Portal:Current events/2022 September 3

September 3, 2022 (2022-09-03) (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 NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art are seized by federal investigators under the suspicion that they were looted. They are to be repatriated to Italy and Egypt next week. (CNN)

Disasters and accidents

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

Politics and elections

• Death and funeral of Mikhail Gorbachev
  • The funeral of former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev is held in Moscow. (The Guardian)
• 70,000 people march in Prague, Czechia, demanding neutrality in the Russia–Ukraine conflict. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• NASA scrubs the inaugural launch of the Artemis 1 rocket for a second time, after a fuel leak causes a delay of more than 2 hours. (MSN)

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