Portal:Current events/2022 October 3

October 3, 2022 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
    - Ukrainian forces advance more than 20 kilometres (12 mi) along the Dnieper towards Dudchany, Kherson Oblast, in what is being called a "major breakthrough". (Reuters)
  - The Russian Defence Ministry dismisses Colonel General Alexander Zhuravlyov in response to a series of military defeats in Ukraine. He is replaced as commander of the Western Military District by Major General Roman Berdnikov. (Reuters)
Somali Civil War
- October 2022 Beledweyne bombings
  - Twenty people are killed and 36 others are injured by two al-Shabaab suicide bombers when fifty-six gunmen and drug gangs open fire in a mass shooting at the local government headquarters in Beledweyne. The health minister of Hirshabelle and Hiran's deputy governor for finance and security are among the dead. (AP) (Shabelle Media Network)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Two Palestinians are killed and another is wounded as Israeli soldiers open fire against a vehicle in the Jalazone refugee camp, Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, in the occupied West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
2021–2022 North Korean missile tests
- North Korea launches a suspected ballistic missile towards Japan with the Japanese government warning residents in Hokkaido and Aomori prefectures to immediately seek shelter. It later landed in the Pacific. The launch comes after a series of balloon launches and placard protests from South Korea and various military exercises involving the US. (Bloomberg) (WNYT-TV) (BBC News)
Ten people are injured when a homemade explosive device explodes in Butembo, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)

Business and economy

American wiki hosting service Fandom purchases numerous entertainment and review sites, such as TV Guide, Metacritic, and GameSpot, for US$50 million. (Variety)

Disasters and accidents

2022 Atlantic hurricane season
- The U.S. death toll from Hurricane Ian increases to 87, with around 10,000 people remaining unaccounted for. (NBC News) (The Guardian)
2022 Pacific hurricane season
- Hurricane Orlene makes landfall in the Mexican state of Sinaloa as a Category 1 hurricane. (Reuters)

Health and environment

North Korea restricts movement due to COVID-19. The announcement was made minutes after it launched a missile over Japan. (RFA)

Law and crime

2022 Ecuador prison riots
- Fifteen people are killed and 21 others injured when a prison riot open fire in a mass shooting in Latacunga, Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador. (Reuters)
Agriculture in Kenya
- The Cabinet of Kenya votes to overturn a law prohibiting the open cultivation of genetically modified crops, and William Ruto officially authorizes the use of genetically modified maize. (AP)

Science and technology

2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo is awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for "his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution". (The Washington Post)