October 4, 2022 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Colombian conflict
- Colombian peace process
- The Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) announce the resumption of peace talks in Caracas, Venezuela. (Reuters)
- Colombian peace process
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Annexation of Southern and Eastern Ukraine
- The Federation Council of Russia unanimously approves the annexation of Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions. The annexation documents will now receive final signing by President Vladimir Putin. (Reuters)
- 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
- Ukraine's 35th Marine Brigade recaptures the village of Davydiv Brid in Beryslav Raion, Kherson Oblast, as it continues its ground offensive. The Ukrainian Interior Ministry says that around 3,500 citizens have been freed from Russian occupation in recent days. (BBC News)
- Annexation of Southern and Eastern Ukraine
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Business and economy
- The European Union adds The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands to its tax haven blacklist, while Bermuda is removed from the list and Anguilla is named a "non-cooperative jurisdiction". (Caribbean News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
- The U.S. death toll from Hurricane Ian increases to 109, including 105 in Florida. (CNN)
- Bangladesh suffers a severe power grid failure, leaving 80 percent of the country without electricity, according to the Bangladesh Power Development Board. (NDTV)
- Two people are killed and 10 others injured after a plane crashes in Gao, Gao Region, Mali. (Reuters)
- Ten people are killed and 11 others are reported missing after an avalanche in Draupadi ka Danda, Uttarakhand, India. (AP)
Law and crime
- Same-sex marriage in Slovenia
- The Slovenian National Assembly codifies the legalization of same-sex marriage and adoption for same-sex couples. (Barron's)
Science and technology
- Nobel Prize in Physics
- Alain Aspect of France, John Clauser of the U.S., and Anton Zeilinger of Austria are jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for "experiments with entangled photons, establishing the validity of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science". (CNN)
- Coverage of Google Street View
- Rwanda is added to Google Street View. (Virtual Streets)