Portal:Current events/2022 September 16

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)
• Internal conflict in Myanmar
  • 2021–2022 Myanmar insurgency
    • Myanmar Army helicopters attack a school in Sagaing Region, Myanmar, killing six children and injuring 17 people. Military officials say that the school was being used as a base by anti-coup insurgents. (The Jerusalem Post)
• 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
  • Ten people are killed, 50 others are injured, and three people are reported missing as floods hit Ancona, Marche, Italy. (Reuters)
• 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

• 2022 monkeypox outbreak
  • 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Asia
    • Bahrain confirms its first case of monkeypox. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Killing of Mahsa Amini
  • Widespread protests occur in Iran after a woman is detained and allegedly beaten to death in Tehran by officers from Iran's religious police system for not properly wearing her hijab. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Salvadoran general election
  • Incumbent 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)