Portal:Current events
Topics in the news
- A 6.2-magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan kills at least 1,500 people and injures more than 2,000 others.
- Gustavo Petro (pictured) wins the Colombian presidential election, defeating Rodolfo Hernández Suárez in the runoff.
- Ensemble, the alliance of incumbent president Emmanuel Macron, wins the most seats in the French legislative election but loses its majority.
- In basketball, the Golden State Warriors defeat the Boston Celtics to win the NBA Finals.
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk (2022)
- The Governor of Luhansk Oblast, Serhiy Haidai, announces that Ukrainian forces will withdraw from Sieverodonetsk amidst the advance of Russian and pro-Russian forces. (Axios)
- A Russian senior official is killed in an explosion in Kherson in an apparent assassination. (Al Jazeera)
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk (2022)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Disasters and accidents
- A Russian Ilyushin Il-76 military cargo plane carrying nine passengers crashes near Ryazan, killing four. (Reuters)
- Five people are killed after an aftershock from the recent June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake that killed 1000 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Grenadian general election
- The oppositional National Democratic Congress wins the majority of seats in Grenada's latest general election. NDC's party leader Dickon Mitchell is set to become Grenada's next Prime Minister. (Loop Caribbean News)
- UK parliamentary by-elections
- The Conservative Party is defeated in both the Tiverton and Honiton by-election and the Wakefield by-election, by the Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party respectively. Conservative Party chairman Oliver Dowden resigns in the aftermath of the defeats. (BBC News)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The Governor of Luhansk Oblast, Serhiy Haidai, says that Russia is "just destroying" everything in Lysychansk as pro-Russian separatists say they are close to capturing both that city and Sieverodonetsk. (AFP via Dunya News)
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The first trial for rape during the war in Ukraine is set to begin in absentia against a 32-year-old Russian soldier accused of murdering a civilian and repeatedly raping the civilian's wife during the offensive in Kyiv. (Reuters)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Ecuadorian protests
- A third protester is killed in Quito during clashes with police as around 10,000 people continue to protest in the city. (France 24)
- Turkey arrests ten alleged Iranian intelligence agents and charges them with plotting to murder Israeli tourists in hotels. (AFP via Al Arabiya) (Daily Sabah)
Business and economy
- 2022 boycott of Russia and Belarus
- U.S. sportswear retailer Nike and networking firm Cisco announce that they are permanently ending their operations in Russia and Belarus. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- Five people are killed and 25 others injured by a fire at an apartment building in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (CNN)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- New York City becomes the first jurisdiction in the United States to distribute smallpox vaccines to people who are at risk of contracting the monkeypox virus. (The New York Times)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration orders electronic cigarette company Juul to pull all of its products from the market, blaming the company for causing an increase in youth vaping. (NPR)
International relations
- Enlargement of the European Union
- Accession of Ukraine to the European Union, Accession of Moldova to the European Union
- The European Union formally awards official candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova. (BBC News)
- Accession of Ukraine to the European Union, Accession of Moldova to the European Union
Law and crime
- Gun politics in the United States
- In a 65–33 vote, the U.S. Senate passes gun control legislation for the first time in decades. The bill calls for tougher background checks on gun purchasers younger than 21, blocks gun sales to individuals with a history of domestic abuse against unmarried partners, and provides funding to encourage the adoption of a red flag law, among others. It is sent to the U.S. House of Representatives for a vote. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Grenadian general election
- Citizens of Grenada head to the polls to vote in a general election. (Loop Caribbean News)
Science and technology
- Scientists discover the largest known bacterium, Thiomargarita magnifica, in the mangroves of the Guadeloupe archipelago in Lesser Antilles. It is up to 2 cm (3/4 inch) long. (France 24)
Sports
- 2022 NBA draft
- In basketball, the 76th NBA draft is held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., with the Orlando Magic selecting former Duke University player Paolo Banchero with the first overall pick. (ESPN)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Western Russia attacks
- The Ukrainian Air Force launches drone strikes on an oil refinery in Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov Oblast, Russia, causing a large explosion and fire. Operations at the refinery have been suspended. Footage on social media appears to show at least one armed drone striking the facility. (Reuters)
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Reporters Without Borders releases a report claiming that a Ukrainian photojournalist was summarily executed while injured on the ground by Russian soldiers during the early stages of the conflict. (Al Jazeera)
- Southern Ukraine offensive
- Seven Russian missiles strike the city of Mykolaiv, killing at least one person and damaging a number of residential and commercial buildings, according to Mykolaiv governor Vitaliy Kim. (The Telegraph)
- The Ukrainian military says that it has inflicted "significant losses" on Russian forces after launching airstrikes on Snake Island in the Black Sea, destroying a Pantsir missile system, a radar station and numerous vehicles on the occupied island. (Euronews)
- 2022 Western Russia attacks
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Yemeni Civil War
- Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
- Five Southern Transitional Council soldiers and three Al-Qaeda militants are killed during a shootout in Ataq, Shabwah Governorate. (AP)
- Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
- 2022 Ecuadorian protests
- Ecuadorian indigenous groups attack a police station in Puyo, Pastaza, amid ongoing protests in the country. One protestor is shot dead by police. Eighteen police officers are missing, while another six are injured. (Bangkok Post)
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- Inflation in the United Kingdom reaches 9.1%, a 40-year record, as food and fuel prices continue to increase. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake
- A magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Khost, Afghanistan, killing at least 1,000 people and injuring at least 1,500 others. (BBC News)
- Red Air Flight 203
- A McDonnell Douglas MD-82 catches fire after landing at Miami International Airport in Florida, United States. (The Guardian)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark
- Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says that Denmark will begin administering fourth doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 50 years. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark
- The UK Health Security Agency declares a national incident after traces of poliovirus were detected during routine sewage inspections in London. However, the risk to the public is currently believed to be "extremely low". (Sky News)
International relations
- Africa–Canada relations, Foreign relations of Rwanda
- Canada announces its intention to open an embassy in Rwanda. The announcement comes a few days before the 2022 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting will be held in Kigali. (CTV News)
Law and crime
- The military junta of Myanmar orders all legal proceedings against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to be moved from courtrooms to prison venues without explanation. Aung San Suu Kyi has been under detainment since the February 2021 coup. (Al Arabiya)
Politics and elections
- The government of Bulgarian prime minister Kiril Petkov loses a motion of no confidence vote in the National Assembly. (The Straits Times)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian occupation of the Luhansk Oblast
- Luhansk Governor Serhiy Haidai says that Russian forces captured the towns of Pidlisne and Myrna Dolyna, south of Lysychansk, and also confirms reports that separatist forces captured Toshkivka yesterday. (Reuters)
- Russian occupation of the Luhansk Oblast
- The Governor of Kharkiv Oblast, Oleh Synyehubov, reports that Russian shelling killed 15 civilians in and near Kharkiv. (Reuters)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- 2022 United Kingdom national rail strike
- Railway transport workers go on a nationwide general strike in the United Kingdom after talks on a 7% pay increase for workers collapses. The RMT says that industry executives have only offered a 2% increase in pay, which is well below rising inflation levels. (BBC News)
- 2022 United Kingdom national rail strike
- Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russia becomes China's biggest supplier of oil, surpassing Saudi Arabia and making up over half of China's oil imports. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- Wildfires in 2022
- 2022 California wildfires
- The Edgewood Fire breaks out near San Mateo County, California, prompting evacuations and power outages. A firefighter is injured while fighting the fires. (CBS News) (KNTV) (KGO-TV)
- 2022 California wildfires
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Macau
- Authorities in Macau place a casino and hotel with more than 700 people inside under lockdown due to an outbreak of COVID-19 in the territory. (Straits Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Macau
International relations
- International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Lithuania–Russia relations
- Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev warns Lithuania that its citizens will "feel pain" over the ban on the transit of Russian goods to Kaliningrad through Lithuania, saying that Russia's response in the near future could have "a serious negative impact on the population of Lithuania". (Reuters)
- Lithuania–Russia relations
- Estonia–Russia relations
- Estonia reports that a Russian Border Service Mi-8 helicopter violated its airspace over the weekend. The Russian ambassador to Estonia was summoned in response to the incident. (Al Arabiya)
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international relations
- The United Nations announces that the conference of the parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity initially scheduled to take place in Kunming, China, later this year will be moved to Montreal, Canada, due to logistical complications caused by China's Zero-COVID policy. (The Wall Street Journal)
- 2021–2022 global energy crisis
- Lebanon, Egypt and Syria sign an agreement to supply Egyptian gas to a power plant in northern Lebanon through Syria. However, the World Bank, which is financing the deal, must validate the agreement before it can take effect. (The Independent)
- Cross-Strait relations
- Twenty-nine Chinese military aircraft enter the Taiwanese air defence zone, prompting the Taiwanese Air Force to send their own aircraft in response. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Two people are injured, including one in critical condition, after a stabbing attack in Västerås, Sweden. (AP)
- Rioters attack an International Day of Yoga celebration in Malé, the Maldives, proclaiming that yoga is against the tenets of Islam. (Reuters)
- The South Dakota Senate, in the United States, votes to convict Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg over his role in a 2020 car accident in which his car struck 55-year old Joseph Boever, removing him from office immediately. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2022 food crises
- Egypt rejects two World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements which would have forced it to export domestically needed food to alleviate the global food crisis, citing proposals that it considers harmful to developing countries and also noting that 30 other WTO member states restrict food exports. (Al Monitor)
- The armed forces of Ecuador say that they will "not allow ongoing protests" to "damage the country's democracy", as road blockades and demonstrations against the economic policies of president Guillermo Lasso continue. (Reuters)
Science and technology
- Internet censorship in Russia
- Russia blocks access to The Daily Telegraph's website on the orders of the Prosecutor-General, after accusing the newspaper of "disseminating false information" about the Russian war in Ukraine. (MSN)
- Nuri, South Korea's first locally-developed orbital launch vehicle, launches for a second time from the Naro Space Center in Goheung County, South Jeolla, with a satellite payload of 1,500 kg (3,300 lb). The launch was successful, with all of the satellites being put onto the 700 km (430 mi) Sun-synchronous orbit. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Pro-Russian forces of the Luhansk People's Republic claim to have taken the key town of Toshkivka, 25 km south of Sieverodonetsk. (Reuters)
- Ukrainian forces fire missiles at a Chornomornaftogaz drilling oil facility in the Black Sea, off Crimea, injuring three workers, with seven others missing. Russia launches missile strikes on Odessa in retaliation for the attack. (The Telegraph) (The Telegraph 2)
- A second American volunteer fighter dies in Ukraine, after triggering a landmine. (Rolling Stone)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Mali War
- 2022 Bankass massacres
- Islamist insurgents kill 132 civilians over the weekend in a series of attacks on three villages in the Bankass Cercle of Mali's Mopti Region, including Segue. (AP)
- 2022 Bankass massacres
- Afghanistan conflict
- A bazaar in Nangarhar Province is bombed, which the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan says has killed and injured "scores of people." The ruling Taliban confirm that at least ten people have been injured but cannot yet confirm if anyone has been killed. (Reuters)
- Mexican drug war
- Syrian civil war
- Eleven soldiers and two civilians are killed in an attack on a bus travelling from Raqqa to Homs. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility for the attack. (Washington Post) (Reuters)
Business and economy
- International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Panic buying is reported in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad after Lithuania banned the transit of some goods through its territory by rail. Kaliningrad Governor Anton Alikhanov calls for calm, while Russia condemns the ban. (The Moscow Times)
- The Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry demands that Lithuania "immediately reverse" new restrictions on shipments of Russian goods to Kaliningrad, saying that the restrictions were "unprecedented" and "illegal", while also suggesting that Moscow could "take actions to protect its national interests". (RFE/RL)
- Canadian defence minister Anita Anand announces an increase in defence spending to $5 billion in order to upgrade continental defence. (CBC)
- It is announced that Cape Verde will allocate a budget of $85 million to combat the effects of the war in Ukraine, which has caused an increase in the prices of gasoline and food, as 9% of Cape Verdeans are currently facing a food crisis. (Reuters) (Today Online)
Disasters and accidents
- A helicopter crashes near Burton, North Yorkshire, England, killing two people onboard. (BBC News)
Health and environment
- 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
- Dutch climate and energy minister Rob Jetten announces that the Netherlands will remove all restrictions on the operation of coal-fired power stations until at least 2024, in response to Russia's refusal to export natural gas to the country. Operations were previously limited to less than a third of the total production. (CNA)
- Canadian Environmental Minister Steven Guilbeault announces that Canada will ban the sale of single-use plastics by December 2023, and will ban the export of these plastics by the end of 2025, with the first regulations to come into effect in December. (Al Jazeera)
- A study published in Nature Food finds that the impact of food transportation on climate change is three times greater than was previously believed, making up 6% of global carbon emissions. (Nature Food)
International relations
- Belgium–Democratic Republic of the Congo relations
- The Belgian government repatriates Congolese independence leader and former prime minister Patrice Lumumba's remains, consisting of a tooth, through an official ceremony attended by his family at the Egmont Palace in Brussels. (NBC News)
- Ukraine ratifies the Istanbul Convention. (Ukrayinska Pravda)
Law and crime
- Recognition of same-sex unions in Japan
- The Osaka District Court rules that Japan's ban on same-sex marriage is not "unconstitutional" in a ruling on a lawsuit filed by two male couples and one female couple. (The Canberra Times)
- Violent protests occur across India, including the burning of trains in Hyderabad, in response to proposed recruitment reforms in the military. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- 2022 French legislative election
- President Emmanuel Macron's party Renaissance is confirmed to lose its majority in the National Assembly after yesterday's second round of legislative elections. Both the left-wing alliance NUPES and the right-wing party National Rally achieve significant electoral gains, forcing the government to seek compromises with other parties during the upcoming legislative period for the first time since the 1988 legislative election. (Reuters)
- Next Israeli legislative election
- Leading members of the thirty-sixth government of Israel Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid agree to dissolve the Knesset, triggering a fifth snap election in just over three years. Lapid will serve as acting Prime Minister until the election is held. (Reuters)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast
- Ukraine says that Russian forces are advancing on the city of Kharkiv. (Reuters)
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk
- Russia says that its forces captured a district in the outskirts of Sieverodonetsk and that it launched Kalibr cruise missiles against a command centre in Dnipro, killing several Ukrainian generals and officers. (Reuters)
- Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Afghanistan conflict
- Two people are killed when a car hits a roadside bomb in Kabul. (SwissInfo)
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- A Palestinian man is shot and killed by Israeli forces while attempting to cross the separation barrier. (AP)
- Militants attack two churches, one Baptist and the other Catholic, in Kajuru LGA of Kaduna State, Nigeria. Three members of the Catholic Church are killed and several more, mostly from the Baptist one, are kidnapped. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- The Czech Republic records its highest temperature for the month of June, 39.0 °C (102.2 °F), in Řež. Parts of Austria, Germany and Poland also report record high temperatures. (Deník N) (ORF) (Tagesschau) (Axios) (TVN24)
International relations
- Lithuania–Russia relations
- International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Lithuania bans the transit of goods that are under EU sanctions through their territory to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. (Reuters)
- International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- The European Union condemns the "structurally deficient" justice system in Bolivia and lack of "due process" in the trial of Jeanine Áñez and asks for her release. (RPP)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Colombian presidential election
- Citizens go to the polls to vote in the second round of the Colombian presidential election. (elDiario.es)
- Left-wing candidate Gustavo Petro wins the presidential election with 50.44% of the vote, beating his opponent Rodolfo Hernández who received 47.31% of the vote, according to preliminary results. (elDiario.es)
- 2022 Nigerian elections
- 2022 Nigerian gubernatorial elections
- 2022 Ekiti State gubernatorial election
- Former state commissioner Abiodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress defeats former Governor Olusegun Oni of the Social Democratic Party in the gubernatorial election. Oyebanji's win means that the APC has become the first party ever to win consecutive Ekiti gubernatorial elections. (Daily Trust)
- 2022 Ekiti State gubernatorial election
- 2022 Nigerian gubernatorial elections
- Elections in Spain
- 2022 Andalusian regional election
- Ruling People's Party of Andalusia wins a historic absolute majority, the first for a conservative party in Andalusia. Citizens, whose leader was the vice-president of the region, loses all the 21 deputies it had. (The Guardian)
- 2022 Andalusian regional election
- 2022 French legislative election
- French voters head to the polls to vote in the second round of the latest legislative election. (Euronews)
- It is announced that French President Emmanuel Macron's party Renaissance and its allies will not repeat an absolute majority in the National Assembly. (elDiario.es)
- 2022 Sri Lankan protests, 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis
- Four civilians and three soldiers were wounded in protest over gasoline shortage when the army opened fire for the first time to quell unrest, as Sri Lanka is suffering its worst economic crisis since independence. (News.am)
Sports
- 2022 Wimbledon Championships
- Russian tennis player Natela Dzalamidze changes her nationality to Georgian and will participate in the upcoming Wimbledon tournament after Wimbledon banned Russian and Belarusian players from participating in the tournament. (Eurosport)
- FINA, during its general congress, votes to disallow trans women swimmers from competing in high-level competitions. However, the body will convene a working group to develop a separate "open" category for them in select competitions. (CNN)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine offensive
- Donetsk People's Republic authorities accuse Ukrainian forces of shelling the Zasyadko coal mine and trapping 77 miners. (Al Arabiya)
- 2022 Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations
- Ukrainian delegate Davyd Arakhamia says that Ukraine is planning to resume ceasefire negotiations with Russia this August. (Finger Lake Times)
- Eastern Ukraine offensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kashmir conflict
- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
- The dead body of an Indian police official is found in a paddy field in Pampore, Jammu and Kashmir. Islamist militants are suspected to be responsible for the attack. (Reuters)
- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
- Afghanistan conflict
- Islamic State kill a Sikh and a Taliban member in an attack on a gurdwara in Kabul. (The Jerusalem Post)
- Mali War
- At least 20 people die in an attack in Anchawadi commune, Mali. (Voice of America)
- Nyamagabe bus shooting
Disasters and accidents
- At least two people are killed by flooding in Guangxi, China. (Macau Business)
- One person is killed in a fire at a petrochemical plant in Shanghai, China. (Reuters)
- Wildfires spread across northeastern Spain amid a heatwave, with the highest temperatures expected to be between 40 to 42 °C (104 to 108 °F) in the region of Zaragoza. (NDTV)
- An Iranian F-14 crashes near Isfahan, with both pilots successfully ejecting from the aircraft. (Tasnim News Agency)
- A firefighter is killed and five other people are injured after a building collapses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. (AP)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
- The U.S. CDC unanimously votes to approve COVID-19 vaccines for children under the age of five, including babies. (NBC News)
- COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
Law and crime
- President of Ecuador Guillermo Lasso declares a state of exception in Quito and other parts of the country amid ongoing protests. (Reuters via SwissInfo)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Nigerian elections
- 2022 Nigerian gubernatorial elections
- 2022 Ekiti State gubernatorial election
- Voters in Ekiti State, Nigeria, head to the polls to vote for their next governor. (BBC Pidgin)
- 2022 Ekiti State gubernatorial election
- 2022 Nigerian gubernatorial elections
Science and technology
- Climate change in France
- France sees several June all-time temperature records beaten by over 1 °C (1.8 °F) in an exceptionally strong heat wave. Biarritz's temperature rises to 42.9 °C (109.2 °F), the absolute record for the seaside resort and 2.3 °C (4.1 °F) above the previous all-time record set in August. (L'Indépendant) (L'Indépendant²)