The Week of August 28, 2022 by CoenM

NASA scrubbed two attempted launches of the Artemis I mission, one due to an engine sensor issue, the other due to a leak of what LIQUID, used as a propellant? Repairs to fix the leak may push the mission to a late October launch window.

Governor Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency in what US STATE CAPITAL, where flooding of the Pearl River led to the failure of the city's water treatment and delivery systems? The city had been under a boil water order since late July.

Ukraine launched a counter-offensive to retake what CITY, the only regional capital taken by Russian forces, whose position west of the Dnipro River makes it an important site for both access to the river and to Crimea?

What US STATE voted to send Mary Peltola to Congress over two Republican opponents in its first-ever ranked choice vote for its at-large House seat? Second preference votes from Nick Begich supporters put Peltola over 50 percent.

What COUNTRY said it would seek $1.3 trillion in reparations from Germany, having estimated that as the cost of its invasion and occupation by Germany in World War 2?

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed updated Covid-19 vaccines that target two strains of what VARIANT, which are responsible for cast majority of new Covid-19 cases?

President Biden gave a speech decrying the political extremism of "Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans" at what HISTORICAL SITE? Republicans were critical of the speech, as well as the presence of US Marines behind Biden.

Texas governor Greg Abbott expanded his program of busing undocumented immigrants to northern cities by sending 75 people, mostly from Venezuela, to what CITY? Its mayor, Lori Lightfoot, said that the city welcomed the group while calling the busing program "racist and xenophobic."

Cristina Fernandez, the current vice president (and former president) of what SOUTH AMERICAN NATION survived an assassination attempt when the assailant's gun malfunctioned?

Your HallR mini-theme of the week (tm): Fall Comes Early. Ravil Maganov, the chairman of what RUSSIAN ENERGY COMPANY - the largest private company in Russia and second largest energy company, after Gazprom - reportedly died after falling out of a window at a Moscow hospital? He is the eighth Russian energy executive to die under mysterious circumstances this year.

A New York City medical examiner found that Gustavo Arnal, the CFO of what HOME GOODS RETAILER, died by suicide after falling from the city's "Jenga Tower," a 50-plus story apartment building? His death came shortly after the company announced it would close 150 of its lowest performing stores, and during a lawsuit tied to questions about the company's stock value.

Gross Domestic Product figures from the last quarter of 2021 calculated by the International Monetary Fund found that what ASIAN COUNTRY passed the United Kingdom, its former colonial ruler, to have the fifth largest economy in the world?