
International relations
- Aegean dispute
- 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)
Politics and elections
- Death and funeral of Mikhail Gorbachev
- The funeral of former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev is held in Moscow. (The Guardian)
- 2021–present global energy crisis
- 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)
Science and technology