Portal:Current events
Topics in the news
- A fire and explosions at a storage depot in Sitakunda, Bangladesh, kill at least 41 people and injure more than 450 others.
- The Commonwealth of Nations celebrates the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II (pictured).
- Denmark votes to eliminate its opt-out of the European Union's Common Security and Defence Policy.
- In cricket, Gujarat Titans win the Indian Premier League, defeating Rajasthan Royals in the final.
Disasters and accidents
- Three people are killed and several are injured after a train collides with a truck in Gara Oreshets, Bulgaria. (AP)
Politics and elections
- Lieutenant of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta Marco Luzzago dies, being succeeded ad interim by Ruy Gonçalo do Valle Peixoto de Villas Boas. (ANSA)
Science and technology
- The European Commission agrees to make USB Type-C the common charging port for all mobile phones, tablets and cameras in the European Union by autumn 2024. (Reuters)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- The United Kingdom announces that it will send several M270 long-range rocket artillery systems to Ukraine. (The Guardian)
- Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2021–2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks, Ituri conflict
- Suspected CODECO militants kill 12 people and injure two others in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- Timeline of the 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says that the United States has obtained 36,000 doses of the Jynneos vaccine in order to combat the monkeypox outbreak. (CNBC)
- Washington, D.C. reports a case of orthopoxvirus. (The Hill)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United Kingdom
- The United Kingdom reports 77 new cases of monkeypox, thereby bringing the total number of cases in the country to more than 300. (The Guardian)
- Kosovo reports its first suspected case of monkeypox. (Euronews Albania)
- Singapore reports its first case of monkeypox in a man who travelled from Australia. (CNA)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- Timeline of the 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- COVID-19 pandemic
- 2022 Mariupol cholera outbreak
- Petro Andryushchenko, advisor to Mayor Vadym Boychenko, warns that Mariupol may have suffered a cholera outbreak. (The National News)
International relations
- 9th Summit of the Americas
- The Biden administration bans the presidents of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua from attending this year's Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, United States. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announces that he will personally boycott the meeting in response to the ban, sending Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard to represent him at the summit. (Reuters)
- Canada–Chile relations
- Chilean President Gabriel Boric visits Ottawa to hold a wide-ranging bilateral meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (CTV News)
Law and crime
- Mass media in Latvia, Latvia–Russia relations
- Latvia bans all Russia-based TV media outlets that threaten "the territorial integrity and independence of another country", referring to the Russo-Ukrainian War. The measure will last until Russia de-occupies Crimea and ends its warfare against Ukraine. (LRT)
- Criminal charges in the 2021 United States Capitol attack
- Five members of the far-right group Proud Boys, including leader Enrique Tarrio, are charged with seditious conspiracy for their involvement in the 2021 United States Capitol attack, becoming the second group to be charged with seditious conspiracy in connection to the attack. (NPR)
- International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- A federal judge in New York orders the seizure of two private jets, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner and a Gulfstream G650ER, owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. (The Guardian)
- Orlando Jorge Mera, the Environmental Minister for the Dominican Republic and son of former President Salvador Jorge Blanco, is shot dead in his office. The perpetrator was identified by a presidential spokesman as Miguel Cruz, a childhood friend of the minister. He was later taken into custody. (Reuters) (BBC)
- The South African Justice Department confirms that Rajesh Gupta and Atul Gupta of the influential Gupta family have been arrested in the United Arab Emirates for engaging in corrupt practices during the Zuma presidency. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- Partygate
- Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the Conservative Party's 1922 Committee, announces that he has received the 54 letters necessary to trigger a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Boris Johnson's leadership. (The Guardian)
- Boris Johnson survives the confidence vote by a margin of 211–148 and will remain as Prime Minister with 58.8% of Conservative MPs voting in favour of Johnson. (The Times)
- Malian junta leader Assimi Goïta declares that Mali will return to civilian rule in March 2024. It was supposed to occur this February until being delayed, prompting sanctions from its neighbors. (France 24)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Donbas
- Russian major general Roman Kutuzov is killed in Mykolaivka, Luhansk Oblast. (Reuters) (Ukrayinska Pravda)
- Russia launches airstrikes on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv for the first time since April 28. The Russian Defence Ministry says that the missile strikes targeted T-72 tanks that had been supplied to Ukraine by several EU countries. At least one person is injured. (The Guardian)
- Battle of Donbas
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria
- 2021–2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks; Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
- Suspected Allied Democratic Forces fighters kill at least 18 people in an attack on the village of Otomabere, Irumu Territory in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- Minimum wage in Germany
- The Bundestag votes 400–41, with 200 abstentions, to approve raising the minimum wage in Germany to €12 ($12.90) an hour. (DW)
Disasters and accidents
- Sitakunda fire and explosions
- At least 49 people are killed and over 400 others injured by a fire and explosions at a storage depot in Sitakunda, Chittagong District, Bangladesh. (BBC News)
- Wildfires in 2022
- The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raises the alert status of Mount Bulusan to level 1 after the volcano experienced a phreatic eruption. (Rappler)
- Two pilots are killed when their plane crashes in Ar-Ramtha, Jordan. (Reuters)
- One person is killed and 14 others are injured by heavy thunderstorms and flash flooding in France. (AP)
- Twenty-six people are killed and 4 others injured when a bus falls into a gorge in Uttarakhand, India. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- Timeline of the 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- Colombia reports its first confirmed case of monkeypox in a man who travelled from Spain. (24 News Recorder)
- Timeline of the 2022 monkeypox outbreak
International relations
- 2021–2022 North Korean missile tests
- North Korea fires at least eight short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan from several locations in the country. (The Japan Times)
- Russia–Serbia relations
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov cancels his scheduled visit to Serbia after neighbouring states in the Balkans refuse to let Lavrov's plane use their airspace. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- 2022 Chattanooga shooting
- Three people are killed and 14 others are injured in a mass shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Three people are also hit by cars, with one person later dying. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Kazakh constitutional referendum
- Kazakhs go to the polls to vote on 56 amendments to the constitution and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's "Second Republic" proposals, among them the reduction of presidential powers, reform of the Parliament, the curbing of former President Nursultan Nazarbayev's powers, and the creation of three new regions. (The Economist)
Sports
- 2022 French Open – Men's singles
- Rafael Nadal defeats Casper Ruud to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2022 French Open, extending his all-time record for the most Grand Slam men's singles titles to 22. (BBC Sport)
- 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
- In association football, Wales defeats Ukraine 1–0 at the Cardiff City Stadium to become the final team from UEFA to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. It is the first time that Wales has qualified for a FIFA World Cup since 1958. (Al Jazeera)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Aftermath of the 2021 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes
- Tajikistan says that a border clash happened yesterday after Kyrgyz soldiers crossed the border close to Vorukh. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Hapur chemical plant explosion
- Nine people are killed and 19 others injured after a boiler explodes at a chemical plant in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, India. (AP)
- One person is killed and eight others injured when a train derails in Guizhou, China. (AP)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Dmitry Kovtun, a former KGB agent accused of the fatal 2006 poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in London, dies from COVID-19 in Moscow. (RFE/RL)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- Timeline of the 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- India reports its first suspected monkeypox case in a girl from Ghaziabad. (Hindustan Times)
- Timeline of the 2022 monkeypox outbreak
Law and crime
- 2022 Philadelphia shooting
- Three people are killed and eleven others wounded in a mass shooting in the South Street neighbourhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. (Reuters)
- A man is publicly lynched by a mob of 200 people in the Nigerian capital city Abuja after he gets into a "heated argument" with a local Islamic cleric. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Albanian presidential election
- After three sessions in which the proposed candidates failed to obtain the necessary votes, the Parliament of Albania elects Chief of the General Staff Bajram Begaj as the new Albanian President. (Reuters)
- 2021–2022 Tunisian political crisis
- The Judicial Council for Iraq's Kurdistan Region rejects a ruling from the federal Supreme Judicial Council demanding that the regional government hand over its oil supply, stating that the oil-sharing agreement enshrined in the national constitution did not apply to oil and gas discovered after 2005. (Reuters)
Sports
- Japanese yachtsman Kenichi Horie becomes the oldest person to sail solo across the Pacific Ocean at the age of 83. (The Japan Times)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Donbas
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk
- Two Reuters journalists are injured and their driver is killed after their vehicle is attacked while travelling to Sievierodonetsk. The perpetrators have not been identified. (Times of Israel)
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk
- Battle of Donbas
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 food crises
- Chad declares an emergency over food insecurity in the country. The United Nations estimates that more than a third of the population are in need of urgent humanitarian aid. (Africanews)
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen train derailment
- Five people are killed and 60 others are injured after a train derails in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany. (VOA)
- 2022 Russian mystery fires
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- Latvia confirms its first case of monkeypox. (Reuters)
- United States health officials say that 1,200 doses of the smallpox vaccine have been administered for patients considered at a high-risk for monkeypox. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- 2019–2022 Sudanese protests
- A protester is killed in Khartoum after security forces open fire on demonstrators on the third anniversary of the Khartoum massacre. (Reuters)
- Estonia's coalition agreement collapses as the junior coalition partner, the Centre Party, joins the far-right EKRE in defeating a government bill on primary education, and is subsequently expelled by Prime Minister Kaja Kallas. Kallas is expected to form a coalition with two other parties, Isamaa and the Social Democrats. (Reuters)
- Germany's Bundestag approves a constitutional amendment that enshrines €100 billion in military spending. The amendment must now pass the Bundesrat. (AFP via France 24)
Science and technology
- Legality of cryptocurrency by country or territory
- The U.S. state of New York passes a partial two-year cryptocurrency mining ban for cryptocurrency mined from fossil fuel power plants. (Politico)
Sports
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports
- The Special Olympics lift their COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the upcoming Special Olympics USA event in Orlando, Florida, after Governor Ron DeSantis urged them to do so or face threats of a $27.5 million fine. (Florida Politics) (Bleacher Report) (WPEC-TV)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Southern Ukraine offensive
- Ukrainian officials say that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have recaptured 20 settlements in Kherson Oblast. (VOA)
- Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- The United Kingdom announces that it will send M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems to Ukraine to counter the Russian invasion. (Euro Weekly News)
- Sweden announces that it will send additional military aid to Ukraine, including anti-ship missiles, anti-tank guided missiles, and rifles for the Ukrainian Ground Forces. (Reuters)
- Southern Ukraine offensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kashmir conflict
- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
- A Hindu bank manager from Rajasthan is shot dead in a suspected terror attack in Kulgam district, Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. (AP)
- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
- Syrian civil war
- Three people are killed and 21 others are injured when a bus is attacked by militants in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria. (AP)
Arts and culture
- Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II
- The platinum jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II commences at The Mall in London. (BBC News)
Health and environment
International relations
- The United Nations formally recognizes the new official name of Türkiye following an official request from Turkey to change its name. Turkish state broadcaster TRT says that the name change is primarily to avoid association with the bird of the same name. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Ontario general election
- Ontario Premier Doug Ford is re-elected as Premier of Ontario, Canada. (CTV News)
- Bavarian authorities announce that they will release all of their unpublished files on the Munich massacre. (AP)
Science and technology
- Internet censorship in Russia
- Russia blocks access to the Finnish, Russian and English websites of Finnish state broadcaster Yle, on orders of the Prosecutor-General of Russia. (Yle)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine offensive
- Three civilians are killed after Russian forces shell the Sviatohirsk Lavra monastery. (Ukrayinska Pravda via Yahoo! News)
- Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Germany says that it will send the IRIS-T air defence missile system to Ukraine following a request from Ukraine for heavy weapons. (Reuters)
- U.S. President Joe Biden agrees to provide Ukraine with long-range rocket artillery systems after Ukraine reportedly gave "assurances" that they will not use the missile systems to strike Russian cities. The weapons systems are a part of a new $700 million weapons package to Ukraine that will also include ammunition, counter-fire radars, a number of air surveillance radars, and additional Javelin anti-tank missiles. (Reuters)
- Russia says the U.S. decision to supply advanced long-range rocket systems and munitions to Ukraine could "widen the conflict", and also risks "direct confrontation" with Russia, accusing the United States of "purposefully and diligently adding fuel to the fire". (Reuters)
- Eastern Ukraine offensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Syrian civil war
- Turkish intervention in the Syrian civil war
- Turkey announces a planned military operation to seize control of the Syrian cities of Tal Rifaat and Manbij from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. (Al Jazeera)
- Three people are killed and several others are injured by a rocket attack in Tell Abyad, Raqqa Governorate, Syria. (AP)
- Turkish intervention in the Syrian civil war
- Kashmir conflict
- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
- Local authorities say that yesterday's attack in Kulgam has caused over 100 Kashmiri Hindu families to flee Kashmir. (Reuters)
- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- A Palestinian man is killed and two others are injured after the IDF raided the town of Ya'bad to demolish the house of the perpetrator of the Bnei Brak shootings, following a confrontation by residents. A woman holding a knife is also shot and killed near the Al-Arroub refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. (Reuters)
- Mali War
- Two Red Cross workers are killed in an attack by unknown militants in Mali. (Reuters)
- A Jordanian member of the MINUSMA peacekeeping force is killed and three others are injured in Kidal Region, Mali. (France 24)
Business and economy
- Comair, a South African franchisee for British Airways, suspends all flights after the company announced that it has run out of funds. Budget airline Kulula.com, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Comair, has also suspended all flights. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- Earthquakes in 2022
- 2022 Ya'an earthquake
- Four people are killed and 41 others injured by a 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Sichuan, China. (The Washington Post)
- 2022 Ya'an earthquake
International relations
- Denmark and the European Union, 2022 Danish European Union opt-out referendum
- Exit polls show that around two-thirds of Danes voted to have Denmark join the European Union's Common Security and Defence Policy, ending Denmark's 30-year policy of opting out. (Al Jazeera)
- Greece–Turkey relations
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan cancels high-level talks with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, accusing Mitsotakis of consistently using Greek jets to violate Turkey's airspace. Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu had also accused Greece of violating the airspace of demilitarized zones in the Aegean Sea yesterday. (Al Jazeera)
- Russia–Taiwan relations, International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Taiwan imposes an export ban of all modern computer chips to Russia and Belarus, as well as any technology and equipment used to manufacture them. (Taiwan News)
Law and crime
- Warren Clinic shooting
- At least five people, including the perpetrator, are killed in a mass shooting at a clinic in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. (CNN)
- Depp v. Heard
- Actor Johnny Depp wins a defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard. (BBC News)
- Canada announces that it will temporarily decriminalize possession of less than 2.5 grams total of MDMA, opioids, cocaine, and methamphetamine in the province of British Columbia, in order to allow for the province to launch a three-year trial of drug decriminalization and treatments. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- Next Generation EU
- The European Commission formally approves, by a majority vote, Poland's plan for the usage of the EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility funds. Although the money will not be immediately available for use, the plan must go through approval in the European Council, and any future funding requests in that mechanism will also be subject to the approval of other member states. The acceptance was previously withheld due to the Commission's concerns about the rule of law in the country, and in particular Poland's non-compliance with the ruling of the European Court of Justice that ordered the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court disbanded. (Rzeczpospolita) (Politico)
Science and technology
- Scientists from the University of Western Australia announce that a seagrass meadow of the species Posidonia australis covering 200 square kilometres (77 sq mi), approximately three times the size of Manhattan, found off of Western Australia's Shark Bay, actually belongs to one plant, making it the largest known plant on Earth. (BBC News)