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- In television, Ted Lasso (lead actor Jason Sudeikis pictured) wins best comedy and Succession wins best drama at the Primetime Emmy Awards.
- French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard dies at the age of 91.
- More than 210 soldiers die in renewed fighting in the border crisis between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
- A magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea, leaving at least seven people dead.
September 18, 2022
(Sunday)
September 17, 2022
(Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- September 2022 Damascus airstrikes
- Five Syrian soldiers are killed in missile strikes launched by the Israeli Air Force near Damascus. (Haaretz)
Arts and culture
- The annual Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, opens after not being held for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (BR)
Business and economy
- Poland opens the Vistula Spit canal connecting the Vistula Lagoon and Gdańsk Bay after three years of construction. (Al Arabiya)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Pacific typhoon season
- 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 warned that Nanmadol could bring "unprecedented" storms and rain to the area. (Reuters)
- Fourteen people are killed, seven others are injured, and ten people are reported missing after a landslide in Achham, Nepal. (Reuters)
September 16, 2022
(Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Western Russia attacks
- A civilian is killed and two others are injured by Ukrainian shelling on Valuyki, Belgorod Oblast, according to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov. (UrduPoint) (MSN)
- 2022 Western Russia attacks
- 2022 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes
- 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) (Al Jazeera)
Arts and culture
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the performing arts
- 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)
Business and economy
- 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)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022–23 European windstorm season
- 2022 South Asian floods
- Twelve people are killed by heavy rains in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, with nine of the people killed when a wall collapsed. (AP)
Health and environment
Law and crime
- Killing of Mahsa Amini
- Widespread protests occur in Iran after a woman is detained and beaten to death by officers from Iran's religious police system for not properly wearing her hijab. (The Guardian)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Salvadoran general election
- Incumbent Salvadoran 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. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
September 15, 2022
(Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Izium mass graves
- Ukrainian police say that a mass grave containing more than 440 bodies has been discovered in the recently recaptured city of Izium. (Reuters)
- Izium mass graves
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Disasters and accidents
- Nine people are killed and 20 others are injured during a stampede at a concert in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. (AP)
Law and crime
Politics and elections
- Armenia–United States relations
- U.S. House speaker Nancy Pelosi announces a visit to the Armenian capital Yerevan as a show of support for Armenia amid renewed clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the past week. (Politico)
Science and technology
- Ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency, changes its consensus mechanism from proof of work to proof of stake, ceasing all mining and reducing its energy consumption by over 99.9% (CNBC)
September 14, 2022
(Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian forces launch eight cruise missiles at the dam of the Karachunivske reservoir causing extensive flooding in Kryvyi Rih and a 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) increase of water level in the Inhulets River. (The Guardian)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- September 2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan clashes
- Armenia formally triggers article 4 of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) after accusing Azerbaijan of launching an invasion. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says that "we asked support from CSTO, including military support to restore Armenia's territorial integrity and ensure the withdrawal of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces from the territory of Armenia". (Armenpress)
- September 2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan clashes
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Two al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade members and an Israeli soldier are killed during a shootout at a checkpoint in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
- Aftermath of the 2021 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes
- Two Tajik border guards are killed and two others are injured during clashes with Kyrgyz guards, who accuse Tajikistan of taking positions at a demarcated area. (Reuters)
- Tigray War
- Ten people are killed when Ethiopian airstrikes hit a residential area in Mekelle, Tigray Region. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Pacific typhoon season
- Typhoon Muifa makes landfall in eastern China with the maximum wind speed near its centre reaching 42 metres per second (150 kilometres per hour (93 mph)). (Bloomberg) (Reuters)
- Fourteen people are killed and 25 others are injured in a three vehicle collision in Kyaukpadaung, Myanmar. (AP)
- Eleven people are killed and 29 others are injured when a bus falls into a gorge in Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (AP)
Law and crime
- Iceland v Iceland Foods Ltd
- The British supermarket chain Iceland launches an appeal to the EUIPO against the country of Iceland in a 20-year-long legal process over the use and trademark of the name "Iceland". (The Pembrokeshire Herald)
- Two Thai military personnel are killed and another is injured after a gunman opens fire at a military facility in Bangkok. The gunman is later arrested. (CNA)
September 13, 2022
(Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive
- The Ukrainian military says that it has shot down an Iranian HESA Shahed 136 combat drone operated by Russia near Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast. An inscription on the drone identified it as an "M214 Geran-2", which did not immediately correspond to known Russian weaponry. (ABC News)
- 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Afghanistan conflict
- Republican insurgency in Afghanistan
- Taliban authorities say that they have killed 40 National Resistance Front fighters in the Panjshir Province of Afghanistan, including four commanders. (Reuters)
- Republican insurgency in Afghanistan
- Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- September 2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan clashes
- Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan says that 49 soldiers were killed during overnight clashes with Azerbaijan after it shelled villages yesterday and that fighting was ongoing. (Reuters)
- September 2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan clashes
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- A roadside bombing in Swat District, Pakistan, kills eight people, including a local tribal leader known for his opposition to the Pakistani Taliban. (Reuters)
- Tigray War
- Ethiopian airstrikes hit Mekelle University's business campus and a Dimtsi Weyane radio station. (The Jerusalem Post)
- The Tigray People's Liberation Front says that Eritrea has taken the town of Sheraro. (Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- Following the release of the Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index for the month of August, all 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average decrease in value, resulting in a 3.9% drop in the index. (The Week)
Disasters and accidents
- European migrant crisis
- Five people are killed and 14 others are injured after a building collapsed in Amman, Jordan, 10 people are reported missing. (Al Jazeera)
- Seventeen people are injured after a fuel tanker explodes in Sabha, Libya. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- A possible improvised explosive device explodes at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, injuring one person. (CNN) (Archived Copy)
Politics and elections
- Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev agrees to change the name of Kazakhstan's capital from "Nur-Sultan" back to "Astana". He had previously changed the capital's name in 2019 to honor his predecessor Nursultan Nazarbayev. (The Guardian)
September 12, 2022
(Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive
- Ukrainian forces continue to recapture Russian-occupied territory in Kharkiv Oblast, saying that they have seized 20 more settlements in the last 24 hours, including Dvorichna, and also claim to have captured many Russian prisoners of war. (AP)
- Battle of Donbas
- The Ukrainian general staff reports that Russian troops abandoned the city of Svatove in Luhansk Oblast as Ukrainian forces advanced. (Reuters)
- 2022 Western Russia attacks
- Multiple explosions are reported near the city of Taganrog in Rostov Oblast, Russia. (Meduza) (HalkTV)
- More than 30 municipal deputies of Russian cities sign a petition calling for Russian President Vladimir Putin's resignation amid substantial Ukrainian advances in the war. (The Hill)
- 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kurdish–Turkish conflict
- Operation Claw-Lock
- Four Turkish soldiers are killed in clashes with PKK insurgents in Iraqi Kurdistan, according to the Turkish Defense Ministry. (Al Jazeera)
- Operation Claw-Lock
- 2022 Armenian-Azerbaijani clashes
- Azerbaijan shells Armenian villages in the eastern region of the country. (The Jerusalem Post)
- Five people are killed during an attack on a senator's convoy in Anambra, Nigeria. (Reuters)
Arts and culture
- A 1500 year old ancient Mayan settlement is uncovered in central Belize by archaeologists from the Belize Archaeological Institute and UIUC, dating from between 250 to 600 AD. (Heritage Daily) (Onet.pl)
Law and crime
- A gunman kills two people, including a Toronto Police constable, and injures three others in Mississauga and Milton, Ontario, Canada, before police shoot him dead in Hamilton Cemetery. (CTV News)
Science and technology
- The James Webb Space Telescope reveals its first photos of the Orion Nebula, which is located in the Orion constellation. (Phys.org)
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