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Revision as of 00:09, 3 November 2022 by GWA88 (talk | contribs) (Russia rejoins Black Sea Grain Initiative)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) November 2, 2022 (2022-11-02) (Wednesday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2021–2022 North Korean missile tests
- North Korea fires 23 ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan and Yellow Sea, one of which crossed the Northern Limit Line for the first time, which is the de facto maritime boundary between North and South Korea. Air raid sirens were activated on Ulleungdo. South Korean fighter jets fire three air-to-surface missiles across the NLL in response. (Yonhap News Agency) (Yonhap News Agency 2nd) (Reuters)
- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol calls for "swift action" to punish North Korea in response to the latest missile launches. (Yonhap News Agency)
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, North Korea–Russia relations
- The United States says that North Korea is "secretly supplying" artillery shells to Russia to use in Russia's war in Ukraine. (Axios)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, North Korea–Russia relations
- Tigray War
- Tigrayan peace process
- Ethiopia and the Tigray People's Liberation Front reach a "permanent" ceasefire agreement at African Union-brokered peace talks, exactly two years after the war began. (Al-Jazeera)
- Tigrayan peace process
- Kenya officially deploys troops to the Democratic Republic of the Congo after Kenyan president William Ruto decided to join the East African Community to end decades of ethnic violence in the DRC. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- The Federal Reserve raises its benchmark interest rate by 0.75% to 3.75%, the highest level since Janaury 2008 amid surging inflation in the United States. Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell warns that rates were likely to increase again. (BBC News)
International relations
- Poland–Russia relations
- Poland's Minister of National Defence Mariusz Błaszczak announces the construction of a barrier along the border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, as Poland suspects that Russia plans to facilitate the illegal border crossing of African and Asian immigrants. (AP)
- Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 food crises
- Russia rejoins the Black Sea Grain Initiative following Turkish mediation efforts. Ukraine has reportedly provided written guarantees to use the grain corridor in the Black Sea "solely for civilian and humanitarian purposes". (Middle East Eye)
- 2022 food crises